Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-05
ENDEAV0R
NEWS IS LACKING
Altho Farley Was Scheduled
to Reconvene Friday no
Advices Came Thru.
DISSATISFACTION APPARENT
On Battle Fronts Comparative
Calm of Past Few Days
Continues in Force.
By Associated Press

Altno the peace conference hrtworu
representatives, nf the holshovld gov
trumcut and th" central powers wa
due to recpnprnc Friday, no uewe has
,ouco thru indicating whcihcr tho
meeting took place Neither have
there been any adyices as 20 whether
Tho difficulties ,u the way OF reach
ing an agreement have been sui-
mounted or L CoucesSlonF by etthrr
side. making possible further negoii.
atious. arc Intended.
bissltiEfactW with tn" proposals.
N the central powers apparently loeS
GutH Obtain solely IN tie side OF the
hItthcNtN government, but cxi0ts
among The d,tcratcs of the central
powers az vol Austria Bulgaria
and Turkey nrc serted tn have dis
agreed with the dumincerinE attitude
OF .he Germans at the Ercst- Litdysk
conference. where they posed as con-
quer0rs. white their allied dele
gates cyinccd an eager desire FOR
peace anc disposition 10 c0mpro-
mise
The attltside OF the Gcrmun
socialists against the demands OF thu"
central powers, especially those pro-
Niding for tho retention % Poland
lithuanin Courland aud other &C
| cupied teryitoapt~'i,s forced the i'm
| pcrial chancellor 10 refec to the stu
alton before the main committee oI
the reishstag The chaEGellor's state
ment, however WAS merely platl-
| ,ude aud gave no inkllns as 10 whaI
lIserinanyss future intentions In tbs
4 premises weto and cven left TO ths
unf er secretary for foreign affairs thf
| task OF outlining in the most perfume.
tory style the trend OF the negotiations
up 20 the time that tho reccss was
taken at Brest-l.itovsk,
I Chccrfully Await t6nrsr.
I'VE can cheerf,lly await the furth-
er course OF this incident We rely
upon our strong position cisr loy1ll
| Intentions and our Just rights, was
virtually all the chancellor had to SAY
| concerning Russia rej9cton OF the
peace proposals.
ON the hattie fronts the tomparn-
tive calm OF the past few divs CON
tinues. altho the Geremans ta the
Cnmbrai sector. In local ai,aCks. have
pushed four British advanced posts
for short distances. rhe artillery
duels along the western front ip Bel
gium and France and also In Italy
are still going on. but the infantry is
virtually idle. except for patrol en-
eagementa
Again there has beer considerable
fighting in the air on the western
front. Tho German war office as
serts that the German ayiAtors during
the week have accounted for - allied
airpl1nos and two captive halle ons.
French aviators nave brought down
eight German machines and also car
ried out bombing operations behind
the enemy lines
American Army Rcinforccd.
The American army IN France is
to be reinforced by the American avil-
tors who became famous Ns pilots In
French escndrilles THIRTY two u!en,
mostly members OF the Lafayette cs-
cadrille, Will be the firs' 10 be sworn
into the American army Others viii
follow them as rapidly as possible.
The transfer OF the aviatOrs from the
French Co the American coiorB was
brought about thru negotiations be-
tween the French AMI American au-
thorities
To the hand ~ experienced men
shortly viii he added the first group
Of young American pitots and obssrt-
ers to tnke INSTRUCTIONS near The bat
tie frent They already have flnlrhcd
their first tests and are H0w 10 be
sent 10 the front h complete tholr
work under actual battle conditions.