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Roosevelt. Also Senator Lodge warned
by and the real work of making peace
was being neglected. Senator Lodge
said:
The situation is periious in the high
est degree. am no alarmist. but the
fact Is the war Is not over and 1t VIII
not be over until peace Is made Every
day makes IL more difficult TO make
such a peace that we ought to make
with Germany In order to prevent her
breaking out again upon the world.
II feel that our first duty is to act in
the living present to bring peace to
undertake to make a peaceful world in
the year 1000. II makes very little
difference who Is President or what
party wins In this country compared
with the fact that we have to deal to-
day with a question that affects millions
OF human beings and in which the peace
of the world is at stake.
II have no desire to vndicate my
previous speech. did not know it had
been assaulted, and care very little
whether 1t has been or not. ] pointed
out the questions that have got to be
settled as part of this war In order to
get p eace, and said these questions
we're enough to begin with to take all
the ability. and all the courage. and all
the strength that all the nations could
bring to bear. ! said these were the
questions that we have got to settle
first. not to take UP questions not es-
sental to peace with Germany until we
have made the pence with Germany. l
think the proposition IL clear"
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ALL LONDON LABOR
r.. BACKS WILSON PLAN
Trade Union Congress Starts
Series of Meetings.
>pec,o, Cable Despatch 10 THE srx.
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LONDON. Jan. 3-Pre sldent Wilson's
view Of the league of nations was in
dcrsed to-day by the greatest labor
nieeting ever held in London. which was
under the auspices OF the Labor party.
The Trades Union Congress is the first
OF country wide series OF meetings to
support the league.
RESOLUTIONS congratulating President
Wilson upon his work for the league and
calling upon the British delegation to
the peace conference TO make the league
the foremost clause of the peace treaty
were carried with few dissenting votes
George Bernard Shaw in supporting
the resolutions said
"tntil the league is in existence IL il
no use going into ecstacies Of emo ion
over millennium Until that time any
government must prepare to defend its
country under existing conditions. Pre-
mcr ,Clemenceau, for the same reason.
could not act on the assumption that
the league could prevent war until a
league was established. He has been
perfectly frank. Secretary Daniels also
has been perfectly frank in telling US
that if no league comes into existence
AMERICA VIII build greater navy than
ours. You may choose between the
league and another war like this one"
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GAINS BY RED GUARDS
IN MINSk AND HOMEL
Russian Wireless Admits Sev-
eroi Successes.

LONDON, Jan. S.-The Russian wire
less service reports several military sue
cessaes for the Red Guards. They have
taken Novo Grodek. In the Province OF
Minsk, while the Ukrainian Reds have
captured iirnel.
The OFF -sive movement OF tho Rolshe-
wiki continues in the Reval and Riga
sectors. where they have occupied the
station OF NosvenChany and also some
villages on the southern front and a
series Of villages along the TIA -Ster-
litamak highway.
According to the Dsufschc Tuoessci-
tung OF Berlin. the British have pre-
scented an ultimatum To tho German SUI
preme Command that the German troops
must only not prevent further ad-
vance by the Bolsheviki. hut must re-
take Walk and Nenden. II this order Is
not carried out, tho German paper says,
the Entente forces will march into Ger
many.
There is no confirmation oS these re-
ports from any official source.
The Bolsheviki. the Tages.cifun1
adds. arc advancing with two armies,
each with three divisions, toward wilma
and Kovno, while at present the Ger
mans have only at their disposal three
battalions that are absolutely reliable
Inc Red rag, the Spartacan organ,
says that Herr Winning, the German
Commissioner, informed the British rep
resentative that the Germans desired to
continue their occupation OF the Baltic
provinces for the protection OF the coun-
try and its German inhabitants. but that
his endeavors had been hampcred be
cause OF the refusal OF the greater part
Of the German troops TO do any more
fghting and their demand that they be
returned home
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SAY U. S. POLICIES WILL LAPSE.
Insurance Agents Discuss After
the War Business.

ATLANTIC CITY, Jan. 3.-Fully SO per
cent OF the s39. 900. O0o, 900 life insurance
written by the United States Government
since the country entered the war will be
allowed to lapse as a result OF uncer-
tainty in Washington and among the In
surance companies. lack of funds on
the part of insured soldiers and sailors
and loss OF interest following demobili
cation. This opinion was expressed to-
day by insurance experts from the New
England and Middle Atlantic territories
who are in conference here.
1t was charged by speakers that tens
OF thousands OF men insured by the
Government for $4,000 each have not
received policies and have only certifi-
Gates which It was asserted amounted
to nothing" 1t was claimed that.
chaJges OF incompetency against the
war risk bureau would be contributing
factors in the gradual loss of interest by
the men. The agents considered It in
conceivable that the Government would
continue in the life insurance business.
They believed further that the Govern
ment's experiment in writing more life
insurance in twelve months than all the
existing companies have written in fifty
years would result in boom for private
insurance business, as they said many
men had been brought face to face for
the first time with the importance OF
making provision for their dependents.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04
CREEL BUREAU CONDEMNED.
Young Republicans See n ''Crimc
Against the state"

The New York Young Republican
Club at meeting in the Murray I'm
Hotel last night considered and adopted
a long report Of It's committee on ma
tional affairs, OF which John II. Iselin is
chairman.
The league of nations is Endorsed. as
!s tarin that will protect tho standard
Of living OF wage earners. graduated
income tax Is commended. The early
return of the railroads to private opera
ton under strict Federal regulation Is
urged. The club opposes the operation
Of a merchant marine by the Govern
ment and advocates the sale OF its ships
with Government loans at reasonable
rates. The club favors revision OF the
antitrust laws, the selection OF the
Speaker Of the House and the chairmen
of committees of Congress for merit and
not on seniority. and a Constitutional
amendment providing for a budget to be
presented by tho President The work
Of the Committee on Public Information,
for the purpose of spreading false i'm
pressions' is held to be In the nature
of "a crime against the state"
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PEACE CONFERENCE
SET FOR JANUARY IS
First Sessions Limited to the
United States. Great Britain,
France and Italy.
WILL DECIDE MAN POINTS
Disposition of Asia Minor
Likely to Prolong Sessions
French Delegates Named.

PARIS. Jan. 3.-The French delegates
to the peace congress. In addition to
Premier Clemencenu and stephen
Pichon, the Foreign Minister, are likely
to be Louis Klotz, Minister Of Finance ;
Leon Bourgeois, president of the French
Society for League OF Nations, and
Capt. Andre Tardieu. head Of the Gen
eral Commission for Franco American
War Matters, il was learned to-day.
NJ. Klotz. NJ Bourgeois and Capt.
Tardieu, 1t is considered probable, will
represent France In the three chief
subjects--nnaIice. the league OF nations
and commercial matters 1t is also ex-
peeted that Marshal Foch will partici-
pate in the conference.
After the preliminary conference
among the four great associated Pow
ers. which will open on January IL,
says the Journal. there will be n second
conference at which the other allied
states will be consulted on questions
interesting them. These two prepara-
tory conferences will be held at the
French Foreign Office. The peace con-
gress pf oper. the newspaper adds. will
be held at Versailles. The debates will
not be public. but reports will be issued
daily.
The secretaries OF the preliminary
conference will be Paul Dutasta, French
Ambassador to Switzerland, and Philippe
Berthelot of the French Foreign once,
II is said.
This conference. says the Petit
Journal. will decide upon the terms
10 be imposed upon the vanquished p-o-
pies"
Other newspapers say the French.
American and allied delegates will be
assisted by technical advisers on each
OF the great questions which will be dis
GUESSED. These advisers have been work
ing for several weeks colonial gov
ernor-general of the French Government
1t is said. has outlined the work
the French plenipotentiaries concerning
French colonial ambitions.
fThe Petit Journal says that after the
four great Powers Belgium has the
right, because OF its geograp hical posi-
ton. to be consulted on a very great
number of questions. Serbia. Japan and
Portugal also will be consulted concern
ing questions affecting them. Rumania,
although she was obliged to accept a
separate peace, will be admitted to the
allied conferences. Czechoslovakia Po-
land and Brazil and all countries which
severed relations with Germany without
participating in the war IL is said. will
have an equal part in the deliberations.
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GERMANS SEE HOPE
IN SOCIALIST CALL
"VorUoerts" Predicts SolUa-
ton From Lausanne Meeting.
Special Gable Despatch 10 The srS from ths
London Times Serrice.
Toppriobf MI ,tokfs res>rrrd

LONDON. Jan. 3.-On receipt of -.
nesws that Arthur Henderson T., tee-
gram to IIjalmar Branting H. an
nounced a Socialist congress to meet OF
January II at Lausanne. the Berlin
|OTUdorts jumped to the conclusion that
the main task Of the conference would
he to save Germany from destruction
thus showing clearly the line which ths
Germans hope to take. Toricoerts says:
German Socialists will accept with
deep satisfaction the summons addressed
TO them. From the first day of the wa
1t has been their passionate effor; IN
reunite the torn threads OF internationa
list relations and TO give their foreign
comrades an account OF their attitude
German Socialists will go to LausarrA
as the representatives Of peoplc wh.ch
is as free as any other people In the
world. Germany has liberated herso,t
from the bonds OF monarchy and mil.
tarism. and she is now struggling 70
liberate herself from the bonds OF cant
talisn. ON thsi road she is a advanc'"V
in front OF all other peoples.
Upon the fate of Germany as 10
result of peace depends to an end,.-'
extent the future of socialism. To sA'"
Germany from the downfall with wN.'
peace OF violence threatens her - -
save the whole world and save eoc;a'-
ism. The completion of this work ~
salvation must he the task OF the '"tos-
national congress In Lausanne
We know from our own cXpCr'c =
the tremendous difficulties with wa..N
socialism has TO fight in a v!ctor,ou.
country and we should. therefore h'
able to appreciate all the mora hiEn,
the success of the Socialists I'm the o'h'-
camp. But, even il they were brat"
the FIRST rapprochement Of the SocIaIi,.-
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PLAN TO STOP BAIL JUMPING.
swami and other Authorities De-
wise Drastic Measures,

Bail jumping by professional crooks
will become an unpopular pastimc. Il is
predicted, as a result NJ an agreement
reached yesterday afternoon at a confer
ence between District Attorney Swami,
Alfred ]. Talley, Assistant District At
torney. and Judge Rosslsky. representing
other memters OF the Court OF General
Sessions.
It was decided that bail OF ex-convlcts
and known lawbreakers would be made
as high as possible in future and that
a request be sent TO bonding companies
asking them to refuse TO go security for
men with criminal records
II the bonding companies refuse to
obey the request of the Judges and the
District Attorney an investigation is
threatened of their affairs 10 see IL they
are within the law on the amount of bail
they have outstanding in relation TO
their securities as filed with the insur-
ance commissioner at Albany.
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BRITISH PUT FORCES
IN RIGA AND LIBAU
BOlsheviki Are Advancing
Into COurland and Germans
Are Asked to Aid Defence,
VOLUNTEERS ARE SOUGHT
Reds Driven Back Slightly on
Wessenstcin Front, but
Hold in South.

s. ecidi cable Despdfch to THE sUN from the
London Times Serrice.
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TIE HAGUE, Jan. ga telegram from
Riga says: THE British have landed
here troops OF all arms and have done
the same at Libau. AS regards Riga
the British. after agreement with the
German imperial commissary. wish only
in Tire first place to take over the protec-
ton OF the town in common with the
trustworthy German occupation troops,
but the basis Of the operation will be ex-
tended later"
According to a telegram from Mitau
dated December 81 the advance of the
Bolsheviki into Courland is threatening
that town. The British authorities have
requested the German troops to delay
their departure rendering them respon-
sible for the consequences II they left
before the native corps in process OF for
nation were in a position TO DEFEND the
city. Opposed to the Bolshevik forces
advancing from the north are only ma
tive volunteers, and 1t is doubtful
whether they can hold out against the
invading forces.
Gen. Winnie, commanding at Riga
has issued a further urgent appeal for
volunteers to join those corps The lat
est communique from Reval says that
TN Esthonian corps, which landed or
the coast above Reval. has been obliged
te. fall back on the line OF Kasalu and
Lapaweski before the advancing Boil
shevik forces. On that front they have
had to evacuate the two villages Of
Lepsila and Konakarva. which the Boil
sheviki occupied
on the Wessenstein front, on the
ether hand, they have been able to
drive til, Bolsheriki back. gaining SOM
ground. on the southern front, the posi-
ton - unchanged. The Esthonlan
corps is holding Laesho!m. The recruit
ing of volunteers in Sweden and in the
Es;honian and Lithuanian republics is
81 id to he proceeding favorably win
applications 10 the admission corps
I msrOus
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CONDITIONS AT DIX GOOD.
One Battalion suffers Through
Failure to Use Camp Facilities.

CAMP DIX, y. j.. Jan. 3.--Denial of
charges made by the wife OF an army
officer in letter printed In a New York
newspaper that overseas troops awaiting
discharge at Camp Dix are denied the
comforts given other soldiers here, was
made to-day by Major-Gen. Hugh l..
Scott, the camp commander. The denial
followed an invest legation by Lieut.. Col.
Wells. camp Inspector. covering all over
seas detachments in the cantonment.
The Second Anti-Aircraft Battalion.
Coast Artillery Corps, is the one organi-
cation where plans apparently have mis-
carried. but the fault appears to rest
upon the shoulders OF that orgsniza To-
TONS officers, The battalion reached
here inter debarkation with scant
notice to the camp authorities. AS II re-
suit. they slept the first night in cold
buildings. although without great dis
comfort as the night was comparatively
warm.
The officers of the battalion expected
Il would be denobolized within twenty
four hours, but the men were here nearly
a fortnight No provision appears to
have been made by the units officers to
make use of the equipment placed at
their disposal.
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HOOVER OUTLINES
EUROPE FOOD POLICY
Liberated Countries to Be Re-
lieUed First.

PARIS. Jan. 3.-Herbert c. Hoover
United States Food Administrator. to-
day gave out the following statement on
the food situation in Europe
The determination OF conditions and
measures necessary TO relieve the libcr-
ated territories must be our first con-
Germ. These territories comprise Rel
GUM. northern France. Trentino Serbia.
Montenegro, Ruman!s. Czecho- Slovakia.
Jugo-Slavia Poland and Finland. the
Eaitic States of Russia, Armenia and
Syria comprising altogether populations
aggregatlng probably $4,000 900.
Under enemy occupation and devasta-
ton, their native production has greatly
Unfinished and the stoclss OF food that
they had managed 10 retain from last
harvest Will soon be exhausted, more
particularly in case Of town populations
I'VE have despatched TO date approx
mately 80, 600 tons OF food TO various
ports in Europe. In addition, the steady
stream Of $50 600 tons per month IL be-
ing maintained into Belgium and north
ern France.
I'm numerous places We have had to
make provision for distribution with mo-
tor trucks, as in Belgium and northern
France"
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HEADS OF COLONIES
WILL BE AT COUNCIL
Britain to Send Australian,
South African and Cana
dian Leaders.
STAFFS READY TO LEAVE
Foreign Office, War Office,
Admiralty and Law Depart
ment to Be Represented.
Special Wireless Despatch 10 TBr suN.


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LONDON. Jan. s.-There Is Gil
bertian touch at the moment in the
activities OF the British amateur poll
tica! prophets. with their assurances
and beliefs and the subsequent de-
malls. concerning the personnel of the
peace delegation and the Ministry OF
the new Government. Should certain
prominent persons he able to fill the
numerous offices ascribed to them
they would be very busy men indeed.
Winston Churchill, for example, al
ready has been appointed by the
prophets as War Minister Home Sec
retary and First Lord of the Ad-
miralty. Meanwhile, the only man
who knows. Premier Lloyd George, Is
enjoying a brief rest hidden away in
the north of Wales, where the office
seekers and wire pullers cannot reach
him.
II may be taken for granted. says the
Daily Express. that the British prin-
cipals at the peace conference will be
Premier Lloyd George. Bonar Law and
Foreign Secretary Balfour. Other menu
bers of che War Cabinet will be in at
tendance. including Premier Hughes OF
Australia. who has been giving particu-
lar attention to the question of indenlri-
ties and the future OF the German colo
MES. Sir Robert Borden. Prime Minis
ter Of Canada, and Gen. Botha OF South
Africa will be other spokesman for the
British domir ions
The members OF the Foreign Office
stan are holding themselves in readiness
to go TO Paris tomorrow The War
Office. Admiralty and other departments
also will be represented strongly. Sir
Gordon Hewart. the Solicitor General,
with law officers and secretaries. also
will depart. Sir Frederick Smith. the
Attorney-General. hopes to follow on
Tuesday.
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DUBLIN TO HONOR WILSON.
Mission WtU g." to Paris to Confer
Freedom of city.

DUBLIN, Jan. 3.--Tne Dublin Corpora
ton has decided to confer the freedom
If the city on President Wilson.
A. deputat!on will be sent to Paris
when the President returns there for the
purpose Of bestowing this honor upon
him.
The delegation. which will number
five, will represent all political sections
and will invite President Wilson TO visit
Dublin to receive formally the freedom
Of the city.
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HOOVER WILL FEED
ALL HUNGRY EUROPE
Continued from First Page.

realized that this commission now faces
the biggest task in its existence it must
feed the whole OF Belgium, largely de-
nuded by the Germans. In this work
II has the aid of large numbers of naval
volunteers and thousands of tons OF
American food are pouring In daily.
About the time that the food supply
of the Allies returns to normal. the eitu-
alton in Central Europe and the Balkans
will become critical and must be met
We shall have to begin shipping food
there soon. Already food missions are
arriving in Serbia. headed by Lieut.. Col
William Gatwood. the Alaska railroad
builder; In Poland, headed by Col. w.
r. Grove and Dr. Vernon Kellogg; in
Vienna, headed by Or. Alonzo Taylor !:
and a Rumanian mission now being or
gained
1t will be two weeks before the peace
commission will be able to determine
definitely its course OF action regarding
Germany. Mr.. Hoover now has agents
scattered throughout the country gather
ing accurate and detailed data not only
on present stocks, but also in regard to
reserves This data probably will be
available in a fortnight and not until II
has been analysed can a decision be
reached upon the American policy in
regard to feeding the Germans
Information received by tho commits
sion from. many parts OF Germany irdi-
Gates the same reckless consumption OF
reserve stocks as tho American troops
found in the Rhineland. with the result
that the German food supply is not likely
10 last until the harvest In July.
AS In the Rhineland. the greatest
shortage throughout Germany is in fats
This cannot be made up by milk and
butter from German cattle because OF
the fodder shortage. 90 II the Germans
are TO get fats it will have to be in the
form of American pork. The whole ques-
ton. however OF what TO do about feed
ing Germany is one that the commission
does not care TO discuss In detail at this
tine.
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Eulogies i'm Press.

snort visit, leaving Tor Parls OH MOI
osS n's"''. .-.-.. .--.- -..- ,-......
Eulogies In Press.
The press throughout Italy publishes
eulogistic articles regarding President
Wilson and the United States. virtually
all OF the newspapers devoting their en-
the front page to the visit Of the Amer-
can President. 30.
"It is our intention to honor the
whole American people in honoring Pres
ident Wilson" says Itdlie, which alluded
to the people OF the United states as
"the most democratic, progressive ana
powerful in the history OF the world"
THE Tribunals article says:
Zone might say that President VIII
eon. having left the Capitol at Washing
ton TO be received in the Capitol at
Rome, has not changed his rostrum so
s.inilar are the feelings and Aspirations
Of the two countries
ain the Epoco Prince Giovanelli.
Deputy. publishes a leader in which he
represents all Italy as paying homage
10 the great American republic, of noble
ideals which brought her into the fght
side by side with the peoples Of the En-
tente." .f... .'l.t
The GiorTdle dItdid characterizes
President Wilson as the heir of WASH
layton. Jefferson and Lincoln, whose
work. It says. he is continuing. with the
aim OF bringing about freedom for Eu-
rope and Justice for mankind.
1.-THE MessdD0cro prints an article by
Deputy Torrer In which he seeks 10
show how the aspirations OF Italy COIN
eide with the political. programme laid
down BY President Wilson in his mes
sages The Corrterc d'Itdhu says:
president Wilson will find in Italy
the most determined support in his work
for tho paciication of the world.
President Wilson's journey to Rome
took him through the Maritime Alps ana
over the Piedmont plains. Al the
kfanco-Italan border, when the train
stopped at the frontier station, the Pres
ident exercised and by way OF, diversion
bought some picture postcards onSsaie IN
the picturesque village He was cneered
by the Italian troops on his crossing the
border and at ali the stations At which
the train made daylight stopss''- -'-
At Turin, his first important stop, the
President shook hands with many Eng
fish speaking Italians, who brought flow
cts TO present TO him.
When Pisa was reached by the Presi-
Dental special train last night Mr.. Will
eon and his party had retired. Count di
Cellere, Italian Ambassador at WASH
ington, and Thomas Nelson Page, Amer
lean Ambassador to Italy, descended TO
the station platform and conversed with
officials. The people were asked not to
disturb the President by cheering when
me train passed through towns and
cities. -
Bonhres lighted in honor of Mr., Wilson
were seen a many places along The way.
The President enjoyed greatly the rest
which the trip afforded him, Both he
and Mrs. Wilson spent much of their
fine looking at the scenery from the car
windows