Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-14

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to the United States to
hurry the negotiations
for peace.
The appeal was deliver
ed to the state department today thru
the Swiss legation.
It was learned that the note con.
tanned an inquiry from the German
government as to where and when
the peace negotiations would be start
ed. The note concluded with an ur-
gent request that the peace confer
ence be conyoked and formal declar-
alton of peace be made as soon as
possible in view of the state Of tur-
mol now existing in Germany.
January Y, Peace Day.
London, Dec 14.-The amistice has
been extended for one month to b
o'clock a. m, january II, 1919, and
will be further prolonged until the
conclusion of preliminary peace, sub
ject to the consent of the allies, ac-
cording to authoritative information
from Treves today.
Poncare Welcomes Wilson.
Paris, Dec IA am sure that |
shall look upon the ruins wrought by
the armies of the central empires with
the same repulsion and deep indigna-
tion that they stirred in the hearts
of the uncil vi france auid belgium,
and | appreciate as you do the neces-
'sity of such action, in the final set
tlement of the issues Of the war as
will not only rebuke such acts of ter
ror and spoiation hut make men ev-
erywhere aware that they cannot be
ventured upon without the centain-
ties of just punishment declared
President Wilson today in reply to
President Poincaire's formal welcome
to the American executive to France.
The speeches We're made at an Of
fetal luncheon at the Elyseees Palace.
President PoinCaire, in his address
of welcome, paid high tribute to Pres
tdent Wilson to whom he referred as
an "ilustri0us democrat"
He also paid glowing tribute to the
American soldiers saying:
mo sooner had they landed than
your gallant battalions, fred by their
chief, Gen. Pershing, flung themselves
into combat with such manly con-
tempt for danger, that they Disregard
cd death, where our longer experience
Of this terrible war often moved us TO
ounsel prudence.
They brought with them in arriv-
ing hero the enthusiasm of crusaders
leaving for the Holy Land.
Eager as they were to meet the
enemies, they did not know, when they
arrived, the enormity OF his crimes.
That they might know how the Ger
man armies make war it has been
necessary that they sec towns sys-
tematically burned down, mines food.
ed, factories reduced to ashes, Jtch-
ards devastated, cathedrals fired, all
by deliberate sivagery aimed to de-
stroy national wealth. nature and
beauty which the imagination could
not conceive at a distance from the
men and things that hal entered it
and today they are witnesses of It,
"ShouId this guilt remain unpuuish.
ed? Should it be. the most splendid
victories would be in violation
"Our common IDEAL has triumphed.
Together we have defended the vital
principles Of free nations. Now we
must build together such a peace AS
will forbid the deliberate and hypo.
critical renewing of organization aim
ine at conquest and oppression To
such a vast and magnificent task, Mr..
! President, you have chosen to como
and apply yourself in concert with
France. France offers you her thanks.
She knows the friendship Of
America She knows your rectitudo
and elevation Of spirit 1t is in fullest
confidence that She is ready to work
with you
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