Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, February 12, 1917, Page 11, Image 11

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    FLETCHER FACES 1
DIFFICULT TASK
Native of Cumberland Valley
on Way to Re-establish Rela
tions With Mexico
■j vjnßf - _ ffl^H
m
' n
V' ; HHU
.4S2?IW tf)d
_,P*4 ■■>
■■i v lH .H
" fr
HL ;
HENRY P. FLETCHER .
Washington, Feb. 12. Ambassa
dor Henry P. Fletcher has started for
Mexico City to re-establish with the
Government of that country diploma
tic relations which were severed in
April, 1914. when' American marines
took Vera Cruz. He was accompanied
by Captain Frank McCoy, as military
aid, and Captain .Edward Hanna, who
served with Fletcher in tho Rough
Riders and who will act as secretary of
the embassy.
Ambassador Fletcher's instructions
arc to proceed directly to Mexico City
by Laredo and Monterey. Just at
present some of Villa's bandits are
holding a section of the national lines
between Laredo and Monterey so that
Ambassador Fletcher probably will be
compelled to remain at San Antonio
temporarily.
Before sending Mr. Fletcher to the
Mexican capital President Wilson gave
him diplomatic powers of almost un
limited latitude that he will employ
in attempting to bring about a better
understanding between this govern
ment and the persons who are now in
charge of Mexico.
Dillicuit Task Alicad
The Administration is satisfied that
Ambassador Fletcher has one of the
most difficult assignments ever given
to an American diplomat. He is ex
pected to "get right down to brass
tacks," if it is possible to do so.and find
out Just what is responsible for the
unfriendly attitude which has prompt
ed Carranza to insult this government
on every occasion and to block every
attempt that President Wilson has
made to help Mexico help herself.
Mr. Fletcher has been supplied with
a great mass of material which he
may find it advisable to present to Car
ranza for the purpose of proving to
liim support of every sort just as soon
celved concerning the purposes of the
American government by persons who
are or have been in his confidence.
The State Department appears to
be satisfied that if Mr. Fletcher pierces
the ring that surrounds Carranza at
present he may be able to do the First
Chief incalculable good by changing
his viewpoint concerning the attitude
of this government. In the ovent
that Mr. Fletcher finds a responsive
chord in the First Chief, he is empow
ered to assuro him that the govern
ment of the United States will lend
liim suppor of every sort Just as soon
as It has reasons to believe that such
support will be welcome, and will be
■used for the benefit of Jthe entire coun
try and not for the aggrandizement of
a handful of political generals.
90 Per Cent, of Graft
Following- the conference between
the American and Mexican commis
sions, Secretary of the Interior Lane,
John Mott and Judge Gray frankly in
formed President Wilson that the
present Carranza movement repre
sents about 10 per cent, of honest
idealism and 90 per cent, of grafting
demagoguery.
The commission advised the Presi
dent that the sole hope In the situ
ation rested on the possibility of get
ting Carranza to rid himself of the dis
honest element. In the event that
Carranza gets together a nucleus of
honest, efficient Mexicans, the com
mission reported this government
should get behind him and help him
organize and finance a stable republic.
Ambassador Fletcher is expected to
drive the opening wedge. If ho suc
ceeds, the Administration hopes that
the long-awaited period for establish
ing a government in Mexico will have
arrived. If ho falls in this, the Admin
istration expects Carranza to go
through the form of being elected
President of the country, and then be
thrown out by Obregon or Pablo Gon
zales, his principal military chiefs.
"What is likely to happen thereafter no
one connected with the Administration
is willing to prophesy.
Mr. Fletcher was born in the Cum
berland Valley and la widely known in
the city where he has many friends.
Carranza Names Member
of Joint Commission as
Ambassador to V. 5.
"Washington. Feb. 12. Ognacio
Bonillas, one of General Carranzo's
representatives on the Mexican-Amerl
'■an joint commission, has been named
ambassador from Mexico to the United
States.
Mr. Bonillas is nof at Palm Beach,
pHa. It 5j expected he will come to
Washington this week to present his
CTedentlals, at almost the same time
Henry P. Fletcher, the American am
bassador to Mexico is received by the
Mexican government.
iftcr th- failure of the *Mexlcym-
commission to effect an Ad
justment of the questions at issue be
tween the two governments, Mr. Arre
dondo was called to Mexico. It was
understood at this time that Mr. Bon-
J lias would be chosen as his successor,
although Mr. Arredondo insisted that
would return to his post.
- Mr. Bonillas has been the minister
of communications in GeneraJ Oar
ranza's cabinet Hince the formation of
his government and is one of the few
jnen who is reputed to hare the entire
confidence of General Carrania. He
was educated at the Massachusetts In.
stltute of Technology and .married an
American woman.
Keeps the Teeth White and Healthy
MONDAY EVENING,
gTOltii'lllllllllllMillllllllll'lMllil'lllHllllllMM
LUXURYCARS J
I ON EXHIBIT AT 120 MARKET STREET j
1 Harrisburg, Pa. ' , I
McCURDY-BRAINARD CO., Distributors J
J Pittsburgh, Penna. ' '.: !|
OFFICIALS DISTRUST
KAISER'S PEACE PLEA
[Continued From First Page]
which has been delayed here for the
past week aboard the St. Louis.
Major Spencer Cosby, former mili
tary attache of the American embassy
in Paris, who recently suffered tem
porary loss of his voice as the result
of an experiment with asphyxiating
gas was a passenger on the New York.
He said he was going direct to Wash
ington and would not talk of his ex
periences.
The fourth ship under the American
flag to sail from this port for an Eu
ropean destination since Germany's
renewal of unrestricted submarine
warfare got away last night. She is
the 32 5-foot freighter Owego, of the
Federal Forwarding Company, bound
for Genoa, carrying a general cargo of
2,500 tons. Her master and many of
her crew are Americans.
Get Official Reports
on Sinking of 8 Ships
Washington, D. C., Feb. 12.—Sink
ing of eight British and neutral vessels
with an aggregate tonnage of 15,762
by German submarines was reported
in a dispatch received at the State De
partment to-day from Consul-General
Skinner, at London. All the vessels
previously had been mentioned In
press dispatches, but additional details
on the sinking of some of them came
in the Lloyds report. The British
steamer Beechtree, which press cables
said was believed to have been Bunk,
was torpedoed and sunk In seven min
utes. Her crew was landed safely.
The Norwegian steamer Solbakken,
carrying a cargo of wheat from Buenos
Ayres to Cherbourg, was torpedoed off
Flnlsterre. Two of her crew died, one
from cold, and a boat containing the
captain and fourteen men Is missing.
The British steamer Sallag, about
which there was doubt of identifica
tion, is given as a 826-ton vessel.
SHIPS CARRIED VICTUALS
Berlin, Feb. 12, via Sayvllle.—Of
seven 'steamers and three sailing ves
sels reported sunk by German sub
marines on February 9, says the Over
seas News Agency, two steamers car
ried metal and three were laden with
either corn, nuts or provisions. Two
of the sailing vessels carried victuals
for England. Reports from Chrls
tiania say that the Norwegian steam
ship Sorland was fired at by two Brit
ish torpedoboats while in Norwegian
territorial waters.
WOULD MAKE IT UNLAWFUL
FOR MERCHANTMEN TO ARM
Washington, D. C„ Feb. 12.—Sen
ator La Follette to-day introduced a
resolution to make it unlawful for any
American merchant ship in time of
peace to depart armed from any port
of the United States to any port in an
other country. It was not debated,
but put on the table subject to call.
U-Boat Enters Nentral
Harbor and Sinks Ship
New Tork, Feb. 12. —A German sub
.marlne entered the neutral Spanish
harbor of Ixis Pal in as, Canary Islands,
on December 6 nnd sank the Greek
steamer Spyros, according to two of
the freighter's seamen who arrived
here to-day on the steamship Morro
Castle. Recent maritime records told
of the Spyros being towed "to a Span
ish port" after being torpedoed.
The sailors arriving here said the
Spyros put into Las Pal mas on her
voyage from Buenos Ay res, carrying
grain for Hull, Bngland. The U-boat
entered the harbor, they asserted, and
notified the captain to abandon his
ship within forty hours, at the end
of which time it would be destroyed,
and the threat was fulfilled.
31 Americans Face Death
as Three Ships Are Sunk
London. Feb. 12.—Thirty-one Amori
cans facc<l death In the Illegal sinking
of two British vessels, one a passenger
steamer, last week, according to com
plete advices received hero. Both the
vessels in question, the Japanese
Prince and the Mantola, were tor
pedoed without warning. On the for
mer ship were thirty American hos
tlers. The only American on the Man
tola waa Earl M. Rice, of Portland,
Ore., the ship's surgeon.
There was no loss of life on the
Japanese Prince, though many of the
crew were Injured by the explosion of
the torpedo, which struck with terrific
impact amidships. Taking to the
boats, the crew were picked up within
an hour.
American Consul Frost, at Queens
town, reported that the Mantola had
been torpedoed without warning on
February 8, 186 miles southwest of
Kastnet. The survivors were landed
at Queenstown yesterday. Seven Las
cars lost their lives.
Asks Navy For Guns to Arm
Ships of American Line
Washington, D, C., Feb. IS.—A. S.
Franklin, president of the Inter
national Mercantile Marine, to-day
made formal application to the Navy
Department for guns to arm the
senger liners of the American Line.
The request states that the com-
LIFE INSURANCE
AGENTS SUCCEED
Connecticut Mutual Rranch
Made Rest Record in 1916,
Representatives Told
Agents of the Harrisburg branch of
the Connecticut Life Insurance Com
pany, who had the best business rec
ord during the past year, met Satur
day in the local offices in the Union
Trust building. The year, according
to the report given by V. W. Kennedy,
was the best in the branch's history,
from the standpoint of new business
acquired.
Mr. Kenney gave a brief history of
the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Company, saying that the company was
organized in 1846 in Hartford, Conn.,
to furnish life insurance protection at
the lowest possible cost; that there
never had been a stockholder of the
company and there never would be;
that all profits were returned to the
policyholders and that the company Is
in a better position to serve the pub
lic to-day than ever before in its his
tory.
Short addresses were made by A.
Raymond Long, of Harrisburg; Eugene
Hoaster, of Lebanon, and Paxton W.
Wolfe, of Maytown.
Luncheon and dinner was served at
the Harrisburg Club. Those present
were A. Raymond Long and Charles
E. Dasher, Harrisburg; Eugene Hoaß
ter, Lebanon; J. R. Keen, Reading;
Philip F. Aldlnger, York, and Paxton
W. Wolfe, Maytown, and V. W. Ken
ney, Harrisburg.
TO ABOLISH CITY
DETECTIVE BUREAU
[Continued From First Page]
plaints, arrests and disposition of
cases.
Under One Head
Frequently Bince his appointment
more than a year ago, Superintendent
Windsor has been under fire, and sev
eral times it was reported that he was
to be dismissed. Each time, however.
Mayor Mealß declared that he did not
intended to abolish the detective bu
reau which was started under his
present administration.
The changes, however, which may
be recommended to-morrow are being
made with a view to increasing the
efficiency of the entire police depart
ment This can only be done, a num
ber of officials repeatedly declared, by
placing both uniformed and plain
clothes men under one head.
Wliito Well Qualified
Should Council approve the recom
mendation for the employment of a
clerk for the department. It is under
stood that Earl M. White, police re
porter on city newspapers for years,
will be given the position.
White has long been asso<9ated with
police officials and men on the force
in the city, and his long experience
will make him one of the most capable
to be found for the position, everyone
agrees.
pany has been unable to find guns
elsewhere.
It Is indicated that the Navy De
partment, while opposed for military
reasons to any project of convoying
American merchantmen through the
prohibited submarine zones, favors
furnishing such ships with guns for
their own defense. Inasmuch as the
government has recognized that naval
stores are the only supply of naval
guns, it has been held that obtaining
guns from that source does not alter
the private or commercial character
of the ship.
The Navy Department, it was stated
officially, hp.s a considerable number
of old model 8-Inch and 6-Inch rifles
available for arming merchant ships,
but not enough for the conversion of
all ships It would require in time of
war and also a furnish defensive arm
ament for all merchantmen.
The question of supplying trained
gun crews for merchantmen is more
difficult from a departmental point of
view. Thero is objection to withdraw-,
ing men from the active service of tho
navy at this time and there is also
some question as to what effect such a
step would have on the status of b.
■hip. French ship owners furnished
guns by their navy were required to
make oath that they were to be han
dled by civilian crews.
The possibility that the navy might
supply guns indirectly through loan or
sale to ship owners has received some
consideration, but a preference for di
rect action by the department in plac
ing the guns aboard Is indicated by the
ship owners.
SWISS APPROVE THEIR
GOVERNMENTS U-BOAT NOTES
Zurich, Feb. 11. —The Swiss notes
on submarine warfare addressed to
President Wilson and to Germany are
In general well received by the news
papers which say that the language of
the communications Is clear and reso
lute and conforms to the opinion of
the Swiss people both in respect to the
Interpretation of neutrality and the
energetic protest against the German
submarine blockade. The newspa
pers ssy that Swltserland has placed
itself on the solid ground of law
and right
HXRRISBURG TELEGKSPtt
SEVEREST COLD WAVE
OF YEARJiWEEPING IN
'Continued From First Page]
thick where the cold has welded one
block of ice on top of another.
Good Skating
Skating on all three lakes in the
jurisdiction of the City Park Depart
ment is good and absolutely safe, it
was said at the park offices. The red
flag, signifying good Ice, Is fluttering
from the top of the Union Trust Com
pany building. The department lists
the skating places as follows;
Willi wood—Excellent.
Twelfth street—Good for children.
Paxtang—Good.
The river—Fair.
The river, of course, is not under
the Park Department's authority. The
Ice is not as good there as on the still
ponds because of the gorges and gen
eral roughness.
24 Below In Vermont
The New England States suffered
the worst from the prevalent low tem
peratures. In Vermont the mercury
fell to 24 degrees below zero. In the
mountain regions near Saratoga, N. Y.,
40 below was the minimum. In the
Middle West temperatures ranged from
16 to 22 degrees below in Ohio, Illi
nois and Michigan. A shortage of fuel
in many cities in this region caused
much suffering.
Jews Will Sacrifice Selves
For America if War Comes
New York, Feb. 12.—1f war comes,
| the Jews of this country "will sacrifice
themselves for America," Henry Mos
kowitz, chairman of the Municipal
Civic Commission, said to-day before
the National Workmen's Committee on
Jewish Rights, In convention here with
delegates from all parts of the United
States.
"Let us show America," he added,
"that the 500,000 Jewish workingmen
with a history of persecution un
equaled in the history of the world,
will say, if need be, that a country
worth living for would be worth dying
for. The address of President Wilson
before the Senate has shown the
American people to be the greatest
ally of the Jews in their struggle for
national rights."
Railroad Notes
Members of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Young Men's Christian Associa
tion gospel crew returned to-day from
Danville. They report large attend
ance at all meetings yesterday.
Charles J. Hogentogler, in charge of
the Motive Power basketball, is ar
ranging for several elimination con
tests.
The Lucknow Athletic Association
will meet at an early date to take up
plans for tHe summer.
Superintendent N. W. Smith, of the
Middle division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, was in Harrlsburg Saturday,
He made *an Inspection of his division
east to Marysvllle.
J. B. Denlson, former traffic man
ager of the Clyde and Mallory steam
ship lines, has been made assistant to
President H. H. Raymond, with head
quarters In New York.
The first sections of the Second Ar
tillery trains passed through Harrls
burg over the Reading railway at 1
o'clock Saturday aftemocn. The sec
ond arrived at 8.18, the third at 9 and
the fourth and last at 10.80 at night.
General Superintendent W. H. Kef
fer, of the Reading Railway, has been
asked to improve working conditions
of firemen employed on freight and
passenger trains. A committee vißlted
this official at Reading on Saturday.
The annual meeting? and banquet of
the Mutual Beneficial Association of
the Schuylkill Division of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad will be held at Norrle
town Saturday.
Secretary H. J. Babb, of the Veteran
Employes Association of the Philadel
phia Division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, will attend the annual meet
ing and banquet of the Schuylkill di
vision vets at Philadelphia, Febru
ary 24.
E. J. Kohler, freight conductor, run
ning between Columbia and Frederick,
Md., Is 111 at his home In Columbia.
C. F. Smith, Pennsylvania Railroad
passenger conductor, Is 111 at his home
In Lancaster.
General Secretary Frank H. Gregory,
of tho Pennsylvania Railroad Young
Men's Christian Association, is again
confined to his home. He is suffering
with a severe cold. Physical Director
Horace Gelsel was in charge to-day.
S. C. Kepler, of Mifflin, employed
an a Pennsylvania Railroad signalman.
Is on a vacation. H. C. Murphy, of
Newport, is looking after his duties.
J. N. Hoffman, assistant yardmaster
at Liewistown Junction, is off duty on
account, of the death of his father. H.
H. Rohrbach is looking after Mr.
Hoffman's duties.
Wilson Signs Order to
Exclude Spies From Zone
Washingon, D. C., Feb. 12. —An ex
ecutive order to exclude spies and
other undesirable persons from the
Panama Canal zone and give to the
governor virtually unlimited author
ity to regulate Immigration there has
been signed by President Wilson.
The text of the document has not
been made public but it Is understood
to contain drastic provisions, very
broad in terms to prevtnt entry of
persons who would be a menace to
the general welfare."
JOINT EFFORT
TO FORCE BREAD
UP IS CHARGED
Illinois Representative Sug
gests Rakers Re Called in
High Cost of Food Probe
Washington, Feb. 12. Charging
a concerted effort to put up the price
of bread, Representative Ralney, of
Illinois, in a letter to-day to the Fed
eral Trade Commission and the De
partment of Agriculture which have
been directed by President Wilson to
investigate the high cost of foods, sug-
Kests that certain men be called to tes
tify as to what they know about the
matter. These men are:
Paul Schulze, a Chicago bakor; S. F.
McDonald, of Memphis, and J. M. Dell,
of Chicago, president and secretary,
respectively, of the National Master
Bakers' Association; John L. Llnd, of
Minneapolis, attorney for the wheat
mlllors, and the editor of "The Mod
ern Miller" of Chicago.
"I suggest calling these men," nald
Mr. Rainey, "because at the conven
tion of the master bakers In Salt Lake
City last August, Mr. McDonald, an
nounced "a nation-wide move would be
inaugurated at once both by advertis
ing and publicity to educate the public
to a ten-cent loaf." Sure enough the
first announcement to that effect was
made by the Bchul*e Baking Company,
of Chicago, a short time after the con
vention."
Mr. Rainey also charge* the bakers'
association with maintaining a lobby
here to prevent favorable action on
the pending bill to repeal the tax on
mixed flour which, he says, would
open the bread market to about 60,-
000,000 bushels of corn every year.
To Atk Wilson to Approve
$200,000 Appropriation
For Food Price Probe
Washington, D. C., Feb. 12.—Presi
dent Wilson will be asked to approve
a $200,000 appropriation for the food
price investlomtlon to be conducted by
the Federal Trade Commission and the
Department of Agriculture at his dis
cretion.
That amount, it was said to-d&y,
will be necessary to carry on an In
qulry thorough enough to develop
whether antitrust have been vio
lated.
The Department of Agriculture,
throush its office of markets, already
has collected a mass of material bear
ing on storage and distribution of
foodstuffs. That will be turned over
to the Trade Commission for use in
determining whether there has been
conspiracy or restraint of trade In han
dling the nation's food supply. Evi
dence gathered by the Department of
Justice in its cost of living investi
gation also will be available.
The Trade Commission's part In the
investigation. It was explained to-d&y,
willj>e primarily to determine If there
have been trust law violations. The
Department of Agriculture's part will
be to assemble statistics.
In ordering the Investigation Presi
dent Wilson asked the commission to
pay particular attention to manipu
lations, controls, trusts, combinations,
conspiracies or restraints or trade out
of harmony with the law or the public
Interest.
Plans for the investigation, it was
said to-day, are not complete. They
will be worked out in conferences be
tween Trade Commission officials and
Department of Agriculture officials as
soon as the appropriation Is made
available.
EXPHOT I!"f■TIIUOTIOJfi
Chicago, Feb. 12.—Agents of the Fed
eral Department of Justice expect to
receive Instructions today from Wash
ington to continue an Inquiry into food
prices here In connection with the In
vestigation which the Federal Trade
Commission and the eDpartment of Ag
riculture have been directed by the
President to make. Agents of the De
partment of Justice hare already col
lected a quantity of Information here
along this line and have forwarded It
to Washington.
STRICKEN OS CAR
C. Nelson Hamilton, aged <7 years,
dlde this morning at the Harrlsburg
Hospital. He was stricken with apo
plexy on a Third street car late Sat
urday night. Mr. Hamilton was taken
to the Harrlsburg Hospital In an un
conscious condition, where he died
this morning. Funeral arrangemenUi
have not been made.
iMiUttW
Your eyes are worthy of the best
attention you can (Ire them. Det
ainer glasses can be ted as low
205 locust Sr.
Optometrists
Opp. Orpheum Theater
Eyes Examined No Drops
MSMsawMasasss
FEBRUARY 12,1917.
Submarine and Convoy
Are Sighted in Midocean
New York, Feb. 12.—Two mysterious
vessels, one slald to have been a sub
marine, the other having every appear
ance of being a raider or submarine
supply ship, were sighted In midocean,
Monday, February 6, by oHcers and
pasengers of the American Line steam
ship Kroonland, which arrived yester
day from Liverpool. On February 11,
one day out from Liverpool, those on
board declared they witnessed the de
struction of a Dutch freighter by shell
Are from a submarine. The Kroonland
then was about eleven miles oft the
Irish coast and opposite Fastnet light.
The crew of the ship sunk took refuge
In a lifeboat and were towed away
by the submarine, it was said.
The Kroonland .was within five miles
of the Dutch steamer, and her crew and
passengers declared they saw the sub
mersible come to the surface, approach
the freighter, then sink her by three
shots from a dack gun. The Dutch
ship went down In about five minutes.
THIRTEEN COWS DIE IN FLAMES
Lancaster, Feb. 12.Fire of Incendiary
origin Saturday night destroyed the
barn on Ivan Krelder's farm, near
Bridgeport. Along with much grain,
thirteen cows, two horses and a mule
perished. Loss, $9,000.
PAHMEK, CUTTING WOOD, DIES
AS HE LEANS AGAINST WAGON
Tork, Feb. 12.—Alonzo McAllister, of
Fawn drove, was found dead In a
woods near his home. His body was
In a standing position and leaning
against his wagon. Death is supposed
to have been due to heart trouble. He
had gone to the place whero he was
found to cut wood. He had died after
half filling the wagon with wood.
By Actual Test the Ferro-
Jackson Motor in the "Wol-
I / verine Eight" is the most
f m • powerful for its piston dis
\J T?T?-r placement and the most
ottoi economical Eight-Cylinder
***—*" motor built.
FOOT Models:
FWe-Pasaenger Touring Car $1295. Four-Paaaenger
Cruisw, including five wire wheels $1395; wood wheels ■
SIOO less. Two-Passenger Roadster $1295- Fire-Paa
icncnr Sedan (Demountable Top) including regular
topIISOS. All prices to.b. factory.
P. H. Keboch, District Sales Manager J
15 S. THIRD STREET 8011, 572-W Harrisburfir, Pa.
IT is difficult to describe —in
• words —the sensation en
joyed by a ride in an
person Roadaplane.
The roads seem to be
K. L. COWOKN
Central n jWlvani^^atrlbutor
Two Classes of German
Ships in American Ports
Washington, Feb. 12. There are
two classes of German ships in Amer
ican ports. Those interned are war
vessels, such as the commerce raiders
Prlnz Eitel Frledrich, Kronprjnz Wil
helm and such naval vessels as the
gunboats Cormorant at Guam and
Grler at Honolulu. The crews of
these vessels, as well as the ships, be
ing part of the German naval forces
which have taken refuge in neutral
harbors are interned as prisoners for
the duration of the war under provi
sions of international law and The
Hague conventions.
The status of the war-bound Ger
man merchantmen is different and HO
is the status of their crews. The mer
chant ships are not interned in any
sense of the word, but are remaining
in harbor of refuge. They are free
to pass to sea at any time and take
their chances with the enemy •war
ships. Their crews are in the same
status as any other aliens coming to
the United States. Any one of them
may be admitted to the country upon
fulfilling the immigration require
ments. While they are in the status
of aliens they are for the present con
fined aboard their ships by the im
migration authorities in accordance
with the steps taken against the
destruction of property or menaces to
navigation In American harbors.
It is believed that Germany's in
quiry is to clear up misconceptions
widely circulated there that Germans
in the United Strifes hcive been Im
prisoned and that German property
has been confiscated. President Wil
son has announced that all foreign
rights are to be respected in every
sense.
11