Daily capital journal., January 11, 1917, Image 1

CIRCULATION IS
OVER 4000 DAILY
!
FULL LEASED
WIRE DISPATCHES
FORTIETH YEAR NO. 10
" SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1917
PRICE TWO CENTS 25??
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GERMANS ADVANCE
AND CAPTURE MORE
RUSSIAN POSITIONS
Central Allies Make Gain In
Difficult Mountain
Fighting
NEAR BEAUMONT LOSS
OF SALIENT ADMITTED
British Battleship Torpedoed
With Small Loss of
Life
Berlin, via Sayville wireless, Jan.
11. Six officers and more than 860 sol
diers of other ranks were captured,
with six machine guns, in a further
German advance in Romania, the war
office statement today said.
" German-Austro-Hu'ngariau troops
yesterday obtained further successes in
n.o (iitticnlt mountain f
''ghtiug between I
the Vz an, I Suisita vnllevs. " the tut,
stent saiit. "Several points in D'Appiu
were captured from the enemy. North
at the Doitoz road the ISOlh Infantry
regiment took strongly constructed and
tenaciously defended height positions
in storming and hand to hand lighting.
Near Marasti ami Racoasa the con
qnered linf was maintained Against hos
tile attack."
the statement retiorted
nn imiinr-
mi ,mr-
tsnt events ' from the front of Field
Marshal Von Maekensen. I
Admit Loss of Salient
"Near Beaumont the enemv suc
ceeded in occupying a salient' trench
section of our position,'7 todav's of
ficial statement said. Repulse of other
attacks with heavy losses to the ene
my was also reported
r ,, ' .... . '
' " lrcs an, w ishaete bends
sides of the Meuse there was artillery
and mine fighting, which at some hours
of the day reached a considerable vio
lence," the statement said. "North of
Vres a hostile attack was repulsed,
the enemy's losses being heavy."
British Lose Battleship
London, .Tan. 1 L The British bat
tleship Cornwallis (14,000) was torpe
doed and sunk in the Mediterranean
Tuesday, the admiralty announced to
day. The seaplane carrier Benuychree was
also sunk today in Kastelorizzo harbor,
the admiralty said.
v.,, ,iht nu,:-, o, mime aim Doth
The Cornwallis was built in 1901 and
-. cried a crew of 730 men. She was
capable of a speed of 1!) knots and was
408 feet in length.
Of the crew, 13 arc missing.
The Cornwallis carried Krapp armor
and the following guns:
Pour 12 inch; twelve (i inch; twelve 3
'inch; six 3 founders; tout torpedo
tubes.
The Cornwallis is listed in the naval
register as a class C battleship, but
considering that she was 10 years old,
it is probable she had heon put into
other service than with the active fight
ing fleet.
The Benuychree was sunk in Kastel
yiizo harbor, Asia Minor, the statement
said. An officer and four men were
wounded,
Greece Accepts Demands
London, Jan. 11. Greece has accept
ed the' demands of the allies ultimatum,
according to dispatches received today
ffom Athens.
The acceptance of the entente's de
mands follows a crown council decision
yesterday that Greece should acquiesce
mm closes, it is oeHevea, a long per
iod of negotiating between the allies
ai d King Constantine. As soon as the
titeek government indicates its actual
acquiescence by beginning withdrawal j
of troons from northern Greece, it is
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HARRY THAW CUT, THROAT
AS DETECTIVES HAMMER
ON DOOR OF APARTMENT
. Philadelphia. Jan. 11. Harrv K.
Thaw, slayer of Stanford White,
slashed his throat and -wrists here this
afternoon us detectives were about to
arrest him to answer an indict met iu
New York charging that he whipped
18 year old Frederick Gump of Kansas
City.
Bleeding profusely from deep
wounds, he was found in the home of
Mrs. Bias both Taco, 5260 Walnut
street.
Thaw had been taken to the home of
Mrs. Taco sovteral days ago by friends
and introduced to her as Harry Wood.
She agreed to rent him a room on the
first floor.
She went to the room today and
found him lying across a bed with a
l!,i,,,lstained razor in his hand.
Thaw 's condition became such that
she. feared longer to shield his identity.
Detectives had completely sur
rounded the house after tracing Thaw
there. The fugitive had evidently
been watching the net close about him.
Detectives at the Door.
Lieutenant of Detectives. Wood, fol-
j Imvu.j lv fmir ltlnin clnlhes nien.
m)UI1nV,i on the door. After repeated
knocks they forced the door. As they
rushed into the house they passed Sam
uel (J. Moloney, a republican ward
leader and former harbor master,
standing in the vestibule. Moloney
was white as chalk and when ashed
where Thaw was nodded his head as
though he had been transfixed to tho
spot.
Hurlini? the man aside. Lieutenant
.Wood led the way to a sitting room.
Thaw was sitting in a chair, gazing
calmly at the blood as it spurted from
the cuts. Snatching handkerchiefs
from his men the lieutenant bound the
wounds with the handkerchiefs, one
over another, while he sent for a
physiciani
.JtlCtlCU LUC liuailiai.
Ueut!nant of Detectives Wood was
the first in the. room. Thaw was sil
ting in,, a chair calmly watching the'
blood spurt from his open veins. Four
i other detectives were close behind. The
lieutenant snatched handkerchiefs
from each and sent them for physicians
while he wrapped the handkerchiefs,
one over the other about the wounds.
Wood then ripped off his belt and
used it as a tourniquet.
Thaw slipped from tho chair in a
faint as he whispered ''St. Marys."
This hospital is fully four miles
from the scene of the attempted sui
cide. The ambulance reached St. Mary's
hospital shortly before 3 o 'clock. Thaw
was much weaker as the result of the
long trip to the institution. Several
other hospitals were passed on the
road.
At the hospital Dr. Elwood Kirby
announced that Thaw's condition is
"grave." He had probably opened his
veins several minutes before the po
lice succeeded in entering the room.
Dr. Kirby, who lives but a half block
from the scene, was the first physician
to reach Thaw and rendered first aid.
Telephone messages had requested
that the hospital prepare for a prom
inent emergency patient." Until Thaw-
Many Examinations Have
Been Made With Some
Result
During the past five years, the Pol!:-
Marion county bridge has been pro
' noiinced unsafe and. condemned by
I bridge engineers many times, all acting
i independently. It was in 1011 that W.
1 S. Turner & Co., of Portland, consulting
j engineers, pronounced the bridge un
safe for the traffic crossing. The next
I of f icial condemnation was in 1911 by
ii j Downn, siuie ni;jiuv ciigilieui.
I Again in 1915, H. W. Holmes, bridge
: engineer for the state highway depart
ment, declared the bridge unsafe. The
next report was in a way supplementary
I but entirely separate from Mr. Holmes'
report. It was also made in 1915. Aft
er a careful examination Henry M.
Morse of the bridge building firm of
j Ralph Modjeski, Portland, delivered his
report, declaring the bridge unsafe for
traffic. He was acting for the state
highway department. The report that
finally closed the bridge with no pos
sibility of it being re-opeued, was that
of John H. Lewis, state engineer. This
report was submitted just a few days
ago and was made at the request of the
state highway department. It was so
unfavorable and the engineers assisting
Mr. Lewis were so emphatic iu their
declaration that the bridge might fall
at any moment,. especially during a high
l'' ""'Fn
wind, that the countv courts gave the
permanent elosing of the
was fcrought in unconscious the
physicians did not know who their -tient
was.
He was placed immediately on the
operating table nd the blood stopped.
He had evidently taken great care iu
cutting himself, for the main arteries
had been slashed in the wrist. The
cut in his throat was not sufficiently
deep to prevent it being treated iu (he
ambulance.
Unable to Make Statement.
Efforts to arouse Thaw sufficiently
to make a statement to the police
prowd futile. A police guard was put
at his bed. If he recovers he will be
arrested and held here for the New
York authorities.
Thaw went to the Taco home at
10:30 o'clock this morning and begged
the woman to permit hi.r to remain a
while. Realizing the consequences of
such an act should the police find the
fugitive in her home, Mrs. Taco called
Moloney and asked his advice.
Arranged For His Arrest.
Moloney is now employed by a j
jfrivate detective agency. .Shortly
afternoon he. went, to detective head
quarters and arranged for the delivery
of Thaw to the authorities. Thaw is
supposed to have agreed to surrender.
At the last minute, as he saw the de
tective cordon forming around the
house, Thaw slashed himself.
Neither Mrs. Taco nor Moloney saw
the act, they said, and as yet no steps
haw been taken for holding them as
witnesses.
About a year ago Thaw was in an
automobile accident near the house in
which he tried to end his life today.
Police believe he met Mrs. Taco then,
for since that time he has been seen
frequently in the neighborhood.
Believing detectives would not think
to look for him in the Walbut street
address, Thaw probably hid there while
his attorneys prepared his defense or
friends arranged to send Win out of the
country.
Mrs. Taco 's husband is now
Juarez, Mexico, attending the races
in
Thaw 'b sensational attempt at suicide
brought to a close a nation-wide search
conducted by the New York police de
partment after his indictment on a
charge of kidnaping and flogging 19-year-old
Frederick Gump, Jr., of Kan
sas City, on Christmas day in Thaw's
rooms in a New York hotel.
Following his release frpm Mattea-
wan asylum in July, 1915, Thaw went to
Long Beach, Cal., where he became ae -
P . . 1
quaintea with young trump. Charge
were made that he induced the youth
to come to New York, where he met
him in a theatre and then took him to a
hotel.
Gump was flogged three times, it was
charged, in the Hotel McAlpin, after
which the young man fled to his home
in Kansas City.
It became known that criminal ac
tion against Thaw was intended and
the man who has appeared as a sensa
tional figure in half a dozen or more
court proceedings, dropped completely
from view.
Although he wa8 one of the best
known men in America, with a criminal
record well known to every police de
partment, it was impossible to get even
a line on his whereabouts. He was gone
as completely as if he had vanished into
tho air.
His attempt at suicide was the first
definite word heard from him since his
indictment in New York last Tuesday-
At detective headquarters it: was stat-
! ed that a strong guard will be kepi over
inaw and it he should recover steps
will be taken imemdiately for his re
turn to Ne-.v York.
Brower is Indicted
New York, Jan. 11. The grand jury
this afternoon handed down an indict
ment charging Oliver Brower with con
spirit, v in connection with the kidnap
ing and assault charges against Harry
K. Thaw.
"I would not say that T would be
surprised if Harry Thaw walked in
and surrendered this afternoon," was
the enegmatic statement of Assistant
District Attorney Black as the new in
dictment was announced.
i" lt,V?,U!'V!C deli8hte1 t0 ai."iinto Oregon, could safely be passed by
Black added.
The Brower indictment was returned
i before the grand jury adjourned and
Continued on Page Seven.)
Storm Is Spreading
Over Entire Middle West
Chicago, Jan. 10. The storm center,
reported yesterday in British Columbia
and head for the upper Mississippi val
ley and Great Lakes region, put iu a
belated appearance early today. Snow,
which started falling early, was continu
ing unabated this afternoon. Nearly a
two inch fall was recorded by the weath
er bureau. Snow is falling this after
noon over Minnesota, Wisconsin, the
northern half of Illinois and the entire
Great Lakes region to the east, hut will
cease before evening, the forecaster
said.
The cold wave, following- in the wake
of the storm will canse the temperature
to drop about 10 degrees above zero be-
fnrA mnrninor Thft cold wenthpr will
' not last more than two days.
SENATE AWAITS
DRAFT IT "BONE
DRY" MEASURE
f
Otherwise Might Have Ad
journed Over Until 1
Monday
PROHIBITION SENTIMENT
STRONG IN BOTH HOUSES
Already Forty-Nine Bills
Have Appeared In
' Lower House
At 10:45 the senate recessed until 2
o'clock. It would probably have ad
journed until Monday, but it remained
in session to act upon the bill which it
Is said Attorney General Brown is
dntfting to make the "bone dry" law
effective. This bill, it is stated, will
be ready for introduction Borne time this
afternoon, and it will be rushed through,
but it is expected the long time rule of
adjournment from Thursday to Monday
for the first week or two of the ses
sion will be broken and adjournment is
not expected until after the morning
session tomorrow.
Resolutions Are Adopted.
The senate was called to order at 10:
10 and after prayer by Rev. H. J. Tal
bott, of Kimball college of theology,
got down at once to business. Senate
resolution 21 was adopted requiring the
newspapers "left on the senatovs' desks
be gathered and sent to the difefrent
state institutions. A number of resolu
tions and memorials were read second
time by title and referred to commit
tees. A message was received from the
house announcing that senate concur
rent resolution No. 1. jnd ioint memor-
ial No. 1, were both -signed by the speak
er or the house.
There was no debates, no back talk,
but everything went through with a
rush.
Senate joint memorial No- 3 by Eddy j
asked congress to prevent liquor adver- j
tisements of any kind being sent j
through the mails was adopted. Senate!
joint resolution No. i by Eddy aBkedj
congress to submit an amendment to '
the federal constitution prohibiting the
I manufacture and sale of liquors in the!
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United States, It was adopted.
New Bills Introduced.
Bills were introduced as follows:
S. B. No. 8, by Farrell. Taking board
ing of county prisoners out of hands of
sheriff in counties of more than 100,
000. S.'B. No. 39, by Straycr. Providing
that depositions ofSvitnesses may be
taken upon written interrogatories-
S. B. No. 40, by Eddy. Providing a
method of perpetuating evidence of sat
isfaction or assignment of judgments.
S. B. No. 41, by Hawley. Permitting
district public schools to be conducted
as training schools by state normal
schools.
Continued on Page Seven.)
WEBB-KENTON LAW
District Attorney Brown Holds
No More Liquor May Be
Shipped In
I Portland, Or., Jan. II. Oregon will
I probably be absolutely drv before the
end of this week. Following the su
preme court's decision upholding the
Webb-Kenyon liquor law, Attorney
General, Brown ruled that the measure
approved at the lust state election, f'or
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the legislature with no fear of attacks
on its constitutionality.
Backers of this "bone dry" law at
the eapitol today rushed final phrasing
of it, intending to present it to both
houses simultaneously, it will be rush
ed through with an emergency clause,
signed immediately by Governor Withy
O'imbe, and the axe willl fall upon
huge shipments of "fire water" from
California.
Several other prohibition bills are
pending before the legislature. The
Lewis measure makes it a felony to
bring liquor into Oregon and even" pro
hibits sale of patent medicines contain
ing alcohol in appreciable quantities.
After the original dry law became ef
fective in Oregon a year ago shipments
of wet goods from California assumed
enormous proportions. Vail order hous
es built wnrehnimes at Hornbrook, near
the state line, and did a tremendous
business. Wells Fargo established a spe
cial office in Portland lor distribution
of liquor.
When Governor iWithycombe signs
the new law this traffic ends, and rev
enues of California dealers will decrease
thousands of dollars weekly.
Suffragette Organizer
Tells of the Difficult Job
of Wkite
By Vivien Fierce
(Suffrage organizer)
(Written for the I'nited Press)
Washington, Jan. 11. Picketing a
president is more difficult and excit
ing than just ordinary picketing. Be
fore I began, I thought it would be a
very monotonous job. 1 find it full
of thrills.
We decided to picket the president
because we wanted, as he himself said,
"to concert public opinion." I believe
we concerted a good deal of it yester
day, our first day of picketing the
white house.
The only persons who were not im
pressed visibly were President Wilson
and Secretary Tumulty. They are dif
ficult to impress.
Incidentally, it is rather humorous
for the president to say he "can nd
vance no further than his party." Long
ago we and a lot of people throughout
the country very rightfully gained the
impression that the party generally fol
lowed President Wilson, provided
President Wilson asked or drove
them to follow him in about anything
he decided on.
When we took up our station at ten
in the morning we were told the presi
dent was playing golf. When he came
back half an hour later, he must havo
seen us long before he got to that gate.
It is hard not to see the Congressional
Union banners.
He gazed stonily ahead, however.
Secretary Tumulty did the samo when
he came in. Just as the federal nmeud
mend has failed to exist for them all
these years, so did our purple, white
and gold picket yesterday.
Our first excitement was the entry
into the grounds of a delegation of In
dians. They had come to call on the
Great White Father. I rather wonder
ed if the reception the president gave
them was quite as chilly as tho one he
gave us the other day.
MJbs Margaret Wilson passed out the
gate several times and Tier smile arfd
apparent interest somewhat made up for
her father's lack thereof.
Police have given advise as to how
to keep our feet warm. We are plan
ning to manufacture little woocUm
blocks, such as the traffic men stand
Woman Killed Her Five
Daughters and Committed
Suicide in Colorado
Greeley, Colo., Jan. 11. Insanity,
brought on by jealousy of her husband,
is believed by the authorities here to
day to have driven Mrs. Everett (.'ro
wer, age 43, wife of a wealthy farmer
near here, to kill her five daughters
yesterday and then commit suicide. The
mother left a note in which she ex
plained that she had shot the children
for fear that they would ' ' grow up to
a life of shame. ' ' She declared that her
husband had been attentive to other
women and that she had been driven
mad by jealousy and had decided to
kill herself and take the children with
her.
When Crozier returned to his home
last night he found in the girls' bed
room the bodies of his five daughters,
all shot through the right temple.
In an irrigation ditch, half a mile
away, the body of Mrs. Crozier was
found, shot through the temple and a
,38 calibre revolver still clasped in her
right hand.
People living near the Croziers de
clare Mrs. Crozier had been despondent
for months.
An inquest will be held Friday.
Police Still Believe
Lewis Killed Mazie Colbert
Philadelphia, Jan. 11. Another link
lias been forged today in the chain of
circumstantial evidence the police have
been welding around Bernard Lewis,
Pittsburgh society mnn, as the alleged
slayer of Mazie Colbert. The scratches
on the suicide's hands, which police
Considered one of the strongest indica
tions of Lewis' guilt, were received
some time Friday, December 29 the
day the pretty model was strangle, I to
J death.
! Miss Ethel and Mabel Kyle, who ac
ICOmpanied Lewis on i.'ie tuxi trip that
i ended for Lewis in the apartment of
i Mazie Colbert, told Captain of Detect-,
jives Tate and District Attorney Rotan
jthey saw no scratches on the man's
; hands when he had dinner with them
I in the Bellevue-Stratford hotel. They
! had even remarked about the care he
'took of his hands.
The next night Friday the scratch
es were there.
"Door of the cab slammed on me,"
! Lewis is said to have explained.
Pen, ling word from the police of
; Cleveland, nothing is being done toward
detaining the suspect named by D. G.
Brown as the man he saw leap from
!a side window of the Walton apartment
I where the Colbert girl lived. The name
of the man Brown attempted to dc
: scribe but in some details was far off,
is believed to be in the hands of the
i police. This man is free to go and
come as he pleases, .jut Captain Tate
explained "we can always get him."
PORTLAND LOSES CASE
Washington, Jan. 11. Hound trip, all
year excursion fares from Seattle and
Tacoma, Wash., to Chicago and certain
other points in the United States and
Canada, were today found unjustly dis
criminatory by the interstate commerce
i',.mmiMW,ii in tnvnr af I'nrtljlTln. (Ire..
'as exceeding similar round trip fares
from Portland to tho same destination.
House Pickets
oh. One gentleman stopped ami told
us in a somewhat peevish tone that if
we could stand it he thought the presi
dent could.
We assured him that we could, but
weren't so sure about the president.
There will be no gaps in our ranks.
We are going to surround the white
house with a purple, white and gold
cordon. There are no hangers back in
our ranks. We stick. One girl in the
picket yesterday crumpled up in a faint
We carried uer back to headquarters.
When she came to she said "That was
the silliest thing I ever did."
She then ate some lunch and went
back on the picket line to stand anoth
er three hours.
The president has to follow public
opinion. We are out at his front gate
creatine it and we'll be there a long
time.
Coffc and Doughnut Squads
Washington, Jan. 11. Coffee and
loughmit squads were organized todnv
bj Congressional Union officials as an
adjunct, or supjiorting lorce to the si-1
lent suffrage sentinels who today con-
tinned their rather ehillv task of pick-,
eting the white house. With a hep-hep
and a left-foot-right-foot, the sent inols
marched out from Congressional Union
ImrraeUs, within sight of the white
house, and at 10 o'clock took up their
posts at the east and west gates, with
seven foot banners flopping and whip-;
wnir in the January Bale.
Jf the suffragettes anticipated any
thrills attendant upon trouble wUh the
police, they were doomed to disappoint
ment today when Major Pullman, police
chief, announced he would not inter
fere with them as long as they went no
further than they did yesterday.
tn (act, policemen on the white house
beat were annoyinglv kind. They per
sisted in making all sorts of kindly sag
gestions as to pavement pounding which j
are inclined to make it easier tor tne
feet that are doing the pounding. ' i "We all want peace," the prime min
When the guard went on duty the lister continued, "but it must be a real
temperature was way below freezing. ! peace. War is preferable to Prussian
Asked how they would endure' thoold, j domination of Europe."
one replied .andly: j The British premier cited the new
We ve reinforced ourselves against
chill blasts with three
or four extra
suits of 'em apiece.
Federal Investigation
of Liquor Shipments
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 11. Federal in
vestigation into liquor syndicate opera
tions continued with renewed vigor today-
The three Billingsley brothers and W.
H. Pielow, a transfer owner, pleaded to
federal grand jury indictments before
Judge Netercr late yesterday, clearing
tho way for further action by District
Attorney Clay Allen. They failed to
plead guilty to all counts against them,
as had been predicted.
But pleas of guilty were entered by
each of them to at least one count, and
unless they arc changed within the next
24 hours, plans of the government will
proceed according to program.
The next step will be to take the Bil
liugsleys and Pielow before the grand
jury where they are expected to unfold
details aud sidelights of their operations
here and will tell of ulleged bribes to
oiiicmis, aim ine eoiinecuoii wnu uie
illegal liquor operations of prominent
persons heretofore not mentioned.
SOCIALIST PARTY
National Executive Committee
Sends Message to The
Hague Today
Chicago, Jan, 11. The national exec -
lltlVe committee of the socialist party
ot America today made a new move
to end the world war. By cable and
wireless, messages were sent requesting
that an international socialist league
be called June I!, 11)17, to initiate
an
immediate and lasting peace.
The following message sent to inler
national headquarters at I he Hague:
"Convinced that the time is ripe for
a revival oi the socialist international j
on the basis of a concerted working
class movement for an immediate, just,
and lasting peace, the socialist party I
of the United htatcs requests that an
International congress be called June
8, 1917, at The Hague. Unless by March 1
1 the bureau takes steps to call such!
a congress, our party will consider it-J
self justified in taking direct initia j
live.
"This message is being communicated
to all affiliated parties.
(Signed) "Berger, Spargo, Hilquit,
Malley, Work, national executive com
mittee." To the socialist national committee in
14 countries the text of the message to
The Hague was transmitted with he
statement:
"We urge your party to support our
request and to cable us your decisiou
at our expense."
These messages were sent by wire
less to Germany and Austria and by
cable to Holland, Sweden, Norway, Don
Imark, England, France, Italy, Spam,
I Switzerland, Russia, Belgium and Ar
'gen tine.
LLOYD GEORGE TELLS
AUDIENCE BRITAIN
WANTS JEAL PEACE
England's Premier Addresses
Meeting In Guild Hall
Today
GERMANY PEACE OFFER
A TRAP, HE DECLARES
Allied Reply to President
Wilson Has Made Then
Position Clear
... .. . .
1 m.tcd 1 ':e89 sta" correspondent.)
L. '-"""o". 11. l'remier Uoyd-
j Ltold peering thousands
111 nal1 that th alllf had reach-
ucitrrm.uiMiun 10 jta me
"rl, 01 'unspeakable despotism."
'With proper support," he declared.
our gallant armies will cleave the road
:,u i"'y uring mi.-
"' lnr nu,n' "nporiBiu. utterance com-
ing from the head of the British gov
ernment since his recent, speech in the
house of commons, Idoyd-Georgn de
clared President Wilson had been in
formed that ail desired peace but tbo
hiii was preferable to Prussian domina
tion of Europe.
"The best security for peace of the
future," said the premier, "will come
when nations are banded together io
punish the first peace breaker."
" win the war oan" offered Kn.rlutul
today as an attractive investment which
"demonstrated the nation's continued
resolvo to proeecuto the war."
It was a vociferously enthutiia.stia
crowd that greeted the premier as he de
livered his speech, lus fust since the
epochal address in the house of com
mons voicing England's refusal of Ger
many's peace terms and outlining tho
aids and purposes of his new ministry.
The meeting itself was called to energ
ize the gathering of subscriptions for
the "win the. war loan" and Lloyd
George too!: the opportunity to reiterate
England's determination to win the
war.
"The Prussian menace is a running
mortgage detracting from our national
security," Lloyd-George declared.
"It will be cleared off forever at a
better rate of interest."
The British premier said he had been
impressed at the recent conference over
the "increasing extent to which allied
peoples were looking toward England."
"I am more than confident," be con
tinued, "that Britain will not fail in
tho trust thus imposed on her. Our
navy has strangled enemy commerce-
and will continue this despite piratical
levices.
"We did not reject peace terms," the
premier said, "ffo terms were offered.
We were offered only a trap, baited
with fine words.
"The kuiser told his people tho alliee
rejected peace, so as to drug those he
couldn 't dragoon.
" We all want pence, but it must be n
real one," he continued, forcefully.
"War is preferable to Prussian domina
tion of Europe.
"The allies have made that clear in
their reply to Germany and clearer still
in their reoly to the United States."
Deferring to the conference'of the en
i tente nations at Rome recently the
prime minister said:
"All the allies felt that if victory
was difficult, a defeat was impossible.
Arrangements were made there to deal
with the whole situation."
i Rcfcrrinir to the loan, for which tho
meeting was called, l.loyd-Georgo said:
"A successful loan will help shorten
the war, will save lives and will savn
the British empire and Europe ' civili
zation.
"The grim decision reached at th
Home conference was to rid the world
uf UUspcakable despotism.
'"With proper support,
proper support, our gmraus
armifl will cleavo the road to victory
during 1!)17."
Thousands jammed the streets and
packed every available bit of spaec in
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