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The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
British Peace Staff
of 500 to Beat Paris
Prices by Taking Food

Paris, Dec. 1.-The British pace
delegation, which with the clerical
and technical STATS will include nearly
500 persons, who will occupy two en-
tire hotels, will bring their own food
along from England, except vege-
tables. They will have their own
servants except chefs
Ham costs francs G1sO a pound
here now. bacon sells for $50 francs
GLIB. while butter fetches francs
CsLs9) per pound. Eggs sell for 60 cen
times apiece. Potatoes are sold by
weight. 30 centimes per pound. Only
two pounds of each product are al
lowed customers at retail Ham and
bacon are sold only on four days OF
each week. Eggs and butter are
lacking in most stores.
Paris hotels are crowded and the
boarding houses, too, are filled 10
overrowing. Furnished apartments
under 400 francs per month (ssO) are
scarce. The present population OF
Paris Is estimated at 100000 as COM
pared with 100000 before the war.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
PUTS
WIRE CHIEF OUT
A. B. Richards Fired;' Said
to Oppose Government
Ownership Plan.

A. B. Richards. general superin-
tendent OF the Postal Telegraph Com
pany for the Pacific division. has been
discharged by Postmaster General
Burieson for insubordination. The
postal department refused to comment
on the action.
No announcement is ever made in
connection with the dismissal Of an
employe," says J. c Koons. First As
sistant Postmaster General. but il is
understood here that Richards has
sent an open letter 10 other Postal
superintendents opposing government
ownership and operation Of the tele-
graph wires.
The message Of discharge was per
sonally signed by Mr BurlesOn. and
was a brief notice OF DISCHARGE and
order to turn over his Office TO his next
in rank. An immediate acknowIedE-
ment was received BY the Postmaster
General and statement Jhat the order
had been complied with
This is the FIRST drastic step on the
part Of the Postoffice Department to
end the agitation within the wire com
panies against government control
The Pacific division Of the Postal
company includes all its wires within
the States OF Utah. Nevada. Oregon.
Washington. California. Arizona and
New Mexico.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
KING CEMENTS
. PREWAR PACT
British Monarch's Visit to
Paris Strengthens Old
Alliance.

Paris. Dec. lit Is permissible 20
state that King Georges visit to Paris
at this time has deeper significance
than that OF any empty military show
or a formal reception.
PerusinE the French press comment,
one gains the impression that the
British monaTCh's visit signifies the
formation of L definite Franco-British
alliance, first. of q military nature.
and then IN preparation for united ac-
ton at the coming Peace Conference.
Throughout the public ceremonies
the King is wearing his campaign
uniform. All formality is marked by
military simplicity. contrasting with
the pompous show of his last visit
in the spring of 1914.
The French press definitely states
that the King is being received as
the commander-in-chiet of the British
army and navy.
lie Temps writes: The British en1-
pfre is safe only while it has a friend
in France and Belgium. and France
oreathes freely only if the British fleet
remains friendly"
This, translated into plain English.
means that France accepts British
control Of the seas
!. The entente cordiale" formed be-
Fore the war was rather vague, but
n has been strengthened through ths
London agreement against separate
peace. which agreement might expire
DTith the end OF the war.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
GOULD DRIVES WIFE
FROM PARISIAN ESTATE
Millionaire Wins First Skirmish in
Double Divorce Suit

farls' Dec. Frank Gould has
won the first skirmish in the LEGAL
battle against his wife arising from
the, mutual suits for divorce and
Mrs Gould's claim to a considerable
part of the Gould estate here.
The court has declared void Mrs
.Gould's attachment of the housebold
goods on the country estate outside
Paris, owing to faulty technical pro-
cedure in the attachment besripvs
Gould is again master in his house
The double divorce suit will be
placed on the docket for pleading.
after which the trial before a iIdso
involving mostly questions of law
concerning the community of prom
erty will begin.
Mrs. Gould claims such commun-
ity. while Gould denies she is en-
titled to the share she claims of the
$11, 100000 estate.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
Poor Phone Service
Big Problem in China

Peking. = China is learning fast.
Where few years ago the telephone
would be considered an invention of
the devil now listen to this wall from
a native business man to a Tientsin
paper: "Can we hope for any improve
ment in the long-distance telephone
situation? A few days ago called up
Peking about 3 p. m, and was in
formed that there were only three
lines in operation. I finally got the
call about 10 p. m. Surely the Chinese
administration can put up another
trunk line and make this one-time fine
service of use again to business men?
The Peking lons-distance service is
almost as bad as similar services in
Japan
The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
Asquith Is Opposed
By Woman Candidate
In British Elections

London. Dec. L-Ex-Premier AS
quith is opposed in the election cam
paign by a woman whose platform
includes a plea "as a soldiers widow
of Britain for the British"
On behalf of the widows and faith
erless children OF Britain she demands
the trial Of the ex-Kaiser "as a muir
derer OF millions" She further de-
mands the deportation of all enemy
aliens sin order that our men may
have work"
She is the widow Of Col. George
Everard Hope, who was of an old
Scottish family and wealthy land
owner. Mrs Hope is strikingly hand
some. Her husband was killed a year
ago on the West front Since then
she has been the directress Of a large
base hospital for wounded in France.
Mrs. Hope says that the months of
contact with suffering soldiers in
spired her to enter the political cam
paign and to run against eX-Premier
Asquith in East Fife, where she has
her estates and home.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
CHILE ANDPERU.
MAY AVOID WAR.
Force of Arms May Not
Be Necessary, Is Be-
lief Here.

Official Washington inclines TO the
belief that the differences Of Chile
and Peru will be settled without force
of arms.
At the same time interest is keen
in the situation, which is recognized
as the boiling over Of a long
restrained resentment. Events are
being followed closely also by men
who are about to leave the United
States army. Many of these men
have been trained in modern warfare
and it is thought that a number
would seek service in one or the other
OF the South American armies.
The opinion is general that the
United States will not take any ac-
tion in the dispute unless its offices
as fixed by international law"
This opinion. it is said. well ex-
presses the position which this coun-
try holds. 1t is said that the fact that
Peru entered the war upon the side Of
the allies and that Chile. through one
influence or another. failed to take
other than a neutral position will
have no bearing upon the attitude Of
the United States.
The outbreak OF hostilities, however.
would seriously affect plans for re-
construction in America The raw ma
terials OF both Peru and Chile are es-
sentisl to the proper return Of full
industrial and agricultural production
in this country.
Farms OF the United States have
yielded record crops and agricultural
eNperts state that in the coming three
years the nitrates of Chile must he
imported in great quantities to make
possible the output OF fertilizer needed
for the revitalizing Of such farm acre
age.
During the war America has made
great strides in building Up foreign
trade relations with Peru and Chill,
and for this reason, il for no greater
one, there is an earnest hope express.
ed that the boundary dispute can be
amicablY adjusted.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
WILHELM MAY
RESUME TITLE
Abdication, Forced by
Dutch, Invalid Because
Not Countersigned.

London, Dec. News reaching
here from Amsterdam today indi-
Gates that the Kaiser's abdication
decree was published at the request
of the Dutch Government. The many
rumors and reports representing the
ex-Emperor as plotting to return to
the German throne placed the Meth
erlands Government in the embar-
RAISING position of apparently shell
tering an active enemy of the allied
nations.
Public feeling in Holland had been
driven to a high pitch by these re-
ports, and it is believed that The
Hague Government served a virtual
ultimatum on the ex-Kaiser result
ing in the publication of the decree,
though ostensible it came in re-
sponse to a demand from the Berlin
Government.
1t is pointed out here, however,
that the document is not counter
signed by responsible German
statesman. Under the imperial con-
stitutfon of Germany all DEGREES of
the Kaiser must be countersigned by
the chancellor to be valid.
Should one of the counter reyolu-
tionary generals succeed in putting
up new government in Prussia and
make himself chancellor he could
then claim, it is argued, that the
abdication decree was null and void
since 1T was not countersigned by
ex-Chancellor Prince Max or the
present chancellor, Ebert. The Iogi-
cal procedure, then, would be to tell
the ex-Kaiser his abdication was not
accepted and to beg him to return
as Emperor.
William Hohenzollern finally sign
ed the abdication decree, it is said,
after consultation with the Kaiserin,
whose earnest pleading is believed
to have been decisive,
The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
TWO SHIPS RETURNING
WITH AIR SQUADRINS
Ascanius. Carrying l.474 and Can
opic, 1,l2I, Leave Liverpool.

Gen. March Chief of STAFF. an
nounced last night that the steamer
Ascanius left Liverpool for New
York Friday morning with 1.474
officers and men and the steamer
CanOpic left the same port the
evening of the same day with 1,121
officers and men for Boston.
The returning troops are largely
composed of fifteen aero squadrons.
The others are CaSuals of medical
detachments and replacements of
the army. The airplane sqUadrons
are composed of men from various
parts of the United States. very few
of them, if any, being from any one
locality.
The War Department. in making
the selection of ports to which the
returning troops shall be sent. as
certains as far as possible where
the men are from and from what
muster-out camp they could most
rapidly get to their homes.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
RUSSBETRAYED
BY HER ALLIES,
KERENSKYSAYS
Former Strong Man" De-
mands Place for Nation
at Peace Table.
VOICES THREAT In PLEA
Ignored, Populace May
Turn En- Masse to En-
emy, He Declares.

London, Dec. The allies have
betrayed Russia. They have stuck
a knife in the back OF Russian de-
mocracy."
Alexander Feodorovitch Kerensky
fairly shouted there words in an
exclusive interview today. He was
in high state Of excitement. His
eyes were burning with an almost
uncanny fire, in the psIlid setting
of his emacisted face. showing the
traces Of terrific suffering. As ne
spoke he accentusted his words
with emphatic forward Jerks Of his
close cropped head. To the cor
respondent he seemed much as he
was pictured In his prime. when
he tried to fire his countrymen 70
fight 70 the last ditch
Despite Russia's heroic sacrifices
during three years Of war, without
which victory could not possibly
have been won. despite the supreme
effort during my regime in that
vital summer. when we kept the
Germans pinned on the East front.
while America slowly gathered
strength to throw her decisive
weight into the struggle on the
West front a year lster--despite all
this, and more, the entente is now
planning to tear Besssrsbia from
US, to give 1t to RUmania. They
do not give us fair chance at the
peace conference"
The Russian eN-premIer eNcItedly
banged the table with his fist He
was speaking in French.
Has Two Million Dead.
Hasn't Russia as much. II not
more. OF a share in the victory as
America he asked.
The United States has 55 800 dead
in the war. Russia has 100000.
America has been in the wsr ef-
fectively two months. Russia. fEht-
'1g ceaseleszlv. bore ire bruut from
the start save last year She fought
Ceaselessly while completely cut on
I from allied supplies she did mot
get one thousandth part Of what
I France got"
The correspondent asked n Eerrn-
/ sky il he would BE- satisfied with
/ settlement for Russia on the basis
81 President Wilson's fourteen priv
'Ciples Nlth a sweep Of his arm
/ he ansNered. Wilson's fourteen
points for mere thesis for discus
sion re excellent. but they are aca-
demi All depends upon the way
/ they are carried out.
There must be = frank Official
! recognition by the allies Of all thai
| Russia has done in tho first thres
years Of the war The allies should
I announce that there will be not one
/ question settled. no, a boundary linz
/ fixed. pending the creation OF an
! ll-RuSsiau government ar presenting.
I through a federation. all elements
| OF Russian public opinion.
| May Turn PrO-Gcrnan.
| AN internal questions and interns-
| uonal relations must be settled by
: Russia herself She must be Eircr" a
1 fair chance at tho peace table. or 50
per cent Of the Russian poDUIa ton.
now pro-entcnte. will be turned over
10 your enemies
| Though extremely pessimfstic as 20
Russia's immediate future. KerensSy
said he had no doubt whatever that
Russis's democracy would Utl mately
triumph over anarchy. and BoIshe-
J ViSm-
/ He indorsed President wilson's
point providing for an independent
and reunited Poland.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
Yanks Give Footballs
To German Prisoners

London.-German prisoners in the
hands of the Americans are even per-
mitted to play football Amazed that
their captors should give them such
a privilege-in sharp contrast to the
treatment the Huns give their prison
ers-the Germans at one prison stock
ade stared incredulously at the foot
ball thrown them. 1t seemed too good
to be true. Then, shouting with de-
light. like children let out Of school.
the prisoners picked sides and played
game OF soccer. One side was
made up of Bsvarians the other OF
Hanoverians. The Bavarians won the
game, 1--WE goals to one.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
London Girls Anxious
To Marry Blind Heroes

London-An average of two we'd
dings a week takes place among blind
soldiers at st. Dunstan. More than
200 have been married. Not only 90
girls keep their vows to wed, made
before the men were blinded in COM
bat, but in many cases girls who have
refused proposals of marriage before
the war, now insist on being married
to the blinded heroes. Sometimes the
men marry girls they have never
seen. At st. Dunstan's the blinded
soldiers are trained to be self-sup-
porting and these men are able to
support their wives. A silver teapot
is the gift to every blind soldier mar
ried from the institution and a we'd
ding breakfast is given.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
England and Petograd
Linked by British Fleet

London. Dec. THE entry of the
British feet into the Baltic" says
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. for
merly first lord of the admiralty.
lis OF great Importance. II reopens
direct communication between Eng
land and Petrograd. which is sure to
have a great influence upon the po-
litical situation in Russia
1T also will probably have a de-
termining influence upon the situa-
tion in Finland and IN the Baltic
province annexed by Germany under
the treaty of Brest-Litovsk"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
MAN Of Mystery" Dies;
Millionaire, Once Poor

New York. Dec. Capt. Joseph
Raphael De Lamar. wealthy mine
owner, who was once known to Wall
street as "The Man of Mystery" died
here today of pneumonia. He was
75 years old.
Capt. De Lamar rose from a Dutch
sailor boy to be multi-millionaire
owner with interests in many coun-
tries. The De Lamar mines in Colo
RADIO sold two years ago for $1,000
900. The funeral will be on Tuesday.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
Peace Pact Ship Sails
Laden with News Writers

New York, Dec. 1.-The vanguard OF
the American party which will be in
Paris during the sessions OF the peace
conference sailed from New York to-
day on the new American steamship
OTizaba-
The members OF the party included
more than 100 newspaper correspou-
dents and those who will act m
secretsrial and clerical capacity 70
members OF the peace mission The
Orizsbs. being a slower boat than the
George Washington. needs two dsyr
extra steaming TO arrive at Bres3 a.
the same time as the presidential
party.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
Great Lakes Yards Send
lSl Steel Ships to Sea

Great Lakes shipyards have sent
a fleet of ISL steel vessels aggregat-
ing 6ll,935 deadweight tons to the
seaboard between August and No
l. it was announced by the
Board yesterday.
This exceeds the entire output Of
all American shipyards for any one
OF the pre-war years. In 1916 all OF
these yards produced only thirty
eight vessels of 2S5.555 tons.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
TO HAIL
1000 HEROES
Mauretania Returns from
Overseas with Fight
ing Yankees.

New York, Dec 1.-The Maure-
tania, bearing nearly 1000 return
ing soldiers arrived at Quarantine
at 7:40 o'clock tonight and dropped
anchor. She will remain there un-
til morning when she will dock.
The aero squadrons aboard the
Mauretania comprise the following
units:
One Hundred and Fifty-sixth,
with three officers and 1856 men:
167th, two officers. 169 men; 1S7th,
three officers and $50 men: 1SSth,
two officers, 139 men: 216th. three
officers. 191 men; 225th. two officers.
1877 men: 226th. four officers, 176
men: 22sth. three officers, 1856 men:
267th. three officers. 145 men;
26sth. two officers. 40 men
305th. two officers, 173 men; 3OSth,
FIVE officers, 143 men; 309th. three
officers, 125 men; 310th, two officers.
156 men: 316th, three officers, 13S
men; 317th, two officers, 143 men;
31sth. three officers, 131 men: 32lst
three officers, 1877 men; S25th, three
officers, 1ls men: 330th. three Off
GERS, 1872 men; 331st. two officers.
lis men: 33Sd. three officers, 1877
men; 339th, four officers, l2S men.
Requests for Passes.
In addition to the members of the
air forces aboard the Mauretania
there are several officers who have
been detailed abroad for various
duties, three officers and S22 men of
the Fifth Construction Corps, one Of
ficer and forty-five men of radio
detachment, l16 i'll and wounded men
who have been in English hospitals
following active service in France,
and 800 civilian passengers, making a
total of 1899. None of the aero
squadron had left English training
camps for the front.
Hundreds of requests for passes to
the pier where the Mauretania will
dock were received from relatives.
These were not granted. however. as
it was decided for the safety of the
public the men be sent Immediately
to Camp Mills and other camps about
New York to wait there.
Such quarantine regulations, how
ever. have not prevented hundreds of
relatives from coming to New York
to shout welcome to their boys and
wait here until they are mustered
out of the national service after pass
ing final physical examination.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
BANDS TO RUB 1T IN.
Music to Glorify Entry of British
Into Germany.

London, Dec. 1.-Regimental bands
are being recruited to full strength
and are equipped to be sent to the
armies of Gems. Plumer and Rawlin-
son to impress the Germans during the
triumphant entry of the British armies
into the cities and towns Of the Rhine
land.
The purpose is to drive home to the
Germans a sense of their defeat
The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
NOBEL PRIZE TO WILSON.
London Paper Says Embassy Here
Will Make Announcement

London, Dec. 1.-Reynold's Secret
History says 1t learns President Will
son VIII be nominated, for the Nobel
peace prize. 1913 The paper adds an
nouneement to this effect will be made
by the British embassy in Washing
ton shortly.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-02
YANK TARS BOO
FEINERS OFFER
TOAD KAISER
Amazed at Seditious Talk,
They Warn Revolution
airy Speakers.
IRISH OF MANY KINDS
American Sailors Jeer at
Mention That Wilson
Favors the Cause.
IRISH OF MANY KINDS

London, Dec. 1-William Hohenzol-
lern would be welcomed in Ireland II
the Sim Feiners could transport him
thither.
Information to this effect is brought
here by United States naval officers
and men from a naval base on the
South ireland coast coming to Lon-
don on leave. They say American
sailors have been fraternizing for
months with all kinds of Irishmen, in
cidentally getting wised up among
the lads agin the government"
American sailors attended Sim Fein
meetings chiefly out of curiosity. They
say they were amazed at first over
the seditious talk going on at these
meetings, but finally became aware
that the British government was fully
aware of what was being said.
"Friend of the Irisb.-
At recent Sim Fein meetings a~de-
sire was expressed to offer a haven
to the Kaiser and Kaiserin. Resoru-
tions were passed to the effect tina,
the eX-Emperor was one who be
friended the late Sir Roger Easement
and as a friend of Ireland and enemy
of the British" was entitled to enjoy
protection under the Irish flag"
1t was further resolved that Robert
Brennan. director of Sim Fein az
tivities with headquarters in Dublin.
take the necessary steps to acquaint
the eX-kaiser with the welcome await
American naval men are positive
that Sim Fein headquarters in
MRccourt street, Dublin, was. raided
by British government operatives
soon after these resolutions were
adopted. that Brennan was arrest
ed and revolutionary documents
seized They say a large number of
American sailors attended a Sinn
Fein at Wexford the night before
leaving for London.
Kidded the Speakers.
The American blue uejackets" kid
ded'' the Irish revolutionaries until
a particularly hot-headed speaker
coupled President Wilson's name
with the Sim Fein movement,
claiming he was favorabIy dispos-
ed toward it. At this juncture the
American sailors rose as one man,
booed and jeered, and warned the
men on the platform to 'Cut that
line Of talk"
American sailors, even those with
Irish patrimonies, declare the Sim
Fein bitterness is incomprehensible
to them. in view of what they have
learned about the British people,
the British navy and about the
large sums of British money spent
in Ireland. They also declared that
some secret influence is woefuIly de-
ceiving the Sim Feiners about the
attitude of the American people.
The consensus of the American
bluejackets may be. best summarized
in the words of one of them:
There are two kinds of Irish
Those who are fond of horse racing
and other sports, and Sim Feiners.
who are not fond of anything-ex-
cept trouble"