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Newspaper Page TextCmn Historical 8se PUblle Auditorium WEATJIKRMnxiiintiii YcHlciilny, 45; Minimum Ti.rtiiy, 2H2; Pradi.itiilloii, .01, Half fiich Snow. VOJl ECAST Tonwrrow: Rain and Warmor. EDFORD AIL TRIBUNE rortr-lfltta Tw, MEDFORD, OREGON, -.SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1918 Vf.- , I ! I NO. 237. BlrtMatn Tw. S ACCEPT M M ALLIE PR PLES' Speaklnq In Historic Guild Hall. ' President Wilson Announces His Principles of Endurlnq Peace Not Bv Conquest but Aareement of Mind Sinqle Overwhelmlnq Group of Nations Which Shall Be Trus tees of World. LONDON'. Doc. 28.- Speaking lo lnv iu tli historic Ouild Ilnll nt a ceremonious gathering of Groat Brit ain' most ..distinguished statesmen. President Wilson rcnffimcd liifi win clplo that llir-miint no lousier lie a balance or itowor which might unset lie tliu pouee o( Ihii world, but tlml (lie futiir imwt produen a concert of power which would proncrve it. The prcxidi-nt'H reception nt Ihe Guild Ilnll .)vhh Kinntnncoii nnd honrlv. . When ho arose to anenk thorn was n prolonged outlmrnt of hnml clapping nnil cheering and hit talk wnn fronucnllv niiiict luitccl bv applause. At thv conclusion thii nn dieneo roue and cheered, ami kept m the npplmiKe and cheering a he pan. '? U'- A(rrocuien otJIInd. SThe president "was "ufvoh it notable ovation on rising In begin hi" Hprech ubd Nome of the points that won re newod nppluiiso were bin tribute to tltn nrniicx of the nnHoeinlod govern ment nnd bin declaration that people throughout the world wanted peace and wnulcd it iitnncdialolv not, how ever, bv conquest, but bv ngreonicnt of mind. After President Wilson's nrriviil nil wer grouped on the dais, tho lord mnvor in tho center nnd President Wilson on his riiiht. next to the Duke of Cuoiiiiugltt. The rovnl artillery bund in the gallery pllivod American uirn. utilioring President Wilson in with "Tlic Stnr Npunolod Unnnor." ; In the eotirso of bin speech, the pn-Milrnt declared tho soldiers had fought to do nwiiv with the old order mid establish u new one. The old or der ho dn id. hnd for its center tho "unstable thing" oullod tho balance of power, determined bv competitive in terests, "jonloim watchfulness" and "on antagonism of intorcKtH." Men of Froo Nation i The men who hnve fought the war. ho' Iiii id, hud been "men from freo niv firms who were determined Unit this (tort- of thing nhould end now and forever." The ' Htiagestion for n concert of power to replace the balnuoc of now ori'.tio, 'remarked,' was coming now from evorv quarter tiud from ovcrv Hurt of mind. Tho concert to rtome, he declared, must not be n hulnnce of power or one powerful croup of nation Hot off against number, but "a- single ovorwhelmlnir. powerful croup of nations, which shrill he the triistocs of the pence of tho world." ' The mind of the Jcnder of the British government, tho pro.sident Milid, were "moving alone the same linen ah Iiih own, nnd thoir thought hnd: boon Hint tho kov to penco wns tbd guarantee of it nnd hot tho itaniN of it. ..' Tlio itoiim Of ho ndded, would ho worthless unleBs u concert of. power stood hnck of them. -, No ,'Hitch potent union of purpose liiifl uvor been Heon in the world bo furo, he Hnid, n that Whii'h now dn- ri (Continiiod on Page Five.) EVI ilONDON. Dec. 28. Vilnn, tho onp Ital of Uthniwlii, is tltt'onlonbd bv nn advance of liolsheviki troops, nccord inof'to it Wursnw dispnte.h to tho Mail, ifo I'oHhIi chidf, pf . staff has do ninnded free' tmssneo for Polish troops. ovor linos now ' in Gomuin hiinds from tho Polish frontier to Vilnn. Tho Qormnns nro nlso askofl to permit the rejoining of the Polish uiid .liithunninn raironds( out bv tho ClermanH. - i ' , : If tho Gorman roplv is tihfnvornhlc tho Poles will' hcrrin a, inarch into Lithuania.' Tho Poles hn.vo askod tho allies to send officers to iiccompnnv INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA IS IMPERATIVE Escaped Russian Officers Declare Delay Will Give Boltlievikl Army of 3.000.000 Men Now Is Time to Strike Present Reqime Is Rotten Four Classes In Russia. WAK8AW. Tuenlnv. Dec. 21. lIW the ANHovintcd I'rehH.) Ituiisiiin officem who huvn c-fiipcd from llol Hheviki liuHNiii to Warsaw, in iIim cUHHinif the possibility of nn allied military movement nuaiiiKt the Ilol Hheviki, pointed out to the corres pondent lodnv Unit the liolsheviki would be unable to resist n trained nrmv. Tho liolsheviki force, thev declured, would flee before nnnorcd curs, tanks and other methods of modern warfare lo which lliev were nut ncciiMtoinr-d. Polish and Kussimi officer inv tbat if the Polish forces' were civeu umiH, airplanes nnd ummiiiiition thev would soon constitute, a barrier ncainst the liolsheviki who nre ad vancinir ncrosH the old ficrmiin front of Niirvu-l'skov-Vilebhk nnd Mohi- Inv-l'itiKk-Uovei, whicli lias ueeiu evncunteil bv tho' German nrmv on Cleneral iloffmnn. The Kiissian officers xnid thev llioiiL'bt that if the notion nituinst tho ItolHheviki were delnved until iprinit. the Itnlshoviki, provided thoir nrmv mirvived ' the food conditioim iIuh winter, mnv be KlroiiL-er. The liolsheviki now nre tulkinir freolv.nf incrensiuir their nrmv to three mil lion men. The Hod nrmv in tho off shoot of the Heil cunrd. the officorK sav, the onlv dependable troops nre those that nre hmhlv paid. Ilollim Um Mora (.'orrupt liolsheviki rule in Uossia is de scribed bv the officers ns moro dread ful than that of the old empire nnd it is also more corrupt. Monov wilt buy iiidL'ioeiits in the courts, l'risou- crs arc tortured, their lens nnd anus broken nnd sometimes their (minuet nre cut out. The liolsheviki. the officers con tinue, have been cuiltv of miinv ex cesses in 1thuiiiiin nnd tho Ukraine. At one place in tho I'kraine tho bind owners were urrcsted nnd locked up in n cellar which wns flooded. Hands consistine in pnrt nt criminals enp turcd u number of former imperial officers ut Pskov. The officers wcro knnuted nnd then hnnced to trees tilonit the roads. Iticli Iolmi, 1'oor I'p L Societv in I'etrosnid is divided into tour classes. In tho lirst nre the henvv mnnunj workers: in tho second nro tho henvv nictnl workers. The third comprises clerks, .janitors nnd small shopkeepers, while tho fourth is mnde up of tboso wb were formerly wealthy. The fourth clm-s is now vcrv limited in number. The refuaecs snv that tho Bovern ment hus started it propuenndu ncainst relision. Ikons nre beine taxed nnd school children are forced to attend courses in atheism. Civil uinrrinncs nro rephieiiiir relicious ceremonies. A divorce can be ob tained bv sianinir a declaration of in- compatibility before a civil mimis- trnto. Plays Piano With Koct Tho Hussinn fleet fnrnmrlv based nt Kronatudt is in the Neva river. The sailors arc solliiic much of the couip ment. ' Tho Itolshoviki sovcrnnient. hns de clared l'urnituro to be state prop ertv and nn aulhoriznlion must he oblninod lo movo it. A family which was alleiuptini; to make its wuv from Moscow to Warsaw with two carls loaded with furnituro'irol as far as Minsk, Whore the loenl council decid ed il would keep tho furniture. A i-ioftsnnt disco-vcrcd a piano among the (roods nnd ho beiinn to hop up nnd down with his font on tho kovboard oxelniminit: "How moo it plays." u WASHINGTON, Doc. 28. Annlgn hiont to early convoy ot additional army units comprising In all about 80 otfloora nnd ilOOO mon wns an nouncod today by tho war dopart- mont. Tho units liicluilo tho 2 an IMli, 13th, KiUh, 139th, t4ttli, 155th 400th nnd 4!)2nd aero Bqnadronn; tho lOath, 302nd, 30rth and 307th tronch mortar batteries nnd tho 4 1 3 tu i lolcgrn h 'bn iiUou, ;HIS BIGGEST BIRTHDAY GIFT IX)XIM)X, Dec. an. President Wilson colobrnteil today, his 02ml birthday, by n round of otftclnt nrtlvitics. KlnK ient' iixweiitt lilin 1lli a innKnirleont net of books and nt the aniuo tlmo Rnvo (jlfts to every, member of tho proHlilent'H oMrtnl purty. Thho women of tlio party received brooches anil tho men stickpins, set with Hiunomli forming tlic r(rre 'HI. It." ..... , - r.. . Tlio president also roeclvcd token from Sirs. Wilson and Ills family. Ho ilecbu-ed bo considered, it,, tlio errntest birtliilny of his life. . . . .''. .". A MIL U.S.T DEMOBILIZED WARIIIXGTOX. Dec. 28. More than eleven hundred tbousnnd Amer ican soldiers nt home nnd nbrond have been designated for demohilir.n- lion since the armistice was sicned. General Mnndi enve the fisures to dav us O.'IT.OOO men in home units to he dischnrged nnd 1(18.000. and fi.800 officers assigned bv Genernl Pershing for early convoy home from Krnce, This includes men already dis charged and those who hnve landed from France. To date official re ports show 5.11,334 men nnd 3.5.409 officers actually discharged. Com plete reports for the week iust ended are expected to raise the total at least one hundred tKoiisund. Genernl March made public n list' of auxiliary troops attached to the American Third nrmv. the nrmv of occupntion, including tho following complete regiments : 301st, 308th nnd 310th engineers, and the 1st, 51st, 541 h nnd 56th pio neer infnntrv. General March said that no addi tional American troops had been or dered to Hussin. ' General March said tho total cas ualties jn the 35th division, from all causes, as indicated bv renucsts from that divis'on, for replacements, up to November 13, were 171 officers nnd 4.08(1 men. I'p lo the same ditto the 80th division had rcriuestcd in re placements; I'.HI officers mid 5,72: men. , ' JAPAN RECALLS HALF -v-.Fi IION'OhUhU, Doc. 28. A ToklO cable to tho Nlnpn ,11.11 hero sn'R that tho Jnpnnoso wnr dopnrtmont has announced bnlf of tho Japanese troops In Stbona will be withdrawn soon, - VETERAN INDIAN FIGHTER TO ENTERTAIN THE K. OF C. NEW Y011K. Dec. 28. Jumes A. McKciinn, of tho "fighting MeKen nns," n veteran Indian fighter on tho Vilnius and u pietnresouo figure known ill mniiv westcin states, will he sont to France bv tho Knights of Colum bus -to entortniii American troops. "Uncle Jimmy"' ns ho is fumilinrlv known, hns been sccrotnrv for the fraternal orsun'znlln nt C'nnip Codv N. II ... - i WORLD LEAGUE FOR PEACE IS INEVITABLE President Receivinq Deleaation From Leaque of Nations Union- Savs Idea Sure to Prevail Glad to Find Such Sympathy and Support in Great Britain. LONDON. Dec. 28. President Wil son ut the American embassy today received a delegation from the League of Nations I'nion. It wns headed bv Viscount Grev. former secretary for foreign affairs, and it included the Archbishop of Canterbury nnd Vir eount Ilrvce. former British unibasr sudor lo the I'nited States. The president in addressing the delegation snid: "Gentlemen, 1 am verv much com plimented that you should como in Person lo present this address nnd I have bceu delighted and stimulated to find the growing and prevailing in terest in tho subject of the league of nations, not onlv a growing interest, merely, but a growing purpose, which I am sure will prevail and it is de lightful that members of .the govern ment which brought this nation into tho wnr because of the moral obliga tions based upon a trcnlv should he among those who have brought mo this paper, because on tho other side of the water wo have greatly admired tho motives nnd subscribed to the principles which actuated the govern ment of Grout liritain in obeying that moral dictate. "You havo shown that wo must or ganize, namely, that sumo force and sense of obligation! and unless wo or giuiizo it the thing that wo do now will not stanfl. ' ' "I feel that so strongly that it is particularly cheering to know iust how strong nnd imperative, tho idea has become. 1 thank von very much indeed. It has been a privitcgo to see von porsoniillv. "1 was iust saving to Lord 'Grcv that we' hud indirect knowledge of ench other and that 1 am glad to identify him. 1 feel as if I hud met. hini long ago mid I had the pleasure of matching minds with Mr. Asnuith VOi-terdnv." ; Williams to Lead Indians. SPOKANK. Dec. 28. Cuptuin Nick Williams of the I'nited States nrtil lerv reserve nnd manager of tho Spo kane Indians for tho lust three venrs. will he at the .help of the Spoknno tfnscbul) club again in 1010. L PRES T WILSON LONDON". . Dec. 2S. Mrs. Wilson rose with the others when the health of the president was drunk at the Mansion House luncheon today. The orchestra ot the Scots Guards In the balcony above the entrance played American airs during tho luncheon and the American .and British an thems when the toasts to the king and the president were drunk. ' The lord mayor escorted .sirs. Wil son, whllo the president was with the wife of the lord mayor: The Duke of Connaiisht and Premier Lloyd George followed. Mrs. Wilson wore a violet velvet gown ornamented with embroidered silk motifs of the same tone and a velvet toque of the same color with wings of violet. v. During the luncheon the lord may or proposed the health ot the kng after grace was said by Prebendary Stone. The lord mayor then proposed the health of the president, paying tribute to him as a man and states man. He declared that his presence In Europe was the sweeping away of a policy never before departed from on tho other side ot the Atlantic. He roferrert to the friendship and sym pathy tho 'American people gave to Knglund oven before America en tered the war. - .: The lord mayor wore his robes of office, with gold chain and diamond badge; Tho gold plate of the city was hanked on dark red plaques, mak ing an effective background for the central group at the head of the table. ' - Pleld Marshal and Lady Haig and Adriiirnl and Lady Hentty sat across the table from President Wilson. Premier Lloyd-Georgd, the Mahara jail of Dikaiior, American Ambassa dor Davis and Mrs. Davis, and tho Archbishop of Canterbury were be yond Mrs. Wilson. Members, of the cabinet nnd officials of the royal kousohold wore arranged on either side IS :I0 BE PROCLAIMED 'LONDON, Dec. 28. Posters will appear in every parish in Ireland to day nnnouneiiiff that the Irish rcpuh lio bus como into being, says tho Ex press. '-':'-... 'It w as 'stated bv the Express that n.'-Rehtral Seinn Fein council will be established in Dublin almost imme diately and will cull itself the Irish parliament. ' I PERSHNG LAYS DOWN STRICT Policy of Tolerance Leads to Abuse bv Civilians in Occupied Territory . Tradlnq Between Yanks and Ger mans Prohibited Strict Censor . ship Is Established. CODLENZ. Friday. Dec. 27. (Bv the Aassocinted Press.) Rules for the guidance of the inhabitants of re gions occupied bv American forces were issued today bv General Per shing. Except for minor regulations, the Amoricnns have not interfered in lo col nffairs up till today. .Cafes hnve been open nnd theaters filled. News papers until recently have published without restraint, white crowds prom enaded the streets until midnight, nnd even later. The Germans had come to believe that such conditions would continue nnd while there was no sc rions incident ns the result of the tol erant rule of the Americans, it was deemed best to check nnv tendency to ward abuse. The regulations published today were signed b v General James W. Mc Andrew, chief ot staff, "by com- mnnd of Genernl Pershing." An ef fort was made to avoid inclusion of nnv rules which would merely humil iate the population or which savored of. revenge. . . ., .''-:-" -Identification Cards ;" Under the regulation, the nuthori ties will know the exact whereabouts of every individual, for each must carry an identification card and Bi'r notice of changes of habitation Householders must keep po.sica on their doors e Hit of residents of iheir buildings with their ages, nationality ammunition must be surrendered. The gathering of crowds is forbiddea nnd no meetings except courts, schools, councils and religious services will De allowed without permission. The people arc informed that a military court will punish any one at tacking or impeding American sol diers or officers and those who de stroy or injure property belonging to or used bv the nrmv. on "who commit nnv act" whatever injurious to the American army." Xo Sales to Germans The custom of soldiers trading or selling chocolates or soap to the Ger mans is forbidden. Among other things the new rules provide : "The sale or gift of all alcoholic drinks except light wines' and beer is forbidden. Alcohol for medicinal or industrial purposes does not come within this prohibition. The sale or gift of light wine nnd beer is prohib ited except from 11 n. m. to 3 o'clock P. m. nnd from 5 o'clock p. m. to 9 o'clock p. m. ' Censorship Established "Mail is subject to censorship bv the American military authorities. The use of telegraph and long dis tance telephone is forbidden except bv permission from the local military commander. Tho use of aerial wire less apparatus is forbidden. No per son may, without authority from the local military commander, transmit any message or communication to any person outside the territory occupied bv American troops except through the postolfice. ' "Tho use of carrier pigeons is for bidden. "Tho taking of photograps out doors, except by permission from the locul military authorities, is forbid den." EDGERTON, hid., Dec. 2 8. Four men In the 143rd Field Artillery were hurt but not seriously, when the special train bearing thoir unit was wrecked by a broken rail here at 6:55 a. m. today. The unit comes from San Francisco Bay points. FRANCE TO RECEIVE 70.000 CARS: 2.600 LOCOMOTIVES PARIS. Dec. 28. M. GInvicllo, the minister of public works, announced in the chamber of deputies toduv that Franco would receive 70,000 cars and 2,600 locomotives of thb rolling stock which Germany must hand over lo the allies. AS0U1TH AND HENDERSON ARE BEATEN Former Premier Defeated in Race for Parliament by Colonel Sorot La bor Leader Vanquished Lloyd George and Coalition Returned to Power Bv Overwhelminq Majority Sister of Viscount French De feated by Liberal. ' ' ' LONDON. Dec. 28. Via Mon treal.) The election results at 4 o'clock this afternoon were ns fol lows: Coalitionists. 306: non-eon-lition. 144. LONDON. Dec. 28. Herbert II. Asquith, former premier and leader , of the liberal party, has been defeated for his seat in the house of commons from the enst division of Fife. Scot- land. . . The former premier was defeated bv Colonel Sir Alexander Sprot, a . Scottish laird, and who-has served ; four years with the British nrmv in , France. - On two previous occasions Sir Alexander had been defeated bv Mr. Asonith. -The vote was: Sir Al- oxander Sprot. Unionist. 8,06(1; ; II. H. Asnuith. Liberal. &904-. W. P. Mor- gan. Independent, 501. ..... In Cambridge, Sir Erie Geddesr" first lord of the admiralty. Coalition v Unionist, defeated the Rev. T. R. Wil- . linms, Lnborite. . - Sir Albert Stanley, president of tho Board of Trade, wns re-elected for . Ashtnn-Undcr-Lyr.e. . .-, . . .- t t - At Blackburn. Philip Snowden. Ln borite and pnciCst, was defeated. . In the east division of Wnltham- .". stow. Sir John Simon, former solicitor general and former home secretary, : was defeated bv L. S. Jahnson. Coali tion Unionist. Sir Frederick E. Smith, the attor ney general. Coalition Unionist, was returned for the West Derby divis ion of Liverpool. . LONDON. Dec. 28. David Llovd George, prime minister and leader of ,i the coalition government, has been ; re-elected to his seat in parliament . from Carnarvon. Wales. . - , The premier, who stood ns a coali tion Liberal, received 13.933 votes to 1 1,095 for-Austin Harrison, an hide-, ;.: pendent candidate. '- LONDON.-Dec. 28. The first elec tion return received today shows the defeat of a woman candidate, Mrs. Charlotte Despard. sister of Viscount French, lord lieutenant of Ireland. ' She was defeated in North Battersea ' bv Richard Morris, coalition liberal. Morris received 7,231 votes and Mrs. Desport, who was a labor candidate. O.U34. - LONDON, Dec. 28.-12:40 p.'m.VJ. Election returns received up to 12:30 p. m. today returned the coali tion government. Arthur Henderson, leader of tho -British labor party and dormer mem ber of the war cabinet, has been de- featcd for re-election to parliament from the south district of Easthnm. The vote there wns Clem Edwards, coalition liberal. 7,972; Frank I Iain- lctt, unionist, 5.661; Arthur Hendcr- son, labor, 5,024. Women All Ilefcatcd. LONDON. Dec. 28. It is probable ' that the laborites will be tho sooond strongest party in' tho house as the Sinn Feiners will refrain from attend ance ut Westminister. The laborites, however, hnve lost two of thoir most '' prominent loaders in the detent ot . Arthur Henderson and Philip Snow den. i : The Asnuith s.eetion of the liberals received a severe blow in the defeat, not onlv of tho former premier hlm- (Continued on Fags SU.) KING GEORGE CALLS EARLY IN MORNING LONDON. Dec. 28 King Georgo called at President Wilson's npart mcnts nt 10 o'clock this morning and wished him munv happy returns of the day. It was President Wilson's birtli-dny-'- bis U2nd.