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FRENCH V
SAY 14 POINTS ARE
RESTORING UNITY
Soldiers Are Eager For Peace
That ill Insure No Wars
For Future.
CONFIDENT OF WILSON'S
UIV1UVU AnJll II n'MCHT
it ijisvi u raw JuisumLMi i
Albert Thomas, Munitions M'ra
: jster, Says : Indenraities
Are Unimportant.
FREEDOM OF SEAS STILL
IS BitNE OF CONTENTION
England And Ame, - Agree
Prefectly Upon ne'
Of Nations
By John DeGandt
i (United Press Staff Correspondent.)
Paris, Dec; 2S Workmen of Franco,
dctei ruined to prevent future-wars, will
i,iiM on a peace based on. Prcsldon
: Wilson's program, Albert Thomas, min
uter of munitions, told the United
. .i 1 1 i . i i .i
tiiteineut on information obtained of
thousands f Flench soldiers..
V We do not want our descendants
' to engage la another war; we d0 n t
want them to kuow the meaning of
wi.r," (Wared Tuomas, who is a social
ist and labor U'dcr. -
" T ht-usanflj of ooilus hava -.old me
tins. Tin! Vvcntii workmen ,1'u,ioi i
tiiat smil of u ptuce. They did ovn-y-tlii.'ijf
ponible to win this war af&intt
wars but-they hnvc always been fur-
I tlllAlllollir tunlfln "' I,
vqually determined on a
4eace.
. Endorse His Views.
'l am glnd . to jsay that President
v.'ihou's fourteen points are restoring
tue unity or the Trench socialists. Di-
By Lowell Mellett
.(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
London, Dec. 28. Britain and the
United States have not yet reaehed a
common basis of understanding relative
to freedom. of the seas. ' With an agree
ment, achieved on every essential of a
laegue of nations, leaders of the two
great English speaking democracies are
today striving for a solution of the sec
end of the most important factors in
the Deace negotiations.
The basic friendship with which the
two nations are approaching tho sub
ject cannot be questioned. But Great
Britain, a9 well as America, is frank
ly taking into account the material fac
tors in the case.
Prom a very high British official the
United Press today pbtaincd the fol
lowing .outline of the British point of
view with permission to present the
statements as authoritatively repre
senting the attitude of the British gov
ernment: - - .
Britain Convinced, - .
Great Britain" is absolutely convinced
that no international authority on the
sea is ablo to take the place of the
British navy in safeguarding British
interests.
, Tlie, ' government agreed readily to
drastic retrenchments in its building
program, providing other powers do
likewise. . . ,
The government wishes to start this
retrenchment by sinking the surren
dered Gorman .fleet. .
It wants the opportunity, to maintain
it sown navy at the smallest possible
strength consistent with the safoty of
Wilsoniaa 'V mercant"e mwn0 .' ". '.. , .
lis mureauuie wtmuu, "u " vvv".
and its dependencies scattered over the
world.
It insists the British navy is oaiy 11
defensive weapon and cannot be used
SPEECH OF PRESIDENT
IN GUILD HALL,
LONDON.
TTTTTf f TT V V W V ?f f '
ided oa other questions they un&ni' , aggrcsively and therefore
is not u
threat to the rest of the world,
Aside from these facts, the admiralty
naturally is keenly considering the pur
pose behind, tno new natvai pruBraiiii
London, Dee. 28. President Wilson,
speaking in the historic Guild hall, de
clared today his conversations with
British statesmen had revealed a com
plete agreement that the mere items
of peace "would be worthless unless
there -stood back of themi a permanent
concert of power for their mainte
nance." "That is the mest reassuring thing
that has ever happened in the wond,'f
he said. "When this war began the
thought of a league of nations was in
dulgently considered as the interesting
thought of closeted students. It
thought of as one of tnose things that
it was right to. characterise by the
name which as a university man I have
always resented. It. was said to be
'academic,' as if that in itself were a
condemnation somethings Mat men
could think about, but never get. 1
"Now, we find the practical leading
minds of the world determined to- get
it,' rhe said. ,
"The address which I have , just
heard is most generously and gracious
ly conceived and tho delightful accent
of sincerity in it seems a part ot
that voice of counsel which is now
everywhere to be beard. I feel that a
distinguished honor has been conferred
upon me by this reception and I beg
to assure you, sir, and your associates,
of my very profound appreciation. But
I know that I am only part- of wbat I
may call a great body of circumstanc
es.
More Than Personal Welcome;
"I do not believe that it was fancy
on my part that I heard in the voice
of wolcome uttered in tho streets of
this great city and in the streets of
Paris something more than a personal
wolcome. , .
"It seemed to rac that I heard the
voico of one people speaking to an
other people and it was a" voice in
which one could distinguish a singular
combinations of emotions. There was
sarcly there the deep gratefulness that
tho fighting was -oyer, - mere was tno
GENERAL PERSHING
HoWTiS
PORTUGAL PLANS TO
SUPPOnTTOOM
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Formr Minister Says Portugal
Has Always Been Peace
ful Natioa.
. By Henry Wood
(United Press Styff Correspondent.)
Paris, Dec 28, Portugal will support
President Wilson for the league, of aa
tions to the limit, Egaqj- Monis, foreign
minister, told the United Press today.
Moniz aligned himself with Frenek,
Italian and Spanish statesmen whom
tho president,; since his arrival hag ar
rayed in favor of tlie league.' .
Moniz headed the Portugese peace del
egation which, aside from tho United
states IB the only belligerent to data
which is ready to begin the conferences.
"In the pcaee conferences we will
support to the fullest degree President
Wilson's program for the league of na
tionsy" he said. "Our mission is com
posed of 14 former minister and profes
sors, all specialists. .. They are now be
ing sub-divided into technical commis
sions colonial, financial, -economic, etc.
Within a week we will be ready to en iJcu " ""
ter the conferenee. 'Every detail of our.-" "d will be suppressed if they
Every Inhabhast Of Twelve
years Or More Are Com
pelljd Tt Register.
By WsibblCUer
(United Press staff correspondent)
With the American Army of Occu
pation, D?c. 28. -Regulations for con
trolling the conduct and activities ot
Germans within the aone occupied by
American forces have been promulgat
ed by General Pershing today.
These regulations provide that every
inhabitant of 12 years or more must
register. Bvery house must bear a p!a-
car3 tacked on the outside, -giving the
number of persons living there, i i-rmn
sion for any assembling is necessary
before the' gathering is held
Communication lines are controlled
by censorship of mail, control of the
use of carrier pigeons, telegraph and
lonjg : distance - telephone. No printed
matter may be distributed without per
mission of the United States forces.
Carrying of arms and the nse of cam
eras outdoors is rorDiaaen. f cnoaic
als may be printed, but are held sub
ject to control by the Ameiican Com-
GUILD HALL OF LONDON
WAS SCENE OF OFFICIAL
WELCOME TO PRESIDENT
Before Meeting At Guild Hall, Wilson Received Several
Delegations At American Embassy. He Continued
His Conferences With British Statesmen Today, Be
coming Better Acquainted With Their Ideas.
Miuubiy endorso his view9 and are confi
dent of his wisdom and right, judgment
I'd. !Rue of .nations is, this dettwsi
i(lf;U of French labor. , Fully under-
r,".uu'"? ?" we-woim -f firnnf Britain a culmination,
kuow aoes.not matter whether the ".T--: ----. " -; " tw that sort, of latitude
innoaaairv rnv nmiiinuiiiuu ljib uivuin i . -
proiiTccrs. wno ' -i ,
! Frankly, the'adrhiraltyin the,Hgbt Ofjprido that the fighting had bad Men
umgue sntislies war
would put ban on mankind.
"We are eagerly wa tolling America'
il roiig. open attitude and its readinmj
)i Oi.-iciiss tiny proposition, providod il
i- Vsed i.n right and justice.
"Wo arc not worrying about such
quostifliia as indemnities which Prjsl
djnt Wilson settled sulendidlv when he
deranco of its own navy tail to seo
the object in America's proposed grout
incroase in building.
Discussions Frank.
British and American naval officers
whoses mooth co-operation at sea was
one of the wonders of the war, formed
the useful habit of speaking plainly to
declared -thero should be reparation foi one another, llus was wnat mauo ine
dfiniages. Tho demand-of a Bcction of smoothness possible. 60 now their di
Hie French mess for rcnavmcnt of the cussions of future development are
i-'raiico-Prussinu indemnities of 1870,
plus compound itnerest to date, certain
iy iloeg not represent the labor view
point.
Should Solve Problems.
"Instead of wasting our time on such
things, we should apply ourselves to
Halving such problems us the Russian
i.ituation. We should adopt a friendly
piudimt attitude toward ltussia, and ex
tend that unhappy country real help.
"When the bolshevik revolution be
gan the Russian ambassador told me
it would not Inst more than a fortnight.
Nearly 15 months have elapsed and the
bolshevik army now numbers approxi
mately 300,000.
"Russian regeneration is impossible
with bolshevism. From what I have
teamed through a visit there, quick in
tervention is necessary. But it must
be a democratic intervention by demo
r.rlaic powers, including , the United
Hiate8. They must respond to the
wislieg of tho different Russiun nation
alities. Then a ehange may be expect
ell."
ABE MARTIN
that the nations engaged had produc
ed such imcn as the soldrers of Great
Britain and tho United States and of
Continued on page nino)
German Paper Indulges
In Wild Fngnt Of Fancy
l -. a good tiiiLg ft; most o ' us that
, itti : s no div-r nidation against those
wiiafry '.-disuiuiuuite.' Who remem
ber when a -;ltr 'uoiadn' think o
(n-iii t' . his mother
, in-law even ia.tV svue townt
euuallv frank.
Tho British do not disguise tneir non
est belief that any building program by
America directed toward naval suprem
acy is unwiso. They say America, duo.
to physical reasons, ncod never becoaie
tsntinllv a maritime nation, wt.ile
Gieat Britain cannot avoid it. Thore
furo, i hey reason, if America builds the
biggebl navy in the world it would be
an artificial creation, -wliiio wmu i
ain. it has been a natural- growth. A
least, tiiat will be the case of the nest
two centuries, they say.
Hie most hopeful feature of tho sit
uation is the fact that the two countnu
are able to discuss the issue in such a
manner, without suspicion or rancor,
without fear of motives other than Hi.'
desire to reach a solution that will be
the most helpful to each other and U
the n st of the world.
Food Will Be Scarce In
France For A Year Yet
Paris, Dec. 10. (By Mail.) Food
will continue to be short in quantity
and expensive in France for a year ue
cording o a report on the 1018 crop
compiled by Borct, French food controller.
With the exception of the. wheat
crop, which will be larger than that of
1S17, all of the cereals will 6e short.
Coin, barley, oats and cbans wiil bo
especially scarce.
Tho potatoe crop is estimated at 7,ouu
600 long tons, although it has averaged
1.2,000,000 tons for 10 years.
A Londoner who recently entertain
ed a party of nine at a medium-priced
Paris restaurant was presented with a
bill for 310 francs, nearly 7 a plate.
The meal consisted of soup, fish, chick
en, coffee and a small portion of white
wine for each guest.
Tenth At Camp Funston
Demobilized In January
Washington, Dec. 28. Demobiliza
tion of the Tenth division, stationed at
('amp Funston, will probably occur in
January, Chic fof Staff March told the
United Press today. He explained thai
an order issued before Christmas re
quiring that only urgent rases be dis
missed bore simply on the immediate
present. It was aimed largely at pre
venting wholesale dismissalg for the
holidays. The Tenth, he explained, is
being kept in tamp until among the
ast, in view of the department's pol
icy of demobilizing complete divisions
ast.
Droeram and our desires has been work
ed out. It only remains to correlate
them, ' ' ' ..
la warlesa Country.
'.'Portugal, which' has been a warless
country for' a .century, mobilized 100,
000 men. Mob of these were agricul
tural workers. We sent 0,000 to Afri
ca and 60,000 to France, theroby "erip
pling our internal developments. It is
because time is pressing that we hao
hurried our delegation here and are now
ready to begin th conferences.
,"It is impossible for our delegation
to forgot President' Wilson's touching
kindness in sending k wreath to the fu
neral of PreBidont Ptcs who was a most
energctis man , and whose untimely
death was a national ealamity, we win
also remember the delicacy of the en
tire American delegation in eallin a.
the Portugese legation, and-expressing
eondoloncea. We haves already notified
the Lisbon government of 4his."
SALEM TO HAVE AUTO
RINGJANl
Amsterdam, . Dec. 28. Presi-
dent Wilson may be proclaim-
ed the first honorary president
of tho German-Austrian repub-
lie, the Wiener Neues Journal
declares, according to a dis-
patch from Vienna todav.
"A new superstition is spread
ing throughout Austria that
President Wilson is really the
late Crown Prince Rudolf,
whose .death many did not be-
lieve," the newspaper says.
"In Lower Austria it is pop-
ularly believed that Wilson will
save Austria from a final
smash up."
Crown Prince Rudolh, heir to
the late Emperor Franu Josef,
mysteriously disappeared sever-
nt vpara rbo. His death was
never authentically establish-
ed.
Will Be First Ever Held Here
And Wifl Rival Those Of
Larger Cities.
Salem is going to put on as much
stylo as Portland or Chicago and will
have a fine automobile show all of it
own. Tho auto dealers of the city met
last woek and delegated Lee Gilbert
as general manager and already things
aro moving towards tho biggest auto
Hhow ever held in tho stato outside of
Portland.
The entire armory lias been rente-1
and will bo appropriately decorated in
regulation automobile show style. The
spaces for showing oars will be appor
tioned off and arranged under the gal
leries around the main drill room. This
will leave the center of the large room
for the crowds and in the evenings
two dances are to be given. The first
dance will bo the opening night and
tho second, closing night Saturday,
January 18.
Making Arrangements Now
Already the auto dealers are mak
ing arrangements with Mr. Gilbort for
space. The . Valley Motor Company,
renrcsentine Vick Bros., hate made ap
i plication for six spaces and the Max
! well Motor ear company of Portland
ithis morning telephoned for thre
snaccs to display their 1919 cars.
Besides the showing of all that is
latest in cars, there will be a program
each evening. Governor Withycombe
will speak and members of the legisla
ture from all parts of tho stato will
be called on for addresses at the pro
irram of each evening. Mr. Gilbert
announces that he has several interest
ing stunts that will be pulled off to
sdd to the general interest of tho
show.
As tho legislature will be n session
publish any matter injurious to the
Americans. -.
The sale of alcohol is restricted to
beer and wine and this must be sold
only within hours specified by fiie Am
erican commanders.
Travel within the zone of occupation
ill bo controlled.
A blanket clause provides that any
person arrested for violating the or
ders will be tried by a military court
which will have the power to provide
punishment.
Entente Plans To Throw
, Barrier Between Reds
Washington, Dec, 28. -The entente
quietly is encouraging the movement
to throw a reouDlican barrier between
tho reds of Russia and of Germany, it
oeoamo kbowb here.today,, , ,
This -barrier Is being reared by, Pol
ish occupation of Danzig and parts of
Prussian Posen so that the Moscow
firebrands shall bo isolated from the
Berlin group.
Art allied naval eonJccntratiihi at
Dnnr.Lg, possible under the armistice
terms, will be in effect to Bupport Po
land and tho Russian Baltic, provinces.
in caso of further bolshovilii advances,
according to diplomatic indications
m
here.
Wources close to tho Russian embas
sy declared, tnat it sunicieni unne
StBtcg and allied aid is provided to
unite the Russian forces of tho UrasK
tfovernment. in the east, the Archnn
gel government in tho north and the
Kiev government in tlie souin, tne re
publican troops win oe aDie to com
pletc the task of redeeming Russia.
IMCORPORATEFiR
EOARD WITHLUMBER
West Coast Lumbermen Will
Establish New York Office
Soon. ,
Taeoma, Wash., Deo. 28. Official of
the West Coast Lumbermen 'j associa
tion, at their meeting- here authorized
the incorporation of the Fir Production
Board, for the purpose of handling fu
ture government lumber orders for mills
in westen Washington and western Oregon.
The Fir Production Board as a gov
ernment agency will pass out of ens-
AND NOW REPORTS SAY
EBERT IS OVERTHROWN
Predicted That New Cabinet
Will Be Formed Includ
ing LiebknecliL
The Hague, Dec. 2S. The Ebert gov
ernment has virtually been overthrown
according to a dispatch filed in Ber
lin Thursday night and received here
Tho' dispateh ay Philip Scheidcman that week, Mr. Gilbert will send each
had fled the city.
It is predicted that a new eabinet
will be formed, including Karl Leib
knecht and George Ledebour, and that
the central soviet will be summoned.
Molketufhor Commandant
London, Dec. 28. Brutus Molken
shur. supporter of Karl Liobknecht,
has been made commandant of Berlin,
according to a dispatch from that ciey
to the Daily Mail today. '
Hindentmrg on Way
Berlin, Jee. 26. Government troops
renewed bombardment of the royal
palace this morning, killing several of
the mutinious sailors entrenched there.
The dofenders finally surrendered.
Field Marshal Von Hindenburg wita
an army of loyal troops is reported to
he marehiBZ on Berlin to restore order.
The bolsheviki still control the former
socialist newspaper Vorwacrls.
CONGRATULATES WILSON
London, Dec. 28. -- King
fl-eorge walked into President
Wilson's apartment nt 10
o'clock this morning and con
gratulated , him on hn 02nd
birthday, wishing him many
happy returns.
By Bobert J. Bender .
(United Press staff correspondent)
London, Dm.- 98. President Wilsoa
was officially welcomed to London t -day
in a formal ceremony at the Guild
hall. - v
Hi speech, ia rerily to- the lord may
or 'a address, had been looked forward
to by the British people as clear ex
pression of America attitude toward
the most vital principles of the psaea
settlement.
It was the first of his "conversa
tions" with the British public, design- '
ed to promote- a eompteto understand
ing between Great Britain aud Amer
ica and in tine with his polity of open '
discussion of peace preliminaries. The
material for his speech was believed 1
to have been developed from the con
ference yesterday- with Premier. Lloyd- '
George, Foreign Secretary Balfeur and
other British - statesmen. -
The president and Mrs.- Wilson ar
rived at the Guild hall at 12:30 and
tence. The now organization will m were received oy tae loro mayor sm
conducted by tho staff of tho West others. Mn. Wilson received a bouquet
Coast Lumbermen's association in Seat
tle and Portland, and through it the
biu producers will receive their gov
ernment orders.
The lumbormen also decided on the
immediate establishment o
in New York in chargo of an engineer
",0yitaiiehe. Among the prominent per
fir and other west coast woods' . ... . ' ,v rv.
Biigadior Gonoral Brice P Disque, head ,,".,
of tuo aircraft production, made an ap Thfl stretf erowded to ace the
peal for continued support of the Loy !,presi(Jent pa,s on nU way to and from
al Legion of Lumbermon and Loggers, he Guild hall Troops lined the way
the war time roganization, as the most "and Kct)t tno people in check.
eiiecuve means ui cu-uru.uui.un iu Tna president continued nis tonrer
forls of the lumbormen and their eni- enees jtu British statesmen this af-
pioye). . . - - iternoon, developing the greatest per-
'ihe annual mooting and eioction oi 0nal understanding and inenusnip. ia
of l icers will be hold in Seattle Friday, yesterday's conversations tho president
from the mayor's daughter.
oiven Aadxen or weicoma
After the initial eeremonies,, the)
I president was given an address of wel-
'eome on parchment, in a gold casket.
UU UO' , , - ., . J
f an office ' ouowing ms ivyij -su jiruBiuvu.
A " . I Mrs. Wilson went to the mansion house
.in cuargo ol .n ug.ur . . m.yatl.m -t
to overcome discrimination against the ,';. .nnn .:' .
Iwuglas fir and other ost eoaat wood ' . tne Duk,
January 81.
President Poincare Says
Germans must Be Made Pay
is known to'have exehangel ideas with
T I J SI J ..)'.... HMIH AUAVV
phase "of the peace program. The eon- ..
ferences are said to have been "very
I Garo General Vlewa ; 4
The nrcsidont cave his views on gen-
London. Dec. 28. "The Germans '..i ,KiPts nd explained just what
must pay not only in . money, but in tn0 American people expected of him.
kind," President Poincare is quoted as fhe premier and foreign secretary
saying In an interviow with the Paris wfire cquttUy frank, and a whole week
correspondent of tho Chronicle "Oth- 0f nccomplishmont under ordinary pro-,
erwise they will be ablo to injure OS eedurs was crowded into a few houra
with our machinery, wnne we aro pro- -waiting diplomatic rorniity.
curing new machinery. Promior Lloyd
Georgo has agreed to that principle."
Po-incaro Baid that France and urcat
Britain have answered to the niaiiij
points of Presidont Wilson's H prin
ciples.
France has no fenr of bolshevism,
Poincare said, declaring much has been
done to improve social conditions, par
ticularly -the financial systems.
Eugene Houston Now
On His Way Back Home
R. B. nouston rccoived a telegram
from his son, Kugono, Monday morning
announcing his promotion to corpral.
Tho important part of tho tolcgram was
to the effect that in threo days the
boys would entrain for Camp i
and that he hoped to be home by Now
Years. Young Houston has boen in
enmo Green, Charlotte, North Carolina.
ties of nitrate of soda, 0ne of the much Houston joined the tank servico some
needed fertilizers. timo ago.-Hanta itosa nepuwucaii.
During the coming season the govern
inont will oner ror suiu ai unuu
Thin evenimr the president will dina
with IJoydGcorgo at Downing street
and meet other members of tho imper
ial war cabinet. At 11:15 tonight, ha
will leave for Carlisle. He has request
ed the greatest privacy, as this is a
personal visit to the former homo of
his mother, and he wishes no eeremon
ies. Bcforo the Guild hall meeting tha
president went to the American em
bassy, where he received sevoral dele
gations. Among them were members of
the league of nations union, headod by
Viscount Grey, Herbert Asquith and
the archbishop cf Canterbury; Knghsh
speaking" university organizations, the
Hovnl Institute of public health, in
which he was asked to accept an hon
orary membership; friends of the lea
gue of nations; Zionists headed - by
lord Rothschild; the National Council
of Rvangelicnl 'Four Churehea and tho
Trades Union council, which presentod
a memorial.
(Continued on page eight)
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MIIMIMUrH"TMTMMTMM .
ft
to at
tend the show. And as it will be WJ
early in the session for the lawmakers
to have gotten down to real business
it is thought that the automobile snow
will be the means of introducing mem
bers of the 1919 legislature to the citi
zens of Salem. Anyhow, Mr. Gilbert
says its going to be a great show.
CREEL MAKES STATEMENT
Revelations From Secret
Chapters of Hun Royalty
Colonel Schroeder, an officer with the armies of German Crown Prince, once
trusted messenger of the emperor, confident and companion of Baroness Else
Baronin Schweirin, and until recently aide-de-camp to Rupprecht, the Crown
Prince of Bavaria, no wa deserter in Denmark, makes sensational revelations
and reveals the hideous secrets of kaiserly intrigue before and during the war.
c
t-e-e-i
Paris, Dec. 28. "I have not resign
ed, but I expect to quit and return to
th3 United States as soon as I can
clean up my affairs here, as I intend
ed to do before! I came to Europe,"
George Creel, head of the eommittee
on .public information said today.
William Perkins, said to have bw;n
one of the oldest living twins n the
United States, died at Spokane Wednes
dny, aged 88. His twin brother, Dr
Willard Perkins, resides In Michigan.
- settee
A LOST LETTER THAT FINALLY
BROUGHT ABOUT THE FINAL
CRISIS.
It is a wonder to ma that some of ths
German generals had not finished this
war long ago before now by causing tac
kaiser to be "accidentally" shot.
For if any man has done his best t
lose a war it is the kaiser, ably second
ed by the Crown Prinee.
Among all ranks in front of Verdun
I found a fever of unrest, of dissatis
faction. Within two days seven thousand
Germnns had been killed In fruitless
attacks. '
"It's impossible, absolutely lmpossi
hV. tn taks the plaee! The French
will hold out to the very last man, and
they've got more ammunition and guns
than we have ever dreamed of. It's
impossible! Absolutely, impossible!"
That was what a man in the uniform
of a French soldier was saying when I
entored our temporary mess room,
I had some little difficulty in finding.
- I recognized him at ouee. Ho was one
of our men, Gunzstcin by name a dar
ing fellow and an excellent spy. He
had lived in France for the greater
part of his lifo; he was even in the
French army; and he had orept out
from Verdun into our lines.
"Impossible! Nothing's impossible
to me! We go on. Wo advance again
tomorrow."
The Crown Prtnce'a Crime.
It was tho Crown Prince who spoW
His face was red, his cap was on one I
H-l
side, his speech was thick. I knew the)
symptoms. The yong scoundrel nam
been drinking, as was his custom.
"Advanec! Why you've been aoing
nothing but fall back! "
The Crown Prince looked for amom
cnt as if some one had struck him.
"You you "
He seemed incapable of finding any
words.
Then suddenly he flung his hand to
wards the table, snatched up a service
revolver which lay there, aud fired it
point blank at Gunzstein. The shot
blew half the unfortunate fellow 's face
away, and he fell dead.
Simultaneously with the shot the door
opened and the kaiser entered!
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