Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-17
EXPECT WILSON TO
SOUND THE ALLIES
Insists Germany Must Offer Redress
For Wrongs Done
MAY KILL PEACE PROPOSAL
That is Altitude Of Senate oD Resolu-
ton Wood is Made Army
Division Commander


| the official text of Pope Benedict's
peace note has not changed in any
| way the situation as il is understood
to exist in this and other capitals of
the nations engaged in fighting the
Prussian autocracy.
Nobody is authorized to represent
the views of President Wilson and
Secretary Lansing, and nothing has
been officially disclosed as to the at
titude of the Entente Governments to-
ward the Pope's move, but opinion in
| Washington official circles and among
the diplomatic agents Of the Entente
is generally to the effect that the pro-
posal of the Pope cannot be accepted
in the absence of assurance from
Germany of willingness to make re-
dress for the wrongs she has commit
ted and to furnish satisfactory guar
antees for the future
1t was only yesterday that the State
Department received the official text of
the Pope's communication, which had
been transmitted by the Papal Sec
retary of State to King George and
handed by the London Foreign Office
to the American Ambassador to Great
Britain, who cabled it to Washington.
To Be Considered Maturely.
Secretary Lansing had said that no
consideration of the terms of the note
would be given by this Government
until the official text had been deliv-
cred to him. He emphasized this
statement in denying, with consider
able force, a published assertion that
he had told three foreign representa-
tives that the Popes views were un-
acceptable to the United States.
In making the denial Mr.. Lansing
said that he had not discussed the
Pope's proposal with President Will
son or anybody else, and he repeated
that it would be we'll for the public
to suspend judgment and speculation
on this new effort to bring the great
war to a close. Mr.. Lansing added
that he had never expressed the views
of either the Government or himself
on the Pope's communication.
Senate May Kill Resolution.
No peace resolution is to be adopt
ed by the Senate calling upon Presi-
dent Wilson at this time to definie the
aims of the United States in the war
or to suggest any policy for him to
follow in dealing with Germany. That
was definitely decided at conference
of Democratic and Republican leaders
of the Senate after Senator King of
Utah had conferred with the Presi-
dent at the White House.
The program of the Senate is to al
low Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin,
to bring up his peace resolution any
time he wishes, and, after brief de-
bate on it. to kill it by decisive vote.
ANY effort in the meantime to get any
other peace resolution through will
be dealt with by consigning the reso-
luton to the table, to stay there un-
til the La Toilette measure is brought
UP.
The Senate is determined to end by
an overwhelming vote all efforts to
embarrass the Administration by at
tempting to dictate policy as to peace
overtures. Senator La Toilette and
any other supporters of his resolution
may talk as long as they wish. When
they have exhausted themselves the
scheme is to have some Democratic
leader, who is likely to be Senator
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi,
and some Republican leader, probably
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,.
answer for both sides of the Chamber.
After these two speeches have been
made the leaders will insist upon
vote on the resolution.
Wood To Train Army Division.
The division and brigade command
ers of the main component parts OF
| the army of $4,000 men composed OF
National Guardsmen and drafted men
| to be trained for service in France
was announced by the War Depart
ment.
The assignment of thirty-two Major
| Generals, one for each of the new Ma
tional Army divisions and one for each
National Guard division, was an
| nOunceQ IN the ilSl. III AhdhihS eAS
assignments the War Department ne
cessarily utilized most of the new
Major and Brigadier Generals whose
| nominations were sent TO the Senate
this week by President Wilson. But
there we're some notable exceptions,
| all six of the department commanders
Major Generals Bell, Wood. Lggett
Edwards, Parker and Barry, being as
signed to take command of divisions
Major General j. Franklin Bell
Commander of the Department of the
East, with headquarters at Governors
Island. will command the Seventy
seventh national army division, which
| is to be trained at Camp Upton, al
| Yaphank. L. /. This division will con-
| sist of the soldiers now being drafted
from metropolitan New York
Major General Thomas F. 0'Ryan
| of the New York National Guard, viii
command the Twenty-seventh division
at Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg
N. c. This division win be made ur
of guardsmen from the Empire State