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MEDFORD, OREGON, -.SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1918
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NO. 237.
BlrtMatn Tw.
S ACCEPT
M
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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.