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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-10-04
PRESIDENT Votes at Primaries.

Princeton. n. J. - President Wilson
arrived here Tuesday to cast his vote
in the New Jersey primaries. The pres
ident was greeted at the station by a
large crowd of Princeton students and
cadets from the aviation school.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-10-04
Bull GlR|A IS NOW
OUT OF WORLD WAR
DEMANDS OF ALLIES MET IN
FULL AND HosTiLiTiES
SUSPENDED.
Bulgarian Army TO Be Immediately De.
nnoboIized and Al Means of Trans
port Inside the Kingdom to Be
Turned Over 10 Allies.

London. Bu;garia Is definitely on
Of the war 9nd Turkey. virtually en-
of from communication with her allles
ana her armies la Palestine almost mn
Initiated, likely soon mill be forced q
sue for cessation Of hostilities
against her
Seeing eventual defent staring her
ress OF the Serbian. Italian. British.
Greek and French troops IA the re-
claiming Of Serbiu and the Invasion Of
Bulgarian territory. the Bnlgars
begged for an armlstice reserylng to
themselves no conditions. All the ter
ritory now held by King ferdinand's
men Is 20 be evacuated the Bulgarian
army Is 10 be Immediately demobillzed
and all means OF transport inside the
kingdom, even along the Danube, Is to
be given over into allied hands.
Austria to Be Tested.
Thus. IN addition 10 the isolation OF
Turkey. the back door 10 u direct in
vasion Of ustria-flnngary Is flung
Wide open 10 the allies and doubtless
the time is not far distant when adj
vnntnge TO the full viii be taken to the
new avenue through which the enemy
can be reached With the dcbacle In
Serbia and Bulgaria complete, the
Ausiro Hungarluns In Albania soon
will be put TO the test. and when their
evacuation to their own borders Is ac-
complished the allies will have welded |
AN Iron semi-clrcle about the central
powers from the Black sen TO the
North sea.
Outlook Gloomy for Huns.
Viewing the situation in all It's as
pects-the success of the great Of
fensiye In Belgium and France; the
blettlng out of the war zone In the
Balkans, the cutting Off Of the Turks
from intercourse with Germany and
Austria Hungary, except by the long
route through the Caucasus and south
ern Russia and the stendy gains that
IRE being made by the allies In making
Russia once more factor In the
the darkest days of the war
seemingly are faced by the Austro-
iermnns.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Bolsheuiki Find $l58,5OO
In Banks to the Credit
OF Ex-Pren7ier kerensk,

= LONDON, Jan. 5.-The Bolshevik
authorities announced that they have
discovered 317,OOO rubles (S15S,5 5000
held in banks to the credit of former
Premier kerensky, according to direct
dispatches from Petrograde. The
money probably will be spent for the
benefit of victims of the fighting which
preceded the overturn of the Kerensky
regime.
Newspapers in Petrograd continue
to report fighting in the South, where
according to the correspondent of "The
Times" civil war is waging fast and
furious. In several places there are
reported to have been scenes Of fierce
ngntlng. These include Ekaterinoslav
where it is said fighting already has
lasted five days. However, as commu-
'nication south and east from Petro-
grad is precarious at the best, the re-
ports convey little information.
Amidst the whrl of events involving
the fate of the nation, the Bolshevli
government has found time to decree
that Russia shall adopt phonetic spell
ing on January Il. Three vowels and
one consonant were eliminated from
the Russian alphabet.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

range another inter-Allied conference
as preliminary to a complete con-
ference of the whole labor movement
of the world. We desire nothing more
than to have fresh and the fullest
Joint discussion with the representa-
tives of labor, first among our Allies,
then with neutrals and our present
enemies.
II make one urgent request Of our
comrades in Russia. If they reach any
basis of agreement with the Central
Powers for general peace ask them
to insist that the Central Powers shall
submit this basis for consideration to
all the governments and peoples con-
'cerned
"They can then depend on it," Mr.
Henderson concluded, "that the repres-
entatives of British labor will do all in
their power to see that they receive
clear, candid and reasoned reply"
The proceedings were private, nei-
ther the public nor members of the
press being admitted, and, after the
meeting, the delegates dispersed to
their homes, mostly in the north, for
consultation with their constituents.
They will reassemble for the conclu-
sion of the negotiations with the Min
lister of National Service over the pro-
posed extension Of recruiting, in which
the government wishes to include GER
tain classes of skilled workers, to
whom exemption was promised when
the conscription bill was adopted,
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Overtures Made to Oppo.
nents of Bolsheviki in
Assembly, Is Report
Ukrainians Receptive
Ready to Strike Bargain With
Teutons-Allied Recog-
milton Denied

LONDON, Jan. Especial dispatches
from Pctrograd report attempts by the
German delegates at Petrograd to make
some sort of clandestine agreement
with the members of the Constituent
Assembly.
The correspondent of "The Daily
News" says that the Germans are try-
ing through neutral diplomat to get
into communication with members of
the Assembly. Their object is obvious
ne adds, as the parties opposed to the
Bolshevlki arc quite ready to profit by
the Bolshevik refusal to make peace
and to tell the people that the Boil
shevlkl promised them peace, but gave
them war.
The version of the correspondent of
,'The Daily Mail" is that the Germans
nave been putting pressure, direct OF
indirect, upon the government in con.
hectlon with the summoning of a Con.
stituent Assembly, as the Germans have
been making it pretty obvious that the,
arc unwilling to recognize the Boil
snevlkl as representatives of maiorit,
or the Russian people or even as tempo.
rary trustees Of the sovereign power
The Daily News" dispatch expresses
rear that Germany will find the Con
sutuent Assembly more amenable thar
the Bolsheviki in regard to makinp
peace, and quotes Foreign Minister
Irotzky as saying that the bourgeois
Are prepared to give away half the
country IT they can obtain control OF
the government of the other half,
Regarding the attitude of the
ukralne. toward the Germans, "The
Dally News" says that the Rada is
willing to strike bargain with the
Germans. The Pet1ograd corrcspon-
dent, of Tho Times" who is now in
London, writes that the Ukrainians are
determlned to send q mission to Brest-
Aitovsk, not to negotiate separate
peace, but to ascertain Gcrmany's in
tentlons toward Little Russia. The Ger
mans are willing, he says, to recognize
the Rada on the basis that the Ukraine
supply Germany with foodstuffs and
recognize German economic interests
in the Ukraine. Neither of these points
the correspondent adds, are to Little
Russian taste, but if the Allies fail to
help the Ukrainians or adopt a policy
OF compromise with the Bolsheviki, the
Rada may have to yield and the Cos
sacks, too.
In reference to the report that the
Allles arc shortly to recognize the
Bolshevik government and that Great
Britain will accept the appointment by
the Bolsheviki of Maxim LitvinoH as
Russian Ambassador in London, 1.-The
Times" says it has reason to believe
no change has occurred in the attitude
OF the British government Moreover
the government has received no intima-
tion Of NJ. Litvinoff's appointment.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
By Frank W. Getty

LONDON, Jan. 5.-1he Bolsheviki
have dealt knockout blow to secret
diplomacy Whether they have accom-
plished anything else, they have un-
doubtedly fixed the form which future
peace negotiations will take. A good
evidence of this is the widespread sat
isfaction expressed by the entire Brit
ish press over the manner in which
the Russian delegation at Brest-
Litovsk dragged the German proposals
into the sunlight, thereby with a sim
gle stroke proving the falseness Of the
German pretensions more effectively
than could years of Allied propaganda.
The shrewdness displayed by Joffe's
delegation in outman@uvring Won
kuehlmann and other leading diplom-
atists Of the Central Powers, to-
gether with tho continual indications
of resourcefulness with which Trotzky
is meeting changing conditions inside
Russia, unquestionably is affecting Al
lied opinion favorably.
The persistent talk of Allied, or at
least British, recognition of the Le-
nine government is sign of this. for
such suggestion would not have been
tolerated week ago.
What is more probable than tho i'm
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

independence, and that the present rul-
ers of Russia had entered into separate
peace nego. .iations, the Premier said:
II am indulging in no reproachcs. l
am stating facts to make 1t clear why
Britain cannot be held accountable for
decisions taken in her absence, and
concerning which she was not con-
suited or her aid invoked
Nobody who knows Prussia and her
designs toward Russia can doubt her
ultimate intention. Whatever phrases
she uses to delude Russia, she does not
mean to surrender any Of the Russian
provinces and cities now occupied. I'm
der one name or another, they will
henceforth be part of the Prussian
dominions, ruled by the Prussian
sword, and the rest Of the Russians
will be enticed or bullied into complete
economic and ultimate political en-
slavcment.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Bolshevik Peace Methods
Kill Secret Diplomacy

mediate official recognition Of the Le-
nine government is some sort of work
ing agreement pending the restoration
of order in Petro grad. The departure
OF Buchanan from Petrograd has rem
dercd such action possible. While he
was there in tic capacity Of ambas-
sador he naturally was unable to deal
with anything less than Il recognized
government.
Litvinoff, recently appointed Ambas-
sador to Great Britain, has announced
he considers himself accredited by the
Bolsheviki to the British people, not
the government.
There is new and interesting light
thrown on one feature Of the Russian
situation by certain dispatches to-day
from Petrograd, which allege efforts are
being made by Russian conservative
elements to establish communications
with Austro- German delgationA
These reports would seem to confirm
warnings voiced by those who with in
innate knowledge Of Russian affairs
predicted at the time of the Korniloff
revolution that the greatest danger of
a separate peace was that it was a way
to the success of the reactionaries.
Such disclosures, whether confirm d
or not are likely to increase the dis
position of the Allies to deal as far as
is necessary with the Maximalsts
since one of the main objections to
them from the beginning was their
prediction for separate peace.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

second contract was made through thu
Morgan house with the Westin -houss
Electric Company, which has delivered
million of the 100000 rifles called
for
1t is understood that $50, 900, 900 ha,
been paid to the Remington people and
$d0,00O.000 to the Westinghouse com
pany.
From the Baldwin Locomotive WORKS
and the American Locomotive Companv
500 engines have been ordered. Il is
reported that the United States Is ar
ranging to take engines to the value
Of s20,000,000 off the commissions
hands. The contract price is under
stood to be s56,750 each.
The commission does not expect to
be able to liquidate more than a third
Of the untitled contracts.
Meanwhile the supply commission's
payroll is running along to the tune
of 100000 a month. Probably it will
be we'll along in the spring before this
expense is eliminated and the Office
staff, ordnance experts and factory in.
spectors packed back to Russia.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Open Dardanelles
For Russian Ships,
Turkeys Peace Offer

LONDON, Jan. 5.-Free passage of
the Dardanelles for Russian ships.
Russian evacuation of Turkish ter
ritory and the rehabilitation of the
Russian Black Sea fleet are provided
for in the draft of Turkish peace pre-
sented to Russia, according to an Ex-
change Telegraph dispatch from Petro-
grad. Turkey. it is provided, is to re-
tain her active army in consequence
Of the continuation of war against the
Entente.
The main points in the draft pre-
sented by the Turkish delegates are
given in the dispatch as follows:
I. Frontier lines to remain as be-
fore the war.
2. Within two years of the con-
clusion Of peace the contracting par
ties shall conclude a convention re-
specting sea trade and consulates.
8. War losses incurred by individ-
uals to be refunded
4. Guarantees to be given for the
territorial integrity and develop
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

continued, although the government
alone was responsible for the actual
language he proposed using, there was
national agreement as to the char
acter and purpose of the nations war
aims and peace conditions. lie was
speaking. therefore, not merely the
mind of the government, but the mind
Of the nation and empire.
I'VE may begin by clearing away
some misurdersta landings" said the
Premier, land stating what we are not
fighting for. We are not Sighting y
war of aggression against the German
people. Their leaders have persuaded
them that they are fighting a war of
self-defence against a league of rival
rations bent on the destruction Of Ger
many. The destruction or disruption
of Germany has never been a war aim
with us. Most reluctantly and quite
unpreparcd we were forced to join in
the war in self defence, in defence
of violated law in Europe.
"The British people have never
aimed at the breaking up of the Ger
man peoples or the disintegration of
their state. Our wish is not to destroy
Germany's great position in the world,
but to turn her aside from schemes of
military domination to devote her
world.
Eve are not fighting to destroy Aus
tria-Hungary or to deprive Turkey of
ITS capital or the rich lands of Asia
Minor and Thrace, which are predom-
inantly Turkish.
I'VE are not fighting to destroy the
German constitution. although we con-
slider military. autocratic constitu-
ton dangerous anachronism. Our
viewpoint is that the adoption of a
democratic constitution by Germany
would be the most convincing evidence
that her old spirit of military domina-
tion had indeed died in this war, and
1t would make it much easier for us
to conclude broad, democratic peace
with her. But that is a question for
the German people to decide.
"It is more than a year since the
President of the United States advised
the belligerents by suggestion that
each side should state clearly the aims
Tor which they were fighting. We re-
piled; the Central Powers did not, and
they have maintained complete silence
as to the objects for which they are
hghtlng. Even on so crucial a matter
as their intention regarding Belgium
they have declined to give any trust
worthy indication."
Referring to the pronouncement by
Count Czernin, the Austro- Hungarian
Foreign Minister, at the Brest-Litovsk
peace conference on December 20, that
1T was not the intention of the Central
Powers to appropriate forcbly any oc-
cupied territory or rob Of its indepen.
1ence any nation which lost it's polit-
lcal independence during the war, Mr.
Lloyd George said it was obvious that
any scheme of conquest and annexa-
tions could be pcrpetrated within the
literal Interpretation of such a pledge
eve must know what is meant" said
the Premier, "for equality of right
among nations, small as we'll as great
is one Of the fundamental issues this
country and her allies are fighting tc
establish"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Lithuania Now
Asks Independenc,

WASHINGTON, Jan. S. = Delegates
Of the various Lithuanian parties at
demanding independence for Lithuania.
According to an official dispatch re-
ceivcd here to-day the delegation in
sists that Lithuania be occupied by
its own army and that the Lithuanian
parts of Russia must be joined to the
new state.
The promise is made, the dispatch
states, that the Lithuanian seaports
will be freely open to the commerce
of countries that are without openings
to the sea, notably Russia, if she
should be so situated.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

CENTRAL POWERS DEMANDS
Political restoration Of Belgium
with rescrvations), but no repara-
tion for damages by the invaders.
That the Entente Allies deal with
the present rulers Of the Central
Powers and not attempt to see that
tho German peoples voice is heard.
No guarantees as to Alsace-Lor-
raine, this question being determined
by Germany alone after the war.
Poland and large portions of Rus
sia's western provinces as states
under Tcuton domination.
Unconditional return of the Ger
man colonies. This Germany cam
not renounce in any circumstances"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Premier May Haze Acted
For All Allies in Speech

In his recent letter to the labor
congress Premier Lloyd George said
he could not further define Great
Britain's war aims without consulting
with the nations allies.
In yesterdays address, however, he
did not mention having taken up the
question of aims with representatives
of the Allies, although he detailed dis
cussions with leaders of different
parties in Great Britain and with the
governments Of overseas dominions,
and said he would gladly have taken
up the matter with prominent Irish
men had they not been at present
absorbed in the solution of Ireland's
own problems,
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Teuton Terms Clear
On One Point Only

Reparation for Belgian towns and
villages and their inhabitants, he as
serted, had been repudated emphat-
ically by the Central Powers, and the
rest of their so-called offers were al
most entirely q refusal of all conces-
slons. On one point only were they
clear. Under no circumstances would
Germany's demand for the restoration
of the whole of her colonies be de-
parted from. All the principles Of
selfdetermination here vanish
j. ut is impossible to believe that any
permanent peace can be erected on
such a foundation" said the Premier.
"Mere lip service to the formula of no
annexation, no indemnity and self
determination is useless.
"The days Of the treaty Of Vienna
are long past. We can no longer sub
nit the future of European civiliza-
ton to the arbitrary decisions of a
few negotiators striving to secure by
chicanery or persuasion the interests
of this or that dynasty or nation.
Therefore, government with the con-
sent of the governed must be the basis
of any territorial settlement. For that
reason also, unless treaties be upheld,
1T is obvious that no treaty of peace
can be worth the paper on which it is
written.
The first requirements always made
by the British and their Allies have
been the complete restoration, politi-
cal. territorial and economic, Of the
independence of Belgium and such
reparation as can be made for the
devastation of its towns and provin ces.
1t is no demand for war indemnity
but insistence that before there can
be any hope of stable peace this great
breach of public law in Europe must
be repudiatcd, and, SO far as is pos
. sible, repaired.
N Preparation means recognition. I'm
less international right is recognized
by insistence on payment for injury
done in defiance of its cannon it can
never be reality.
Next comes the restoration of Ser
bia, Montenegro and the occupied parts
of France, Italy and Rumania. The
complete Withdrawal of alien armies
and reparatlon for injustice done is
the fundamental condition of per
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Stand by France in
Claims for Alsace


Eve mean to stand by the French
democracy to the death in the demand
they make for reconsideration Of the
great wrong of II, when Alsace Lor-
raine was torn away. This sore has
poisoned the peace of Europe for half
century, and until cured healthy con-
ditions cannot be restored"
The Premier said he would not at
tempt to deal with the question of the
Russian territories now in German oc-
cupation. The Russian policy since
the revolution had passed through so
many phases that it was difficult to
speak, without some suspension of
judgment, on what the situation would
be when the terms of European peace
come to be discussed. Referring to
the facts that tho war was started by
Russia's decision to protect Serbian
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

ment of Persia on the basis of her
entire independence.
5. Free passage to be granted Rus
sian ships passing through the Oar
danelles and the Bosporus.'
g. Mobilization within limits to be
permitted for national defence.
T. Russia to undertake to remove
her armies to territory within the
previous Russian borders in six to
eight weeks after signing the peace
agreement. leaving only one division
to safeguard her frontiers.
s. Russia to demopilize her army
of special Armenian units. and also
to demobilize the Black Sea navy.
9. Turkey to retain her active army
in consequence of continuation of
war against the, Entent.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
ALLIED DEMANDS

Complete political restoration Of
Belgium and tho fullest possible
reparation for damages to towns and
cities.
To deal on peace only with rulers
who can be trusted, as previously
stated by President Wilson.
The Reconsideration" Of the
wrong done to France in taking away
Alsace- Lorraine in 1871.
An independent Poland "an ur-
gent necessity"
Natives in German colonies to be
placed under no outside domination
unacceptable to themselves and to
be adequately protected against un-
fair exploitation.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Lord Reading May Be
British Envoy to u. S.

LONDON, Jan. 5.-"The SUNDAY Oh
server says in regard to the appoint
ment of British Ambassador to the
United States:
at is assumed that Earl Reading
Lord Chief Justice of England, accept
ing the Office in the public interest and
at considerable personal sacrifice. viii
be the new Ambassador to the United
States. 1t is known that his appoint.
ment w'll be particularly acceptable tc
President Wilson and the American
people"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
German and Austrian
Peace Envoys .Aeree

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 5.-The Socialist
newspaper, "Vorwaerts," Of Berlin. says
that DR.. Eduard David, the Socialist
leader, told the Reichstag Main Com
mittee that the Austrians were more
conciliatory than the Germans at the
peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk.
The German Under Secretary for For
eign Affairs, Baron Won dem Bussche-
Hadden hausen, denied this. He said
no difference of any sort existed
between the German and Austrian del
egates.
The head officials Of the Hungarian
War Products Bureau, says a Budapest
dispatch to-day, have gone to Berlin
for consultations regarding the di-
vision among the Central Powers of
grain imports from Russia.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
J. H. Perkins Heads
Red Cross i'm France
Succeeded Major G. M. P.
Murphy, Who Will Join
Pershinp's Eorcee

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Major James
H. Perkins, vice president of the Ma
tlonal City Bank of New York and now
IN France with the American Red Cross
commission, will Immediately take up
direction of the commissions work and
reAeve Major Grayson NJ p. Murphy.
VINO is to JOIN General Pershings ex-
peditionarY forces.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Bolsheviki Order70,000 Shoes
CommissionH Here Quits in Despair
When Rival Ministers Send Total Demand for 35 000O 600
Pairs Buyers Here Throw Up Their Hands
Only l5,000,000 Short

placed through J. P, Morgan & Co., has
been finished and shipped.
Liquidation impends on two big rife
contracts, two contracts for locomo-
tivcs and railroad cars and shoe
contract.
The Remington Arms Corporation
has contract for 100000 rifles. of
which $4,000 have been delivered. This
order was placed in Petrograd. The
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
How Teutona and Allied TermsDiffer

Some Of tho main differences tho Allied and Teuo Positions
defined BY Lloyd George and Count Peme fol