FOUR KING SHOWS
HERE MAS DAY
Olympia, National, Ryan
ana JNonpareii ivxrunge
Bouts for Monday
By L0UI3 If. JAFFI
P rtlladelpnla fans again win nave the
Saw 'of 'our bos,n '""r" frl'm
kCrYarnaoa Promoters iwwmih, jiim,
rntrow" .. ,- .rrnneJ bouts for
Jwir respective Olrmpla. National. Jlyan
1 Nonpar" Club. Monday, 2 10 p m,
Hint the starting time
Oat-of-lown boier who come here with
.l reptita'lon stand out prominently on
im Olrmpla and National cards. On the
Ither hand, boxera of local prestige wilt
San tbs mittens (it the llyan nnd Non-
jartll arena.
Ttrrr StcOovem will hare the pleasure
ef appearing In his flril wind-up nt a major
Sab. and he will endeavor to make Stanley
Yoakum's Chrlslrnss matinee r merry one
ITOftKUni never W pivwiivi. ill mu nim uiiiffMi
v. i. hiinr soaked Rood nnd plenty Mo-
flSTtrn. despite hla short rareer. can hand
oUa lot of tho soak stuff, nnd Mr. Yoakum
jnar sap, to bo treated ae plentifully as
it never was before.
Stockyards Tommy Murphy, Jimmy
vannee and Kay Mcllrlde ro other boxera
fiLno WH make their fust showing In rhlla
feetohla. Th Stockyards scrapper, of
eeqrsv hall from Chicago. Ho la paired
eff with Hilly Kramer, Faunee la a bantam
and Harney Unhn In to nmlit In Introduo-IB-
Jim. Jim. by tho way, la a llrooklyn
EiJZ MeDrldo came here from Milwaukee
J.'. ,r... Vrantil While will nnnnan
wiin fti."1" " - - -,---"
lit Westerner. N
Two other bouta schedule at tho National
. are Johnny llay vs. Young Hector and
, rrankle Williams vs. Artie Ciliary
The three boxera who came her un
? heralded from Cleveland nnd showed up
' so well at tho Olympia n fortnight ago
' will be the feature flgbtora on (ho Christ.
i tats matinee prog-nun of tho Broad street
tub. Artie Hoot, tho bantam boxor of the
j- (fio, will appear In the "good afternoon"
bW. KddlB O'Keefe, with an advantage In
r height and rench, will be lloot's adver
i MIT Despite this physical handicap Hoot
'cannot ho picked on the short end by n
Hone "ol a" na provou in nia soi-io wun
every seno of th word
Aril fltrawhncker and Kid Karnlnnkl
". .,- fh. nther Clnvcland boxer who nirnln
thow at tho Hrond Btreot club. Johnny
Hlalr la paired off as Htrawhncker's foe.
inil this contest will bo Mealy first for
about two months. Ho sprained his shout
ter the last tlmo out, but now John has
rounded Into good form. Charley Thomas,
the present renl "Iron man" of I'hlladel
plila's nulla field, will tra 'the other half
ef the Knrptnskl contest.
Jimmy Murphy nnd Joe 'Welsh meet In
the semifinal in a local match th.it has
ln hanging fire for several months. It
will bo a return bout, tholr first fracas
being a real blfT. bang, bloolo boul earlier
In tne season.
Othtr bouts will bo between Fred Dig-
gins and Young McQovern, and Joo Holier
and Harry Smith.
Five-bout programs will be on tap nt
,e Ttran and Nonpareil Clubs.
Arfim TtYmn will atae b !1v..lwMt ,h,M
it hi; Ityan A. C. tonlsht . Jlmmi- Murphy
fst Johnny flller will be the vrlnl-uu pair.
fit-lli Johnny . Murphy ant Johnny Kein en.
i'lfflllnlnr In the n.mtwlnd.up. In tli rr.llm
tarlM Oitart.rrnsati'r Hmllh meets 1C O flin,
Vwm, K O Welch, of the N;r, rnroitu Flrht
. tnc Jottnnr Adamt, Hoik Welch ami Joe Miller
''Mi it and Youna Jess Willi rd takta on Young
mnx itoran.
Charity T)oile and Joe 1'hllllna will annnlv
KtM enltrtalnmant In tho main tmut at ttm
WNirartll on C'hrlalmas Dsy, with Tommy
N'-jtJamUn and Joo Uelser nriarlns In (he mf-
llxmimA .m In ,tia nnan. ka,laa L" 1 (..,.
L.'.iU'1-up In lha other battles K O. i"utn
rmta inu iiacx, i.aou .MUllln tnKee on nappy
fbtlry fr.. Jonnny Shea, and M ilur.t'm.Ha
.' Jsuoi- Tlcrney. .
itvia, Youna jiiuiiisan oaiuea vnttr ie, iiki
unr Tlcrney,
i viiiiii mui i iiiniiaa.B'-i. tra i"iiritl - ini niatia
mihI.i the ru.rt Johnny N'elann. announraa
tltt he Is suing In tour III" Writ with hla
trotfi. II la anxlnua to match hi punch
?Att nav Tti !-! am e-aa aaxa aa d t llftap.!! hut a mk t ..
icaoiDtr wun. Aa woisaii.
SfMJt. fnrn an.t Jnhnnv Imn haln linn
imtchad to hox bfora thi Olympia Club on
Yaara Day. Montan haa not worked very
nr in me last jmr.
L in. Itomtll. lha Iv.nalnffton mldrllawalaht. la
Still! to appear In llrooklyn tomorrow nliht
Un the Kutrmount A. U with Mlka MeTlxue
i M opponent.
futatana. anil nanny Kaufrrlan meot In the
StaJ up at the Olympia, New Year's Liny.
fCIVIL WAR VETERAN WILL
MARATHON WITH CHAMPION
iCtlbcrt Barnes Entered In 72-Hour
Test With International En
durance Kings
Chnmnlons from far nnd near, ranging
;h age from youngsters to a -veteran of
tn civil war, will dash or hobble through
l many miles aa possible In the six-day
llgo-u-you-Dleasa" raco nt Kprlng Qarden
garena, 1011 Spring Garden strcot. Man-
laavr ., it i-auerson is Kouing mei uciaua
'M tho race In shape today. A slx-hour
KBiraUion raco will start tomorrow after-
Boon from four-to ten o clock as a curtain
ralaer to tha big event, nnd, after tha
eoaras of tho track are warmed up uy
the pounding feet, the endurance gluttons
'IU turn out on Christmas Day to line
5P at the gun of Jack Mcdulgan. starter, to
ttnifgle from noon to midnight all next
wU In a 72-hour ertnd.
I JUro Is tho talent t Pat Dlneen, 7.-hour
Jn-mplon; Henry Bhelton, Cuban wonder:
Jomray Howarth. Kngllsh champion; Tred
Itltx, wonder, James Dean, colored cham-
rtwn, Jimmy Fltxgerald, Australian ten-
JBt! champion; Charles Galena, champion
;t the Philadelphia, police department;
, Hll.h Bruce. firtv.mllA -Iminnlnn- Tllll
SPPrOUtV. TtnsfAn tiv.nlv.fAii,.linii. rhimnlnnt
gam Davis, Mohawk Indian champion;
t, ny ixiesiin, Erlo champion ; Ueorgo
fNoremae, Scotch champion; John ailpk,
American champion; Gilbert Llarnes, a
ampion veteran of tho Qlvll War. and
fSUier.
Flatgerald Slops "Young Hanlon
lav.r.l knAKknnl, laklitHI Ih, 1mt Ka.lnv
IgW.bal3 at tha Kasttrlck AlUUtlo Club. Iq
K&i Daal cont.at WWt.y ntzfarakt atopptd
Hiny Doik),,. jB tba'samlwlnd-up Lao Wabar
uackad out luy Datay In the fourth aaaalgn,
PEEY
That's the
Trouble We
All Have
BAN JOHNSON WANTS
23-CENT SEATS TO STAY
American Uajruo chief Opposes Re
duction in Number of "Two-DIt"
Bleachers
sMt.U(i?,-I"-"L1 " wo-b,i
sSi .?.".1,WR Usn JonnMn-a parting
ortbtJ.?. ? "V"" ch'T Cmti.key.
fLWJ'"!i?0,t- '''Parted yster.y fnr
th. i.-.r 2l " A"'cn I.MRM wants
I?.i7 .nrfl,r.?. Mnl WM uy In hi
bTtafc. ".', Ul epprfM "" " that will
w taken to do away with them
Johnien and Comtskey plan lo do a little
ro nng en this vaeatten and took alene s.
B-inng outfit Netthtr has been a fol
lower of the links, but both agreed that It
7. ?u ,0 uk u "P- TnT will remain
at the Hprlnga unlit nfler Chrlstma.
Johnt-n also was not In favor of cutting
the, schedule to 140 games.
.Neither proposal win bo dlacuseed at
the schedule meeting February. MM John
i!L n. National league ran do si It
best, but the American tragus will
make no rhange. We proposs to continue
tu cater to the fans with the limited
purse"
LES DARCY DUE IN
BAYONNE MONDAY
Australian Expected to Ar
rive in Jersey on Tanker
Gushing Christmas Day
CHICAGO. Dec. Jl Leslie Dsrcy,
famous Australian fighter, will arrive In
Ilayonne, N J , on Christmas Day
He la on board the Htandsrd Oil Com
pany steam Cuahlng. duo In the New
Jersey port neat Monday morning 8Ke
la reiiorted on time nnd will dock according
to schodiile.
Jack Kearns, the Hsn Francisco fight
manager, who has a contract on the Aus
tralian's services, gave out the Information
this afternoon. 'There Is nothing mys
terious about It at nil," Kearns said soc)
after his ftrrlnt In Chicago "I has been
In touch with him right along and expect
there will be no trouble In getting him Into
the country."
Kearns cams hern tti confer with Jack
Curley and Turn Jones, who hno an Inter
oat with Kearns In tho Australian's light
ing (tunlltlrs In this country, Curley cntno
In this nfternoon and Jones hns been haro
for eomo time Tho latter la laid up with
an Injured lev rccehod In a fall on an
Icy pae:nent
Han a Passport
Kearns Is due to nrrho In Washington to
remove If possible any objections that come
up. In landing the Australian on American
shores It Is said ho has n passport and
Kearns does' not bellee there will be any
trouble In this reepict Nolthor does he
think that Darcy will bo deported as nn
undesirable, aa ho has plenty of money and
therefore It not n ngrant.
"There Is no ure of trying to be ms
tcrlous about this thing," Kearns stld this
afternoon. "He will land In Ilayonne. tho
homo of Jeff Smith, the American middle
weight, who has been challenging him so
lgoroufly of late. , ,
"I have been In touch with Darcy right
nlong. Ho Is wrll nnd happy and has a
pnl with him, another young fellow from
Australia,
Will Respect Contract
"He will respect tho contract I have with
him. This I know podltlvoly. He signed
up to bo under my management any time
that he came to America.
"Wo hoo mado no plans for matching
Darcy, Wo will seo him and talk to him
beforo anything Is done., There, nro scores
of matches In sight and no trouble will be
had In getting opponents for him But
who the first ono will be. whether Dillon
or Gibbons, Smith. I.exlnsky or IJrown or
any of tho others, is Impossible to say at
this time. Naturally 1 will consult his
wishes in the matter.
"He has kept himself In good condition
on shipboard nnd will surprise somo of the
croakers when he lands here."
MRS. BRITTON REFUSES
$250,000 FOR CARDS
Gardner, Owner i of Memphis
Club, Acting for Syndicate,
Seeks St. Louis Franchise
ST. T,OUV. Mo.. Dec 22. An offer of
1280,000 for tho Ht. Louis club of the Na-
. , ... Mn.ld l.v ltii.ii.1l T- rtarrfnar.
multimillionaire, owner of the Memphis Club
cf tho Southern I-engue and brother of ths
OOVCrnOr-elCCl or auaauun, wan rcjT.mu "jr
Mrs. Helen Hathway Brltton. present owner.
It was learned today. The offer was mado
through a. third party.
While Gardner' offer was bona fide, Mrs.
Brltton seemed to think It was made In tbs
. . . ...... n. ,h mtm,Mli. MVnf1lMnfB
mien-si m mi- ......... -. -,..-.-..-
said to have been formed for tli purpose of
buying tne uarain-ia.
"Any person who has a proposition to
make for purchasing tho Cardinals should
como direct to me," said Mra. Brltton to
day. "I am a lllll weary of having my
property bought anil sold without being
consulted. J am tired of being approached
by promoters and alleged promoters. I nm
a principal nnd shall deal only with prln
clpats. "I think that If Mr. Gardner wishes to
buy the Cardinals, he will see mo person
ally," A5IATEUB HASKETIULL NOTES
Tha Ktetaop Mlia on nrat ana aeeana class
aV!J .4oulOWt to rrang. game, to b. pl.y J
tldh
atraat
The Olnay Praabytarlan X A. (Ie. of tha qr.
raantown Church Uairua, la, anileua la acha-liile
lTme-"lth honS t.ama Writs lUymuad J)Ut,
Sol Chaw stret. Olnay, Vs.
Cornell Coarh Goes to Dartmouth
tTHAliX. M. T, Par t Kdwird B-tlln.
Crnelt'sboilas Macn far tha Uat tbra. ar.
KI aecaotad an appolnimant as wraaUltts and
hSftna wash at f5artmouth aad will aaauina
'"tliTtKre'ln January 1. It was fi
lliuaf
... y jA W&
Sl 1sW Jmtm SsasflsMi'isisiEsK CsiOlsBsPP- sIRkPI
EVENING LKBGBK-PHIIiABBLPItrA, FRIDAY, BEOBMBEE 22
GOLFER, 7, BOOKED
TO TOUR ENGLAND
Will Play for $1600 Stakes
Against Cousin, Aged 11,
Over Famous Courses
Hjr SANDY MeNIIlLtCK
Today Is his serenth birthday But Mas
ter Alfred Hayhurst Inflatea his childish
cheat and sees no reason whatever why ha
should not be the leading character In
what promises to bo (he most remarkable
Juvenile golf match ever staged In the his
tory of tha game He la booked to gxi to
England this spring and grapple tor a
side bet of over 11500. with another child
golfer almost fosr eer tlder. In two
matches for the money J ono match to be.
played at Northenden. Just outside bf
Manchester, and the other over the world
famous ttnndwleh course where many iv
ehsmplonshlp has been played by the fore
most playitu of the world
Hayhurst Is Just about the site of a bag
ful of clubs, and he weighs fully sixty
pounds In his rompers, lie la to ptay hln
cousin, Krnnk Hayhurst. aged eleven, who.
Is boy chsmplon of n section of Itngtand.
After the two children haro decided which
Is tho better golfer they will tour Ureal
Britain. Ilnkslng It on nil thereat courses
of ths Isle, the matches being probably for
tho benefit of lied Croi work In the war
ring countries.
The two golfers of tender years thus will
emulate the exninpt some time ago of
Harry Vardon and Kd llay, two of the
world's grrataat golfers, who played on all
tho great American courses, though the
proceeds were for their own personal pin
money.
Mahter Hayhurst Is a product of the pub
lic links of New York. He plays In fin
ished form the result of much drilling st
tha hands ot (111 Nlcholla, a famous pro In
this country.
"I don't rare If he Is my cousin," cried
the boy marvel. In referring lo his cousin
Krnnk, "He's an Kngltahmnn. and no Kng
llsbman can beat nn American. No, slreer
The little fellow glibly can repeat the
cablegrams that sewed up the deal He la
wildly excited over the prospect of the
ocean oyage and the matches. Tills Is tho
way It all came shout:
l.lttle Alfred's father, who Is a hotel
man. got a letter from his brother In Kng
land, who ti a risen o officer In the army,
that hln son Krank, Alfred'a uoualn, was
playing marvelous golf and he didn't think
there) was a kid hln ags n the world who
could brat him at golf.
Alfred's father snorted. 1'aternal pride
In his own offspring throbbed violently In
his bosom Ho promptly cabled a defl to
his brother In Kngland and named aa tho
stakes the expenses of bringing over his
family, This will mean mord than 11500,
but Hayhurst, St., got a prompt reply from
tho other side ncceptlng the bet.
"Sooner the better' ws the terse mes
sago of acceptance
toting llatiurst Is well known to the
thrones of golfers dnlly playing over tho
metropolitan public course. Many a eteran
twlco the stature of the midget Alfred
nod with an orilclal New York handicap
hns been licked by the tow headed, white
knlckerrd golfer. Alfred has n younger
brother. Tommy, whoso tender age ot five
years he regards with the appropriate
scorn of tha older brother. Nevertheless.
Tommy also Is quite a inashle wlelder and
plays almoal dally with his "big" brother,
who Is rehearsing for his foreign Invasion
GERMANY MAY NAME
II ER PEACE TERMS
THIJ HAflUi:, Dec 22
Germany will disclose her chief pesce
terms Immediately If the forthcoming nolo
from ths Untento Towers, In reply to Beth-mann-Hollweg's
peace proposal, leaves the
peace door open, Oorman dispatches said
It was semlolllclally announced today.
I'rTrnoailAD. Dec 32.
The Allies' note to the Central Powers
win empnaticauy reject the Teutonic paao
proposal, it was learned at the Foreign
Oltlco today It wnk pointed out that this
Is In lino with the speech of Premier Lloyd
Oeorgo In the English Haure of Commons
nnd also In conformation with official ut
terances here and In Paris.
Tho German peaca offer la being rejected.
It was said, becauso of Its "vagueness and
lack of sincerity."
GALLINGER BLOCKS
INDORSEMENT OF NOTE
WASHING-TON, Dec 22. neprosentatlve
Bailey, of Pennsyhanln. today Introduced
a resolution calling on Congress to Indorsa
and "approve" tho President's action In
sending notes to belligerent nations of
l.Mropo. suiting a, statement of peaco terms.
Senator Hitchcock failed today In his
second attempt to hae tho Senate Indorse
the action of President Wilson In sending
his peace note to the warring nations of
Kuropo. On Senator Oalllnger's motion no
tion on the resolution was held up until
after the holidays.
ARGENTINE OFFICIALS
SILENT ON SITUATION
UxtHJ ITfi Bpictal 8ntS Jimtrica BrrvpJi.
BUENOS AIUK3. Dee. 25 Tha first
statement of the American Secretary of
State Lansing caused officialdom hero to
close up, clam-llks.
Ills subsequent modification failed to re
store talkativeness. Officials evidently
considered the situation too delicate to dis
cuss. Neither tha Wilson note nor the Lan
sing statements' haa yet materially af-
reeled H out n American mantels a ma
jority of traders do not expect any speedy
results from either,
Prcsa comment Is typical of this view.
Editorials agree that ths "Wilson note Is
"valiant and sensible" and expresses the
entlmenta of belligerent peoples as well
as noutrule. The newspapers agree what
In the diagnosis President Wilson seeks Is
obviously necessary to cure (he present
disease.
Christina Treat to Poor Children
WIL1HNOTO.V. Pet. Dec 22 Members
of the llotary Club of this city gava
a Christmas treat lo fifty poor children.
They wera taksn In automobiles to a hotel
where a turkey dinner waa served, then
they saw a vaudeville performance and
were returned to their homes.
. Ac Vou SoRcWajvc cor
CBT 60HB"Vt-fiW6 FoiaTMta-,
SMITW i ATy OH
HOW NEUTRAL RIGHTS HAVE BEEN
VIOLATED BY THE BELLIGERENTS
BY SHE GERMANS
IN INVADING Belgium nnd Luxemburg nnd by n continuance of tho policy
which, tiejrinninc with tho destruction of Holginn cities and tho kllllnjr of
thousands of Delglan tnon, women nnd children, has reached n climax In tho
deportation of many thousands of noncomuatants.
In torpedoing nnd sinking the lAisltnnin. and other vessels carrying Amer
ican passengers, hundreds ot whom lost their live.
In sinking American nnd other nctttrnl vessels without warning, these
resulting In the denths of mnny hundreds of neutrals.
In the summing up of theso acts no account Is taken of the great financial
losses to neutrals caused by tho submarine policy.
BY THE ALMKS
In stopping neutral shipping to prevont contraband of war from reaching
tho enemy.
In onfordng n son btockado that hns Interfered with American and other
neutrnl eommerco with tho Central Empires.
In removing suspicious personages from American nnd other neutrnl
vessels.
In Imposing a rigid censorship on nit mall matter from all neutral countries.
PAELIAMENT DISMISSED BY KING;
VOWS WAR TO THE VERY END
Centlnerd front Tate On
In any way than by making the der-
tnnns realise that fr!ghlfulne does not
pay, that militarism Is not going tu
niio the worMt .
What are we fighting for? Not ler-
ritory. not greater strength as a nation.
Wo are fighting for two things for
peace now and for security for peace In
time to come
The serereat critics of the note were
newspapers; like the Chronicle, which has
consistently been animated by n desire
to cultivate belter rvlatlona between Kng
land and Amerlrn The Chronicle edi
torial declares "no Amstluin Htntu paper
lit a generation haa beau calculated tu
cause so much pain, not merely to Kngltah
men, but to liberal nptttioti throughout
western and southern Kuropo " Ttm note
was characterised "In effect, howeer. dif
ferent In intention, merely an Appendix to
tho tlerlln pence offer."
Popular comment km much stronger
than the press. Homo exprranluns heard
on tho streets nnd In tho subwas were
unprintable. The public w4 geinrnll)- In-,
dlgnunt at ths note's Implied query, ''What'
aro you ngntlng about. anyhowT" Urttona
think they had made that sutnclrntly clear
long ago.
Also, there was uuiiunlllled popular re
sentment nt the placing of Uugland on tho
same level with Germany regarding Ha
nttltudo toward small nation.
frequent references were nmlr. both by
tho press and public, to tha Interview which
David Lloyd Oeorge granted In Septem
ber, nil taking the view that the sentlmrnta
expressed by the mill now Premier In that
statement ought tu hae been stilllctrnt to
forestall American Intervention
Despite Wilson's statement disclaiming
any Idea of "Intervention " but merely
offerlni; a suggestion of peaoi, ths llrlt
Ish people cannot Interpret tho note other
wise than nn uttrmpt nt Intervention.
"We're going tn finish this business our
selves." is tho national sentlmont In Kng
land Much speculation wun aroused hero over
tho meaning of that paragraph In the Wil
son nolo asserting that maybo peace Is
nearer than the belligerents know.
From the llrltle.li standpoint the most
charitable explanation af the note Is that
Wilson has been secretly ndvlncd that tier
many la ready to accede to the Allies' do
mnnds for restoration, reparation and
guarantee
The Dally News, after saying that no one
ran fall la appreciate the spirit In which
President Wilson's proposal w:a inndti
says:
The history of the great struggle In
his own country Is too recent and too
memorable for President Wilson to be
unaware of tho perils of too hasty In
tervention From our side tt was the
specter of European Intervention that
haunted Lincoln, especially In thoso
days when the cause of the North was
parsing through Its darkest phase.
The Liverpool Post says'
President Wilson must not be sur
prised if, so fsr as tha Allies are con
cerned, his Intervention produces n
state of mind contrary to that at which
he nlms Tha Allies will readily give
the President credit for tho beat of In
tentions, but they will be JustMcd In
wondering whether, from their point
of view, the note Is not particularly Ill-
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Vae ens et mr Christmas
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Tha ertslasl Is sn attractive card la
tbrae calers fear times tela alia.
Stetson Hals Are
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n'nJseT'.nM3
timed and Ill-judged. There la the
liosslhlllty that Mr, Wilson's; efforts
aro directed toward eliciting from (ler
tuanr concrete terms of peace, which
she withheld In her extraordinary ap
proach to the Kntente, In that case a
useful purpose may bo served, for we
then would bo In a position to Judge
whether war weariness Is associated
with the consciousness of criminality
of which (lot-many turn been found
guilty In the Judgment of the civilised
world nnd tho extent to which this
will Induce her to yield to the Allies'
Inexorable demands for guarantees
ngnlnst future Imrbarlsm.
The Dally Mall says:
The greatest astonishment Is caused
In this country by tho news that tha
President of the United Slates haa
nlgnnllard his re-election by dispatching
lo the Allies and the enemy Towers
a note In which he expresies the opin
ion that the time haa como for both
sides to state their terms of pence.
All the world know Mr. Wilson de
slro for peace. Hut Vf may doubt
whether tho mite would ever liuvwtmii
sent It the lirltlsh Oovyrnmeitl had
taken the trouble to put Its case beforo
the American people by such skillful
nnd persistent propaganda as tho pro
tlemiana In the United .States have car
ried on.
"NO! NO I NO I"
tutorial comment of today's evening
newspapers followed the trend of sentiment
outlined above.
Tho KvTiiIng .Vena's head to the text or
tho Wilson note Is the triple negative. In
big tpe. "NO! NO! NO!" With the fur
ther camion "This Is Urltnln'a Aniwer,
Given Without Hesitation To President's
Surprising Note."
Tho Tall Mall Oaxette sns:
President 'Wilson' seal for human
ity has evoked a step which will creato
the bitterest resentment of all those
who aro nghtlng. working nnd dying
for ths very prlclples ho has at heart.
Only the lutelltgenro and self-restraint
of the Allied press and of the
Allied nations can provent the note
causing a serious breach of sympathy
between themselves and tho American
people. Wilson evidently does not real
ise the Insult of suggesting u parallel
between the claims of civltlxrd races
and the pretensions of lbs Huns.
ALLIES WILL NOT FLATLY
REJECT WILSON'S NOTE
WASHINGTON. Dec M.
IV.r the same reason that Great Britain
and her Allies did not flatly reject ttm
jienou proposals of tho Teutonlo Powers,
Groat lirltaln nnd her Allies will not Hatty
turn dawn tho suggestion made by Presi
dent Wilson In hla "peace messages" to the
belligerent. Is tha opinion ot somo Rntenta
Allied diplomats hero today. This opinion
was voiced today to your correspondent
tn Intlmnto nnd confidential talks at two
ot the moat Important Entento embassies
In Washington.
At these embnsslrs these two reasons
wero given for the above opinion!
To show officially and formally any
"regret" over the President's penco sug
gestions by flatly refusing his request
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reiterate oft-repeated prolestattona that
the Kntente Allies aw responsible tot
prntongmrr the war.
B4eh ft rlat turndown would tend to
tveaken what sympathy there now is
In the United States for tho Rnlent
cause,
Thee AlHeil diplomats, however, did not
hesitate to admit 'chagrin"' over the Pres
ident' suggestion that specification of war
objectives la necessary. They wild Allied
speakers have been specifying their objec
tives rer two yearn and a half, and that
they ought to be apparent to all student
of the war
Secretary of State lnslng'a two state
ments of yesterday In Interpretation of
President AVllson'a peace not, were for-v
warded today to American diplomats
The evident purpose In thus transmitting'
tne ntatementa was mat mere mignr im no
misunderstanding or misinterpretation ot
the text nbroad.
The diplomats wilt be free to Inform
their foreign olllces of these official texts,
and It Is fett that Iho second statement will
servo to correct any misconstructions which
might he placed upon the first.
Moreover, dispatch of tha two notes will
probably obvlala Iho necessity for a supple
mental note which Lansing said he would
send If his Mret "verge-of-vvar" remarks
were misinterpreted.
The fact that the texts aro forwarded
to the diplomats will enable them to pre
sent to tho Luropcan courts as the official
nttltudo ot this Government the Idea that
the Unlled States regards trnnagrenlons on
Its rights as Increasingly grave but nn thus
far causing no consideration of a change
tn the neutrality policy
President Wilson may occupy ft tempo
rary role aa mediator In the Kuropean war.
There waa n well defined report In diplo
matic circles here today that Germany
shortly will furnish him with a statement
of tha terms on which she Is ready to make
peace. Hut sbo will Insist, this report
says, that ho obtain from ths Kntente a
similar statement--which must bo apeol
Do before ho can comftiuulcaVe the Ger
man position tn her enemies or make them
public
This was considered almost certain lo
be tho first result of tho Wilson iiesco nolo
to Kuropo. Count von Ilernstorff. tho Ger
man Ambassador, declined to discus the
report for publication. It was ndmltted
In German clrclen, however, that It wan n
etnmg possibility It also wan pointed out
that. If Germany takes any such nctlon, the
Knlcnte Power will bo placed nt n ery
decided slrnteglo disadvantage It they fall
to do the same. And with two widely dif
fering sets of peace terms before him. Presi
dent Wilson can bo expected to make a
serious effort tu try to tlnd If there cannot
be discovered n. common wound ot under
standing between them,
It already Is certain that Germany Is pro
paring to take tho widest ndvnnUiito ot the
offer of President Wilson Confidential nd
vloet reaching this city this nfternoon nay
that tho Gentian Chnncellqr Is to confer
with Ambassador Gersrd, now duo buck
at his post, nt oncn. He wilt furnish htm
with nil available Information regarding
Germany's Intentions. It Is said Theso ad
vices natly state Hint the object of tho con
ference Is to bo "tn discuss mediation nnd
prospects ot pence." Olllcluln Who learned
of this proposed conference today said It
simply emplisslxcU the cnrnrslnens with
which Germany Is laboring for the end ot
the war.
Uncovering slowly from tho dlxiy whirl
at yosterday'a hritory-mnklng developments.
Government officials nnd foreign diplomats
here today turned to the Foreign Ofllccs ot
the belligerent nations for the next peaco
move.
As outlined In early reports, strong ex
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Wilson's overtures In both tho Kngtlsh and
Canadian press. Thla outspoken excoptlon
veemlngly today haa beou toned down, the
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