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New-York tribune., 1918-11-18
World Must Shape
Germany's Destiny

Shall the autocracy of the Kaiser give
way to the "autocracy of the mob?
That. said President Nicholas Murray
Butler of Columbia University in dis
cussion of the present crisis yesterday,
is matter not for Germany but for
the whole world to settle. 1t is, he
emphasized, the supreme question be-
fore the world to-day.
"The next sixty days." said he, may
prove to be the most critical sixty days
in modern history. The German people
must work out their own salvation; yet
they are, as Bismarck told them over
and over again, children in politics.
Whatever their accomplishments have
been in other directions, they are not
ready to fill the great gap in their con-
sttuted government.
"The victors in thYs war have a duty
toward building up the government.
We cannot let these great peoples float
about on the ocean Of to-day as dcre-
licts. 1t is not to our interest to have
them given over to chaos. That means
more war-desperate war, bloody war,
war not only of nations but of classes
and groups"
The solution, declares DR.. Butler,
lies in immediate formation Of an in
ternational league by the victorious al
lies Into this the orderly neutrals
NAV be invited at once. So may the
new nationalities. Then the question
of admitting Germany could be consid-
cred
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18
NoyesWants Ex-Kaiser
Tried for His Crimes
English Poet Says Escape of
E'Big Malefactors" Will Be
Aid to Bolshevism

Boisbevism and anarchism will in
crease unless the former German En-
peror and "other highly placed Grim
inals" responsible for the world war
are tried and given Justice" Alfred
Noyes,~ the British poet, said last
night at the forum in the Church of
the Messiah.
eve have tried many Of the un-
derlings. the minor malefactors guilty
Of individual acts Of sabotage and
crime. But what right have we to
try underlings while the highly placed
criminals, the heroic figures who
scuttle into Holland, leaving their
wives behind, are permitted to stalk
through fine castles where they can
drink champagne and smoke cigars for
the rest of their days?
"If the nations permit the murder
ers in the high places to escape, it
will be an admission that we bow in
abject submission to the divine right
of kings. And I want to warn that
if these arch malefactors are permit
ted to get off, the Bolshevists and an
archists will use that fact as rally
ing cry. Bolshevism and anarchism
will increase unless the peace confer
ence disposes of these questions and
satisfies the conscience Of the world"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18

that the epithets of "monstrous" and
unprecedented in their insanity" ap-
piled to the armistice terms, remind
the Germans of those they inflicted or
planned to infct on their opponents.
1t can be officially stated that Ver
sailles is one of the possible if not
the most probable places for holding
the peace conference, but this question
is not yet settled. No expectation ex-
lists that the peace conference will
start for some time yet, for the pre-
lininaries still to be settled will take
long time.
Meanwhile many conferences are
likely at Versailles and elsewhere. II
is thought the peace conference itself
will be of short duration, because a
great part of the work will be accom-
plished in the preliminaries.
According to some views Lord
Robert Cecil was optimistic when he
said Tuesday in Birmingham: "San-
guine men speak of peace by Christmas.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18
Alsace Freed of Hun Rule
After n Years Of Tyranny
Brave People Retained Spirit Despite Long Series of Petty
and Grave Persecution-Executions and Arrests
Had Little General Effect

Metz naturally celebrates with en-
thusiasm her liberation from ruthless
suppression practised by the Huns
with cunning and devilish ingenuity
for forty-seven years. Of all the peo-
pies conquered by Prussia Alsace- -Lor-
raine Jared worst.
During three decades the populace
of the Reichslande Qmperial Prov
inces) Gas Germany pretended, truly
German people) were subjected to the
Dictator Paragraph Claw creating a
Dictatorship.
The Statthalter governor appointed
by the Kaiser) was empowered to de-
port at will people who were suspected
of lack Of loyalty to the German gov
ernment. Many families were ruined
on account of the lies of denouncers
and sycophants.
Prussan officialdom ruled supreme,
the people had nothing to say in their
own affairs. They had LandesAus-
schuss Ca kind of Legislative body);
but the Landes-Ausschuss was without
any real power, for it could submit
nothing but recommendations to the
Statthalter.
If these recommendation were ap-
proved by the Statthalter they had the
effect of laws; if they did not suit the
Statthalter or his superiors they were
scraps Of paper"
Hun Rule Was Supreme
The business of an inhabtant of Al
ce-Lorraine was at the mercy of the
gendarmes. The Alsatans and Lor-
rainers were not allowed. without a
special permit, to see in their own
private homes their relatives who hap
pened to reside on the other side Of
the French frontier.
So unbearable became the conditions
that in 1892 Germans who had emf
grated to Alsace-Lorraine organized
the s-Lothringische Volkepartei
a political partly, which by the most
important plank of its platform de-
manded Elsass-Lothringen> den Elsass-
Lothringern!" (Alsace-Lorraine for the
Alsatians and LorrainersD.
AS they were Germans, the leaders
in this movement did not demand the
restitution of Alsace-Lorrainc to
France.
Only in consideration of the strong
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18

German immigrant element was AL
sace-Lorraine granted constitution,
nine years ago. The Alsatians and
Lorrainers were rid of the Diktatur
Paragraph, but they were still sub
jected to the military dictatorship.
And since August, 1914, anybody who
talked French On the streets was
threatened with a year in prison even
II he didn't know any other language
A person who displayed in any way
blue, white and red (the colors of the
French tricolor) was liable to severe
punishment. At Strasbourg young
woman was sentenced to three months
In prison because she wore white
dress trimmed with blue and happened
to buy red rose and wear it.
Miss Rassiga, sister of OberStaatsan-
walt attorney GeneraD Rassiga, and
for while Under Secretary of Justice
wore a Dutch costume and blue, white
and red stockings when she went to a
masked ball When the carriage
stopped in front of the hotel at which
the ball was to be held she was ar
rested and brought to the police sta
tlon, where she was set free with many
apologies after she had identified her
self.
Spies Always Active
Policemen and agents of the political
secret service took great pains to hunt
down the French sympathizers; they
even went after schoolboys who took a
walk to the woods and sang:
"Nous sommes des Alsatiens, le
chassepots la main, pour chaser les
Prussiens sur lautre cote du Rhin.'
eve are Alsatians, rifles in hands, ir
order to schase the Prussians to the
other side Of the Rhine)
1t happened more than once that mer
who walked in quick step along the
streets of Strassbourg were arrested
because they were suspected of pro
French demonstration, their quick pace
being considered as a symbol of the
banned song.
But those prosecutions could not
break the spirit of the populace.
The true spirit of Alsace-Lorraine
has manifested itself in the present
war. In Habsheim, for instance, a viii
lage of less than 1000 population,
eighty-nine men were arrested for high
treason in August, 1914. The Mayor
and some other citizens were stood up
against wall and shot. The others
were courtmartialed and sentenced to
state prison. And their crime? They
were pro-French, and didn't deny it
when questioned
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18
Saxe-Mei1,iy,gen Is
Proclaimed Free;
Royal Lands Seized

- BASEL, Nov. 17.-More of the smaller
German municipalities have followed
the example of their larger neighbors
ana taken steps toward establishing
republican forms of government.
SAKE, e,Melningen has been proclaimed
republic, and all estates owned by
princes are made public property.
"A dispatch from Karlsruhe says the
provisional government has announced
that Grand Duke Friedrich II has abdi-
Gated and that Baden is a free repub-
lie. A constituent assembly will later
determine the form of government to
be established.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18

,e' yourselves be deceived anv ,orcer
oy your rulers, the lip patriots .nd .h
MUNITIONS p-o6teers. Rise with now. y
MIA seiZe the reins of government
ours is the force. To Won belonn,
1ne right TO rule Answer tb. .ou fe-
freedom and win your own war fon
liberty. io'
ror more than four years have your
oppressors used you as the tools with
winch to fill their pockets. More thon
Tour years have they offered your sons
1"'"efs' brothers, as victims and have
starved millions, so that thew mich+
com profits out Of your blood
Victory Seen in Defeat
had you won the war you would
nave remained helpless slaves; Won arc
oeaten. Victory is within your grasn
IL lies with you to seize it.
Comrades! Soldiers! Sa;1ors, Ava
you workers.! Arise by regiments and
arise by factories. Disarm your off,
GERS, whose sympathies and ideas are
those of the ruling classes. Conouer
your foremen, who are on the side If
'he present order. Announce the fall
Oh your masters and demonstrate YOUR
soHoarlty. Do not heed the advice Of
the Kaiser Social Democrats. Do not
let yourselves be led any longer by un.
worthy politicians, who play you false
and deliver you into the hands of the
enemy.
Stand fast like many of the genuine
Social Democrats in your companies
and regiments. Seize the quarters of
your officers; disarm them immediate-
~. Make sure that your officers SYM
pathize with you. In case they do so,
let them lead you. Shoot them imme
diately in case they bctray you after
they have declared themselves SUD-
porters of your cause.
"Soldiers and marines! Fraternize!
Take possession Of your ships. Over
power first your officers. Place your
selves in communication with your
comrades on land and seize all harbors,
and open fire, if necessary, on loyal
groups.
Workers in munitions factories:
You are the masters of the situation.
Stop work Immediately. From this
moment on you are only making bull
lets which will be used against you and
yours. The bullets which you now
make will never reach the front.
"Stop making bayonets which will
be thrust into your entrails by the
knights of the government. Arise, or
ganize, seize weapons and use them
against those who plan to make slaves
of you after they have made their
own peace. End the war yourselves
and use your weapons against the
rulers"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18

but the far-seeing regard next summer
as far more probable date"
The spread of Bolshcvism in Ger
many and elsewhere at present is not
officially regarded with great alarm.
The German complaint concerning the
continuance of the blockade arises from
the unreasonable German expectation
that they will have free run of the
worlds supplies while other countries
are rationed
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18
.ooeal Also Signed by
RED Rosa" Luxembourg
and Mehring
Bolshevik Excesses
Cautioned Against
Copy of Order for Revolu-
ton in Fatherland
Received Here

.all to arms. signed by Karl Lieb-
..ebt. the radical Socialist. "Red
,...s Luxemburg. a kindred spirit,
"A r)r. Franz Mehring, an independent
;,.iayist. which is believed to have in
.::-sa the revolutionists in Germany,
-,s published yesterday by the "New
v,rksr voIks-Zeitung.' The proclama-
inn which is addressed to workers,
..ldiers and sailors, was issued during
:. attempts of Germany to negotiate
nth the Allies through the United
,..es and probably antedated the ac-
.,,l revolution by some time
It's main provisions, however. were so
,losely followed when the upheayal
,.me that its influence on the event
,,obabEv was potent. It calls for an
rprising by factories and regiments.
I, declares to the German people that
s,ir rulers have lost the war and the
,suect of the world, but that the mo-
reu. has arrived when a revolution
-, transform the defeat of the rulers
,. victory for the German people.
Warning Against Excuses
warning is sounded. however,
sgaina such e1resses as wrecked Rus
"a The call follows:
Dear Comrades:
For more than four years our rul-
~ have been engaged in a robber war
iur the oppression OF our neighbors.
During the last ten or twelve years
these same rulers have preached the
bad doctrine OF Slavic danger They
;oved in our hearts fear of the Slavs.
BIT this was merely camoufiage for
.u.her imperialistic aggression. AS if
i. way to St Petersburg lay through
a.lnm and Northern France, they
;sYe orders to let the armies loose.
Nothing More to Lose
During these four years the peo-
pa Of the world have bled until thew
sn bleed no more. And what have
Va von! Have we won one hundradth
part Of what we and our rulers started
ct TO get. Instead of this, we have
iast until we have nothing more to
lss One thing we have won-the
hatred Of mankind.
And now we have, through the
President Of America, asked our enc
rlss for peace. Comrades. now comes
ir you fitting opportunity. Unite.
ssld together under the banner of the
asrnational.' You should not hold
ourselves as discouraged, 1t was
's7sr your war You we're driven by
l'7f rulers into the world slaughter.
W have got what you deserved. It
y" lies Eith you to discourage your
HER.
Immediate Action Urged
Act at once. 1t is your only pros
'Tl Stretch the tyrant at your feet
nth mighty blow He now wavery-
yell aimed blow Will at this time
VI Jour freedom and viii to some
Aelf reconpense you for all the
$500 that has been shed during the
10 fnm sad years
1sy down your weapons. you col
on at the front Lay down your
"a gou workers at home. Do not
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18
Won Mackensen's Troops
Disarmed and Sent Home

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 1.-THE Ger
man Field Marshal Won Mackensen,
who has been operating in Rumania,
arrived yesterday at Debreczin, Hun
gary, with 1000 of his troops, accord
ing to dispatch from Vienna.
The troops were disarmed and start
ed toward Germany.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18
London Hears Flier
Tried to Drop Bomb
OnEx-CrownP ri11ce
Supposed German Plane
Aimed Projectile at
Castle in Holland
No Casualties Caused
Report May Be Due to Land
ing in Netherlands of
Other Foe Aviators
No Casualties Caused
NeaO York Tribuns
I-0ndan, p..an.

Ne,0 York Tribuns
London Bureau
Copyright 1918. by the New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Nov. 17.-According to a
rumor said to BE- current in Holland.
an attempt has been made TO assassi-
nate the former German Crown Prince.
An airplane of unidentified national
ity. presumably German. flew over the
castle where the Crown Prince is stay
ing and dropped bomb, which, how
ever, caused no casualties or damage.
1t is thought the report, if untrue.
originated from the report that manv
German airplanes have been landing
i'll Holland in the last few days.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18
Lu Cheng-Hsiang To Be
Peace ENJOY for Chinese

PEKING, Nov. II (By The Associated
Presss).-The Cabinet has appointe Il
Foreign Minister Lu Cheng- -Hsiang as
Envoy Extraordinary to the Peace Con
ference. DR.. V. K. Wellington Koo.
Minister to the United States, and most
OF the ministers to the European coun-
tries will act as deputies.
The first contingent of peace dele
gates has already left China for Europe
by way of the United States.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18
Council to Provide Train
For Flight of Ex-Kaiser;,,

LONDON, Nov. 17.-The former Ger
man Empress and the wife of the for
mer German Grown Prince will leave
TOR Holland in few days on a special
train provided by the Workmen's and
Soldiers Council, according to Pots
dam reports received at Copenhagen by
egraph.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18
TWo More Dukes
Quit heir Thrones:
One Flees Country

COPENHAGEN, Nov. II. - Duke
Charles Edward of Sake -Coburg and
Gotha, and Grand Duke Friedrich Franz
~ OF Mecklenburg- -Scherwin have alb
dicated.
The former Grand Duke Ferdinand
OF Mecklenburg Schwerin has arrived
mere with his English born wife and
their children. The Danish King. who
Is a brother of the former Grand Duke.
received the party.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18
England Debates
Ex-kaiser's Fate.
But Isn't Anxious
Opinion So Far Has Failed
to Crystalline Into De-
mand for Penalty
NetD York Tribune
London Rnrcn.I

Copyright. 1918. New York Tribune Inc)
LONDON, Nov 17.-Much speculation
exists here regarding the ultimate dis
posal Of the Kaiser and the Crown
Prince, though opinion has not yet
crystallized into widespread insistence
on their physical punishment.
More attention is being given to the
necessity of forcing the German ma
tion to pay for its sins. 1t is hoped
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18

will be presented with French flags to
fly from their city halls.
The council voted favorably on a
proposition to rename several streets
in Paris. calling them Rues Paul
Deroulde, Georges Clemenceau, mar
shall Joffre and Marshal Foch.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18
France Plans Airplane Lines
From Paris to Twenty Cities

PARIS, Nov. 17.-The French govern
ment is studying a proposition for the
creation Of about twenty aerial lines
connecting Paris with the chief towns
of France and the great foreign centres.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18
Won Tirpitz Fled Germany
When Revolution Started

COPENHAGEN, Nov. Admiral
Won Iirpitz. former Minister of the
German Navy and the manchiefy re-
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18

sponsible for Germany's intensive sub
marine campaign, fled to Switzerland
imme diately the revolution in Germany
broke out, says the "Frankfort Ga
zette."
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18
Charles Formally Quits
The Throne of Hungary

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 16-Emperor
Charles has specifically relinquished
the throne of Hungary, according to a
dispatch received here from Budapest.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-18
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
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Laxative Cough Syrup
Made With GranuIated Sugar
and Mentho-Laxene in
About Five Minutes

Make a syrup with pint of gran
ulated sugar and half pint of boil
ing water, cool and pour in to a
bottle or jar. Then add the con-
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
OFFICERS GUARD
VAULTS HOLDING
INQUIRY RECORDS
Papers Desired in Packing
House Investigation Are in
Charge of Marshals

Chicago. Feb. 6.-Deputy United
States marshals to-day still guarded
the vault of Henry Veeder, attorney
for Swift & Company. after an all
night vigil following raid on the
lawyers offices yesterday, growing
out of the Federal Trade Commits
sion's inquiry into alleged illegal
acts of the packers. The deputies
expected to remain on guard at the
vault until the court decides some
time to-day whether papers taken
may be examined and the search of
other documents continued.
The raid on the Veeder offices was
made under authority of federal
search and seizure warrant, issued
by Judge X. NJ. Lands and conduct
ed under direction of Francis j.
Heney, counsel for the Federal Trade
Commission, in it's inquiry into the
aHairs of the packers. The docu-
ment alleges that the packers stored
foodstuffs contrary to the provisions
OF the federal food act; made false
entries pertaining to ownership and
control of subsidiary companies. and
conspired to defraud the United
states Government by collusive bid
ding on contracts to furnish COM
modities for the use of the Army
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
German Spy Found Guilty
at Boyd Memorial Trial

Accused of being a German spy,
Noble Frank, of Harrisburg, was ar
raigned before Justice Garrett Wall
at s o'clock Monday evening in the
Mems room of the Boyd Memorial
Building. Ned Williamson and Oscar
Crislow were attorneys for the people
and Calvin Frank and Elmer Herring
for the defense. 1t was brought out
that the accused had been gathering
information in Washington and other
centers which he was attempting to
get through to the Kaiser. 1t was
proved that in Scrapperville he had
been instrumental in blowing up the
works of the Pipe and Pipe Bending
Co, of that city. The lawyers of
the defense exercised all their ingen-
uity but found themselves unable to
save their client for the jury
brought in a verdict of guilty and
the spy was sentenced to death at
sunrise. Yes, it was a mock trial-the
monthly meeting of the famous
Hick- Thrift class of the Pine Stree
Presbyterian Sunday school. The
Hicks are live bunch and the pub
llic may rest assured that they will
allow no German intrigue in Harris
burg as long as the Boyd Memorial
is standing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
War Cabinet Measure
Placed on Senate Shelf,
VIII Be Urged Later

Washington, Feb. 6.-The Cham
berlain bills providing for a war
cabinet and n director of munitions
will not be urged in the Senate at
this time.
This was decided upon yesterday
by Senator hamberlain, chairman
of the Military Affairs Committee.
Firm in the belief of their neces-
sity in the prosecution of the war,
Senator Chamberlain and Senator
Hitchcock have decided that a cam
paign of education is necessary to
bring the country to full realization
of the necessity of the legislation
contemplated by the bills before they
are reported for a vote Therefore,
the committee will continue the in
Vestigation of the war, meanwhile
holding the bills in the committee.
These facts were learned after
Senator Wadsworth. Republican, of
New York, had addressed the Sem
ate on the two bills. After Senator
Wadsworth left the floor, Senator
Chamberlain and Senator Hitchcock
discussed the future of the measures.
1t then was said a majority of the
committee undoubtedly would sup
port the bills, but that no effort
would be made to force them upon
the administration. 1t is considered
that both the country and the ad-
ministration eventually will support
the measures.
The committee. it may be definite
ly said, will not agree to the wish
of the President and let the bills die.
Eventually they will be reported to
the Senate. Meanwhile, the commit
tee will consider any suggested
amendments. In this connection it
was recalled that Secretary Baker
was invited to suggest changes in
the bills.