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New-York tribune., 1918-01-05
McAdoo Calls
To Patriotism
OF R.R.Labor
He Induces Men to Agree
to Let Committee Fix
Their Wages

WASHINGTON. Jan. Director
General McAdoo spent busy day to-
day planning solution of labor ques-
tons with heads of the four railway
brotherhoods. He finally decided to
refer the brotherhoods' pending de-
mand for a general wage increase to
an advisory board Of four members to
be appointed by him in few days
This board will investigate all phases
Of the brothcrhoods' demands, and
recommend a course to Mr. McAdoo.
His decision will be effective as to
wages from January 1.
The plan will affect Immediately only
the wage requests Of the brotherhoods
but demands which may be made later
by other classes of organized labor
probably will be handled in the same
way, Mr.. McAdoo reserving the right
to make whatever decision he chooses
without regard to dations OF
the advisors
Increases Seem Certain
Some increases. both to the brother
hoods and to other railway labor, are
generally considered certain. The Di-
rector General issued this statement
tonight:
This is time of great stress. and
the attitude of every employc should
be determined by the supreme need
first of all. cannot state too
strongly the necessity for devoted
and loyal service by every man in
this emergency. Every railroad en-
plove is now in effect government
employe and as much in duty bound
TO give his best service to his coun-
try as if he wore the uniform of
the United States army and occp-
pied the trenches at the front. Every
unnecessary delay III a train move
ment vitality affects our soldiers and
sailors and seriously impairs our
ability to defend our rights and our
liberties. Every man whose neglect
or indifference causes such delays
may be responsible for the loss Of
the son of some noble American
mother or father. 1t is as serious
to the country for an employe to be
Stacker in his work as for man
to be a Stacker in the army
"Ihe present serious congestion
ana actual Sunerlng Tor the want OF
coal and other supplies will be
greatly improved and may be en-
tirely remedied If every employe will
DO his utmost in his individual task
In the name Of patriotism, therefore,
for the protection of our sons abroad
and for the safety of the nation,
hope that every man, wherever
placed, will do his level best. Let US
who stay at home be ashamed not to
be willing to make sacrifices equally
as great as those our gallant sons are
already making for US on the bloody
field of France"
Mr. McAdoo explained to-day that al
though no general provision can bs
made under the law for exempting raj
road employees From the draft, be viii
not hesitate co appeal TO local ex
emption boards to defer the calling O.
those workers if the boards Of theil
own volition DO not display a tendenc,
to regard the railroads as an essentia
industry from which employees shoulc
not be taken for military service.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05

the demands of the service in foreign
waters.
Secretary Daniels dcclircd to discuss
the reasons for Admiral Fletcher's re
turn except to say that no court-mar-
tal had been ordered as the outgroUth
OF the loss of the Antilles. 1t is known.
however. that tho court Of inquiry held
by Admiral Sims. following the sinking
of toe troop shin, developed that ehe
''convoy of the vesse! was improperly
handled, and that the force at hand
was not utilized to the best advantage
IN guarding tho ship from enemy sub
Marines
Admiral Benson, chief of naval oper-
ations, in tcstifying before the House
Naval Affairs Committee yesterday, ad-
mitted that there was all "inproper
cnnvcyr provided for the Antilles.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05
Daniels Recalls
Fletcher After
Sims S Request
Report Indicates Loss of
Iroopship Antilles In
directly Responsible
[Staf Correspondence

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-The army
transport Antilles, which was sunk
with the loss Of CT lives while Ell route
home from France, might have been
saved had a sufficient convoy been fur
nished the vessel, competent naval Off
GERS admitted to-day, following the
announcement by Secretary of the Navy
Daniels that Rear Admiral William B,
Fletcher, chief Of the convoy system,
had been recalled for service at home.
Tletcher's return WAS said to have re-
suited from the direct recommendation
of Nice-Admiral Sims. in charge Of the
American feet abroad. it also was ad-
mittcd that several younger officers"
had been recalled for failure to meet
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05
Suffrage Bill
Gains Strength;
Likely to Pass
Anthony Amendment Wins
Fresh and Unexpected
Support From South
lStaf Correspondence |

WASHINGTON, Jan. A big swing
toward the Federal suffrage amend
ment, which may develop strength
enough to roll UP the necessary two
thirds vote in the House of Repre-
sentatives, is in progress. A few in
stances, discovered by The Tribune
correspondent, will illustrate the
strength OF the swing.
With one execution (Mr. Meeker)
the entire Missouri delegation will
vote for the amendment, which means
fifteen votes from a Southern state.
The entire Arkansas delegation polls
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05

The ice barrier about New Jersey
which has held back coal barges from
New York WAS broken Yesterday, and
fuel began to pour into the city. 1t is
estimated that $4,000 tons of coal were
landed here
Signs that the cold wave was slack
cning were also, discernible- Yestcr-
day was apprcciably warmer than
Thursday, and the Weather Bureau
promises that the temperature will rise
considerably moro to-day Warmer
weather means freer movement of coal
barges today; hence. less peril from
The coal famine.
Plans OF the fuel administration
which. ii was hoped, would bring per
manent relief to the coal shortage in
were again demoralized when New Jer-
sey towns fronting on the Hudson de-
clared an embargo on all fuel 10 be
transported by ferry to Manhattan.
AS result many buildings in the
downtown business district were nara
wed again by cold during the after
ioon,. New York appealed to Washing
~, ,oi .iu- / nc eInD2ICO was 1Ncn
lifted under protest.
The cold brought the additional
problem of unemployment to the city
yesterday. Factories and lofts closed
down wholesale because OF lack
OF water. light and heat. Many con-
Germs manufacturing clothing for the
goyernmcnt were affected. Appeals to
charity organizations doubled and
trebied. It was estimated that 100, 900
workers were forced to become idle
Fires continued TO be reported with
alarming frequency. In fIoboken. q
blaze caused $1,000. 400 damage. There
were three serious fires in Manhattan
and approximately 100 smaller ones.
officials OF Jersey towns report ed
yesterday that the water situation
showed some Improvements The coal
shortage j. still serious. and has caused
the shutting down Of many industrial
and public utility plants What fue,
remains is being distributed among tho
very poor.
Railroads aading into New York
were still disoreanized Suburban
traffic was especially irregular. al
though it was said that conditions had
improved slightly in The last twenty
four hours
The city government viii to-day be
s!!n d canvass of all buildings TO sec
II snv hsa more than enough coal.
PoiIcc viii conduct the canvass. ANY
fuel obtained vii be distributed d
among the poor
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05
Hertling SaysGermany
Will Bide Time Over
Rejection of Peace

BERLIN. Jan. 4 Addressing the
Rcichstag Main Committee yesterday
Chancellor Won Hertling said in regard
to the Russian rejection of the peace
proposals dealing with disposition Of
the occupied Russian territory:
"We can cheerfully await the further
course Of this incident. We rely upon
our strong position, our loyal irten
tions and our just rights
In celebrating on this statement be-
fore the committee to-day the Chancel
lor alluded to the Russian proposal to
transfer the negotiations to Stockh olm
as one Of the incidents which might
change the Russo-German position
from day to day, and declared:
Apart from the fact that we are not
in position to permit the Russians to
prescribe where we should continue the
negotiations, the trans Terrence to
Stockholm would lead to great diff
culties."
The Chancellor announced that DR..
Won kueh Imam has been instructed to
reject the Russian proposal to transfer
the peace negotiations to Stockholm.
Count Won Hertling said he greeted
with satisfaction the opportunity of
the government and the peoples repre-
sentatives of comforting on the weighty
and fateful decisions which at the pres
cnt time We're being discussed.
The government would take advan-
tage of this opportunity. the Chancellor
said, to make communications on the
course the peace negotiations so far
had taken, and he said he desired to re-
ceivo suggestions from the representa-
tiveS of the people
Count Won 1lertling said the Foreign
Secretary, Won kuehlmann. had yester-
dav, after q stay of only two days in
Berlin, returned to BrestLitovsk He,
therefore, to his regret was unable
himself to report on the course of the
negotiations with Russia. The Under
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Baron
Won dem Bussche Haddenhausen, would
instead undertake the task.
Baron Won dem Bussche- -Hadden-
hansen gave to the Main Committee the
history of events leading to the peace
negotiations. He said the armistice
smooth course and had reached a gem
orally satisfactory conclusion on De
cember Is.
Parallel to the negotiations at Brest-
Litovsk, the Foreign Under Secretary
said. ran the negotiations at Fokshani
for an armistice on the Southeastern
front, at which conference Rumania was
represented.
Parleys Made Difficult
The peace negotiations which fol-
lowed, the baron declared, naturally
we've very difficult, as they had to be
conducted between the coalition on one
hand and single power on the other
hand. AS to the course of the negotia-
tions, the public had been Informed to
a greater extent than usually was the
case. This had made the negotiations
more difficult. as the Entente Powers
were "enabled to impede the negotia-
tions by circulating false news
Baron Won dem Bussche- Hadden-
hausen then reviewed the Russian pro-
posals. the German counter proposals
and the tasks Of the German commits
sion sent to Petrograd to deal with the
questions Of subjects Of the Central
Powers interned, wounded soldiers and
prisoners.
During the debate member Of the
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05
Wilson Submits Railroad
Plan to Congress; Asks
For $500,000,000 Fund
Right Reserved to Keep
Railroads After the War

T/ZASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-The Administrations railroad
wv measures IN both the House
dag, eliminates IN the foll0Viag paragraph:
The Federal control of transportation systems and
heretofore provided for shall continue for and during the period
Of Congress shall hereafter order Otherwise
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05
eff Luxburg Is Insane So Is Gern1a7u. y

WASHINGTON Jan. 4The finding of insanity bv unacv COM
mission IN the case of Count Luxbug
Argentina anticipated by the where was
card ten days that such development the CARPET
ITO be consistent said TODAY M like nro
nouneent should be made the German
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05
ArtAnnc COAST LINE aat.sos

On eccoun. of changed conditions Train
No. 81, reaching Jacksonville anc all
Florida Eas. Coast points formerly sohet-
uled TO leave Washington, effective January
7tn at SIS p. NJ will leave Washinston
at 1:lb P. n. Informa ton and Pullman
at!ons 1893 Broadway. Ne~ York
--.AGys
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05
100000 Me,, Idle;
Big Buildings Close
Fires Do 100000
Damages; Break in
Cold Wave Is
Predicted
temperature Record

From noon yesterday the hourly tenn
peraturcs recorded by the Weather
Bureau wero as follows:
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05

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New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

eral general stats represented. Con-
certed attacks were planned, in the East
and the West, on the Italian and the
Balkan fronts. A permanent economic
committee was created
The next step in the progress Of AL
lied unity in conference at Paris was
taken at the discussions initiated in
June Of 1916. Economic solidarity was
the great problem, and Germany for the
first time was notified that her war on
civilization would operate to bar her in
future from the fruits of civilization. Ger
man products would face some kind Of ex-
clusion after the war. There was a dis
cussion Of preferential tariffs to be car
ried out among the nations banded to-
gether in the fight. No definite public
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

it is denied in others. Yet Germany is
to have no part in bargaining as to her
release on the worlds destiny. The
terms may be drawn up and imposed on
her, by her submission if she will, by
force if, caught in the trap she would
have liked to have set for the world. she
tries now to withdraw.
But the Inter-Allied Council from the
beginning has never been a council of
peace From the beginning it has been
a council of war. a council unchanged
bly, fixed upon conquering the enemy. It
met first in March of 1916, when Allied
defeat pointed directly to the need Of in
togration and unity of forces and facili-
ties. This was the time when the Hin
denburg steam roller had set its huge
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

sailles carries in the history of its own
origin and growth and development al
most the entire history of Allied sue
cess in the war. The men who will
make clear to Germany the bitter terms
Of her defeat are also the men who saw
the Allied forces meet disappointment
and defeat in the early stages of the
war. They are, for the most part, the
men who refused to give anywhere to
the enemy, who carried their nations
with them on through the cloudest
hours of the time when victory was
no longer in doubt Lloyd George
attended the first Inter-Allied con-
ference in Paris when he was the
British Minister Of Munitions. Foch was
chairman Of the military committee Of
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
The Councillors of the Nations Prepare the
Terms Germany Must
Face

In November, however, Of last year,
another call for council was sent to the
nations, and their ENJOYS went again to
Paris. This time the United States was
there in full measure. 1t was after the
Italian defeat, and the demand for in
creased unity came from every hand.
There was no other way to win the war.
The war had TO be stimulated, fought
with all the resource and treasure at
the command Of all its participants if
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
To the left, below, is the Trianon
Palace at Versailles, where the
War Council is sitting.

the gage Of victory was to be won from
the crafty German hand. Lloyd George,
faced by the increased questioning at
home and the need Of prompt action that
would turn Germany down the way to
defeat, was plain spoken. He was un-
willing, he said, to accept any longer the
responsibility for the direction of a
war condemned to disaster from lack of
unity
The result Of this conference was the
initiation of Supreme War Council,
with the Prime Minister Of each warring
land, or civilian envoy, and a perna~
nent military representative sitting in it.
Colonel House was at the meeting, and
President Wilson publicly indorsed the
measures taken there for unity. It was,
apparently, like the present conference.
session devoted wholly to business.
There were no speeches. Each country
was represented by a dozen or more
ENJOYS, and the work was accomplished
by means Of committee action. Ameri-
can influence in the conference, as re-
ported by Colonel House on his return.
was said to be paramount" almost
unlimited When the conference ended
it had established the Supreme War
Council at Versailles, supreme inter
Allied naval committee, and had pre-
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
When Talk of Negotiated
w Peace Crept In

AS far back as last November it vas
clear that the very meeting of Allied
representatives at Paris exposed the
concerted nations to the kind of danger
Germany knows best of all nations how
to project. There was at this meeting
a demand from various sources all over
the world that there be an expression OF
Allied peace terms and aims. Peace bv
negotiation, stranger term than it has
become since, was being launched in
sldiously from many sides. Commen-
tators on the present conference have
not failed to point to the danger iu.
volved in discussion in the midst OF
battle Of such great and significant mat
ters as must prepare for reconstitu-
tion of the worlds affairs Where so
many people are indicated, desires and
ambitions assert themselves with great
diversifcation. Yet il there has been
danger, it was a double danger then.
with the issue not yet so near a decisioNs
and much held by doubt Germany'B
aim, it appeared, was 70 stimulate Just
such a discussion in the council, and BIZ
disruption Of unity destroy the integrity
Of the powers aligned against her. Il
was Of a piece with German craft The
Allied councillors sternly held them
selves to the single purpose of battle,
and it is due doubtless TO their devotion
to this cause that they may deliberate
so calmly and with such certitude now
on the terms of their victory.
Meanwhile only the soldiers are for
getful Of an approaching end. They do
not cease their unremitting pressure.
What was Austria Hungary few days
ago paid $4,000 men in brief battle IS
a penalty for her stand on Italian soils
From July to November the record OK
victory has been unhroken. The Allies
seem to be able to strike and win wher-
ever they will American troops are
arain on the move on the Western front,
where the German armies fall back al
ways, though not yet broken.
The enemy may surrender shortly to.
Versailles. If ne does not, then the
guns are already pointed toward Bexiins
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

king built long ago, like silent actors,
going through gestures that may be
guessed at, but not yet understood
There is an air of preparation about it
all, of expectancy in the air; out of all
this tremendous events will burst. 1t is
something imminent. a balanced mo-
ment, trembling on the edge Of complete
revelation. 1t is for that every one
friends and the desperate shifty foe
is waiting.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
4 Realization of
! \ the Dramatic

1t is assuredly a dramatic moment in
history. But it is rare in that it allows
Aseif to be disclosed in the fulness of
gu Its dramatic values. There is no
record Of any time when the world was
- We'll endowed to stand aside and taste
ne consequence of every climbing min
we, TO understand and appreciate the
Wmplete accumulation CT piled-up events.
he scene in all its parts has come to-
sAner and is disclosed at once every
@nere, like living panorama seen
an0er lifted fog. History and poetry,
"ng after the events they celebrate, pro-
zoe something like this, though the act
sis and observers at the moment are
si'Ae unconscious of the significant parts
'usy play. But civilization has changed
aa1' The soldiers of democracies know
my they fight. Statesmen are con-
Naous Of the parts they play, knowing
as tho eye of to-day and Of all to-
aorrow is upon them.
Nos great deal Is known of what is
sSsng on at Versailles. The represen-
sss'sss OF the many nations that went
~ar Tor what man has gained and
80 IN his long toll up the slopes are
s speaking loudly into the worlds ear.
s ase seen there from SO many places
s Norlds ii The quiet pslacc that .
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

pared the way for the events that hsvs
been disclosed since.
The history Of that time, so recent az
time goes, and so far from now by the
measure Of events, shows that there still
rer aimed some uncertainty in The Allied
camps. 1t was already known that
Germany would attempt final shocking
attack on the Western front in the
spring. Military unity, such as it was
later achieved under the incompatible
Foch, was still incompletely developed.
The Allies were plainly looking for a
great leader, man who might oppose
the Hindenburgs and Ludendorffs on all
fronts, using the Allied armies with the
genius Of a Napoleon Foch, it was true
was already looming up in the Allied
mind as the man for the post But his
elevation to it did not come until the
German advance had spurred the Alles
leaders on to overcome the psychological
obstacles that stood in the way. An6'
that was six months later, with The Gers
man armies already pointed at Paris and
the Channel ports. Foch was giver
place in March. He has been disclosed
since as man who gives fate very little
chance to master hiIn, but who makes OF
every chance an instrument and servant
to his aim. The German advance was
.
for Foch the prelude to German defeat.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

The War Council at Versailles will
speak for the whole Allied world.
The range Of that world is indi~
Gated by the lines radiating from
Versailles to each of the Allied
capitals.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

Versailles is not city; it is some
thing that French king dreamed.
There is community there now, but
they were people who came after Louis
XIV had made the palace that seems
now to express wholly a period in the
development of French taste. Among
these clipped gardens and marble stair
cases, these splendid avenues, the foun-
tains and canals, the ambassadors of
the guns and chancellories cannot
escape romance, however grim is their
errand and however earnest the purpose
toward which they set their faces. The
memory Of the first Napoleon fingers
along its shaded paths. The armistice
that ended our own War of the Revolu-
ton was signed there. The States
General Of France met on it's tennis
courts and swore not to separate until
they had made a frccman's constitution
for France. A German army that be-
sieged Paris once made its headquarters
there. And now in the Grande Trianon
the hours of German militarism are
being numbered and the sanG.
have not long 10 run.
The council which Sciibcrates at Yer.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

the Allied War Council Clemenceau
gave the brief address which welcomed
the Allied councillors when American
representatives first participated in the
conference in Paris. Colonel House and
General Bliss and Admiral Benson were
the first Americans to sit with the Allied
nations. They are all there again to
help draw up the terms for final victory.
There is a good deal of mystery now
about the business which preoccupies
these men. It is clear that the terms of
surrender are being prepared. It is
surrender will come the terms of peace;
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03

"A Behind the painted arras of
- - time the gods are preparing
their ironic game. For 1t
will be at Versailles again that another
Emperor of Germany will meet the
dsbacle of all his hopes, the ruin of that
mad and greedy ambition which urged
him on to despoil the world. The dark
draught has been brewing for him these
many days. And now it would appear
his time for drinking the bitterness and
gall Of utter defeat is at hand The
Hohenzollern meant to stand astride the
world, but the world has moved, lifted
itself nightly against the sky and
man and his men have learned again
that there is no bondage powerful
enough to hold humanity.
There is no brake on events, they
flash by at dizzy rate. It is like a
growing fame, the disaster and break
ing Of what was once the Central En-
pires. Now the fire has spread to every
part, the roof goes, the rafters crash,
the windows are molten, the walls fall
is spread on the whole sky before it
begins to lose its heat and die down into
smoke and ashes. The grandiose dream
ola Middle Europe is at that point now.
The structure that dishonor and might
had built, imposing and menacing to the
peace and honor of the world, is falling
to pieces, caught up everywhere in the
wind and flame that it tried to spread
on the surrounding world. Bulgaria is
gone, Turkey is gone, Austria Hungary
Is no longer Austria Hungary, but is
scattered into the pallid embers of an
empire that so long held the gaze of the
world.
Justice, long delayed, gathers her
stern forces. Germany, the arch-viola-
Tor Of civilization, sees the end before
aer and, desperate, is not able to hold
against the tide of disaster. There is
no escape. An inexorable fate awaits
ner, and whether she chooses to wait
and be crushed or to deliver herself now
makes little difference.