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A PROCLAMATION

OF all the great, war work agen-
cies that have supported the govern
ment throughout the war none rep
resent more effective work and per-
sonaI sacrifice than the American
Red Cross. The people of North Da-
kota whole heartedly participated IN
the upbuilding and maintenance OF
this wonderful organization, Freely
giving their time and money to fur-
Their Its work, and their efforts have
contributed much towards bringing
it up to its present high standard OF
efficiency. At this time even though
hostilities have ceased let there be
no slackening of our energies In sup
port Of the Red Cross. Its war work
is not yet completed and It's WORK
along general humanitarian lines Will
go on forever.
The Christmas Roll Call campaign
for new members and renewals VIII
be promulgated December 16-23rd,
and during that period I urge that
every effort be put forth to make
membership in the American Red
Cross universal. The effect of 100
per cent response to the call in ev-
cry locality will be as great on the
morale of the civilian army as on
the field army. For one dollar each
individual may have the honor OF
holding a. membership in this great
est upbuilding, uplifting agency OF
mercy in America.
Done at the Capitol at Bismarck
this 9th day of December. 1875.
LYNN J. FRAZIER, Governor.
BY the Governor,
Thomac Hall, Secretary of state.
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GERMANY USED
CLUB ON AUSTRIA
fBy Assoelated Preag. J

& 8
Vienna, Monday, Dec. s.-Austria's
desperate efforts in 1917 to withdraw
from the war were described in a
statement to the Associated Press
today by Count Czernin, former
Aiistro- Hungarian foreign minister.
General Ludendorff, the German
chief quartermaster general, was the
great stumbling block, and Austria
reared, in undertaking separate
peace with the entente, that Ger
many would declare war on her.
Huns Used Mailed Fist.
II never thought it possible TO
beat the entente, particularly after
America entered the war" said
Count Czernin. There were two
ways to arrange peace. One was a
separate peace with the entente, the
other a general peace together with
Germany. have explained how
both ways were impossible. "A sep
arate peace would have meant war
with Germany, since thereby we, be-
cause OF our geographical position,
would have cut off from Germany
her Turko- Bulgarian allies and it
would have been impossible for Ger
many, with her allies interest in
Turkey and Bulgaria, to allow us to
pull out of the war. have proof
Germany at once would have made
war on us.
Consider that two months ago,
when she was beaten, with revolu-
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"The third reason is the breaking
up OF Austria. which is as a serious
menace to permanent peace, unless
provided against with intelligent
foresight, as even the German Rus
sian boundary situation. Leave CEN
trail Europe a group OF small, weak,
half-developed nationsalities. and the
Balkan question, which has all along
been largely a question of Teutonic
pressure toward domination of the
Black sea, Asiat Minor and the
Persian gulf, will remain acute.
What solid antiGerman barriers
will stand there? Bohemia2tl1e new
Czecho- S1ovak state? But that will
have only 100000 people. Re-
stored and reconstructed Roumania?
She will have at least $4,000, 900
cities, and around her will stand
Hungary, Bulgaria, Russia. What
could Bohemia, Roumania or both Of
them avail against Germany, with
her compact 65.000,000 population
Poland Would Bar German Ambition
But add national Poland and
the situation changes. You have
then to the east and southeast of
Germany, cutting her off from Hun
gary. Bulgaria and Turkey, three
thor ughly non-German states with
a population of 61,000,000 liberal
democrats mass and spirit with
which aspiring autocrats and Boil
reckon.
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thing is true at the north, in Lithu-
ania, which also was once part Of
Poland.
$50 the region where the new de-
mocracy of eastern Europe must
arise does not lie sharply marked out
at present on any map. To define it
and set its limits is part Of the work
which must be undertaken.
Why Poland Must Be Reconstructed
"There are three reasons" Mr..
Dmowski continued. why the recon
struction of national Poland is so
vital an issue.
THE first, already touched on, is
the necessity Of setting an impass-
able boundary to Germany on the
east. Poland is the only country so
situated, geographically, as to be
able to provide this service, the only
natural obstacle between German
scheming and Russian disorganiza-
ton.
1.-THE second reason is the Baltic.
Even before Russia collapsed, that,
body of water was becoming a Ger
man lake. Now that Russia is gone.
Germany is the only nation of large
population having Baltic ports. Give
reconstructed Poland again her an
cient outlet to the seas through her
old port of Dantzig and the company
OF democratic nations will have its
own entryway to the, trade of all
northeastern Europe.
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New York. Dec. 1o.-f Germany
has natural boundaries to west and
south--the establishment Of perma-
nent peace might not require such
extraordinary safeguards. But. Ger
many lying where she does and her
people being what they are. the flu
ture of Europe depends on one thing
the reconstruction OF Poland"
The speaker was no less a person
than Roman Dmowski. for twenty
gears a header of the submerged
western Slavs in their aspiration to-
ward a renewed national life, long
the representative. OF the city OF
Warsaw in the Russian duma; today.
by virtue of his position as president
of the Polish national committee,
recognized by the governments OF
Great Britain. France. Italy and the
United States as the official repre-
sentative and spokesman OF thirty
five millions OF people.
1T must be made impossible for
Germany to be unsafe to the democ-
racles of the world" declared Mr..
Dmowski. ITO do that it is, vitality
necessary to have a strong, trust
worthy non-German state on Ger"
manys eastern marches. And the
one region capable of becoming such
n state is Poland. s.
Not All of Poland Shown on Maps
You will not find it at present on
a map. The map in any atlas Will
show you, in the extreme west of
Russia, small group Of govern
ments centering around Warsaw.
That group is labeled Poland But
Poland means much more than that.
I'm the Vistula valley and it's
drainage areas 1--WE the thirty five
million people OF the submerged
Polish nation. That region is Po-
land. Part of it Is still marked Po-
land on the maps. but most of it
needs Identification since the 'parti-
tions,' when the autocrats who then
ruled Germany. Russia and Austria
each took his helping.
"Germany's slice you will find on
the west, extending all the way from
the mountains to the Baltic. Silesa
furthest south, then Posen, then
West Prussia with its Baltic port of
are Prussian provinces
now. They once were Poland. The
population still is Polish. To the
south Of map Poland is Galicia, an
Austrian province. It's chief city is
Cracow, the ancient capital of Po-
land. Other cities are Lemberg and
Przemysl. The population of the
province is predominantly Polish,
To the east, in Russia, lies Volhynia.
That too was part Of Poland once.
and today, although the peasant
population Of the region is Ruthen-
Ian. its civilization and almost all
It's middle class population-its pro-
Pesstonal men and merchants, the in
telligent, educated citizenry who are
the necessary pillars OF true demo-
cratic state-are Polish. The same
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Telegraph Briefs

Copenhagen-Adolph Joffe, former
ambassador to Germany of the Rus
sian Bolshevik government, who wher
recently accused of circulating sedi-
tious literature in Germany denied it.
not only admits it now ina telegram
received here but glories in the
achievement.
Vienna-The coal and food situation
daily is growing worse, and the city
undoubtedly is threatened with a coal
and food famine such as is being ex-
perienced in no other point in the for
mem empire.
Washington - Prohibitory legisla--
ton against the teaching. Of the Ger
man language in the schools of Wash
year yesterday by the house in con-
sidering the District Of Columbia 1920
appropriation bill.
Atlantic City-Early return of rail-
roads OF the country to private control
and ownership under such altered
methods of regulation as will insure
sound railroad credit and an adequate
transportation system, was urged in a
resolution adopted by the National
Investment Bankers association in
annual convention yesterday. =
Washington-Pay Of the telegra-
pliers is not to be reduced under the
recent wage order, railroad admins
tration officials explained yesterday
in answer to complaints of telegra-
piers representatives that the order
in some cases would effect reduction.
on-Construction of wood
en- ships was defended in. the senate
by Chairman Fletcher, Of the senate
commerce committee, who said that
wooden ships have not been failures.
He declared that cancellation of con-
tracts for wooden ships was a great
mistake.
Chicago-The American Association
of State Highway officials went on
record in resolutions adopted last
night as fayoring amendments to the
present federal aid law removing re-
strictions and increasing approprIa-
tions to $500,000,000 for federal coop
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Tales Of the FYiendlyFOrg
BY DAVID CORY

Now, I'm going to tell what the
Policeman Dogs club did to Wicked
Robber Hawk. who. you remember in
the last story. was sitting on the foot
of Billy Bunny's bed.
Well, little Miss Cricket stood
quietly by the front door until she
heard the patter, patter of Mr..
Policeman Dogs boots, and then she
lifted the big wooden latch and open
ed the door very softly, and then she
pointed upstairs. And without say
ing a word that wise Dog slipped off
his boots and tiptoed up to Billy
Bunny's room. There sat Robber
Hawk grinning away on the foot of
the little rabbits bed. but when he
saw the Policeman Dog he stopped
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/ "F'or these three purposes, recon-
structed Poland is the one natural
and trustworthy peace structure.
But to be effective it must be built
on sufficiently large scale. 1t need
I not include every acre of ground
which once was part OF the old
feudal, royal and imperial Poland.
But it must include all regions which
are Polish in civilization still and all
which are essential to the growth of
a strong state. Silesia. with its coal
beds-the largest in Europe must
be taken back. Posen must come. for
| two good reasons. It's people are
Poles. They have a. right to their
share in Polish national life And
| the westerDmost point OF Posen is
two hours by rail from Beriin!-a
fact which would have its effect on
the hegemony of Prussia ad might
serve to swing the center of Ger
man national life into the western
German regions with a more civil
| liked population.
Northeast Borders Must Be Secured
West Prussia must come back,
too. Its predominant population is
Polish. And it contains the neces-
must come. 1t is Polish, and dts
woods and mountains contain the
timber and oil fields future Polish
industry will need. Part at least Of
Volhynia must be included, and the
territory north of it as far as wilma,
| which is situated in a country with
predominantly Polish populations.
1t was carved out of Poland; its
civilization is still Polish. AMI Po-
lands future borders to the north
| east must be secured by the creation
l ~ nay ,111 fne f1lf In
of Tast Prussia. or Koenigsberg,
brought by treaty into close eco
nomic reciprocity with Poland, and a
| Lithuanion state united with Poland
| 80" sad Mr.. DmowslSi, there
win be erected to the east of Ger
many, a, strong, liberal Slavic democ-
racy, equal in area almost to Ger
many after Alsace and Lorraine are
restored to France. For that equal
area it will have about one-half as
great a population at the start. But
the Poles are one of the most pro-
| life of all races. Within a few gem
erations their number will equal that
of the Germans. They will be at
least Germany's equal economically
4 and industrially. They will form a
self-contained, self dependent state,
with fuel and metal resources suffici-
| emit for all needs. And they will be
! powerful and ardent defenders OF the
rights of men. Then there will be
two commanding democracies in
3, Europe. Up till now France has had
to defend, such principles alone on
the continent. But with Polad
standing. up to the east, as France
stands 20 the west, liberty loving
peoples need fear nothing more from
egotistic credos made in Germany.
For then the proposed league Of ma
! tons will possess the necessary ele-
ment of strength"
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back his great coat and showed his
big silver shield, and think the
number was Oh %. and let me tel
you that is a fine number for a Po-
ilceman, for sometimes he doesn't
nave to say a word. He can lust
show his shield and then the bad
people he's after run away and don't
bother anybody for long time.
But Robber Hawk couldn't run
away. No, sir! He couldn't even fly
away. for the Policeman Dog stepped
forward and grabbed him by the
wing. And then that old Hawk gave
a loud screech and. OF course. this
woke up the little rabbit.
And then Uncle Lucky Lefthind-
foot woke up, and so did Mrs. Bunny,
and they ran into the room.
Don't be alarmed"-which means
frightened, you know-said this kind
Policeman Dog. Tn after this old
thief" and he twisted the old
Hawks wing until that bad bird
winked his eyes and turned in his
toes, because 1t hurt him like every
thing, you know.
Come along" said the Policeman
Dog, and he pulled Robber Hawk out
OF the room and down the stairs.
Tomorrow you come down to the
courthouse and make a complaint"
said the Policeman Dog to Uncle
Lucky. .
"All right" replied the old gentle
man rabbit, and he winked at the
Policeman Dog. And then Mrs.
Bunny opened the front door and
Robber Hawk wasn't seen any more
that night.
Mercy me-" said the old lady rab-
bit, and she sat down on the umbrel-
la. stand by mistake, for she was so
excited, you know"
And then little Miss Cricket began
to sing:
I'm your friend, so never fear,
And when there's any danger near
I'll call up in quiet tone
The Policeman on the telephone.
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Chile Not For
Arbitration
Nv Assoclated Press. !

Buenos Aires, Dec. 1.-THE reply
of Chile to the offer of President
Wilson to mediate in the controversy
between Chile and Peru is looked up
on by Chilean newspapers as a re-
fusal to accept American mediation.
The American note said that Presi-
dent Wilson was ready to attend
any suggestion made by Chile"
On the other hand President
Irigoyen, OF Argentina, sent a note
to Chile in which he said he offered
mediation "in order to arrange def
initely the Tacna- AFRICA problem.
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sPELLRINpERs AT WORK.
fRy Associated PressN

IBy ASS0cIaIeu ETeSS.J
Copenhagen, Monday, Dec. 9.-The
German majority Socialists held Is
meetings in Berlin on Sunday. They
were addressed by the principal
leaders. The Independent Socialists
held three open air meetings while
Dr. Liebknecht, the radical leader
spoke at Spartacus meeting of 81
900 persons at Treptow Park. There
were no disturbances.
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HEYDLER HEADS NATIONAL.


New York, Dec. 11.--John A. Hey
der was elected president. secretary
and treasurer of the National league
at its annual meeting here Tuesday
night. The three offices are combin-
ed for the first time since 1907.
Proposed changes in the con-
stituttons and bylaws and question
as to the player limit, salary and
the schedule for the next year, oc-
cupied the attention Of the league to-
day.
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ton in her own country, she was
then strong enough to send troops
to defend Bavaria, when Andrassy,
the last imperial foreign minister,
offered President Wilson a separate
peace. What would Germany have
been able to do six months before,
when she was almost victorious in
Frauce?"
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New York-An appeal to the people
of the country to make a concentrated
ated by 5000 miles of ocean, between
American troops and their homeland
by writing letters full of the home
flavor, was made yesterday Jointly by
the war department commission on
training camp activities and Secretary
of War Baker.
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London-A new and false charge is
J contained in another German protest
that fresh naval terms, which go
beyond the stipulatfons of the arnis-
tice have been imposed by the allies.
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FRAZIER ASKS
RED CROSS AID

An appeal by Governor Lynn y.
Frazier to the people of North Da-
kota to respond to the ChrlsInlas 8
roll call of the Red Cross was issued
today, as follows:
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st. Paul-Infiuenza reports from %
cities and towns, including Minneapo-
lis AMI st. Paul, listing S29 additional
cases of that disease, seven cases of
pneumonia and Al deaths in the sec
opd. Minnesota epidemie-were received
vest erday r.
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Fort Worth-Lieut. Edward N. Sui
livan, of Lone Rock. Wis, fight officer
at Caruths flying field, was killed yes
terday when struck on the head by an
airplane propeller.
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State Fails To
Conuict Rioters
lspecial b The Forum. }

Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 1.-THE fa-
nous Hazelton riot cases, prosecuted
by Attorney General William LANCER
who went into Eunmons county on the
theory that the local officials were not
handling the case properly, resulted in
the acquittal of Eve defendants last
night.
The jury that declared the prfnci-
pals in the riot glliltless, was out two
hours. Previous to the verdict in the
cases, the state had abandoned
charges against two others to use
them as witnesses against the group
Of five accused men.
The trial OF Cecil Pennington, ac-
cused of killing Mrs. e. L. Perras.
as result or the alleged riot, begins
today.
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London - Count Michael Karolyi
who took prominent part in the re-
cent proclamation of a Hungarian re-
public, is reported in a Budapest tele-
gram to have attempted suicide while
in despair of the success of his efforts
to reconstruct Hungary.
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New York-Americaniza of enc
my-owned property will be continued
until peace is proclaimed, and possibly
even longer during an extended period
of liquidation, declared A. Mitchell
Palmer here yesterday.
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With the American Army of occu-
pation-A number of Germans who
years greeted the American troops on
their arrival in Coblenz.
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The men acquitted last night were
z, J. Babcock, Louis Torkelsons
Charles Armstrong, Bert Hartman
and Harry Ellithorpe, all of Hazeltons
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erative aid to the different states in
the building of good roads. -
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Norfolk, va.-Fire last night de-
stroyed the power plant at the naval
operating base on Hampton Roads
with a loss estimated at 100000.
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Paramount, Minn-Mrs. Sarah Sweet
Alvord, Martin county's Oldest resi-
dent, is dead at her home in Lake Belt
township. She was 101 years,
months and 20 days old.
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grinning. oh. my yes. He didn't
feel like laughing one little bit, for
the laughing was all against him
self, now, you see.
Come along with me- growled
the Policeman Dog, and he threw
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For player rolls call at the
Fargo Music Co.. 516 list Ave. N.--Ady.
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erative aid to the different states in
the building of good roads. y
Norfolk, va.-Fire last night de-
! stroyed the power plant at the naval
operating base on Hampton Roads
with a loss estimated at 100000.
With the American Army of occu-
pation-A number of Germans who
had lived in the United States for
years greeted the American troops on
their arrival in Coblenz.
With the French Army of Occupa-
tion-The exact significance of the
apparent resignation of the people of
this invaded district at the presence
of foreign troops can not be measured
today, but there are certain NANTES
may fall upon the Rhenish provinces
unless they separate from Germany
and also of growing luminosity toward
Berlin.
Missoula, Mont.-Charles L. Bresee,
held here as the result of battle
which a bullet from Bresee's revolver
just grazed the officers head, pleaded
not guilty.
Great Lakes, Ill-Lieut. John Law
an, former American league baseball
star and recently manager of the
Great Lakes baseball club, departed
yesterday for overseas service.
Paris-First consideration should
be given France in the distribution of
the German commercial feet, The
Echo de Paris contends. It comments
on the bad state of the French marine,
the disparity between the French
seizures of enemy shipping and those
Of the other allies, and the inferiori-
ty of France as regards shipping con-
struction.
Paramount, Minn-Mrs. Sarah Sweet
Alvord, Martin county's Oldest resi-
dent, is dead at her home in Lake Belt
township. She was 101 years,
months and 20 days old.
New ,York-Americaniza of enc
my-owned property will be continued
until peace is proclaimed, and possibly
even longer during an extended. period
of liquidation, declared A. Mitchell
Palmer here yesterday.
London Count Michael Karolyi
who took a prominent part in the re-
cent proclamation of Hungarian re-
public, is reported in a Budapest tele-.
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HOG EMBAReo.

(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 11.-An embargo
on hog shipments to the Union Stock
Yards, Chicago, until Thursday was
authorized yesterday by the railroad
administration.
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Great Lakes, Ill.-Lieut. John Law
an, former American league baseball
star anu reee en- manager ala, OF tas
yesterday for overseas service.
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Missoula, Mont.-Charles L Bresee.
with Chief of Police Moore Sunday in
which a bullet from Bresee's revolver
Just grazed the officers head, pleaded
not guilty. 49,