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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
TRYING TO
DODGE BLAME FOR
WORLD WARS START
Shifts Onus Onto Shoulders of ErChanceHor Won Beth
mann-HoLrUeg and Won Jagow Rdps British and Russia

ly caught me. On my orders. Ger
security of Norwegian harbors.
Later it would not have been pos
sible for them to do So"
The Emperor then mentioned
declarations of General w. A. Souk-
homlinoff, Russian minister of war,
during the Investigations which oc-
Cured afterward, which he later
altered to the statement that he had
not ordered real mobilization, but
only readiness for mobilization. The
Emperor, however, insisted on the
correctness of the first declaration,
according to which the Car had
been induced by the Kaiser to re-
call his order for mobilization. He
declared that General Nicholas
Januaschkevitch, chief of the Rus
sian Imperial General Staff, de-
ceived the Car and the order was
carried out in spite of him. This
mobilization, the Kaiser would have
it, was tho final reason for the war.
The Russian war party at the
court. the Kaiser continued, had
already in the spring of 1914, COM
PEELED the Car to make prepara-
tions for war. From that time ST.
berian regiments were gradually
drawn westward. They were told
that maneuvers were the reason for
these movements and thus they
marched on to the Riga river and
farther westward until they reach
ed Wilma, where they were sudden
Iy handed out loaded cartridges and
told that they were now going to
fight in earnest.
an fact" said the Kaiser in end
ing the interview, Russian troops
were already over our frontier be-
fore war was declared"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
Honor Soldier Dead
With Trees in Park

New York, Dec. 2.-Every soldier
and sailor from the Borough of
Manhattan who gave his life for
his country in the present war is to
have a permanent living memorial
in Central Park. His name will be
inscribed upon a bronze tablet, and
the tablets will become integral
parts of trees to be planted in hon
orable memory of the grand sacri-
flee. In order that future genera
tions may not forget their obliga-
tions to the men who gave all that
they might be free, the memorial
trees will be planted so as to line
a long, formal avenue. Hence,
should any tree fail to flourish
equally with its neighbors or die or
be destroyed, the symmetry of the
avenue will be broken and the vista
marred, so that it must be replaced.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
Reporter Sneers at
America and Starts
Another Spy Hunt

New York, Dee. BECAUSE of his
expressed contempt for Americans
and things American. Emil thinner
mann, of 541 West 124th Street, re-
porter on The Wall Street Journal,
was taken in custody by operatives
of the Customs Intelligence Service
and ordered detained in the Raymond
Street Jail by Perry NJ. Armstrong,
chief examiner of the Enemy Alien
Bureau, as a dangerous enemy alien.
While it is probable that thinner
mann will be interned, the Federal
authorities have not abandoned their
investigation of his activities. He
came to the United States first in
1907 and was engaged in the cotton
business in Texas. He made fire.
quent trips to Germany, and was in
that country when the war started
According to Federal officials he
was sent to this country on a spec
ial mission by the German Foreign
Office, arriving a week after hostil-
ties began.
Had Large Bank Account
He declined to explain his actions
during the first two years of the war
except to say: 81 just sat around and
read the newspapers" Nor would he
make any statement ON large ac-
counts he had with the Deutsches
Bank or Trans Atlantic Trust Com
pany, both of which have been taken
over by the Alien Property Custod-
ian Palmer, and several of their for
mer officials interned.
Federal agents learned that dur
ing 1915 and 1916 he maintained an
expensive apartment i'm Seventy sec
ond Street and had desk room in an
office in Nassau Street, where he re-
ceived mail from Europe under many
names.
Armed with the credentials OBJ
tanned as newspaperman, thinner
mann was able to enter zones barred
to enemy aliens. He failed to regis
ter as an alien enemy after the
United States entered the war; and
has frequented the waterfront zones.
Bank Books Destroyed
When the government agents visi-
ted his apartments the rooms were
in disorder and he acknowledged to
Mr.. Armstrong that he had destroyed
his bank books.
During the Interrogation thinner
mann said that he had been in COM
munication. with Germany since the
outbreak of the war and had sent
messages across with the crews of
neutral vessels.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
MAURITANIA IN
NEW YORK PORT
WITH SOLDIERS
Demobilization to Take Place
at Camp Mills in Near
Future

New York, Dec. z.-The British
steamship Mauretania, sister ship of
the Lusitania, is in port to-day with
the first large contingent of Ameri-
can troops from overseas. The 1000
men, mostly non-combatant troops
who were stationed in England, will
he taken to Camp Mills on Long
Island during the day. Demobiliza-
tion will take place at this camp in
the near future.
Storms Delay Vessel
Heavy storms delayed the trans
ports voyage so that she was un-
able to dock at noon yesterday, as
was expected, and it was not until
seven o'clock last night that the
liner entered the narrows, too late
TO pass quarantine. She anchored
for the night in Gravesend bay in
sight of the lighted Statue of Lib
erty.
The steamers belated arrival
caused a change in the plans for
welcoming the soldiers and many
thousands Who had crowded Bat
tory Park, all the afternoon and
who had motored to Camp Mills
were disappointed. The mayors
committee of welcome went down
the bay on police department boat
and officially extended a welcome
home.
Northern Pacific Bears Wounded
Shortly before the Mauretania
dropped anchor, the hospital ship
Northern Pacific, passed up by the
bay unheralded and docked at Ho-
bolen. Nearly half of the heroes
aboard were badly wounded, one
section beiAs given. over to men who
have lost legs and another to those
who have had arms amputated.
Red Cross nurses supervised the
work of removing the men to nearby
army hospitals to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
Vanguard Of American
Peace Delegates Sails

New York, Dec. 2.-The vanguard
of the American party which will be
in Paris during the sessions of the
peace conference sailed from New
York yesterday on the new American
steamship Orizaba.
The members of the party included
more than a hundred newspaper cor
respondents and those who will act
in a secretarial and clerical capacity
to members of the peace mission.
The Orizaba, being slower boat
than the George Washington, needs
two days extra steaming to arrive
at Brest at the same time as the
Presidential party.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
SO Persons Carried
by U. S. Seaplane

Washington, Dec. 2.-The Navy's
newest type of seaplane, the giant
NC-1, the largest seaplane in the
world, broke all records for the
number of passengers carried in any
airplane when it made a flight with
fifty men aboard on Wednesday at
the naval air station, Rockaway,
Long Island.
No special notifications of the
plane were made for the flight,
which was made TO demonstrate the
machines enormous lifting power.
The NC-1 is the first American tri-
motored seaplane and is propelled
by three Liberty motors that de-
velop a maximum of 1900 horse
power, giving it a cruising speed of
eighty miles an hour.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
Son Born to Alma GIuck,
Famous Concert Singer

New York, Dec "A son was
born early on Saturday to Alma
Gluck, soprano, wife of Efrem Zim-
balist. the Russian violinist, at their
home, 315 West Tooth street. Ma
dame Gluck, at one time a men,
Der of the Metropolitan Opera
forces, is a favorite on the concert
stage, and Zimbalist, too, has a
large following. They were married
in 1918.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zimbalist also have
daughter, Marie Virginia, about
3 years old.
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DUMBA URGES HELP
OF ALLIED POWERS
IN AUSTRIA PERIL
Former Ambassador America Seeks TO PreDen Czecho-
SlOUdkS and Italians From AScenddncy in Bo-
hen,iq, MardUid a and SiIeSia

Zurich, Dec. 2.-Dr Constantin
Theodor Dumba, former Austro-
Hungarian ambassador to the United
States, has arrived here as the dele
gate of the United Committee of
the Austrian Peace Association. His
main purpose is to present to the
Entente powers the views of his
constituents, who are seeking to. pre-
vent the Incorporation of the Ger
man sections of Bohemia, Moravia
and Silesia in the Czecho-Slovak
state, and the Italization of the mid
die Tyrol. which Austrian pacifists
believe would stultify the league of
nations by creating German irri-
denta.
After a lengthy historical argu-
ment that these German sections
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
Serbs From America
Broke Bulgaria's Back

Washington, Dec. = Residents
of American cities fighting with the
Serbian army played a most import
ant part in the great victory over
the Bulgarians, the collapse of Aus
tria, and the ending of the Hun
dream of a Mittel- Europa. This in
formation has been brought to the
United States by an American Red
Cross worker just returned from
Serbia.
Men from the steel and iron
plants in Gary, Chicago, Pittsburgh,
Denver, San Francisco and other
cities where there are hearths, blast
furnaces and rolling mills, were
shock troops in the very center of
the Serbian attack. this Red Cross
worker who accompanied the Ser
bian army reports.
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should remain German, DR.. Dumba
says:
'In her deep sorrow Austria can
only appeal to the high sense of
equity of President Wilson. She
sincerely hopes that the Allies will
uphold the principle of equal JUS
tice for the small and great powers
the principle which led to their
victorious war"
DR.. Dumba advocates the United
States and Great Britain sending
one regiments each as a symbol of
order. which is precariousIy main
tanned. He says pillaging and burn
ing of wealthy homes is going on
in the Hungarian plains, which
should be policed by strong allied
forces.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
Major W. S. Manning
Killed in Action

Columbia. S. c., Dec. 2. - Major
w. S. Manning, eldest son of Cover
nor Manning, of South Carolina, was
killed in action in France Novem-
Der 6.
Major Manning was attached to
the 316th Infantry, 10th Division,
and recently was decorated for
bravery
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
Ban on Brewing of
Beer Not to Be Lifted

Washington, Dec. 2.-Government
officials in conference have decided
that there shall be no lifting of
the ban on brewing beer and the
breweries of the country are closed.
An official statement was given out,
reading:
"It was stated following a confer
ence that in view of the conditions
after a careful survey of materials
on hand, the situation would not
warrant a lifting of the restrictions
on the manufacture of beer as they
now exist"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
Germans Surrender
Seized Russ Warships

London, Dec. 2.-The Allied Ma
val Squadron which recently passed
through the Dardanelles into the
Black Sea, anchored off Sebasto-
pol, the Russian naval base in the
Crimea, on November 26.
The Russian ships, which were
in the hands of the Germans, and
also some German submarines were
surrendered to the Allied naval rep
resentatiVes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
CURSED LIEBKNECHT
SLEPT IN KAISER'S BED"

London, Dec. a. When the
correspondent at The Hague of
the Daily Mail visited the Royal
Palace at Berlin recently he
found the aged servants there
bursting with indignation over
the fact that DR.. Liebknecht, the
Radical Socialist leader, had slept
in the former emperor's bed. The
correspondent quotes the SER
wants as saying:
That cursed Liebknecht slept
for two nights in the kaiser's
bed"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
CORRUPTION IN BERLIN

Amsterdam, Dec. 2.-The German
revolutionary government, according
to estimates made by the Berlin cor
respondent of the Cologne Volks
Zeitung, has spent 100000, 900 marks
in the last three weeks. The news
paper declares that a storm of ve-
hemence has burst against corrup-
ton in Berlin. which sit is hoped will
sweep away the dishonest rabble."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
XMAS CANDY UNRESTRICTED

Washington, Dec. 2.-Restrictions
on production of Christmas candy
have been removed. Last year, when
the nation faced a serious sugar
shortage, the manufacturers were
allowed to use only so per cent. of
their normal requirements. Now the
need for sugar saving has passed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-02
Bucharest Is Burning and
Rumanian Peasants Revolt

Copenhagen, Dec. 2.-Bucharest
is burning, according to reports from
Berlin received here.
Peasant revolts are said to have
broken out in all parts of Rumania.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-08

own child, and photographs Of her playing
with her toys became popular in every
clutch home. How they felt about her may
be judged from a recent letter from
Dutch correspondent who wrote:
Princess Juliana, tightly claspfng
Teddy bear to her breast, has been caught
by the camera. The photograph which
gives greatest pleasure to the loyal Dutch
and they all are loyaEdepicts the future
Queen making much ado over her frowsy
toy while she is OUT driving.
IN the beginning of her doll days the
Princess would have none but the Dutch
kind-sabots, wooden skirts, the national
headdress and all. 1t is remembered how
once she spurned the Paris made, silk
furbelowed doll sent to her by President
Fallieres, to the grea: delight Of the peo-
pie, whose hearts are. wrapped up in her.
But now she passes the homely little
Dutch dolls with disdain and lavishes all
her affection Oh an American-made Teddy
bear"
Here it must be noted that the Queen
has lost a good deal of the affection which
the Dutch people felt for her in youth
This warm affection was in large part
aroused by the fact that she was a very
pretty child and looked charming in Dutch
national costume.
As she has grown older she has grown
very stout and ungraceful. The truth Is
that Her Majesty is a very heavy eater.
An indiscreet Frenchman has published
the following particulars of her daily diet:
s a. m. Coffee with whipped cream q
dozen slices of bread and butter.
10 a. m. Two hot meat or fish patties.
cheese.
. D. m. Lunch, usually hors doeuvres.
fish. roast beef, fowl, dessert, wine.
4p m. Tea, ham sandwiches.
s p. m. Dinner, consisting Of eight
courses.
10 D. m. Biscuits, liqueurs.
Prince Henry took a great interest in
the management Of the Queens wine cell
lars. which are said to contain the finest
collection Of Burgundies and Rhine wines
in Europe This pleasant hobby helped
him to forget his troubles with the Dutch
Government and people.
The five years before the war were
comparatively quiet and happy ones for
the Queen and Prince Consort- Now the
obstinate pro-Germanism of the Prince,
combined with war distress and the growth
of Socialism in Holland has made him
more hated than ever.
Will the Queen save her throne by dis
carding her husband? .
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future uncertainty about the crown. Again
people were raised, only to be disappoint-
ed. Three times in eight years were they
disappointed. Popular opinion attributed
these unhappy episodes to the Princes
cruel treatment 0 his wife and national
sentiment became very bitter against him.
At last, in 1909, the Queen gave birth
to daughter, the Princess Juliana. Upon
this delicate child rests the only hope Of
preserving the Dutch monarchy, for the
next heir is a German, who would not be
tolerated. She will be Queen of the Meth
erlands If she lives and no revolution
occurs
At the time of the child's birth Prince
Henry had done a good deal to overcome
his original unpopularity in Holland. In
1908 he organized a rescue party when a
dam. Three times he went into the water
and helped to save many drowning pas
sengers. This achievement naturally made
him something Of hero. A big steamship
was christened Prince Henry of the
Netherlands" in honor OF this event
The birth of his daughter raised him
temporarily in public estimation. He
settled down to happy domestic life with
the Queen. who showed every mark, in
photographs, OF enjoying his society.
There was, Of course, little probability
that the Queen would have any other
heir, boy or girl, and the little Princess
Juliana then became the last chance Of
preserving the native dynasty. 1t was
singular coincidence that exactly the same
situation arose when Queen Wilhelmina
was born. for she was then the last native
born member Of the House of Orange. The
constitution was changed at that time to
permit woman's accession to the throne
The next heir presumptive to the throne
after the Princess Juliana was the Grand
Duke of Saxe-Weimar, one of the minor
sovereigns Of the German Empire over
turned by the recent revolution. The fall
en- Kaiser was also related to the Queen.
but his descent from the House Of Orange
went back to a period before the adoption
OF the present Dutch constitution.
To allow any German prince to succeed
to the throne would, of course, mean the
loss of Hollands independence, and the
Dutch Government prepared plan under
which, in case of the Queens death with
out children, Holland would immediately
become a republic.
Under these circumstances 1t may be
imagined that the Queen and the Dutch
nation became completely absorbed in the
life and doings of the little Princess. The
people looked upon her as almost their
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Dutch business. including the German
project for retaining the Zuyder Zee.
At the very outset OF the war the Dutch
people were Mortified to see the atrocities
committed under their very eyes by the
Germans upon the poor Belgians. In de-
fiance of this sentiment Prince Henry
maintained the most friendly relations
with the German officers who directed
these atrocities.
large number of German officers we're
among the German troops who strayed
over the Dutch frontier and we're interned
Prince Henry is still an officer in the Ger
man army. and many of these men were
his friends. He visited them in their
camps and supplied them with wine, beer
and other luxuries. This was bad enough,
but he went much further when he mo-
tored across the Dutch frontier and Wis
tied the German officers in Belgium It
is stated that on the day of the German
massacre at Louvain the Prince was en-
joying a convivial time with German Off
GERS in a nearby camp.
The Dutch Government issued an order
that no Dutch officer should visit or frater-
niZe with German officers. Prince Henry
continued his visits to the Germans, and
a Cabinet meeting was held to consider
his conduct. He Is a general in the Dutch
army and an admiral in the Dutch navy.
The Prince was summoned to meet the
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Cabinet at the War Office. He was in
formed that he had broken the regulations
made for Dutch officers and that his famil-
iarity with German officers must cease.
81 shall not permit you to dictate my
personal affairs or prevent me from visit
ing my friends" replied the fat Prince
haughtily.
Then we shall be obliged to deprive
your Royal Highness of your rank in the
army and navy" said the Prime Minister.
you are insulting me-" roared the
Prince.
AS a result of this meeting the Prince
was kept practically a prisoner in the
Royal Palace and was only allowed to
travel to other parts of Holland under a
guard.
In spite Of these precautions he never
ceased his pro-German activities. and
whenever any question arose with Dutch
officials he fought as obstinately for the
German side as King Constantine did in
Greece.
Shortly before the ending Of the war
several men of distinctly pro-Ally senti-
ments took office in the Dutch Govern
ment, as 1t was realized then that the
first law of nature was to keep on good
terms with the Allies. These officials
made their plans to deal summarily with
the Prince.
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THE monarchical system in Europe has
produced a heartrending situation
= which it is difficult fer Americans
to understand.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is faced
with the alternative Of giving up her
throne or giving up her husband.
Imagine an American President being
informed that he must resign his office or
give up his wife! That is virtually the
situation that exists in Holland.
Queen Wilhelmina naturally does not
wish to give up her throne, which she in
herited from her ancestors, and which is
the chief interest Of her life. But she also
does not wish to give up her husband. to
whom she has become attached after many
years of married life, in spite Of frequent
Quarrels and much bad behavior on his
part. 1t is a universal characteristic of
womanly nature to. become attached in
such cases.
The Hollanders' objections to the
Queens husband, Prince Henry, are i'm
perative and unanswerable. They point
out that he is an obstinate German, a
sympathizer with autocracy, war profiteer
and traitor to Hollands interests.
The situation was very moderately
stated by Isaac Vorkink, a Dutch au-
thor and capitalist, who has been visiting
America. He is president Of the Dutch
East Indies Trading Company. Many
other Hollanders have expressed similar
views.
ut will be choice between two loves"
said Mr.. Vorkink at is my opinion that
Queen WiIhelmina will decide in favor of
remaining with her people, whose love for
her argues against any change in the form
of government
The probable banishing OF Prince
Henry from Holland will be primarily due
to his being a German. The Holianders
have beea, with a few exceptions, pro-
Ally from the start OF the war"
Reports from The Hague indicate that
there are three parties in Holland: % A
small aristocratic party, including those
who welcomed the fallen Kaiser. who will
keep the Prince in his position; ~ a
large party Of moderates, including MANY
Socialists, who are thoroughly in favor of
Queen Wilhelmina's remaining on the
throne, but insist that her husband must
go; (3) the extremists, more or less akin
to the Bolshevik. who aim to drive out
both the Queen and her husband and make
Holland communistic republic, with its
wealth distributed among the toughest
members Of the community.
Impartial observers say that In order to
prevent Holland from falling into the
hands Of the third party 1t is necessary
that the Queen should accede to the de-
mands OF the second party by sending her
husband away.
Complete arrangements have been made
for converting Holland into a republic
should conditions require 1t.
In deciding whether she shall Danish her
husband, Queen Wilhelmina has not only
her own interests to think Of She has to