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Apparently there has been a recent effort still further to extend the de fensive zone, of which the character of K1 Arish constitutes an important de velopment. The taking of El Arish establishes the British front at this point well toward the border of Palestine and marks the furthest eastward penetra tion by British forces in this area, since the Turkish raids began. El Arish has been the object pre viously of attacks by British aviators | in All Styles J $15.00 to $350 I Small Initial Payment Balance in Easy Monthly Instalments 4 1 Deliveries Until 12 O'clock Saturday Night 1 J \ SPANGLER'S MUSIC HOUSE I i 2112 NORTH SIXTH STREET 1 p Open Evenings Bell p llone 4012.J ft FRIDAY EVENING, ; and warships, and last May a com | bined naval and aerial raid was report ed to have destroyed the fortifications. ; On the Franco-Belgian front the I artillery is the only arm of the ser ; vice that is displaying activity of mo ment, and even the bombardments, such as are reported in the Somme j and Verdun regions are not of pro nounced intensity. ! The British Parliament was pro irogued to-day for the holiday period.! King George in the speech from the i throne, gave expression to confidence I in the ultimate victory of the entente; land stated a determination on its parti to continue war until the "security of I Europe" was established "on a sure! foundation." BEDFORD SUCCEEDS ARCHBOLD ! New York, Dec. 22.—A. C. Bedford | was ■ to-day elected president of the ! Standard Oil Company of New Jersey to succeed the late John D. Archbold. Mr. Bedford has for some years been vice-president and treasurer of the company. CAPTAIN JOHN A. BELI, 1.0118 Keeper of Front and Illvinlon Tollsate Captain John A. Bell, 78 years old, died last night at his home, 637 Camp street. He was a veteran of the Civil \\ ar and a former keeper of the toll gate at Front and Division streets. Captain Bell enlisted as a private at i the outbreak of the Civil War. He re | cei ved promotions until raised to the rank of captain, the rank ho lieli at j the close of the war. j He was a member of the Second Re | formed Church, Dauphin Bodge, No. 60, i '• O. O. F„ and Washington Camp No. 102, P. O. S. of A., of Steelton. He is I survived by his wife and one daugh- I ter, Mrs. Joseph A. Quigley, of this city. Funeral services will be held at the home Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock the Rev. W. R. Hartzell, of Penbrook! officiating. Private burial will be made in the Harrisburg Cemetery. HABRIEBURG TELEGRAPH NOTE ASTOUNDS j ENGLISH PAPERS Many Attribute Wilson's Action to Pro-German Propaganda in United States London, Dec. 22. President Wil son's noto is given the honor of the biggest display in the morning papers, relegating the war news to a minor place. Headlines such as "Presidont Wilson's Strange Peace Essay," "Presi dent s Peace "Amazing Note," indicate in slight measure the aston ishment caused by the communication, much speculation Is Indulged in as to the motives or causes which inspired the President to send such a note after his assumption of the attitude that he would not mediate unless invited by both groups of belligerents. One section of the press, utterly re jecting any idea of the possibility of peace negotiations as the outcome of the recent German note, flatly at tributes the President's action to the success of propaganda conducted bv Count von Bernstorff in America anil what they describe as the masterly inactivity ot the late IJritish govern ment. The more general Impression is that jthe agitation in America for an embargo on l'ood exports had much to do with Mr. Wilson's action, it is also suggested that the President may have received special information from the German government and is aware of the extent to which Germany is pre pared to go toward "reparation, resti tution and guarantees." This is the view expressed by the Daily Chronicle. Fome discussion is also devoted to the chances of Congress passing food ex port measures and possibly an embargo on cotton and war materials. Quotes Lincoln The Daily Mail quotes Lincoln: '"lt is an issue which can only be tried by war and settled by victory. The war will cease on the part of this govern ment whenever it shall have ceased on I the part of those who began it," and i says peace while Germany "is in pos session of her plunder would rivet her fetters on the world for generations." The Daily Telegraph in an editorial in common with the other newspa pers says nobody will impute anything but the worthiest of motives and >=in- ' cerest purpose of impartiality between ' the combatants to President Wilson, but considers his note inopportune. I The Times credits President Wilson ! with complete sincerity, but fears that I his suggestion will be misunderstood, j and has no doubt whatever regarding ! the reception the note will have at the I hands of every allied government and j nation. They, according to the Times, will unquestionably treat it as Lincoln j and Seward treated all suggestions of i European interference in the Civil ! War. The Graphic says: "President Wil son's note shows that there is a gulf as deep as the ocean between the mind of Europe and the mind of the ruling ] party in the United States. Air. Wil | son demonstrates that he has never | even begun to understand the causes | of the present war or the forces that | prolong it." U. S. HOPES TO BECOME CLEARING HOUSE [Continued From First I'ageJ : pointed out that at first the opinion | prevailed that the note itself was ' merely a "feeler" and that the most immediately contemplated in issuing it was the receipt of some sort of definite of the various warring na tions. That the President should let it be known indirectly to the diplo mats for their guidance, that he went even farther than that and counted on an absolutely frank reply from the belligerents which would lead to an actual opportunity for negotiations proved only less surprising than the actual note itself. This feeling was increased by Secre tary Lansing's authorized statement yesterday that no soundings had been I taken of the attitude of the belliger j ents addressed and the note had been sent entirely regardless of the Central Powers' proposals or of the reply of j Lloyd George. : The question very much to the fore j to-day was whether the European j neutrals would present a united ap peal. The Spanish and Swiss repre sentatives here have been at the State Department repeatedly since those proposals came out and probably know fully the plans of this government. It is pointed out that the European neutrals have suffered beyond any other nations not actually involved in the war and that peace is more es sential to them than to any but the actual belligerents. In addition they have none of the bitterness of war and none of its ambitions and are anxious more for the coming of peace than for the accomplishment of any other purpose. Nevertheless their geo graphical positions between the two contending forces has been so danger ous that up to now they have been able to do no more than maintain their neutrality without mixing in the struggle even to suggesting peace. Part of this danger is, however, thought removed by the American action. Gradual clarification among the entente diplomats here of the Presi dent's purpose and indications that they would advise their governments to reply in a friendly spirit proved a source of deep gratification to-day as it was pointed out both in the note itself and in Secretary Lansing's ex planation that one of the dangers was the allies would consider the step as a pro-German move. Every effort was made to remove this impression and to have the note considered entirely apart from any other events. The en tente (fiplomats, at first very fearful, have now accepted this view. Charge Grew reported to the State Department to-day that the Presi dent's peace note had been received in Berlin. Early London press comment that the note was painful because, it said, the objects of the belligerents were practically the same was not unex pected here, where attention has al ready been drawn to the fact that President Wilson specifically declared that the published views of the op posing statesmen left that impression. It Is stated officially that the Presi dent would not presume to say that the two groups were fighting for the same object but merely that their offi cial spokesmen had outlined much the same general program without going Into the actual details which he now seeks. Several hundred telegrams con gratulating President Wilson on his note to the belligerents arrived to day at the White House. Practically all of them construed the note as a move for peace. They came from in dividuals and organizations. The White House telegraphers were kept busy for hours receiving the messages. King George Makes No Mention of Peace Note in Message to Parliament London, Dec. 22.—Parliament was prorogued this afternoon without the members being given any further in formation regarding President Wil son's note or what action the govern ment contemplated with respect to It. Neither the note nor the German peace proposal was mentioned in the I IVINGSTON'P' 1,9 8. Market Sq.^V' " . COATS! 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Market Sq.^\ 1 Q' tJ nJVIJ rnj A/b rr u 1 M king's speech, read in both houses. The only reference to the President's suggestion was made by Andrew Bonar Law, the government leader, in a reply to a question by Sir William Pollard Byles, a pacilist member, Mr. Law declaring that the question was one which could not be dealt with ex cept in communication with the allies. The speech from the throne was one of the briefest on record. It ex pressed confidence in the ultimate vic tory of the allies and determination to prosecute the war "until we have vindicated the rights so ruthlessly vio lated by our enemies and established the security of Europe on a sure foun dation." BAILEY HAS HESOLUTIOX Washington, D. C., Dec. 2 —A reso lution to have the House endorse President Wilson's peace notes was in troduced to-day l>y Representative Bailey, of Pennsylvania. Russia Considers Peace Note Adequately Answered Petrograd, Dec. 21, via London, Dec. 22. Since the text of the Ger man peace proposal transmitted through the American embassy to the Russian Foreign office is identical with the declaration already received unofficially through the press, the Russiafn government, The Associated Press is Informed, considers that the offer of the central powers has al ready been adequately answered. The official reply. In conjunction with Russia's allies, will be made as purely a matter of form and will contain no new point. British Will Not Answer Presidents Peace Note London, Dec. 22. The British government will make no statement at present to President Wilson's peace note, considering it a question to be dealt with only in communication with the other members of the entente. Announcement to this effect was made in the House of Commons to-day by Andrew Bonar Law. Mr. Law was asked whether a state ment could be made regarding the American note. He replied: "It must be obvious to the House that this is a question that can only be dealt with in communication with our allies and that it Is absolutely im possible to make a statement now." Wilson Is Accused of Siding With Germany Edinburgh, Dec. 22.—President Wil son is declared to have placed himself in a position of an Interlocutor on the side of Germany by the Scotsman, which. In an editorial commenting on the President's note, says; "President Wilson has hitherto ob- DECEMBER 22, 1916. served a discreet reticence, which he ; maintained when the small nations lie | is now so concerned about were suf i fering unparalleled wrong. What 1110- j tlve can have prompted him to throw i aside that peculiarly prudent reserve j just at a moment when his action was ! most likely to be misunderstood? "His explanation on this point makes | his action still more unintelligible. If he brooded over this conception so long in silence, what reason can have impelled him to become suddenly com municative just at a moment when his perception of the proprieties makes him uneasy and distrustful? It is not surprising that he feels embarrassed for he acted so that he becomes vir tually an interlocutor on the side of Germany. Why did he not wait for | the entente's reply to Germany? Why ! did he step into the ring with pro posals which, whatever his intention, must present themselves to the allies as directing the course which in his | judgment they shall take?" Vorwaerts Is Deeply Disappointed Over Speech I Berlin, via London, Dec. 22. —The Vorwaerts, which was one of the first | newspapers in Germany to talk of ' peace, expresses deep disappointment | over the speech of Premier David Lloyd George. The paper cites passages in the speech from which it claims the only logical Inference is that "firstly, the entente refuses to make peace until it can do so upon the ruins of Germany's military power; secondly, the entente, because Germany breaks treaties, will make no treaty with Germany at all, but will itself take substantial guar antees by force of arms; thirdly, that Germany must swallow the entente's terms whole and unseen before Lloyd George will condescend to negotiate." James O'Kelly, Nationalist Member of House of Commons Dies After Wild Career London, Dec. 22.—James H. O'Kelly, Nationalist member of the house of commons, died in London this morn ing. Mr. O'Kelly, a member of the house of commons since 1895, was widely known for* his adventurous career. He was one of Parnell's earliest recruits in parliament and went through the ritual of suspension and removal from the house which marked the earljf elghtlfes. While still a member of par liament he accepted a commission to go up the Nile during the Sudan campaign and interview the mahdi, but Lord Kitchener barred that enter prise. Mr. O'Kelly fought In the Franco- Prussian war, having a commission In the French army. His passion for adventure also found an outlet in the United States army during the Indian : campaigns of a generation ago. At the time of the Cuban revolt against Spanish rule he served as a corre spondent for New York and London newspapers and distinguished himself particularly by his daring, when, con trary to the orders of the Spanish captain-general at Havana, ho made his way to the rebel lines and sent a series of dispatches concerning the revolution. Mr. O'Kelly was born In Roscom mon, Ireland, and was In his seventy first year. HAD TO STOP AND REST EVERY HOUR Mys. 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