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Eight more German submarines sur
rendered Dec. /, making total OF l22
which have been taken over by the al
lies.
General Plumer's advanced troops
crossed the German frontier between
Beho and Euper and advanced toward
the Rhine.
Casualties in the royal air forces
from April, when the air forces were
amalgamated, to Nov. II, were: Killed.
1850; wounded, missing and prisoners,
1909.
Dec. 16 has been set as the date on
which the preliminary conferences will
begin between President Wilson, and
Premiers Lloyd George, Clemenceau
and Orlando.
1t is announced that approximately
200 German submarines were de-
stroyed during the war. The total
number of all types built by the Ger
mans is estimated to have been 800.
Sir Frederick E. Smith, the attorney
general, interviewed in Liverpool by
the Echo. said that the British war
cabinet, including the colonial repre-
sentatives, has unanimously decided to
press Holland to extradite the former
German emperor.
Three million German troops. a mil
lion horses and great quantities of
baggage, Withdrawing toward the riv-
er Rhine from Belgium and northern
France, are conducting the movement
in an orderly manner, according to a
telegram from Dusseldorf. Rhenish
Prussia
King Albert and the Belgian royal
family made their official entry into
Liege Nov. 80 at the head of the troops
who conducted the heroic defense of
that town in 1914, says a Belgian Off
cial statement. Almost at the same
time; the statement adds, Belgian
cavalry brigade entered Aix-la- Cha
pelle, Germany. at the request of Ger
man authorities.
King Nicholas of Montenegro has
been deposed by the skupshtina. the
Montenegrin national assembly. ac-
cording to message received from
Prague. The dispatch was sent from
Prague by the Czecho-Slovak press
bureau by way of Copenhagen. 1t says
that the skupshtina voted the deposit
tion and declared for a union OF Mon
tenegro with Serbia under King Peter.
Western
The Right Rev. James Bowen Funs-
ten. first Protestan Episcopal gishop of
Idaho, died suddenly at his home in
Boise.
The 100000 membership campaign
Of the Red Cross will open Dec. 16,
and will continue a week or longer, ac-
cording to plans now being perfected
by the Red Cross organization with
the assistance Of the State Council of
Defense.
Judge William w. Morrow of San
Francisco sustained the demurrer and
quashed the indictments in the Bisbee.
Ariz.. deportation cases in a decision
filed in the United States District
Court. Twenty-Five capitalists, mine
operators, public officials and citizens
of Bisbee were involved.
Washington
Appointment of commission to in.
vestigate industrial conditions in Por-
to Rico has been approved by Presi.
dent Wilson.
Bernard NJ. Baruch. chairman of the
War Industries Board, has forwarded
his resignation to President Wilson, to
take effect on Jan. 1.
Representative Mann Of Illinois re.
sumed active floor leadership of the
Republicans in the House, after an alb.
sence Of several months on account of
illness.
In an address to Congress in Joint
session today President Wilson for.
mally announced his intention to 10 to
Paris for the peace conference, saying
the allied governments have accepted
principles enunciated by him for peace
and 1t is his paramount duty to be
present.
Enough War Savings Stamps now
have been sold to make nearly Ss for
every individual in the United States
according to report from national war
savings headquarters. Total sales have
passed $s25.0o0,000 and now are in
creasing at the rate of nearly 500.
100000 month.
A labor office in every large city and
town to report accurately to the gov
ernment as to conditions OF employ
ment and to find places for discharged
soldiers in the industries OF peace IL
tte program Of the United States EN-
ployment service, in conjunction witt
the national program. Washington au
thorities are gravely concerned abou
the labor problem and recognize tina
no adequate plans have been made I,
meet II.
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