?") ''tyTriftji'T -v5!Jsjf?.TwS,5HJuJ!!i 1 -r-xvirrfttjtt"i'i- tifrt i. t Euenma public IKefoger TUI3 WEATHER Washington, Dec. 30. Fair tonight; 'Tuesday increasing cloudiness and tcarmer, probably rain or snow. I. M EScSS FINAL tfi THE EVENING TELEGRAPH -'..I f VOL. V. NO. 91 .r.bn,hd gatri8iSsfflwygnTMr by ""' Philadelphia, Monday, December 30, 1918 linterrd i Hwniiil I'lim Mutter nt tho l'oitomf. nt Philadelphia Under the Act of .VUrcli 8. 1871) PRICE TWO CENTS irt. r TKMrr.nATiinrc at each noun I g I 9 10 111 112 I II 2 1 3 4TT 137 2 2d nn 31 31 ' 32 3a 37 I 30 h to i - is: i , JL ! PENNA. SOLDIERS ' . MAY BE ABROAD FOR A YEAR YET Lieutenant Colonel Tarbur- ton, Home on Maureta- nia, Brings Word Clauds liberty division Glorious Assault of Formida ble Montfaucon Most Ro mantic Battle of War Hu a Staff Corretpontlnit New York, Dec. 30. "Your gallant Pennsylvania! In the Fevenjy-nlnth Dl- vision covered themselves with glory In the hellish Argonne. They fought lllto tigers and won, but they won't bo home for a long, long time. "In six months from now you can i begin your reception plans, but It may "be a full year before nny considerable number of those brave lads trnnip down Broad street." That statement was made this after noon by T.leutenant Colonel K. II, Tar burton, of the 314th Infantry, one of the units In the famous National Army division that trained at Camp Meade. The lieutenant colonel was one of 366.1 oldlers who arrived today on the MAUretanln, but In all that galaxy of war heroes ho was the only representa tive of the Seventy-ninth, or, as It Is popularly styled, the Liberty Division. At Camp Meade he held the rank of major, and he went to Trance as di vision quartermaster. A few days before the Pehnsylvanlana made their attack against Montfaucon he received the rank of lieutenant colonel and was attached to the 314th Infantry, an all-Pennsylvania unit. Shortly after tho flve-dny fight that opened on the morning of September 26, Tarburton was assigned to a quarter- master base at Brest. Ih ff4li at 1 nlAL' The Mauretania arrived in the lower harbor last night, but it was nearly 1 . o'clock this afternoon before the giant liner was warped into a bertli at the foot of Fourteenth street. , Although given . a cordial reception, i the big craft failed tu receive tlie noisy ' greeting that waa accorded on the i previous trip and as Captain ltostren ex-I -....I-.-.. I.. ... ... ..,,.- i.ln.1 I. I. I.TM.A ' Hwful racket on the other' trip Inter- vice ot two years I am nnxlouB to con ferd with my docking." add.ed the , tlnue, and trust that Uncle Sam will British commander. ' i permit me to adopt my present role as Among the returning soldiers, ICC men , a permament career, were listed as bedridden. Despite their I Major Blddlo is an expert In bayonet wounds they were as cheerful as kittens I work and bombing and probably will nU'asert6d thut they enjoyed thor become a training officer In those war experience. branches ot the service. Lieutenant Colonel Tarburton went Today he announced that the.Phlla through th five dnys' fighting and did delphla military training corps which not get a scratch, but how he escaped he ',,. orgunlzed a few years ago will be vdoe hot know. continued and serve as a recruiting unit At the outset he makes it plain that.for the.-murine corps. lie said also he the Pcnnsylvanlans. Marytnnders and will continue direction of the Drexel District of Columbians came through ' Blddle Bible Classes, and expects big with flying colors and that when the results from the marines, history of the war Is written their I While at tho front he organized sev assault and capture of Montfaucon will eral Bible classes and Is getting good prove to be tho most romantic and icports from the officers who wero left thrilling, chapter of the war, n charge of the work. I'raUea Office ' Genera! Kuhn. commander of the dl-1 SERVE WRIT ON GOVERNOR ylslon.; Brigadier General William U.I """'" "il Nicholson, Colonel Claude B. Sweezey, Brumbaugh Accepts Notice of of tho 313th Infantry: Colonel Aldeir C, c , . . i.;. ...,...,. Knowles of the 31Bth. Philadelphia's SlUlAttacklllgAppoilltineilt Own j Colonel William H. Oury, of the, Governor Brumbaugh, at llarrlsburg, 314th, and. In fact, every man fought today accepted service In the equity pro wlth a spirit and courage that reflected ceedlngs begun lu the Dauphin County credlrupon the American army," said , Court December 13 by Waller H. Colonel Tarburton. ' Oalther, former public service eommlB- Glvinff are account of the debt. Col- onel Tarburton said: "At C:30 on the morning of Septem ber 26 tho 313th and 314th went over the top and started tho big offensive , against Montfaucon that for four long years had been considered Impregnable TM town Is located on a high hill, "ath'tU'Burroundedbyhlllsof leweri, height. Every hill, In faot, overs bit of wooa, iuw nn quuiu. ui umno iiwciiiiis- gum and heivy artillery. "We did hot encounter the boche in fantry, but did encounter a shower of machine-gun bullets and shells that mads the attack more costly than an out ifcnd.nut erinountep nralnst tnfuntrv. "The 313th Infantry, the Baltimore ! outfit, and the 314th Infantry, were put . i . rnn c rv : on the front line, while the 3111th and Requested to Jell Senate Commit 218th were employed ns support units. , tec of Hog Island s Progress , .lust before the battle the brigade organ- , ,,,,..,,. ., director general of the liatlons were changed and the new y- . KliVee,"y Meet Corporation, has been I tern found the 315th brigaded with the cnllMft0 appear before the Senate com-i 114th,-,whle the 3t6th was brigaded with Imlttee In Washington on Thursday morn, i the 318th. Mng to answer Inquiries as to recent prog-1 ress made In tho shipbuilding program Colonel Oury In Command ;at j0B Island, "Colonel Oury, of the 314th, was put In , ..' i f mir hrlvorie durlno 'tho command ol our urigane, so uuring ui' fighting commanded his own regiment. made up of men from eastern Pennsyl-1 vanla, and the 3IGth Infantry, known as I'hlladelphla'B Own. "Brlgudler General William It. Nlcbol- ' son commanded the 313th and 310th , UtstmeiitH and proved to he a great fighter i "Whtfii he assumed command of the brigade the 314th Infantry wus given a new colonel, He was a little bit of a! fire-rater and none other than Lieu- tenant-Colonel Henry McKenney, of the Division Ammunition Train. "lie Is ono of the umallest men In ' Cmtlnued on Page Hlitern. Column Three ' , -.-. , REVENUE BILL HELD UP ' v " "7 u ni.:...itn.. Tlnli. TlPr,... f '!'. vi.ji.vMw,i . x.w....,v i,i j Moimtirn tn fnnf,.,., ... ... U'.lilntton, Dec. 30. (Ily A. P.) Another failure to send the war revenue hill to conference again marked today's holiday routine session of tho House. jtenresentatlve Lunn. of Sow York, Democrat, refused to give tho necessary unanimous consent for the conference when i Democratic Leader Ivltchln ii. ' ciineaio promise io repon inefcvnate'B second class mall zone amendment to the House for '.a, vote regardless of con. piriaiivi v,u,,i. OH, SLUSH! rati' tonipht, ictfh Upht ivlmts bJoio- inn.' Tomorrow ratiijnu, movie anoiclna. 4titl tho clouds WUI come In crou-da " For that's the way that things are, GPl'iP, , vj, - . . , Indemnitics Were Selflcd in Armistice, Says F.rzbvrger Berlin. Dec. 30. (By A. P. The question of Indemnities hns beon settled between Germany and tho United States nnd the Allies, and the German delegates signed the armistice on condition that there should bo restrictions to Indemni ties, according to Mathlas Erz bergcr, speaking here today. Vnr damages nnd war costs, lie said, must bo borne by enoli nation Itself, unless expressly mentioned In tho notes that were exchanged, Germany being obliged to Indem nify districts sho occupied In Franco nnd Belgium and to pay all losses Inflicted on the civilian popu latlons. The armistice stipulated that Germany should make reparation for damage done to civilian popula tion In France und Belgium. This stipulation did not pretend to cover any terms of peace but merely to effect whut relief might bo possi ble by forcing some restitution of robberies at once, us a military term on which was conditioned, not peace, but truce, j. MAJOR BIDDLE j DECIDES TO STAY ! IN MARINE CORPS1 Fascinated by Service, He Will Make It His Life j Profession I Major A. J. Drexel Blddlo plans to re main permanently In tho service of Uncle Sam. He will become a "profes-1 slonal soldier." Already he has been as- I signed to duly at the Philadelphia Xnvy j Yard at league Island, and expects to j report there today. Major Blddlo Is In j the marine corps. It is also likely that his son. Captain Av J. Drexel Blddle, Jr., '.low In the army, and his brother, Livingston Ij. Blddle, a corporal In the marine corps, will stick with the colors. T lilMR.tn T)UJI. t n tn V.W TV,,1 but will return In a day or two to ; Paris Island, where ho has been In t training slnco last August. An affec-1 tlon' of the left eye, which kept him from ' the front-lino trenches, Is healing rapidly. "The servlco Is so fascinating," said Major Blddle today, "that I shall re-; main In It. it I can make such arrange-, ments, and I am virtually certain that, T .tll .,., .t1. nXAmea A f tnt- fl RAF. ' sloner. The uroceodliiKS seek to restrain tlie Governor from acting as director of the wnr service bureau and to restrain pay- I ment of nny money to him from the I State defense fund for writing tho hls- I lory of the State In the war. A con- ..n. ..TT11 1, lieTil In Tlnrrlnhnri tn d . or so at whcl, steps In regard m', ntl umV!tr .m he taken, Serv"e has now been obtalnod on all t))e membprs of the "War board" ex cept Lieutenant Governor Mcciain and I Stuto Tieasurer Kephart. The latter Is 111. PIEZ SUMMONED TO INQUIRY The director general reiunieu to nis duties here this morning, following a . ,.,, vii- t0 j.i. i,ome In CIiIcuko. wt fhlnk Hog Island dese"rves n ?ent ,eal of credit for Its accomplishment j. especially during recent months," Mr. Plez said. ..,..., "Will yqtl advocate that the present m.n,,InTO0ent l ;.re'S Smai ,,'li'W U ,??; SJ;r,,beforo ll,e ""n"1'""7 '", WB "That question will be fully answered on Thursday," was the reply. miftECT UflllD RHmDrtCn LULUfcol IlUUK UlLUKUlU ., ,, ' , , iicrctiry Iteuciicci -o, nut men Started to Climb Again The hour from six tn seven o'clock ti,H morning was the coldest this winter. ' Th",etemperaturlHeem'Jd'friudeclded. the weather man said, but finally rrar':i.ul,.0,,.'.Le!:e.t "V'n o'clock. urupuuiy ip Kive nope to inuso who mea to crawl out of bed, .t e . At elcnt o'clock It was still climbing graduul ternoon had mounted to .13, ruuuuuy. iiuti iil inrre oc and at three o'clock this at il mounted to .13. Tnnmi-rmv. nrobablv rain or anon'." guvs th weatherman. CAPTAIN HARRIS WOUNDED tvt-j, tii Ktimon TT llOrriHOWH rtlllll, KIlOWIl Hero ! Also, Itijnrcil in 1' ranee W'ord wbh received this afternoon that I Captain John Dellart Harrison, of Nor rlstown, who in also well known In PhlU adelphu, was wounded lit action In France. , , , , Tho news was, received In h letter , to his mother Mrs, Kllzabeth M. Har rison, Captuln Harrison wuh wounded , In tlin hand In the fight near Iluzancy, but has almost recovered. Ha attended the llrst olllccrs' training camp at Plattsburg and went to France I after a short time at Fort Lee. . $"" .!ll of wrltlnr, i.-nfe'V. NEW WORLD LOOMS ' WHEN LLOYD GEORGE l" AGREES WITH WILSON! llumHM Clcnienccau Declares Wil- British Premier Becomes Strongest Peace: son Approves His Sup Factor as Elections Prove Undivided Prl of British A,tilulc Support by ANGLO-SAXONS WILL CONTROL TERMS WRITTEN AT VERSAILLES Details of World League Arc Unsettled, but President and England's Leaders Are in Complete Accord on Basic Principles By CLINTON W. GILBERT Stun" Correspondent of the Kventng rublle Ledger With tlie I'eute Delegation In Europe By Special Cable Copyrioht. I9IS, hu J'ublic Letlorr Comvanu London, DOC. at). The buropc Ot UtsmnrcK, Mettcrnicn, laiicyiunu nnd the representatives of the old dynasties is gone, and in its place has come the new world of Wilson nnd Llovd Georee and tho modern democ - racics. That is the meaning of Lloyd George's words to the press, that "a gratifying measure of agreement" has been found to exist between him felf nnd Mr. Wilson, confirmed as they are by President Wilson's confident speech at the Guildhall. It is best not to exaggerate the significance ot these two utterances and infer that and will get the kind and the degree of a league of nations that he wants, The kind and degree is still undetermined. Only general principles have been decided. The significant fact is that England and America are co-operating nnd flint, n onirit. nf nnmnvnmUo nml enneilint Inn ovinia. All nnrsonnl ma- neuvering for dominant position in President Wilson's compromise in coming to London to sen Lloyd George. ,. ,,,., ' T, .. ii i. i j Taking words for what they are really worth, veal steps have nlread been made toward settling the future of the world, and they arc not being taken by representatives of the old courts of Europe, but by lite leaders of the greatest modern democracies. Anglo-Saxon People to Lead It is in this sense that old Euiope has gone and a wider organization ... ... ,.,.,.,.,. i . i . i i i ii of tho world has begun in which the leading role is being taken by the peace-loving Anglo-Saxon democracies. Tho process of widening the world, which began when Canada and Australia entered into a strictly European war and when America fol- lowed, which resulted in tho destruction of the old dynastic forms of , ... Europe, is now going forward. More progress has been made in three days in London than In all the time since President Wilson's arrival in Europe. After his trip to Manchester tho President will return to Paris with a sense,of uccomplish - ment for the first time since coming to Europe. Mr. Wilson's lost time in Paris by going to the wrong place first or else through tho over- confident belief that the world must come to him. Only by approaching the subject Conference and plans for the Lengue of Nations begin, for Lloyd George can swing tho votes of the Allies, and the great natural sympathy in Eng land, for President Wilson's idens made London the natural line of ap proach. Lloyd George forced the mountain to come to Mahomet and compelled Wilson to come to see him not merely for social but political purposes recognition of which must have been sweet after the dicta torial way in which Washington settled many things during the dar, especially tho interchange of notes without consultation and the negotia tion o' the armistice with Germany. Lloyd George achieved this recognition the very day that the election returns showed his enormous triumph at the polls. Lloyd George's Strategic Position All his leading opponents, Labor and Liberals, including Asquith, Henderson and McDonald, have gone down. With the nation almost unan imously behind him and with President Wilson paying him tho tributo of coming to consult with him here, Lloyd George will be the strongest BOY AND GIRL DIE INAUTOMISHAPS Motorcar Belonging to 'Leo pold Stokowski Injures Youth MAN VICTIM SUCCUMBS Theodore Bayer, seven years old, 4067 Manayunk avenue, was killed almost Instantly this afternoon whan the small express wagon In which he was playing wus struck by an automobile near his home. The boy got the wagon for Christmas. He was coasting down n short hill when he lost control of the vehicle and It ran out into Hector street into tlie path of i an automobile driven by Percy Moore, eighteen yenrs old, 6119 nidge avenue, The boy was dead before ' he could be taken to St. Timothy's Hospital. Tho driver of tlie machine was ar ! rested and held without ball to await I the action of the Coroner. i Mary O'Brien, nine-year-old daughter I of Mrs. Mary O'Drlon, a widow, 3601 I Calumet street, wax killed at noon to ' day, when she was knocked down by a ! repair truck of the Philadelphia Klectrlo j Company at Calumet and Creston ; streets. ' Dr. Lewis lteesei Falls or .Schtiyklll, who reached the trceno soon aftei the I accident took the child to ft. Timothy's Hospital, wnere sne aiea or, a rracrure of the skull. Kdward Bustard, eighteen years old. 1310 North Marston street, driver of the truck, gave himself up to the police of tjm Thirty-ninth District, and will .have u. Hearing ui ino, uenirai aiaiion. An automobll of Leopold fitokowskl, director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, while speeding west In Walnut street this afternoon, struck Carol Uugostlno, thirteen yearn otd, us he ran from be hind a wagon near uroaci street, rh hov suffered Severn cutn nn,i bruises and was taken to the Jefferson llosoilal. I'echo Plccone, driver of the car and Its .only occupant, was arrested, but afterward discharged by Magistrate Mecleary, An unldentllled. man who was struck by an automobile at Sixteenth, street and airard avenue December 6 and taken to i4Bf4.j r i' !Pfr English Wilson has won a complete victory the conference now is being ended by through England could the Peace Continued on l'axe Four, Column Two 1AKEU.S.NAVY" BIGGESf-DANIELSi i q! I " Fleet Must Be Able 'Lick" Any Other, He Says C.ONfJRKSS ut-mvymjoo APPEALS TO Ily the Associated Press Waolilnslon, Dec. 30 Appearing be fore the IIousb Naval Affairs Committee today In bcliair of the new $000,000,000 threo-ear building program, Secretary Daniels s.ild if a league of nations were organized tho t'nlted States should be prepared to contribute us large a unit ns any other nation to an International police foi re, and that without nn Inter national agreement for reduction of urmameius the American policy of naval expansion should bn coutlnurd Indefi nitely. Mr. Daniels declared the United States, having pledged Its support to small nations, should build a navy sec ond to none In the world If an Inter national tribunal with power to enforce Its rulings failed to become a reality. In formally submitting the new build ing piogiuiii tho .Secretary urged a pro vision for smpenslon of construction at the order of the President whenever an International agreement Is mude for armament reduction. IUpresentatlve Kelly, of Michigan, asked the Secretary when he first came to the conclusion that America should hae a navy second to none In the world. Dunlalt's Vhw (.'hanged "1 came to that conclusion when the war broke out." wus the reply. "I'ntll that time I believed that tho working people, who suffer most from wars, und bankers und business men, who pay for wars, should be considered before the militarists. But when I realized 'that tlie militarists of another tuition might ' plunge the world Into war at their will I reullzed that I am wrong, I'nlesa we have u navy which can lick uny other navy In the world we may as well have none," 'A large navy U not needed because (he United States has aesigna upon other nations,' territory." Secrstary Daniels CVntkiud on Tut 'IVt, CtUBaj allies m accord i GETS CONFIDENCE VOTE Expresses Belief in Old Sys tem of Balance of Power fly the Associated Press Turin, Dec. 30. In addressing the Chamber of Deputies lust night, Pre mier Clemenreau made It plain that It was his Intention to support Cireat Brit ain In the peace negotiations on the question of tho freedom of the sens, and ha declared that his attitude In this matter was approved by President Wil son . The Premier told tlie chnmlier that if pnota Were to be changed now was the ; time to change, hut tho deputies gave , him a vote of confidence ty :iso to 134. Premier ulemenceaii explained the peace situation as It concerned France, (.teat ItTitaln nnd the United States, and his ovilirrtn.ilon appeared fully to satisfy nil i exrepl Hie unified Socialists, who repeat edly Interrupted him In a manner which president Desrhanel characterized as j indecent.'' i "You know that reservations have been, madu on the queptlon of freedom lu' " ." aid Premier ciemenccau. ."Premier Lloyd (ieorge said to me one :!: you will admit that without the I 1I..LI.1. . ..... . I i tlnued the war.' I ansivcied In the af-' ,nrmnmp The I)ritlHll Vrfmltr thel IlskeiI Ille f T waa (190Fe(i t do aliv. j ti,n)r )n opposition to British Ideas on ' the freedom of the seas. I answered In j 'J" "',a,'";i Cone;,nf ll"a ulton' I I " 7"1 "30n .pa'd Ine: wi i r approve, of what you said. What , , havc (o o(Ter lhe A11M aornmMltll Wm (.lmllg0 , 110 ,ay youl. UI13Wer t0 , premier Lloyd George.' " j , ,.''!"" " "Vli'"! , i Premier Clemenreau said that his con-1 ve.satlons with President Wilson had I Ueen profitable, although, he added, "I I , should not be telling the truth if I Bald 1 1 had always been in agreement with I him on ail points." j In summing up his argument for full confidence and the exercise of patience by ," chamber, the Premier declared: There will be claims to be set forth and others which will have to be glen J up. If ( mounted the rostrum to I elaborate the subject. 1 would be the I worst premier in ljurope. That does not mean we are not working hard to pre pare a line of action for the Peace Con gress." The Premier earlier had expressed the belief In tho efficiency of the old system of alliances, . called "tho balance of power," but indicated that ho was not opposed to a league of nations, Such a i league, he said, might be organized at j Continued nil Page .Six, Column One FLAMING TRUCK OF BAGS EXCITES NOONDAY CROWD CIiuufTeur Abandons Burning Cargo at Ninth nnd Chestnut Streets Thousands of persons In the business section were entertained by a blazing and smoking trucktoad of bags drten to Ninth and Chestnut streets and then abandoned bya negio chauffeur at noon today. Howland t'ouroy, traffic patrolman at the corner, saw the smoking load coming north In Ninth street, with the negro driver whistling und unconcerned, Tho patrolman warneil the negro, who stuck to his post long enough to drive the t''ucl to the northeast corner. Then he ,efl for Imrt8 uni,nown. i The smoko from the burning bags was dense und could be seen for blocks. When the fire companies arrived the street was jammed by thousands of spectators, Trunk- along Ninth and chestnut streets was blocked until the blaze was put out. The truck was the property of Potash Brothers. 501! North American street. It was badly damaged. HEW U.S. ARMY RESTRiaiON Troops of Occupation .Mustn't Spcuk to Gcruiun Women i Colileni, Dec. .10. (Dy A. P. An or-1 der has been Issued to tlie American soldiers that an officer or soldier who ' speaks to n German woman does so at the risk of court-martial, i Reveral days of the operation of re-' Btrlcted regulations has produced some grumbling by the Germans. There hu been no open protest, but ninny of the people appear to be mystified as to, the reasons for the change In American at titude, rb It teems they believed that the Americans would not be so strict as the Ilrltlsh or French, In addition, propagandists have ben diligent In urg ing the people to bo friendly to the Americans In the apparent hope that an attitude of friendliness might have some effect on the peace negotiations. I Story of Year's Events in Finance and Industry The- story of the year'a eventa In Finance, Commerce and Industry, as compiled by the New York Eve ning Post, Is to appear In the Kvisnino l't'iu" IjCdobh tomorrow and will "0 continued for neveral day- The review contains, In addition to the subject named, a summary of transactions in the Block, Bond, Money and Commodity markta of the principal trade centers. 'WORLD EMBRACE ALL NATIONS, WILSON TELLS BRITISH President's Manchester Speech Declares U. S. Partner of Europe ' By ie Associated I'ress I Mniiclieuter, Dec. ,10. The text of i the President's address to the Freo Trade Hall audience Ii an follows: My I-ord Mayor, ladles and gen tlemen Perhaps I may be permit I ted to add, fellow citizens: I You have made me f'-el, In a way that Is deeply deliglUful, the gen ' eious welcome which joti have ac ' corded me. and back of it 1 know there lies the same t,ort of feeling for the great people whom I have the privilege of repieteiitlng. There Is a feeling of cordiality, fraternity and friendship between the two great nutlons, and as I liaw gone from place to place und been made everywhere to feel the pulse or sympathy that is now beating between us. I have been led to some very serious thoughts as to what the bails of It nil is. For I think you will agree with me that friendship is not u mere sentiment. Patriotism .s not a meie sentiment. It Is based upon n prin ciple, upon the prlnclplM tfiut leads a mini to give- more than lie dc niamlH. Similarly, friendship is based not merely upon uffrctlon. hut upon common service. The man i.s not your friend who Is not willing to serve you, nnd ou are not ills friend unless you aie willing to serve him. And nut of that Impulse of common interest and desire of common service wise that noble feeling which wh must-crate us friomWlilp. Merc Partnerships lime I'ulieil Ami -o It does seem to nn- that tin thi'ine that wh iniiMt have In niir mlliilw mm In title great day of set tlement I.s the theme of common In ter?st and the determination of whut it is thut Is our common in terest, you know that heretofore the world Ijns been governed, or ot any rate the attempt 1ibh been made to govern It, by paitiieifhlps of Interest, and Unit they have broken down. Interest does inn hind men to getner. Intiiet heparatt men. l-'or the moin?nt there Is the slltjiitest doi.ntuie frnni the Hire adjustment of Interests, then jealousies begin to spring up. There Is only one thing thut can bind peoples together, and thai is common devotion to right. Kver since the history of liberty began men have talked about their rights, und It h;iH taken several hundred years to make them per ceive t liat the principal tondltlon of right is duty und that unless a man performs Ills full duty lie Is entitled to no right, it Is u tine correlation of the Influence of duty thut light Is the equipoise und balance of society. And so, when we unul.vze tho pres ent situation and the future thut we now have to mold und control, it seems to me there Is no other thought than that that can guide us. You know that the 1 'uited States lias ulvvays felt from the very be ginning of her history that Mie must keep herself separate from uny kind of connection with I'tiropeun poll-tics. AUTO HEARSE KILLS BOY IN CAMDEN An unidentified boy, About thirteen yearn old, wna killed b an autoheai'ho at Broadway nnd Bulson atieets. Camden, on n hrldBO over the Atlantic City Railroad, near the Now York Ship Ynrd this afternoon. His skull was fractured. Tlie body was taken to Cooper Hospital. The dilvci, William Deuot'. twenty six yeni'b, 43D Spruce street, wits nrnstecl. , URGES RESUMPTION OF ALL PUBLIC WORK BOSTON, Dec. SO. An npnenl fov the immediate resumn- tlon of road hulldiuij, nubile works and construction in general throujrkout the United States is contained in n mossnge hent by William B. Wlluon, Secretary of Labor, to a conference of Stnto officialu uud industrial renre&entatlves at the State Houbc today. Secretary Wilson had expected to attend the conference, but ns he was unable to teach here in time hejiiicoi'ijorntcd his views in n teltginiu to lot,v W. Bauson who represented him. t-ni, ; ' t-1 BILL TO LICENSE PACKERS INTRODUCED TN SENATE WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. A bill to licence packing hotwci and glvo tho President authority to take over railroad facilities of tlie plants, now being1 considered by a Houie committee, wa Introduced in the Sennte today by Senator Kenyan, of low NO EARLY HEARING FOR FOE AT PEACE TABLE , PARIS, Dec. 30, Tho Central Powers will not be admitted to tho Peace Congress early tn tho negotiations, according- to an outllno given the Midi by a Frcuch diplomat who t cng-agrJ Ju training tfte program or the preliminaries to thi. congress, LEAGUE I want to say very frankly to yon that she Is not now Interested In European politics, hut she is Inter ested In tho partnership of right be tween America and Kurope. If (lie future, hail nothing for us hut a new attempt lo keep the world nt u right poise by ii balance of imvver, the fulled States would take no Interest, because she will Join no combination of power which Is not a combina tion of all of us. She Is not Inter ested inerelv in tho pcacn of Kurope hut in the pence of tlin world. Therefore it seems tu mo that In the settlement which Is Just ahead nf us, something more delicate and ilifllciilt than was ever attempted before lias to be accomplished a genuine concert of mind ami of pur pose. Task .Made lOasy by World Spirit But, while It is difficult, thric is nn element present that makes It easy. Never before In the history of the world, l believe, has there been such a keen international con sciousness us there i.s now. There Is a great voice ot humanity nhroad In thu world Just now which Iih who cannot hear Is deaf. Thero Is it great rolnpulslon of the com mon conscience now in existence which if any stutesinati resist will khIii for him the most unenviable eminence In history. AVo are not obeying the mandate of parties or of politics. We ale obeying the man dute of humanity. That Is the reason why II seems to mu that the things that are most often lu our minds ate the least sig nificant. I tun not hopeful that the Individual items nf the settlement which we are about to attempt will he altogether satisfactory. On has only to apply his mind to uny one of the questions of boundary and unaltered Boverelgnty and of racial' aspirations to 'do some thing more tiiatf 'conjecture that there Is no man atid)lio body of men vvlio Know Just liowthey ought to be settled; and .vet If 'we aie to make unsatisfactory settlements we must see ti It thai they are rendered more and iiiore satisfactory by the sub sequent adjustments which ure made possible. We must provide the ma chinery for readjustments In order that we have the machinery of good will and friendship. Friendship must have ii machin ery. If I cannot correspond with you, If I cannot learn your minds, if I cannot cooperate with ou, I cannot be our friend: and If the world Is to remain a body of friends. II must have the means of friend ship, the means of constant friendly intercourse, tlie means for constant watchfulness over the common in terests. Calls Pride Kneniy of .Mankind That makes it necessary to make Home great effort to have with one another nn easy and constant mndinil nf rnnferpnen c,i fl.nt - " "" -' troubles may he taken when they are little and not allowed to grow until they ore big. I never thought I had u big differ- ( ontlnnnl on I'aie Four, Column One MUST U. S. Will Not Join Unless Combination Is Complete NOW A PARTNER WITH EUROPE Linked in Alliance of Right, President Declares at Manchester UNIVERSAL PEACE OUR ONLY INTEREST Humanity's Mandate Bids Settling of Squabbles in Conference (JETS CITY'S FREEDOM Machinery Needed to Adjust Altered Conditions of Many Countries President Will Leave for Home February 10 Paris. Dec. 30. (By A. I'. From piesent indications, President Wil son will leave Europe on his return to tlie United Stutes February 10, Tho President will leave Paris for Italy Wednesday night. Definite arrangements to this effect were announced today. By tho Associated Press Manchester, Dec. 30. Presjdent WH son told a great audience In Fren ' Trade Hall litre today that the UnJU. Jfi States never would join any. Mmbln43a tlon of nations which was not a com blnation of them nil. Ills declaration, produced a great demonstration. Almost every sentence the President uttered In Ills speech was received. j with applause and cries of "hear, hear." und i't was plain that this Brit. Ish audience regarded the speech as a. most Important one. The whole tone of the 11'esldcnt'a- address was Interpreted In American I quarters as an additional Indication. that his conferences of last week with Premier Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary Ralfour had revealed tho t'nlted States and Great Britain on a. ; quite common gTound, from which the j peace negotiations could proceed with Jthe two nations standing together on j tlie fundamentals. .Many Details Arrauced The speech also was taken as an .Indication that much of the important details of tho Peace Conference had" been arranged. To American eyes, tlie scene of th Free Trade Hall wus comparable to that of a session of a political national .-... . ,i.. mi ,u. j umciiuuii, j uB inirouuctory speeches iwere received much as are the noml- I tinting speeches for the favorite can. dldate nt such a convention, and when, President Wilson arose to speak the scene resemuied that of a convention auout to nominate a candidate by ac clamation. "If the future had nothing for us but u new attempt to keep the world. at the right poIbo by a balance of. I power." the President said, "tho I United States would take no interest In It, because she will Join no com blnation of power which Is not a com bination of ub all." Itlght Only Human Bond There wag a feeling of cordial fra ternlty and friendship between Amer. lea and Great Britain, declared tho President, which wait baaed on tho principle of friendship and patriotism that lod men to glvo more than wan demanded. Tho partnership of inter ests which had attempted the gov ernment of the world had broken down, he said, as Interest did not bind men together, but separated them. Common devotion to the right was thu only thing, he insisted, that could bind, men together. In the settlement which is Jut ahead something more difficult than waH ever attempted before had to bo accomplished a genuine concert of mind and purpose, tho President said, but a keen international conscious ness would make it easy. There Is a great voice of humanity abroad Iff the world "which ho who cannot hear is deaf," he added. Mandate of Humanity "Wo are not obeying the mandat of parties or politics," the Prestden? continued, "we aro obeying the man date of humanity." If the world Is td-' remain a body of friends, he said, theta must bo an easy and constant melhoa 'of conference, so that troubles could be taken when they wero little nnrt not allowed to grow until they wero, big. "I wish wo could, for the whtoU world, enter league and covenant an declare ourselves the friends or man kind." the President added. tiia President said he was not hone. ful that tho Individual Jtmna t the CmsMh ) . -l l fl ,! 1,1 '1 !l 1 'JTl ;.vi fl ?'! ,iw ) it , fl 2 t, ;w V. M , t P , . 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