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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
Chicago Produce.

CHICAGO. Ill.,. May 4.-Bntte1
Creamery extras, 43c: cream<
standards. 421s @42zc; dairy extr@
3s@42c; dairy firsts, 35@37c.
Eggs Ordinary firsts, 31h@33
firsts, 321s@33Ac
Cheese-Twins, 21h@22c; Youj
Americas. 221zc.
Potatoes-Receipts, l6 cars; WI
Mimi, 90c@31-25; fancy western
s1-20@1.40.
Live poultry-Fowls, 27hc: duel
2sc; geese. 13c; spring chickens, 81
turkeys, 22c; ROSTERS, 1shc.
New York Produce.
NEW YORK, May Flour, qul
and firm.
Pork. steady; mess, $500.
Lard, strong; middle west sp(
S25.S5@25.95.
Sugar, raw. firm; centrifugal tel
$60.05; refined, firm; cut loaf, S.
crushed, $50; powdered, $3.50; gral
ulated, s745.
Coffee Rio No. on spot, s7sc.
Tallow. steady; city, TIC: speed
17Ac.
Hay, firm; No. 1, $1.5o@1 so: No.
$100@12S; colver, s5c@$1.45.
Dressed poultry, Arm: turkeys, q
@3Sc; chickens, 25@35c; fowls, 25)
38c; ducks, 4Oc.
Live poultry, firm; geese, 20,
ducks. 35@45c; fowls, 35@36c: tu
keys, 20@25c; ROSTERS, 27@35,
chickens, broilers, 80@90c.
Cheese. quiet: state milk cDmmc
to special 16GI 26c. Slira common
specials, 4@1855c.
Butter market firmer. Receipts
670. Creamery extras. 461hc; dali
tubs, 370461Ac; creamery held q
stoarge, 35@43c.
Egg market quiet. Receipts q. 46s
nearby white fancy, 41@42c; neart
mixed fancy, 35@37c; fresh, s503s1a
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK, May Bar silve
London, 49Md.
Bar silver. New York, 1910.
Demand sterling. $4.75.471h.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE.

F., H. in the New Republic: Youth
like spring, taunts the person who Il
not poet. Just because II is forma|
tive and fugitive it invokes imagina|
ton, 1t has bloom too momentry ID
DC self-conscious. vanished almost al
soon as 1t is seen. In boys as well al
girls this beauty, discloses itself. II
is delicacy as tender as the first
green leaf, an innocence like thd
shimmering dawn, brightness Of
azure. clouds of fragrance, a tinkId
of falling water and singing birds.
People feel this when they accept
youth as immaculate and heed itS
mute expectancies. The mother whose
Coy is at 20 has every right to feel
he is idyllic, TO think that youth has
the air of spring about It. that spring
Is the morning of the gods. Youth il
so often handsome and straight and
fearless, it has its mysterious siA
lences--its beings are beings of cleafl
fire in high spaces, Kin with the naked
stars. Yet there is in it something
not less fiery which is far more hui
man. Youth Is also . Columbus viii,
on board
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
HOME TRUCK
EATEN NOW
War Garden Vegetables, Onions and
Radis,es Already on Tables
Instruct Children Next
Week.

Vegetables from the war gardens
are making their appearance on din
ner tables in Keokuk, radishes and
onions among them.
A plan is to have the school chill
dren utilize garden produce in this
way, although other vegetables such
as potatoes may be sold later in the
summer.
The coo war gardens are in good
trim for the children have taken up
the work of gardening with enthus-
iasm. Groups OF the children will
meet after school next week and be
given instruction by Miss la Mitchell.
supervisor.
The work is being done under the
auspices of the Civic league, with the
school board cooperating.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
JACK DEMPSEY
GETS DECISION
Had Better Of Ten Round Battle With
Billy Miske in st. Paul Arena
Last Evenin9-6affled
Northern Boy.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ST PAUL. Mimi, May Jack
Dempsey had showed himself little
closer to the heavyweight boxing
crown today with newspaper deci-
sion over Billy Miske, of st. Paul, in
ten rounds here last night. Home
pride credited Miske with draw.
With the exception of the seventh
round, when Miske was wobble with
an upper cut to the jaw, there was
splitting.
Miske found the western heavy.
weight more nearly in his own class
than the fighters he has met recently
Each weighed in around 1856. Accus-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
second-It's a new fish story.

Second-It's a new fish story.
When your letter is few days late,
or your paper comes in week or
two behind time. it may be due to a
shortage Of cars, coal, labor-or fish.
Get that? Fish!
IL it came via the Seward-Anchor-
age Alaskan line, the delay was
caused by fish, or rather, it was
caused by the shortage Of fish.
Fish play an important role in pos
tai affairs up there. Mail carriers
drive wolf dogs. and wolf-dog don't
dine on anything but raw fish. No
cooked, boiled, fried, or fricaseed
food for the wolf-dog.
AS one mail carrier out Of Anchor
age explains to the department: 1.-THE
delays are on account of the dogs. 1
can't get fresh fish for them and they
wont stand up under cooked food"
But do not be discouraged. Your
mail from Anchorage may some day
arrive on time.
I'm training the dogs to cooked
food" the mail carrier adds.
When those wolf-hounds develop a
taste for canned salmon, the post
office department will have to hunt for
a newer excuse.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
WHAT is A YAHOO?

Philadelphia Public Ledger: In the
course of his travels, the celebrated
CULVER came across a country where
horses were the real people, the near
est representative of humankind be-
ing a most degraded and bestfal race
called Yahoos.
Dean Swift, who wrote the story, got
his data from what he had learned Of
the baboon of South Africa, which are
great apes remarkably manlike They
travel in bands Of two score or more
usually and at night post sentinels,
whose cry Of warning in case of dan,
ger is "Yah-hoo. yah-hoo,'
The baboone are undoubtedly remote
cousins Of our own, but they do US
little credit. OF. all animals they are
the ug1iest tempered, and no amount
of kindness viii ever tame them or Tin
captivity inspire in their minds the
slightest affection for their keepers.
Nevertheless, they are perhaps the
most intelligent of all beasts-so much
so, indeed, that to kill or capture them
is exceedingly difficult They fear a
man but not a woman. And if the man
is without a gun they will not run
away from him.
Hanging about the neighborhood OF
farmsteads and small settlements il
South Africa, they raid the fruit o..
chards and kill the sheep-frst dispos-
ing of the sheepdogs. This last il ar
easy matter, for not even the most
powerful mas'.;f would have a chauc.
in combat with a creature such as 4
baioop-larger and strorsc-, wit,,
rs;El:ty teeth AMI four hands TO Gcht
with
The only effective way 10 tackle
baitcns is to surround u burch of
them at night, wait until ,layhrosk
sliort ly and shoot them down with
rites in the, morning as they emerge
frpfii cover.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04

toned to tackling bigger and slower
men, Miske faced an opponent quite
as shifty as himself. Billy wasn't
permitted to set himself to deliver
his .favorfte punches.
The first three rounds were slow,
with Miske cautious. Dempsey's
dancing and rocking baffled the st.
Paul boy. Thereafter until the eighth,
which was slow, the mixing was vio-
lent. In the seventh Miske rushed
Jack, but Dempsey came back with
an upper cut to the jaw that forced
Billy to hang on. The favorite divi-
sion of honors today was, first even:
second and third, Dempsey's; fourth,
Miske's; fifth, even; sixth. Miske's;
seventh and eighth, Dempsey; ninth
and tenth, Dempsey's.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
Late Market Quotations

steady; native, $12. 75@16. so; west
ern, $13. 50@16. 10; lambs, SIS 500
20. 3d.: western, SIG. 0O021. 90; ewes
$12. 1906. 10.
St. Louis Live Stock.
ST. LOUIS. May 4.tattle-Re-
.ceipts, 600; market, steady. Native
beef steers, $11.50@16.75; yearling
steers and heifers, $9.50@15.o0; cows,
$7.50@12.50; stockers and feeders
s7.50@125O; calves, $7.75@15.7 10;
COWS and heifers, $6.00@13.5O.
Hogs Receipts, $500: market
steady. Mixed and butchers, s17.151
1855; good to heavy. $17.10017.25;
rough. S15.75@16.00; light, $17.45@
1870; pigs, $15.75@17.25; bulk, $17.25
@17.50.
Sheep Receipts. ESQ; market
steady. Ewes, s13.50@14.50; lambs
81. 5O@18CO; Gamers and choppers
s6.50@9.50; wethers, $14.50@15.50
Kansas City Live Stock.
KANSAS CITY. May 4.-Cattle-
Receipts, 200; market, strong; steers
SO .O0@17. so; COWS and heifers,
IS. 50@14 so; stockers and feeders,
IS. 50915 90: calves, So. 00@13 90.
Hogs-Receipts, 500; market, SO
10c higher; bulk. SIT 1907. 35;
heavy, ST. 0o@17. 20; medium. 1910
OF. 40; light, SIT 1907. 40.
Sheep Receipts, 500; market,
steady; lambs. $40. 5000 go; ewes,
sis .O0@16.75; wethers, So. 50@19. 90.
Omaha Live Stock.
OMAHA, May 4.--Cattle-Receipt
300; market, steady; steers, S1250@
IT. 40; cows and heifers. $7.50@13.50;
stockers and feeders, $9.50@1375;
calves, $900@130O; bulls and stays,
$40. 00@13.0O.
Hogs = Receipts, 1000: market,
steadp, 10c higher; bulk, $1675@
ITO; top, 1920.
Sheep Receipts, 700: market.
steady; yearlings, SIG. 50@1S. 90:
wethers, $14.5061700; lambs, $3.50
@20. 80; ewes, $13. 50@16.35.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
JOY TELLS WHAT
ARMY Y IS D0|NGI
keos<uk business Man Addresses the
Loyalty Luncheon on Expert
ences a. Religious
Chairman.
SOLDIERS KEEP FAITH
Bishops and Theological Presidents
on His committee-Thomas
Asks Support for
Campaign.
SOLDIERS KEEP FAITH

War time powers vested in big bust
ness men of the nation differ greatly
from peace time authority, G. R Joy
prominent internationally as a Young
Mems Christian association executive
and as resident of Keokuk, told an
audience in the Y. NJ. C. A. Friday
night.
Mr.. Joy addressed a dinner com
pany at which were gathered laymen
from all denominasional churches in
the city. The event took on a patriotic
aspect.
For molths Mr.. Joy has been
spending greater part OF his time in
New York City and the east, perform
ing important war work. In Feoru-
airy he resigned as head Of the bureau
OF religious work, part of the inter
national Y. NJ. C. AS war work
council
Organizes Committee.
He was originally called to New
York to take charge of the organiza-
ton and while he bore the title OF
vice chairman, was in reality at the
head of the work, the chairman being
absent on other work greater part
of the time.
II was d III lllo IlC kiAl1C VIC Adu "
waste at first" said Mr.. Joy. But
finally the authority that was needed
was given the work and we were en-
abled to act quickly. A summons for
a man from California to appear in
New York for service, was manda-
tory"
The speaker denied previous as
sertions that the men of the soldiers
camps were forgetting their religion.
Men in Foment
TT would never do for a man like
the evangelist, Mr.. Mitchell, Billy Sun
day or any one else to go into the
camps and use the same methods en-
ployed in civil life in winning men
for the kingdom" Mr.. Joy said. Sun
day tried the plan once Of inviting
all those who accepted Christ to come
forward and grasp him by the hand.
1.-THE men milled around him for
two hours like cattle and there was
a great crush"
Mr.. Joy secured an appropriation
of 100000 with which to purchase a
half million testamentS, recently. 1t
took ten minutes of the hardest kind
( of work to get the committee to assent
to the appropriation, said Mr.. JOY
but Jacob Schiff, the great Jewish fig
ure of the eastern banking world
came to the rescue with the sugges.
ton that it was good business" to fol
low Mr.. joys suggestion, in view OF
an immediate rise in the cost of pa
per.
K. of c. Work Praised.
theological presidents, bishops and
Dig cuisines, on ~
committee.
Inc war department would not &C
cept us at first as Young Mems Chris
tan association with our religion Rut
We stood firm and told the denart.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
KEOKUK DEBATERS
Win OVER MACOMb
lntersehoIastic Meet Friday Night
Returns Students Here as
Best Orators In the
Contest
DELIVERY CONSIDERED
Outsiders Servo a. Orchestra
Plays Program Before
the Discriminatory
Offerings
DELIVERY CONSIDERED

Keokuk high school affirmative
team won the debate in the inter
scholastic meet with Macomb at the
high school Friday night K. H S.
dehaters were Miss Eula Ackley,
Joseph Kinnaman and Woodson Huis-
kamp, while the Macomb high school
was represented by Kenneth LAYER,
Lewis D. Erwin, Robert Rodgers. The
subject for debate was: Should the
Q. S. government own and operate
the Railroads.&c.
The judges were DR.. Hill of Car
thage college, Carthage, H., Miss
Elizabeth Simmonds of Carthage, and
Superintendent of Schools ]. W. Fish
Of Fort Madison. Thought and de-
livery were points considered by the
judges in making the decision. w. G.
Blood acted as chairman of the meet
ing. Several selections were played
by the Keokuk high school orchestra
before the debaters Grated.
Quincy Victorious.
Quincy high school came out VIC
torious in the debate held in that city
Friday night with the Keokuk high
school team.
The subject for debate was, RE
solved, that the United States gov.
eminent should own and operate the
railroads The home team took the
negative side. while Quincy debated
the affirmative. Those who took part
from here were Miss Esther Weyer,
Edward Wilsey and Forest Simmonds
The Quincy high school debaters We're
Miss Lucille Dudley, Robert Bunting
and Lawrence Earle Emmons.
In the five-minute rebuttal granted
the speakers, each one made good.
After the debate a reception was
held for the visitors at the Webster
school, where the returns from the
debate in Maco1nb were awaited with
interest
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
FIRST AIRMAN TO
FALL IS IOWA BOY
CONTINUED from page ID

Ill; Edward j. McGovern, New Hav.
en-, Conn; George J. Pondish, Mes
quehoning, Pa; Joseph verderame,
New Haven, Conn.
Wounded slightly:
Dixon Judson, Bensonia, Mich. ;
Thomas Mason, San Antonio, Texas !;
Wagner Alfred L. Durant, 3645 Cam
bridge street Des Moines, Iowa;
Lloyd APPEL. Worthington, Mimi; G.
Behrend, Detroit, Mich; Galden Pur-
Wis, Hamilton, Ohio.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
FIFTEEN BILLION
DOLLARS NEEDED
CONTINUED from page IL

gress, its nearest rival being the army
bill of last year.
Two important anti-spy and sedi-
ton measures are expected to pass
both houses today. The senate has
agreed to vote on the sedition bill at
four o'clock while the house is ex-
pected to approve the state depart
ment bill to check in this country the
exit and entrance Of German spies
and sympathizers. Present passport
laws are Inadequate, 1t has been found.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
A BRAND NEW ONE.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Well, well;
there is something new under the
sun,
Here IL is from the office of infor-
nation, United States postoffice de-
partment. and it lines us as perfectly
new under two different classified
tons:
First-It's a new excuse.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04

ment that 1t would take us with our
religion or not at all" said Mr.. Joy.
The speaker had all praise for the
cooperative spirit shown the associa-
tons by the Knights of Columbus and
the Hebrew organizations.
THE Knights of Columbus are do
ing splendid work in the camps and
feeling between their officials and
those of the Y. M. G. A. is fine The
Hebrew association, likewise, is
friendly and helpful"'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
SOLDIERS LETTERS
WILL BE PRINTED

. The Gate City is anxious to
= print interesting letters Of Keo-
. kuk soldiers and sailors serving
. the country "at the front" Let
. tiers from France or the Ameri-
= can fleet will be particularly vel
. coined by the editorial depart
. ment of the paper. All letters
. given to the paper for publica-
. ton will be saved and returned
. to the recipients. Matters too
. personal for publication will be
. deleted before they reach the
. compositofa.
a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
Chicago Cash Grain.

Chicago Cash Grain.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 4.-Corn-No.
yellow, $1.62@1.63; No. 4 yellow,
s1-53; No. 5 yellow; $1.45@1.50: No.
6 yellow, $1.35@1.45; No. 4 white,
s1-65: No. white, s1.40; No. 3 mix
ed. $1.65; No. mixed, $1.35; No. 6
mixed. s1.30.
oats-No. white. so@sohc: No.
4 white, 79Ac; standard, sou @8oAc.
Peoria Grain.
PEORIA, Ill, May 4.-Corn-Mar-
ket unchanged, &c lower; No white,
s1.42; No. s white, $1.35; No yell
low. $1.55; No. 4 yellow. $1.47; No. 6
yellow, s1.35.
oats-Market. A@kc higher; No.
8 white. 791sc.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
Chicago Live Stock.

CHICAGO, H., May 4.-Hogs-Re-
cei2ts, $4,000; market, strong, 10c
higher; mixed and butchers, SIG. 900
ITO; good heavy, SIG. 95117. SO;
rough heavy, SIG. 0561S As: light,
$17.1OG17.75: pigs, $13.50@1720.
Cattle Receipts, 1900; market,
steady; beeves, s1O.O0@17.60; COWS
and heifers, IS. 1904 90: stockers
and feeders. $s.20@12. so; calves,
SIS. 00@14 90.
Sheep = Receipts, 5000; market,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04

for The Gate Co.,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
Rockefeller Successor.

John D. Rockefeller Jr., has sue
ceeded Mr. Joy as head of the re-
ligious work committee for the time
being. Mr.. Joy is now spending about
two-thirds of his time in Keokuk.
1T was either give up my bust
ness altogether il I gave all of my
time to the army work, or resign part
Of those duties" said he, "and
couldn't think of leaving Keokuk''
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
Urges ''Y" Support.

urges W Support
]. G. Thomas, sales manager for the
Purity Oats Co., spoke about THE
Why Of the Y" He urged support of
the coming campaign for Y. II. C. A.
members.
G. F. Mcfarland presided as toast
master. VanAusdal's orchestra played
a musical program
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04

Theological presidents, bishops and
big business men were on Mr.. JOY.
committee.
The war department would not ac-
cept US at first as a Young Mems Chris
tan association with our religion Rut
va stood firm and told the denart.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-04
DAILY RANGE OF PRICES.
CHICAGO, nj. May 49,

Open. High. Low CT
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-10-11
URGE ULTIMATUM TO HUNS
Regarding the Ruthless Destruction OF
Cities and Private Property.
Reprisals May Follow.

Washington.-An ultimatum to Ger
many regarding the ruthless destruc.
ton of cities and private property in
Northern France and Belgium is being
urged on the allies and the United
States and is under consideration.
The burning OF Cambria and st.
Quentin and the devastation of one of
the most populous regions of Europe
as the Germans retreat has aroused
great indignation and it was said in
diplomatic circles that Germany would
be warned that If she allows the work
of destruction to continue severe re.
prisals will follow.
1t is suggested that cities OF the
Rhine should be marked for destruc.
tion and the Berlin government told
that for every French and Belgian city
ruined without military reason city
equally important and valuable, senti.
mentally and materially, would be laid
waste
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-10-11
GERMAN ROUT MAY RESULT
Hindenburs Line Disintegratins-In.
Vestment of ST. Quentin Also
Threatens Retreat Scheme.

Washington.-The German grip On
Northern France and Belgium has
been definitely broken Even the most
cautious military observers in Wash.
ington agreed that the Hindenburg
line was distintegrating and army of
ficers centered their whole attention
on the efforts of the German leaders
to extrlcate their armies without a
crushing disaster.
Outflanked in Belgium and in the
Champagne. the great German zone Of
defensive works known as the linden
burg line already was becoming unten
able when Field Marshal Haig's men
spashed through it just north of st
Quentin. The immediate investment
of the city by French troops and the
swift widening of the breach north
ward, coupled with the continued rap.
Id progress of French, Belgian AMI
British forces in Belgium, it is thought.
here, may possibly upset the whole
German scheme Of retirement which
already has begun on the Rheimes
front.
British penetration of the line, il
was said, may furnish Marshal Focl
with means to embarrass the Ger.
man retreat, always with the possibil.
ity OF precipitating veritable rout.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-10-11
HUN WITHDRAWAL IS
PRICE OF ARMIST|CE
eERMANY's GOOD FAITH IN PEACE
DISCUSSION MUST BE SHOWN
UNITED STATES.
WILSON'S MESSAGE AQUEK
President Asks II His Fourteen Terms
Are Acceptable To Germany and
II the New Chancellor Acted
For All Germany.

Washington.-President Wilson hal
met Germany's peace note with move
which will, at one stroke, develop
whether her proposal is sincere OF
merely pretension, and If a preten.
sion 1t be, fully justify for all time be-.
fore the world the prolonging of the
war with force to the utmost, force
without stint or limit At the same
time the president has left wide open
the door to peace,
Declining to propose an armistice
while the armies of the central powers
remain on invaded soil, the president
called on the German chancellor to
state, as an absolutely necessary pre-
Iiminary to reply from the entente
allies and the United States, whether
Germany accepts the principles of
peace as repeatedly laid down, or
merely proposes to accept them "as
the basis of negotiation" and whether
the chancellor merely speaks for the
German military masters conducting
the war or the whole German people,
AS the full significance of the presi.
dents diplomacy is disclosed it be.
comes evident that he has left open
the way to peace and at the same time
left the militarist leaders of the cen.
trail powers with a question they must
necessarily answer in a waV that will
lead to peace or confront them with
an embarrassing position in their own
countries.
The text of the presidents commu
nication was made public by Secretary
Lansing, together with the official
text of Prince Maximilian's note. At
the same time officials let II be known
that there would be no reply at pres
ent to the Austrian note, similar to
that OF the German chancellor.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-10-11
WILSON DISPATCHES QUERY.
Withdraw To Your Borders, Then
Well Talk, Says Wilson.


Before making reply to the re-
quest of the imperial German govern.
ment, and in order that that reply
shall be as candid and straightforward
rs the momentous interests involved
require, the president of the United
States deems it necessary to assure
himself of the exact meaning Of the
note of the imperial chancellor. Does
the imperial chancellor mean that tho
imperial German government accepts
the terms laid down by the president
in his address to the congress of tho
United States on the Sth OF January
last, and In subsequent addresses aud
that its object in entering into discus
sions would be only to agree upon the
practical details Of their applications?
The president feels bound to say
with regard to the suggestion Of Al
armistice that he would not feel at
liberty to propose cessation of arms
to the governments with which the
government OF the United States is as
ISOLATED against the central powers
so long as the armies OF those powers
are upon their soil The good faith
OF any discussion would manlfestly de.
pend upon the consent of the central
powers Immediately to withdraw their
forces everywhere from invaded terri
tory.
q" The president also feels that he Is
justified in asking whether the impe
rial chancellor is speaking merely Tor
the constituted authorities OF the enl-
pire who have 30 far conducted the
war. He deems the answer to these
questions vital from every point OF
view"