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New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Baker Tells
OF Victory
At St. Mihie]
Draft Board Members at
Farewell Banquet Thrilled
by Secretary's Recital

The men who administered the Sc
lective Service Law in the York City
gathered at farewell dinner in the
grand ballroom of the Waldorf last
night, listened with throbbing temples
while Secretary of War Baker vividly
described the launching of the final
drive to victory at ST. Mihiel, which
he personally witnessed while on q
tour of the fighting fronts.
The Secretary had traced the organi-
zation of the draft machinery, had fair
ly eulogized the work of General Crow
der and the selective service officials
when he began his stirring narrative Of
the gallant offensive which "ripped the
Germans out of the salient that they
welded as a club over Paris and Yer
dun for three years, and which, spread
ing to the Argonne, pointed Germany
toward defeat"
"I saw the battle, in which $500
cannon thundered on a front of less
than forty miles, the greatest gather
ing of artillery in the world, the of
fensive which enabled Americans to ac-
complish what the gallant French hat
failed to do in three years of arduous
trying.
"In two days those boys, whom you
men had made into an invincible army
encompassed this memorable feat. II
was sight which shall never forget
"The St. Mihiel salient had scarcely
been wiped out when the artillery was
withdrawn and shifted to the Argonne
Forest. I travelled on railroad train
with General Pershing. The railroad
Continued on, page four
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

upon without the certainty Of just
punishment.
"I know with what ardor and
enthusiasm the soldiers and sailors
Of the United States have given
the best that was in them to this
war of redemption. They have
expressed the true spirit of
America. They believe their
ideals to be acceptable to free
peoples everywhere and are re-
joiced to have played the part
they have played in giving reality
to those ideals in cooperation with
the armies of the Allies.
eve are proud of the part they
have played and we are happy
that they should have been as
sociated with such comrades in
common cause.
cit is with peculiar feeling, Mr..
President, that l find myself in
France joining with you in rejoic-
ing over the victory that has
been won. The ties that bind
France and the United States are
peculiarly close. I do not know in
what comradeship we could have
fought with more zest or enthusi-
asm. 1t will daily be matter of
pleasure with me to be brought in
to consultation with the statesmen
of France and her allies in con-
certing the measures by which we
may secure permanence for these
happy relations of friendship and
cooperation and secure for the
world at large such safety and
freedom in it's life as can be Sc
cured only by the constant asso-
ciation and cooperation of friends.
II greet you not only with deep
personal respect, but as the repre-
sentative of the great people of
France, and beg to bring you the
greetings Of another great people
to whom the fortunes of France
are of profound and lasting in
terest.
II raise my glass to the health
Of the President of the French
Republic and to Nine. Poincare
and the prosperity of France"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Will Reform
House of Lords
Declares Law
British Cabinet Proposes
to Eliminate Hereditary
Membership, He Asserts
Election Is Very Quiet
Women Voters Outnu1nber
Men Yen TO One i'm Some
Sections, Despite the Rain

LONDON, Dec. 14.-.The reform of
the House of Lords will be one of the
tasks undertaken by the coalition min
lstry If it is returned to power il the
election taking place in the United
Kingdom to-day, Andrew Eonar Law,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, declared
in speech in Glasgow Friday Mr..
Law said the coalition government be-
ieved that a second chamber with ade-
quate strength was necessary IN any
democratic country, but it was net in
tended that it should be hereditary
chamber.
The government, the Chancellor CON
tinued, intended to give the new upper
house the strength that could alone
come from direct contact with the peo-
pie.
Election Is Quiet
The general election to-day is prov
ing to be one cf the Guictest Great
Britain has witnessed in years.
There was a rush to the election
booths in London during the early
hours, but the great majority OF the
voters were expected to cast their bal
lots in the afternoon, the day being a
half holiday.
In some districts, particularly those
inhabited by the working class, the
women were at the polls before the
men, and in larger numbers In one
district in the East End OF London
there were ten women voters to every
man. The rain, however, kept the
women from the polls during the morn
ing in the more aristocratic sections.
Premier Lloyd George wound up his
speechmaking campaign last night at
Camberwell by attacking the name
Labor party" because it did not rep
resent all the labor of the United
Kingdom. The party represented only
a small part of labor, whose votes, he
declared, would very largely be cast
for the government
The Labor party, the Premier con-
tinued, was not being run by real
laboring men, but by pacifsts and pure
and simple Bolsheviks. 1t would not
be safe to trust the destinies of q
great empire to the Labor party until
it was able to overthrow this clique
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
10 W arships of
Overseas Fleet
On Way Home
New York Among Battles
ships Coming for First
Time Since War Began

BREST, Dec. Ia. - The American
dreadr ought fleet of ten ships, which
escorted President Wilson into port
yesterday, sailed to-day for New York.
The feet is expected to reach its desti-
nation before Christmas.
The warships set sail at 2 p. m. They
are the first to return of the American
naval vessels which saw service with
the battle fleet. in the North Sea.
The warships in the squadron were
the battleships Pennsylvania, Wyo-
ming, New York, Arizona, Nevada, Ar
kansas, Florida, Utah, Texas and Okla
homa.
The steamer George Washington,
which brought President Wilson here,
is taking troops on board to-day, and
will sail tomorrow with 1000 Ameri-
can soldiers.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Many " Wars hips
To Help Welcome
Homecoming Fleet
New York Tribune
Wnshin atom Bureau


WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-New York
City will be a special Santa Claus to
Americas sea fighters this Christmas.
Leave will be granted to every man
aboard the American navy vassels that
will participate in the grand review to
be held in the Hudson River on Decem-
her %, when the overseas feet returns
to home waters, Secretary Daniels an
nounced to-day.
Leaves will be extended not only to
the crews of the nine dreadnoughts and
other craft coming home from Euro
pean waters, but also the men on the
twelve battleships which will be sent
to New York from the base at Hamp-
ton Roads to participate in the well
come of the sea fighters from abroad.
The big naval review and welcoming
spectacle to be given the fleet return
ing from abroad will be under the di-
rection of Vice-Admiral Albert W..
Grant, acting commander in chief Of
the Atlantic fleet during the absence Of
Admiral Mayo.
Secretary Daniels has directed Ad-
miral Grant to send to New YORK WE'VE
capital ships from the Hampton hoaos
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Calls Hearst Policy
After i. S. Entered
War Anti i-American
Hearst Editorial
Read to Senators

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-During
w the inquiry of the Overman
committee to-day an editorial which
appeared in Hearst's "New York
American" April 25, 1917, about
three weeks after America entered
the war, was read by Captain Lester,
of the Military Intelligence Service.
1t declared that the United States
was being virtually made the cats
paw of England and that no enthu-
siasm for the war could be reused
on the part of the American people
until the nations servility to Eng
land was ended. The following COL
loquy ensued:
SENATOR STERLING-Since this
was published after we entered the
war, and since it is bitter attack
upon England. and intended to create
sucpicion and distrust of England,
our principal Ally in the war, would
it be said to be other than simply
pro-German? Would it be called
anti-Amcrican, since it was published
after we entered the warp
CAPTAIN LESTER-There is no
question about that. 1t was
anti-Amerlcan and pro-German.
Ex-senator Sterling-What would
you say it's effect as whole would
be?
CAPTAIN LESTER-If every off,
cial in the government service of the
United States, from the Chief Execu-
tive, and every male citizen of the
age Of eighteen and up, had read that
article and believed it, they would
have quit, laid down.
SENATOR STERLING-And there
would have been no unconditional
surrender by this time?
CAPTAIN LESTER-It would have
been unconditional surrender by the
United States.
SENATOR NELSON-To Germany ?
CAPTAIN LESTER--Yes, sir.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15


"Mr. President: I am deeply
indebted to you for your gracious
greeting. 1t is very delightful to
find myself in France and to feel
the quick contact Of sympathy and
unaffected friendship between
the representatives of the United
States and the representatives
Of France.
"You have been very generous
in what you were pleased to say
about myself, but l feel that what
! have said and what I have
tried to do have been said and
done only in an attempt to speak
the thought of the people of the
United States truly, and to carry
that thought out in action.
From the first the thought of
the people of the United States
turned toward something more
than the mere winning Of the war.
1t turned to the establishment of
eternal principles of right and JUS
tice. 1t realized that merely to
win the war was not enough; that
it must be won in such way
and the questions raised by it set
tied in such a way as to insure the
future peace of the world and lay
the foundations for the freedom
and happiness of its many peoples
and nations.
"Never before has war worn
SO terrible visage or exhibited
more grossly the debasing in
fuence of illicit ambitions. I am
sure that I shall look upon the
ruin wrought by the armies of the
Central Empires with the same
repulsion and deep indignation
that they stir in the hearts of the
men of France and Belgium, and
l appreciate, as you do, sir, the
necessity of such action in the
final settlement of the issues of
the war as will not only rebuke
such acts of terror and spoliation,
but make men everywhere aware
that they cannot be ventured
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Socialist Foreign Minister
Denies Important Docu-
ments We're Destroyed
Rule Is Called Stable
Kaiser's Fate Not Yet Con-
sidered; Food Enough
to Last Several Months
By Joseph Sake
NcW York Tribune
CnecirI CnbLa Cn,.,,:rr

Ncw York Tribune
Special CabIe Seruice
Copyright. 1918. Nsw York Tribune Inc
BERLIN, De. 14.-Hugo Haase, For.
eigp Minister in the Ebert Cabinet and
next to Ebert the leading man in the
present government, received several
press correspondents in his Office on
the Wilhelmstrasse to-day.
With a sort of mock pride Haase
told the newspaper men that the room
they were being received in was Prince
Bismark's study, and the table he was
sitting at was Bsmarck's from 1875
to 1890. Bismarck, he said. never
dreamed that the study would be put
to such a purpose as it was to-day.
The waiting room we were frs,
ushered into was the famous marble
hall whore was held in 1878 the Con.
gress of Berlin, whose work, Haase
observed, was not altgether uncon
nected with the catastrophe "of oul
time"
Haase gave the correspondents per.
AS~~ AASSNOHA W PuC QuCoClOAo VII 0u
subject they pleased.
Compiling War Documents
To the question referring to the po
sition of the Kaiser, Haase replied:
"The Cabinet has not yet considered
the matter at all. hut the White Book
comprising all documents that car
throw light on the outbreak Of the wal
and embracing the period from the
Austrian ultimatum to the invasion o1
Belgium, is in course Of preparation
and will! be published very soon. Simi
lar publication undoubtedly will throw
some light on the measure of respon
sibility attaching to particular persons
The White Book will be compiled BY
Karl Kautsky and Quaech. The gov.
ernment is determined to conceal moth.
ing"
Replying to my question as tc
whether he was sure that the men o1
the old regime have not concealed o,
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Lloyd George
Goes to Meet
Wilson Soon
Informal Talks i'm Paris
Among Allied Leaders Are
Set for Early in the Week
By Frederick Moore
NeW Yorh; Tribune
Special Gable Service

Copyright. 1918. New York Tribune lnc)
LONDON, Dec 14.-Now that Presi-
dent Wilson has landed in France, the
immediate plans of British statesmen
that are being anxously discussed here
are likely to take shape.
1t is understood on the best au-
thority that Premier Lloyd George will
go to Paris early next week to meet
President Wilson and have a number
Of informal talks with him and other
Allied statesmen. He will return to
London before Christmas and is un-
likely to proceed to France again be-
fore January, although other British
statesmen designated for general tasks
at the peace conference will probably
remain in Paris until the formal con-
ference opens.
The chief interest in the question of
the British delegation to the confer
ence here rests with the choice of the
labor delegate. AS far as it is ascer-
tainable now, !. R. Clynes, the present
Food Controller, is likely to attend the
economic conference only, and that the
actual peace representative will be
either George Barnes, a member of the
War Cabinet, or j. H. Thomas.
Many happenings point to the facl
that the appointment has been suggest.
ed to the latter if he cares to accent
The possibility Of Lord Reading act
ing as one Of the British nominees j.
causing a somewhat acrimonious dis
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New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
French Capital Gives Itself
Over to Night Carnival of Joy
Wilson Speaks to France

YDARIS Dec. 14-Presdent Wilson, IN his address at th
luncheon rendered himself and Mrs. Wilson BY Ray
momd Ponca6 President of France and Mrs. Poncar6 at th
-pu uic La LIa.aaa LII L-auid
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Paris Wildly Acclaims ArriDal of Wilson;
FOE Must Be Punished, Says Presiden
Sinr, Feiners Victors
Over Nationalist Party

T ONDON, Dec. 14.-Polling in
~ the greater part Of Ireland
passed quietly, except for minor
collisions between Sim Feiners
and Nationalists.
A close analysis of the voting
shows that the Nationalists have
been hopelessly beaten by the
Sim Feiners, even in places sup
posed to be Nationalist strong
holds.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

Continued on me1t page
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Foch Clears
Way for New
Rhine March
Truce Change Gives Right
to Seize Neutral Zone
From Cologne to Holland

COPENHAGEN, Dec. 13 (By The As
sociated Press).-The German arms-
tice has been extended until s o'clock
on the morning of January II and the
Allies have notified Germany that they
reserve the right to occupy the neutral
zone east of the Rhine from the
Cologne bridgehead to the Dutch from
tier, according to a dispatch from
Treves
This prolongation, it is added, will
be extended until the conclusion of u
preliminary peace, subject to the con-
sent of the Allied governments.
The message states that the follow
ing condition has been added to the
armistice agreement of November II:
"The Supreme Command of the AL
lies reserves the right, should it con-
slider this advisable and in order to
obtain fresh guarantees, to occupy the
neutral zone on the right bank of the
Rhine north of the Cologne bridge
head and as far as the Dutch frontier.
Notice of this occupation will be given
six days previously"
Marshal Foch adds the dispatch,
has announced in behalf of Herbert C..
Hoover, the American food admins
traitor, that 100000 tons of cargo
space lying in German harbors must
be placed under the control of the AL
lies to supply Germany with food
stuffs. The ships are to remain Ger
man property.
Extension of the armistice was gen.
orally expected at the time of signing,
provided the Germans exhibited good
faith in the execution of its terms.
The original duration of thirty days
was extended before the final draft was
! signed to thirty-six davs. That period
expires tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
WEALTH. E r

Rain, followed by clear and colder
weather, to-day; Monday, fair.
Full Report on Page f3
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-09-01

seguir la ley del progreso. Principle
el hombre por andar a gatas; un buen
dia probo a viajar en- dos pies, luego
utilize la carreta, mas tarde ell coche.
despues Ia diligencia. la silla de pos
ia, Y por uitino ell ~ferrocarrii. Pues
bien: Ell proyectil es Ell coche del por-
venir. J en- rigor, los planetas pro-
y~ectiles Son, y TO oCra cosa, simples
balas de canon lanzadas por Ia ma
no del Creador. Pero v%olvarIos y
nuestro vehiculo. .Algunos de vos-
otrcs. senorcs, tai vez Greats que Ia
velccidad cue Sc piensa imprimir es
desusada, excesiva, pero no hay tai:
todos los astros lie aventajan en- rapl-
DEE. y Ia misma TERRA, en- su now
miento de t~raslaci6n alrededor del
sol, nos ~arrastra con rapidez tres We
ces mayor. Voy a pr~esentaros algu-
nos ejemplos, pero os rogare que me
permitais expresar las distancias Ell
!eguas, porque estoy POGO practice
en- las medidas americans, Y proba.
blemente mis- calculos resultarina con-
fusos. enbrollados : plagados de
errore5.
La suplica era tan logica. que fus
despachada favorablemente sin Ia me-
nor dificultad. Fl orador prosigui5
asi:
"Voy a recordaros, sehores. Ia We
locidad de los differences plaretas. he
| de confesar cue, peSe a mi ignoran.
| cia. cue es muy grande, o con
exaetitud este insignificante detaile
astron6mico. Pero antes de dos mi
nutos, sereis vosotrcs, sin exception,
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-09-01

10 cen medios de realization eXcelen-
ties. MI queriGo Barbicane. Pe-o me
permitiras que te haga n obseTva-
ci6r: SOY partidario dc 70 contar mi
historic mas que n sofa vez Y de
publicavla q IA iaz del mundo ente-
70. que eS Ia manera de no tener que
agua1tar preguntas V de verse hbre
de rcpeticiones. Ash, pues, salvo me-
ior parecer, quis;e-a que reunleras {
tus amigos. 4 tus colegas. a la Flo
rida en- masa. a toda Ia America. 81
ouieres. Y manana estare a DISPOSE
c;on de expoler Ia historic de mi
nroyecto Y de contestar a todas las
cbieciones cue Sc me hagan, can las
Que sean. Esta ~tranquilo, que 70 las
resistir& q pie firme. lie parece bien?
-Si-contesto Barbicane.
\ sali6 del caTarote para comuni-
car a las turbas la proposition de
Miguel A-dan. Las palab-as del pre-
Sideate fueron acoeidas con palmo-
tees Y gritos de jubilo. porque Ia Pro
posicion cortaba de IN solo golpe TO-
das las dificultades. Al dia siguien-
te. todos podrian c~onteIHplar a ST. sa-
Dor al heroe europeo. Hubo, sin en-
barge. algunos Expenditures terccs
| QUE no quisieron a~bandonar Ell vapor
Y pasaron Ia noche a bordo. Entire
estos. mencionarensos a j. T. Maston:
que habia clavado su mano-gancho Ell
Ia toldilla con tanta fuerza, que ha-
bria sido precise apelar q un cabres-
t2nte para arrarcarle de 81 sitio.
les I'm heroe... es u heroe.-
| -epetia en- todos los tonos-. mos.
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KIN

Al dia siguiente. el astro del dia
Sc levant6 mas tarde de 10 que desea-
ba la impaciencia pubiica. Todo ell
munGo acusaba de rerezoso 3 llumi-
mar cue de6ia alurbrar una fiesta Sc
mejarte. Barbicane, temiendo que
dirigiesen a Miguel Ardan pregun-
tas i~ndiscretas. hubiera deseado re-
ducir Ell auditorio a IN corto ndmero
de adeptcs, a sus colegas, por ejeni-
p!o. pero mas facil lie habria sido
ccntener e. Niagara con un dique.
Nc tuvo mas remedio que reaunciar
a su proyecto Y deiar que su nue.
vc amigo corriese las contingencies
de una conferencia publica. e. nuevo
salon de Ia Bolsa de Tampa-Town. a
pesar de dimensiones colosales,
parecio insuficiente para la cerero-
MA, pcrgue la reunion %proyectada
adquiria las preparedness de un meet
ing numerosisimc. En- consecuencia,
Sc escogio una vasta llanura situada
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-ote.
8>r5icaae lie sigpio sin aespera:
los laciog.
-:Erez Bar5icane?-!e rregun.o
Miguel A-dan. como 81 Sc hubiera
dirigido : un amigo dc IA infancia.
-Si-contesto el ~pres.dente del
Gun-C.u5.
-;Muy bier, Rieuos dias. Bar3i-
cane. Que tai? Bien, :ea: Me
a,egro. NE allegro,
-:Conue esta listed decidido q ha-
Ger Ell viaje9-pregun.o Barbicane,
sin preambulos-
-Comp!etamente ic:idido.
-sSin detenerse Por NADIA?
-Por NADIA. Has modificado Ia
forna del rroyectil, conforme te in
dicaba en- mi d~eSpacho?
-Aguardaba Su ilegada.. ;Pero
70 ha pensado listed bien"
-;PensaGo,... :TeHgo acaSo ten
20 CUE perder: Sc me p-esent5 Ia
ccasion &c If a darme = vueltscita
Tor la Luna. Ia aprovecho. y NADIA
mas. Me parece cue nc merece IA
cosa cue Sc reflexioae nj DienSe.
Barbicare dsvo-aba con "a vista a
acucl hombre cue hablaba del Gispa-
-atadc viaje con una ligereza Y una
i~rdiferencia tan cor1pleta. sin que,
81 parecer sirtiera IA menor inquie-
nd
-Pero...- va que nc otra coSa,
habr& listed tornado alGun PLAN.
contara con medios para realizar-
d..
-Tengo IN plan magnifico y cuen-
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E0LLETIN E%m. Il
DE LA TERRA 4 LA LUNA

auda2 tan impruceate, Cuando alguh
amigo suyo ~prets7dia detener.e, pro
n~est;s&n&c,e al~una catas,-0fe, res
pondia: Para U arda IN bQsque,
prec;sa que So brenda fucgo 1 SuS
arboles." s:r Sospsshar i su res
puesta es uao de los proverb:Os ara
beS mas hermoscs.
Tai era e, p&sajcro del Atlanta.
siempre allegro. siempre hi-viente ba-
10 Ia accion del fuego interior, STEM
pre- c~cnmovido. 70 po- Ia naEa3a qua
iba a reaiizar e. America, a Ia que
no concedia Ia menor importancia, Ell
la que no pe1saba siquiera. Sino por
efecto De ST constitution caleatu-ien-
"a. Impossible iraagirar N contTaste
mas singular. mas absolute, que q
Que o:-ccian g. frances MiE~s. Ar
dan ' el yankee Barbicane, auIque
uno Y otro cram emprendedoreS atre-
vidos = audaceS, nero a ST. manera
La contemplation 2 que 80 en>re-
eaba q prsside@.e del GUn-C.ub. Al
verse en- P~resenc.a de IN rival que &c.
MIA a reieEa-lS a sagundo termino,
no tario en- verse iHce~rumpica por
los viyaS : aclamacioncs de las ma
chedumbres. Tan f-~e-e&coS iueroU
los gritos. Y e entus.asMo revisti6
formas tan ~Yerso2alcE. cue N.rae.
Ardan. despues lie haber apret&Go mi
llares de ma2os. cGtrc las cua.e5 fal-
to POGO para one no Gejara las So
as, hubo de refugiarse en- e. CANA
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SOS, para cIyo Sacrlf-cio dice
estar va Iista, Y suficiantemeAte pre-
parada Y superintendent.
Estos ochenta mil hesos, como 20
ORA suponerse, serau dacos sin inte-
res; es decir. sin iHtsr55 fiduciario,
pcro con cl interes QUE quiera poner
ell comp-ador Y la anable vendedora.
MADISON, WIS, Agosto 2S.-un
sabio esGuimal. Que hasta hoy perna-
neca isno-ado por verdadera male
volencia de u enemigos, ha hecho
mirucjcsos eXperimentos acerca De los
contrastes que ofrcce Ia temperature
en- los donlinios de los Estados Uni
dos. V dice sin amhajes Que este
pals e. ell que tiene mayor di"ers!dad
de climas, : donde. po7 c~o@secuencia,
mayor ocupaci6n tienen los tc7n6me-
tros.
De las observaciones del sabio es-
Q%uinaal Sc desprende que, en- tanro
cue en- Yuma sc registra IN calor De
Up grades, con Ia nan Ell "a clntu-a.
en- Alaska. en- su parte mas sept=n-
tricnal. ell frio llcga a so baio cero,
er 10 cual no hay derecho material
mente.
Dicese que 81 I'm hombre de Alas
ka fuera traido a Yuma, sc fund.-
ria en- e. acto, en- tanto qle el dc
Yuma en- Arizona. Sc haria ice-cream
CT rcnoS que csnta un gallo. 81 eS-
to no .cs verdad, ALA ar-eng!esenlas
cnn 81 snhiO.