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New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Bitter Opposition Develops
in Congress to Proposal
Tor Five-Year Test
Railroad Heads Protest
lime to Arrive at just
Plan Already Provided
For, Statement Saws
By. Carter Field

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-Opposition
!" congress to the McAdoo proposal
1or a five-year experiment in govern
ihent operation of railroads seems 40
overwhelming that it is not believed
by leaders of either party or any fac
t'on that there is the slightest chance
OF the plan being given Congressional
sanction.
Nor is Congress, apparently, willing
10 concede that Mr.. McAdoo can force
~ 10 accept one or the other horns of
dilemma he presents. The leaders do
not believe that they must either grant
the power for five years more of "sus-
pended animation" las one Senator who
leans strongly toward government own.
ershlp put 1t, or else see the roads re-
turned to their private owners under
all the disadvantages and l legal handi-
caps which hampered the roads prior
to their seizure by the government.
The opposition did not come from
any particular group Il was very
general. For instance, Senator Hiram
johnson, of California, perhaps the
leader OF the out-and-out government
ownership group, does not like the
plan at all. He wants the railroads
taken over by the government at once,
and can see no reason for waiting five
years.
AT the opposite extreme in his own
party, Senator Penrose thinks almost
anything would be better than the pres
ent "mismanagement" of the roads.
Ut has set the cause of government
ownership, back fifty years." he said, in
describing the Decentralization" Of the
roads and express companies under Nc
Adoo.
What might be called the middle-of
the-road attitude on the Republican
side, voiced bys sspator Borah, who is
not yet convinced as to whether gov
eminent ownership is a good thing or
rot, seems in harmony with the ex
tremes.
The present system, which Mr.. Nc
Adoo wants extended for five years. he
characterized as the "most vicious form
OF ownership Of which the mind could
conceive."
On. the Democratic side the pro
gressivV group, of course, is not sufi-
GENTLY pronounced to permit the NAM
ing of leaders.
Democratic Leader Martin declared
openly his unalterable opposition to
the McAdoo proposal.
II am opposed to that plan and | am
opposed to permanent government
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Montreal in Hands
Ut Gangs OF Rioters
As Policemen Strike

MONTREAL. Dec. 12.-With every
policeman and virtually every fireman
IN the city on strike for higher wages,
Montreal is helpless tonight in the
hands of rioters. Fire stations have
been wrecked, citizens robbed and
stores looted. Saloons and disorderly
resorts are wide open. Lawabiding cit
izens are helpless to prevent the dep
rotations of the gang of hoodlums.
The official estimate by E. r. Decary
chairman of the City Commission, Of
the number out was: Police, S44; fire.
men, $50; garbage incineration de-
partment, 150; engineers and others
employed at the low level pumping sta
tion of the waterworks, 16.
In st. Henri fire captain was badly
beaten. A gang of youngsters wrecked
the fire station at Chaboillez Square,
near the Grand Trunk station, broke up
salvage trucks and apparatus with axes
and threw out of the windows bedding
and furniture, which were taken home
by members of the crowd. Damage
here is estimated close to $4,000.
Another gang raided fire headquar-
ters, fought the private detectives on
duty and cleaned out the volunteer
firemen.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Dutch Would ParIey
Ouer E1-Kaiser's Fate

\ AMSTERDAM, Dec. 12.-The
A Premier of Holland, Jonk-
heer Duijs de Beerenbrouck. is
quoted as saying:
ut is possible that foreign
governments might desire to con-
suit with Holland regarding a
new place of residence for the
Kaiser. The Dutch government
would net be disinclined to this.
on condition that Holland be given
a place in such a consultation
corresponding with the country's
honor and dignity.
"The present arrangement is
PROVISIONAL" he explained, the
government reserving it's definite
decision"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Again
Seeks to Lift
Americas Cup
Irish Yachtsman Issues
Challenge for Race With
Shamrock ~, Now Here

BELFAST, Ireland. Dec. ,12.-The
Royal Ulster Yacht Club has sent a
cablegram to the New York Yacht Club
containing challenge for the America IS
Cup on behalf of Sir Thomas Upton,
who is relying OH Shamrock w for the
challenge.
Although the cabled challenge of
Sir Thomas had not been received last
night at the New York Yacht Club
members said they were ready to ac-
cept it upon it's arrival Although
rather surprised that the challenge
should follow SO closely upon the
armistice, there was no hesitation
among yachtsmen in announcing that
it would be accepted joyfully.
The challenge will probably be a re-
newal of that sent by Sir Thomas
through the Royal Ulster Yacht Club
in 1918. The Irish yachtsman was to
sAonS q Hiol dttCliluC W lllC lue Amer
icas Cup in the summer of 1914, but
the war broke UP the proposed race.
The Shamrock w, a yacht of new
and carefully guarded design, was be-
ing'sbrought across the ocean when war
was declared. Under tow of Sir Thorn
ass steam Yacht, The Erin, she was
hurried to Bermuda and thence to New
York, where she Is now held at Tebos
yacht basin.
Trial races to select the defender
were going on off Newport when war
was declared Resolute, a syndicate
built yacht, turned out by the Herres-
hoffs, was proving her superiority over
Alexander Smith Cochran's Vanitie.
when the outbreak of hostilitics ended
the trials. Resolute is held at Herres
hoff's yard in Bristol, R. I.
Arthur Curtiss James, former COM
modore of the New York Yacht Club,
said last night:
"If Sir Thomas has challenged us.
we have Resolute, and it will be case
of one old boat against another"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Distrust and Dread
Wilsonian Idealism

At the same time, the French are a
nation of idealists and very large
part of President Wilson's programme
would meet with their unanimous ap-
proval if it were intended to apply to
a world from which everything Boche
had been eliminated. In that case Mr..
Wilson's idealistic policy would have
won him the intelligent worship of
every class of Frenchman. AS things
are, they both dstrust and dread Will
scnian dealism in so far as it applies
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13

meeting of the executive committee of
the council. The cablegram, whicS was
sent through the Archbishop OF Upsala,
Sweden, Lutheran Primate, was read
by the Rev. James MacFarland, of New
York, general secretary of the council
No action was taken by the commit
tee, Dr. MacFarland announcing that
he would submit it the administra-
tive meeting. which will be held short
ly in New York
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Navy Board
Wants Fleet to
Equal British
Badger Tells House Commit
tee Ships Will Be Needed
To Enforce World Peace
War Taught a Lesson
Six Dreadnoughts To Be
Laid Down Will Be Most
Powerful Vessels Af1oat

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Neither
the end of hostilities nor proposals for
league of nations has altered the
po4icy of the general board of the navy
in regard to making the American navy
second to none in the world, Rear Ad-
mral Charles J. Badger, chairman of
the executive committee of the board,
told the House Naval Affairs Commit
tee today. He said the navy should
be equal to that of any other nation
by 1925, and urged that sufficient ap-
preparations to make this possible be
made by Congress.
The general board believes that
under the present world conditions and
the conditions likely to obtain in the
future" Admiral Badger said, "the
United States navy should steadily
continue to increase. Ultimately, it
should be equal to the most powerful
maintained by any other nation of the
world. Year by year development
should be made, consistent with the
facilities of the country but the limit
above defined should be attained not
later than 1925.
Needed to Enforce Peace :
"Navies must be the principal sup
port of a league of nations, and the
United States, from it's wealth, in
fiuencc and power, will be called upon
to contribute a large share Of the in
ternational police force to render such
q league effective."
The duty of the navy in the future,
the admiral said, will be not only to
guard the country against invasion, but
to protect as we'll the great merchant
marine now being built.
"Sea power will always remain
factor of vast Importance in interna-
tional relations" Admiral Badger .de-
clared. "The great naval lesson of the
war has been that the nation possess-
ing the most powerful navy was abae IL,
few weeks TO drive ,the German Iner-
chant flag from the seas and to keep
open her own trade routes Ard yet.
when the war commenced, Germany
possessed the second best navy in the
world 1t proved to be not good
enough. The blockade which she was
not able to break was the greatest con-
tributing cause of her ultimate col
lorce. -
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13

America has many statesmen of the
highest rank, it is argued, who would
render admirable service, but the Pres
ident represents the headship of the
nation and should stand aloof and
above all controversial matters.
The American Presidents constitu-
tional powers are, of course, vastly diff
erent from those of the French chief
of state, which may to some extent
explain away this argument, but that
does lot lessen the objection that many
French people have to the position as
sumed by him at the peace congress.
Just what may be understood by the
statement that Mr.. Wilson was specially
invited to come to France, l leave to
diplom fists TO unravel. Exactly what
happened, have reason to believe, was
this:
Mr.. Wilson expressed the desire to
visit France. This was forwarded to
the proper quarters, and a formal in
vitation naturally and gladly was ex-
tended to him by the French govern
ment. A curious thing is that, imme-
diately after the probable date of Mr..
Wilson's visit here was announced,
notification was made that the British
King would visit Paris fortnight be-
fore Mr.. Wilson's arrival, and subse-
quently the public was informed that
the Belgian King and Queen would
come to Paris Immediately after King
George. The original French pro-
gramme, it was understood at the time,
was for all these official visits to take
place after, and not before the sigma
tire of peace.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
More Ships Necessary

Completion CT the three-year build
ing programme authorized in 1916 ard
which was halted to build anti-sub-
marine craft, was recommended by
Admiral Badger. Work has not yet
been started on six battleships, six
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Church Gets Armistice
Appeal From Berlin Man
Christian Federal Council Asked
to Urge U. S. to Soften
Torv,.S
Terms

ATLANTIC CITY, Dee. ia mes
sage from DR.. Adolf Deisman, of the
University of Berlin, requesting the
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
in America to petition the United
States Government to soften the terms
Of the armistice, was read at the clos
:.--- ---.--a;an L-ca -Gsv of the annual
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Viscount Miner to Resign

LONDON, Dec. 12.-"The Daily Ex-
press" this morning says it under
stands that Viscount Miner, the Sec
retary of State for War, is about to
auit the government.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
President Is Told France
Will Be Ready to Open
Peace Congress Jan. 3
PichOn to Extend
Nations Welcome
Houses and Streets at Port
Decorated; Will Depart
for Capital in Afternoon

BREST, Dec. 12 (By The Associated
Press).-President Wilson will arrive
here' his first stopping place in France,
at noon tomorrow. The French gov
ernmsnt and this ancient Breton city
nave completed their preparations to
commemorate the first landing of an
American President on the soil of
Europe
Inc weather this evening was not
promising for the brilliant naval spec
tacle which will mark the Presidents
arrival, as steady rain was falling
and thick mist enveloped the har-
Dor, making the outer headlands dimlv
visible.
Brest is crowded with troops and
sailors and Breton peasantry in their
quainr costumes. Buildings and
squares are hung with flags and
streamers and notices bearing the
words: give Wilson! Hail the cham
plon OF the rights of MANI
An American naval band gave q CON
cert this evening in the Place President
wilson. A large crowd was present
despite the rain.
Fleet Follows Ship
1t is expected that the lighthouse
at the point will sight the George
Washington and its naval escort III.
tie before noon on Friday and that the
l.
Meet Will arrive in the harbor an honr
! later.
Sdephen Pichon, the French FOREIGN
Minister, and Georges .Leygues. Minis
Ter CT Marine, will go aboard the
George Washington at 1880 o'clock in
lnc afternoon to extend the first for
'9a' greetings. General Pershinr Cen
erai Bliss, Admiral. Benson. Admiral
Wilson, Colonel e. NJ. House and Am
bassador Sharp will go aboard at the
same time. The Presidents land;no
IS timed for 8 o'clock in the after.
noon.
The Presidential party will be
brought ashore on the channel steauer
st. Tudrc, which has been brought
here to take the place of the liebters
usually employed. The steamer will
ny the French flag and the Presidents
ensign.
Erecting Is Arranged
1t has been arranged that the var;-
Gus ministers, generals, admirals and
ambassadors will be the first to de-
park hnal landing being reserved for
the President and Mrs. Wilson. The
ministers and officials will form a
group to receive the President as he
steps ashore. The Foreign COMMITTEES
Of the Chamber of Deputies and
delegation of Socialist deputies also
Will be present
Foreign Minister Pichon will well
come the distinguished guests on be-
half of the French government and
Mayor Goude on behalf of the City of
Brest. The President will then ride
along the Cours Dajot to the railway
station, whence he will depart for
Paris at o'clock
The city is wild with excitement to-
uight in anticipation of to-morrow's
great event. Patriotic meetings and
concerts arc being held, and the Pres-
dent is assured of d tumultuous well
come
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
French Are Not Ready
To Follow Wilson

have lived in this city for nearly a
dozen years and have not spent week
outside its walls since the war began.
1t has been my business to study the
people closely, and particularly their
opinions. If the censorship really has
been lifted, as we have been led to sup
pose, then it Will now be possible to
say.
FIRST, that the French people are dis
tinctly not ready to follow Mr.. Wilson'S
idcalistic policy, and,
Second, that if the Clemenceau min
istry showed any inclination to agree
to peace without indemnities or annex
ations, it would be out of office within
twenty-four hours.
The attitude of the average French
man to Mr.. Wilson's programme of the
fourteen points is one of nervous fear.
This feeling began to manifest itself
in Paris from the day the Germans ad-
dressed their first note to President
Wilson asking him to appeal to the AL
lies on their behalf for an armistice
1t was allayed somewhat by passages in
the Presidents successive replies,
which indicated that the best the Ger
mans could expect was to be placed in
such position that the renewal of hos
tiities would be impossible.
But this feeling of dread that Mr..
Wilson may in some way influence the
terms of the peace treaty in manner
favorable to the Germans does not dis
appear.
The French are realists to their gore
and they realize better than any other
people in the world with grim reality
all that is meant by the word Prussian.
They have been convinced by actual
suffering that it is sheer lunacy to
attempt to apply idealistic methods
to Brother Boche, except perhaps in
the form of some ideally drastic pun
ishment.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
france, Distrusting Germany,
Not Ready to Follo,u Wilson
IT Cemenceau Ministry Agreed to Peace Without
lndemnities or Anne xations 1t Would Not Last
Day-Hun Still in Saddle Is Feeling i'm Paris
By hampton Hunt

any way to the worlds future reia-
lions with the Boche.
The people here comprehend thor
oughly the rich blend of realism and
idealism represented by Roosevelt. and
there is scarcely man who would not
welcome him Fundamentally to full
participation in the peace congress.
They know Teddy" here and they
both admire and respect him and the
America he stands for. His courage
when he came here a few years ago
and lectured them for their own good
rather took them back at first, but all
of France drew inspiration from his
words.
The people here regret that Presi
dent Wilson did not visit the battle
fields of Northern France during the
last three months of the war and see
with his own eyes how the Germans
make war. They are hoping the trip
he is about to take into that country
will open his eyes to a very special
nature OF the enemy with whom peace
is going to be made.
Allies Are Expected to
Overwhelm u. S. Demands
But the average Frenchman is build
ing all his hopes on the belief that
when it comes to a showdown of peace
proposals the wishes of the rest of the
Allies will have such an overwhelming
amount of weight behind them that Mr.
Wilson will find it impossible to per-
sist in any idea Of kindness to Ger
many and will support the only kind Of
peace that caa prove satisfactory, and
prevent Germany from repeating the
crime, Of 1914. >.,......
Many people are firmly convinced
that all the existing apprehension
could have been avoided. America
should have been party to the pact of
Lohdon, under which the European Al
lies and Japan bind themselves not to
make separate peace. Nothing has
as yet been published on this side to
explain the mystery Of why America
goes to the peace conference as kind
Of third party to the discussions that
must take place. That is one of the
many things the French people cannot
understand in Americas position to-
day America is not one of the Allies,
but only kind of associate ally.
France is intensely anxious that
America should take her full place at
the peace congress, hence the desire
that she should sign the pact of Lon
don and stand on level terms with the
other powers. But it cannot be said
that Mr.. Wilson's presence as dele
oa re- iS pOnI1lar hero
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
New York Tribune
Special Cable Seyrice

Copyright. 1918, New York Tribune Inc,
FARlS, Dec. 11.-Owing to the fet-
ters in which correspondents have
been bound by the international GEN.
sorshlp organization America has been
prevented from knowing what the real
opinion in France is in regard to peace.
Thanks to this vicious system, the
Tree play Of wholesome influences and
frank discussion between the peoples
OF the worlds three great democracies
France, America and Great Britain
has been impossible.
We all have been spoofed with half
truths that have sometimes amounted
tc nat untruths. Dispatches sent out
by the United States Bureau of Public
information during the last few days
and published here represent the whole
OF America as solidly behind Wilson in
his mission to Europe, and insinuate
that Wilson's programme is the pro-
gramme of America as whole. You
can estimate how closely this CORE
spends to facts.
The man who can insure a wide diff
fusion in this country of the real views
OF the American people on the Wilson
programme will do an enormous ser.
vice, especially to France. The diff
Guilty to be overcome will be the exces-
slve fear of the French people that
they may, in reproducing here anv
opinions that may appear antagonistic
to the Wilson appeal, be guilty of I'M
politeness to the man who at. the end
or this week will, be ttfsefir hon1oreII 8 8
guests, the bead of u. great. nation
which has rendered to France such
sterling SerYice sinca tho ,,,nr haa ,
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
W WEATHE r

Increasing cloudiness to-day, followed
by rain tonight and Tomorrow;
moderate winds becoming
southwesterly
Full Report Page IA
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13

Continued on page three
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Hold u. S. President
Should Stand AIoof

gate is popular here.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13

ture of peace
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-17
Humorous Department

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home" said the lady on the train 10
the conductor.
You will have 10 trust me. am one
OF the directors wives
II am sorry. madam" replied the
conductor. Il can't do that. even II
you wcr" the directors Only wife.
Willie" said his mother. Il wish
YOU would run across IT." street ana
sce how old Mrs. Brown is this NOM
ing"
"Ycs'm." r.Ilied WIllc. and i"w
minutes later he returned ami report
ed:
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business mow ola she Is,
How much will your opinion tie
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the lawyer.
THAT rln'. say" answered the
lawyer. "I.ut ! can tell y"" what III
charge you Tor IL.
.Iinw old al" H"n. sweetheart
...i,.J 3, ,ord lad, OF Agnes. aged six
years.
/ ain't old" replied Agnes. I'm
nearly new
who CAV" IN" bride away asked
mother as her daughter and J"nnH'
.,pcd ten. came back from III" we'd
dinx.'
"I:ohli" did" replied Johnny. He
whisrnr.d 10 his mother: 'Iiurrah for
blanche she's got hun at last
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-17
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