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Wlj c ZVHuut a jit Stfuvwl VOLUME XX. PRESIDENT SPENDS FIRST OH OUT ON correspondence; Party, Dining Quietly. Served hy Ex-Kaiser’s Waiter. Quarters in Paris Ready for Delegates ON BOARD U. S. S. GEORGE WASHINGTON. Dec. s.—(Morning * By Wireless to the Associated Press.) —President Wilson's ship this morning was 430 miles out. steering * , a steady course at a speed of 17 knots an hour. The weather today was clear rnd : cold, the pale making the escort observable from the decks of the president’s* steamer. The president slept late and took breakfast with Mrs. Wilson, no oth er members of the party being pres ent with them at this meal. After- * ward the president worked with his stenographer and examined the of ficial wireless message which in cluded several applications for clem ency. A pouch of official mail will be put off at the Azores on Sunday and I be carried back to the United States I . an board a destroyer. The president has his own type- ■ .* . writer on board xnd is using it at | intervals in working upon the I speeches he expects to deliver in ' France. No announcement was made i on board today regarding appoint-1 meats to the oilices of the treasury . or director of railroads. (The ap- ! pointment of Representative Glass as . secretary of the treasury was an nounced in Washington.) President Wilson spent most of the first day of the trip on this steam ship working in his dffice, part of his suite -After acknowledging from the - bridge the greetings that were given nim as the ship put to sea. he turned to the pile of letters and telegrams awaiting bin: and snent several hours working with his stenographers. In the afternoon, on the advice of his physician. Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, he lay down and rested for a time because of a slight cold that was affecting his voice. Later the president received calls from officials on board, including the Italian and French ambassadors. Fol lowing this he took a walk on deck, together with Mrs. Wilson. The presidential party dined quiet- S* ly in the evening, being served by a waiter who claimed to have attended Emperor William and the Empress in tho same suite on the trial trip as the George Washington. The reports that the presidential suite had been fitted up in a luxurf- , ous manner are untrue In the dining hall musjc was fur bished by the ship's band and a quar tet of sailors. The president is keeping in touch with official business by wireless. The escorting destroyers, with the' battleship Pennsylvania leading the column, are keeping in close touch with the steamship carrying the • president. Mine sweepers are running betorc the bow of the ship. They are loaded with steel billets to insure their deep draught. The weaklier Is cold and misty, but' the ses. is calm In the evening Mrs. Wilson reieas- , ed from the George Washington car-I rier pigeons bearing notes of thanks : to Vice Admiral Cleaves for the sue- i cess of the arrangemetns made for j the departure. Representatives of the Associated Press, the United Press and the In ternational News Service are accom panying President Wilson and party •to Europe aboard the U. S. S. George Washington. .Arrangements were made in advance to permit the corre spondents to send brief individual messages from the ship by wireless, the first dispatch being released for simultaneous publication at 11:70 >. Eastern time, today. The George Washington will steam byway of the Azores, but will not aut in at those islands. DELEGATES’ CARTERS . IX PARIS ARE READY , PARIS. Tuesday. Dec. 3.—Quar ters for Secretary Lansing and the other American delegates to the oeace conference have been assigned at the Crillon hotel, on the Place le La Concorde. This large hotel - has been divided up into suites of rooms for the delegates. Each suite will comiwiso living quartets and a business office for each delegate and; his immediate secretaries. The apart-! ments overlook the Esnlanade of! Place de La Concorde, which is now: filled with war trophies and whete stand the great statues ol Stras bourg. Lille and Metz, each covered with floral offerings and flags. Each suite is handsomely furnish ed and has paintings and tapestries. There are commodious baths and: deeping chambers. The delegatesl (Continued on Page 3. Column 3.) | Beats Gas or Electricity * __ Mew Lamy Hu Mo Wick. Mo Chun- > ney. Mo Odor. Most Brilliant ' Light Known. A new lamp which experts agree gives the most powerful home light in the world, is the latest achieve ment of W. H. Hoffstnt. 913 Factory Bldg.. Kansas City, Mo. 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Write him today.—<Advt.) a DAVID LAWRENCE, famous ' Washington correspondent of the New York Evening Tost, who has gone to Europe with the president to write about the • president andrthe great peace | conferences for readers of The I Atlanta Journal and the Eve- • ntng Post. j J zJr . r ’ j David Lawrence Will Cover Peace Meet for Journal As all eyes center upon tho peace table in Europe and the momentous transactions which will transpire there. The Atlanta Journal has per fected the most efficient possible meant' of securing and presenting to its readers these events and. in so far as is possible for human judgment to discern, their significance In addition to its usual world-wide news-supplying agencies, including the Associated Press and the United Press. The Journal will have as its special representative David Law rence, of the New York Evening Post, who is without peer as a news paper writer upon political events of world significance. Until assigned to France with President Wilson Mr. Lawrence has been the Washington correspondent of the Post, and in the quality of tits service he has stood pre-eminent in the rank and file of Washington cor respondents and has a following that is nation-wide. He adds to his capacity as one of the most efficient reporters in Ameri ca the rare ability to interpret events political, legislative and diplomatic ' In the light of the history of all theso fields. To these indispfensa'ole attri butes he adds also a practical ideal ism which gives strikingly human color and quality to his work. No correspondent has a wider ac quaintance among the mtn who are making and will make history, and by them he is trusted implicitly. This means an inexbaustible wealth of ac curate information from authentic I sources at the peace conference, it j means actual participation in eoun- ; cils of momentous importance and in- : fluence; it means knowledge of what is in preparation long before it finds its way even into his own dispatches. ( Predicted Wilson’s Election Although his influence and prestige • had been steadily growing. Mr. Law- k rence may be said to have made his first real appearance in the national limelight in the fall of 191 >1 when, i after a nation-wide tour, he alone predicted correctly the election of; President Wilson without New York, i New Jersey, Illinois and Indiana, but with California. Washington, Mon- j tana, etc. Since then he has more than sus- . tained the reputation previously won. 1 The accuracy and authoritativeness with which he analyzes and explains the purpose and views of President . Wilson makes his work unique in i journalism. In this field he has no , rival and his articles are therefore ! read with closett interest by states- ' men. editors and publicists in this I and other countries. It gives Inval- ! uable advance information as to the i trend of affairs. Mr. Lawrence has scored so many j bull’s-eyes by his predictions that i tney are now accepted as a matter ot ' course. Among these were the tai;- ; ing over of the railroads by the gov- ; ernment, McAdoo’s appointment as : director general, presidential Indorse ment of woman suffrage, the Lan- i sing-Ishjt agreement, licensing of ex ports and imports and other de- I velopments in rapid succession. Two Press Services Besides the special and Infinitely i valuable service which Mr. Lawrence will render the readers of The Jour nal. they will have the news of the i peace conference presented to them ■ by the greatest staffs of correspond- | ents that the Associated Press and the United Press hav- ever assem bled for the handling of any new;>' situation. The staff of the Associated Press j at the peace conference will be made j up as follows: Melville E. Stone, general man ager; Elmer Roberts, chief of tho Paris bureau: Robert M. Collins, chief of the London bureau; Charles T. Thompson. Charles E. Kloebe, Salvatore Cortesi. chief of the Rome j bureau: L. C. Probest, chief of the Washington bureau; S. R. Conger, former chief of the Berlin bureau; Edwin M. Hood. Robert Berry. F. B. Gyrndy. J. A. Bouman, Burge Mc- Fall. James P. Howe. Philip M. Powers. Stuart Marony. S. F. Wader and T. T. Topping. For the United Press, Ed L. Keen, general European manager of the service, will be In direct charge. As sisting him directly will be Fred S. Ferguson and Lowell Mellett. both of whom have had wide experience (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) PRESIDENT IMS nWOSBIMI. dktim™ iSenator Smith, of South Car ; olina, Favors Modifica tions —Congress Will Have to Work Out the Problem j WASHINGTON. Dec. s.—Presi i dent Wilson leans toward the "re i gional director” plain of railroad control as a solution ot the problem he put up to congress in his message Monday. He will give congress ample time to work out legislation sowing the problem, and will not turn the roads back to private control unless con- I gress fails to move within die 21 i months after peace, fixed by law a*’ j the limit of government control. These statements were made to day by Senator Smith. South Caro i lina, chairman of the senate .n.er state commerce commission, follow i ing a conference with President Wil ! son a few hours before the latter I left Washington to go abroad. Senator’s Plan “It is my purpose,” said Senator • Smith today, “to take steps to get I the Newlands’ joint railroad con. j mlttee together as soon as other , pressing matters have been disposed of. This committee Is peculiarly | well equipped to tackle the railroad ’ problem Intelligently. It seems un ' likely to me that any congressional i action can come at this session, but as a result of my talk with the pres ident, I do not believe he -will take any action to turn the railroads back unless congress fails to act. .rithin tho 21-month period. “The president’s ideas as convoy ed to me are in the main just as he expressed them to congress, but he leans towards tho regional director plan. “Just at a glance I’m inclined to th-nk that this plan would estab lish a strong central control without wholly destroying elements of local control.” The regional plan was sugg.wtcd to the Newlands’ committee by law yers for the railroads. Senator Smith favors' some modifications of the original plan, the essentials of which are: Federal control exercised by a body sitting in Washington, sue!, xs tho interstate commerce commis sion for instance. Formation of regional corpora tions or appointment of regional di rectors to regulate locally. Private Ownership Ownership and operation of the , railroads to remain in private hands. Central and regional federal con trol to extend to rates, bond issues and financing, but not to re-routing or division of equipment.' 1 This outline of the plan contains some elements of vital difference be tween the railroads and members of congress favoring! trfe strongest fed eral control, but Smith indicated to day that lie is inclined to adopt .ho . principle of the regional plan as a ; basis from which to begin working. The president in his message spoke ! specifically cf this plan as the “mid die ground” between government ; ownership and returning ’he roads outright to private ownership. Strong opposition to it, if it is , proposed, is expected from “states ( rights" congressmen, who declared today, it would destroy the power of I state railroad arid utilities commis i sions to regulate the lines. Whatever is done. Senator S th said today, must be complete. “There should be no piecemeal legislation,” he said. He character ; ized Senator Hoke Smith’s bill re storing to the interstate commerce commission its full pre-war powers l as piecemeal legislation. Many oth er bills designed to solve separate angles of the problem are expected. Senator Smith will confer today ■ with Representative Esch, who after ■ March 4 will be chairman of the house committee, and who with I Smith is a member of the Nev lands' ' commute*. Billion Dollars Cut From Navy’s Expense Estimate WASHINGTON, Dec. .'.--More than a billion dollars has been cut from ■.he navy’s estimates of expenditures for the coming fiscal year. Secretary Daniels disclosed today that the esti mates sent to congress Monday were based on the war program and that i the reduction process that already has eliminated over a fifth of the ' $2,G00,000,000 total is continuing. Senate Committee Against Sending Senators to France ‘ WASHINGTON. Dec. s.—By unan imous vote the senate loreign rela tions '•ommitlee today disapproved the resolution of Senator Cummins, of lowa, Republican, proposing to send a senate committee to Paris for the peace conference. STOMACH TROUBLE OR TAPEWORM BANISHED Many persons who suffer from stomach trouble really have a tape worm and don't know it. A guaran teed remedy which has proven to be remarkably effective in expelling tapeworm and giving quick relief in all forms of stomach trouble is be ing sent on free trial by the Schoen herr Co., Dept. 55. Milwaukee. Wis. They guarantee it to remove. In less than one hour, any tapeworm with its head—no pain, no dieting, no dan ger; also to relieve any form of stomach trouble or it costs nothing. Take advantage of their free trial of- Write them today.—(Advt.) ATLANTA, GA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1918. BREWERTON’S DAILY PICTORIAL FREEPOA'. , .vA/ I- ! OF IHE A «se!ze'- M /ÜBtei. 4 if I z i 'i J ( Holland I if I | ‘ f o 1 ’ Tisza's I 1 I y I EXTRAPITTOAi- ' |i N I ~ -NEWS \ ilirWgwwl , I ATI A M EMBer i r ITO see ,(/ V >-U ==■ Company's ■ / V///// Q-qni Com i az (2-? w/a /z Carter Glass Named Secretary of Treasury To Succeed McAdoo WASHINGTON. Dec. s.—Reprcscn tative Carter Glass, of Virginia, was nominated today by President Wil son to be secretary of the treasury of the United States. Mr. Glass will go into office on December 16 under an agreement with Secretary McAdqo, whose resig nation was accepted by the president to take effect upon tiie appointment and qualification of his successor. 'Before assuming his duties, Mr. Glass will go to his home in Lynch burg, to adjust business affairs to which he said he cannot give as much attention as he 'did when a member of the house. “It would be presumptions on my nart to give out any statement be fore the senate confirms my nomina tion.” Mr. Glass said. He promised a statement when his nomination is confirmed, but said it would Contain no outline of policy. Mr. lHass’ friends said lie had taken the position against his own wishes. He himself showed little en thusiasm when informed his nomina tion had been sent to the senate. "I expected it would be,” was his only comment. Mr. Glass explained that he had just come from Europe and had been out of touch with the treasury for the past several weeks. Friends of Mr. Glass say. however, that he is fully alive to the vroldems that the treasury must meet and it was the belief that some one else ould han dle them better than he that made him reluctant to enter tiie cabinet. Added to this is the fact that Mr. Glass is one of the democratic lead ers in the house and has been re elected time after time without op position. A few minutes after news of his appointment was received on the house side of the capitol, Mr. Glass walked on the floor and an swered to a roll call. Three hundred representatives rose and applauded him for several min utes. The nomination, which had been prepared by President Wilson before his departure Tuesday night, was sent in from the White House upon word from Mr. Glass that he would accept the pest. Mr. Glass’ resig nation a member of the house within the next tew days, after eighteen years of service, will cause a special election to be held in his district to choose a successor. No changes in policy of the treas ury are to be expected at present if at all, Mr. Glass said today. His relations with Secretary McAdoo have been very close and he is fa miliar generally with treasury af fairs. The principal task ahead relates to the continued financing of the war .and Mr. McAdoo already has announced plans for at least one more large bond Issue in the spring, the bonds to be of short maturities The floating of short-term certlfi cates in preparation for this los probably will continue. The secretary of the treasury is a member ex-officio of the federal re serve board and has a large part in guiding policies. Mr. McAdoo ia> advocated the policy of allowing banks a rather free hand in the con duet of their ordinary business witn a minimum of restrictions by the federal reserve board. Mr. Glass, as one of the originators of the federal reserve system, has concurred gener ally in this attitude, Hohenzollern Must Be Punished for Crimes, Declares Morgenthau William Hohenzollern must be ■ punished, says Henrv Morgenthau. j It is necessary as a precedent for the new international law of per-' eonal responsibility for international; crimes that will be established by the i peace conference. And not only William Hohenzol-' lern, but also Von Hindenburg and Von Ludendorf and others in Gov- 1 many too numerous to mention. Also : the rulers of the Turkish govern • ment who refused to stop the mas- ' i sacro of Armenians. These and other subjects were . briefly touched on by Mr. Morgen- I thau in an interview with The Jour nal while he was here in the inter est ot’ the Jewish War Relief Fund. i The distingushed former ambassador to Turkey is one of tho highest au-i i thoritles on German* intrigue. His I books on the subject are being read i j everywhere. He is a great lawyer, ■ a great business man, a great hu-1 ! manitarian. He is treasurer of the! j Democratic national committee and' a very close friend of I’resident Wil-1 son. He speaks as one who knows. Must Create Precedent I “The men in Germany who are re- I sponsible for the wholesale murders of the war must be punished for their crimes,” said Mr. Morgenthau. “It must not be the punishment of I mob violence, but the orderly pun ishment imposed bj’ a court of jus tice after they have received a fair 1 trial. If a government in the future j j notifies a ruler that he will be neld personally responsible for crimes be ing committed with his consent, or about to be committed with his con sent, lie will not disregard such a notice, as rulers have disregarded them in the past. Inasmuch as a new code of international law undoubted- j ly will be established at the peace ! conference that will cover this uoint, iit is well to base it upon prece -1 dents which can now be created. i “This applies also to the rulers ot I the Turkish government who refused i to put a stop to the wholesale mas- | I sacres of Armenians and the cruel J i mistreatment of Frfench and British : ’prisoners. As American ambassador,' I served notice on Enver Pasha, Talat I I’asha and the former grand vizier, | Said Halim, that they would be held , ! personally responsible.” / They paid no attention to Mr. Mor- ; ganthau, because they then thought ! Germany was going to win. Huns Not Yet Democratic Asked whether he thought the Ger- I man people are really cured of au- ! j tocracy, whether the yare really de- sirous of governing, themselves and , winning back, if possible, the respect , and confidence of the othir nations.* Mr. Morganthau said: “The Hindenburg-Ludendorff intlu- ' egee still controls the military in ; Germany. Until that influence is i gone, there can be no genuine Ger- | ! man democracy. The German peo- • i pie cannot enter the family of de- ' j mocracy until they pull up the Hin- ' (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) Makes Fords Start Easy A new Gas Generator, which heats I the manifold vaporizes the gas and makes instant ignition possible has been invented by the Bear Mfg. Co . Hr Bear Bldg., Rock Island. 111. This simple and inexpensive device dues away with hot water makeshifts, etc.. and gives you a “ready to start' motor in the coldest weather. 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Members of naval units iu schools and colleges will complete their training and then stand discharged In the cases of special student bod ies, such as the paymaster's school at Princeton and the ensigns' school at Annapolis, students in tne ptes ent classes, upon graduation, will pe commissioned in the reserve. The release of enlisted men is au thorized not because tho navy is over-manned, but to permit the re turn to civil pursuits of youths who joined for the war and who do not intend to follow the sea. GRAY HAIR BAYISHED Kotor-Bak positively guaranteed to restore your gray bair to its original color. Not a dye cr stain. Cures dandruff in 2 applica tions, stops falling hair. Harmless, color less. shunless. Pay nothing if it fails. Write Kolor-Bak Products Co.. 68 West Washington st.. Dept. 1266, Chicago, for free liook and positive proof.—(Advt.) Where Is the “Six Bits” Newspaper? Stup to think for a minute what 75 cents would buy when The Semi-Weekly Jour nal first sold for 75 cents a year. Seventy-five cents bought six packages of meal, seven pounds of bacon, paid a field hand for a day and a half work, or bought fifteen pounds of sugar for the good housewife. But year by year a dollar has shrunk until now it has only about half its former purchasing power. Today we are not selling The Semi-Weekly Journal at 75 cents a }ear because we could not give you two papers a week at that price. Also the government has ordered us to restrict the number of papers we mail out to subscribers, as paper, which was once plentiful and cheap, is now scarce and more than double the price we once paid for it In order to meet part of the increased expenses of publication, we were forced to raise the price of The Semi-Weekly Journal to 5i.25 a year on November 21, 1918. This increase is small compared to the increase in price of meat, flour, cotton, fertil izer, farm implements, and everything else. We are giving you a better paper while the quality of many other things are inferior to that formerly bought at a lower price. If you want to keep in touch with vour country and the outside world, read The Semi-Weekly Journal. Don’t think we' can’t give you NEWS now because the war is ended. “Our boys” are still over there, and much is to be done. Nothing has been definitely settled, and you must continue to read the “good old” Semi-Weekly so you will know what will be done to make the world safe for democracy. Send us $1.25 for one year’s subscription, or get up a club of three and get yours for nothing. Col lect 5i.25 from three friends and send their money and address with $3.75. We give them a year each, and send you the paper one year for your trouble. Use the coupon below. Sciul-Weekly Journal, Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ge.. Atlanta, Ga. Encicsecl find $3.75. Send The Semi- Weekly journal X year year F "to ° ' 6 ou n “ o « each to the three following; names and extend my subscription one year for gfetting; np the clnb. Name B. T. D r. O Enclosed yon will find Hama of Sender $1.25 in. p. o Ward Greene Across; Watch for His Stories Ward Greene, of The Journal's reportorial staff, is in Europe to write about the war ard the part that Georgia and Uie south played in the winning of it. He will send back to The Journal intimate per sonal stories that the families and friends of the men who were in the thick of the fight have been waiting for. A cablegram reach ed The Journal Wednesday afeer i noon, announcing Mr. Greene’s I safe arrival in Liverpool. His first stories from over there will i begin to reach The Journal in a few weeks. Tfley will continue ; as long as Mr. Greene finds ma terial that he feels is of partic ular interest to the readcis of this newspaper. The Eighty-second division, the Dixie division, the One Hundred and Fifty-first ma chine gun battalion made up of Georgia national guardsmen will have Greene’s especial attention But his field is without limit. The Journal has sent him across to write what he finds in his own splendid way. And The Journal predicts that no better stories of the war will come out of Europe than those to be written by Ward Greene. Navy Is Seeking to Control Wireless; Big Fight Coming WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—A big bat tle for navy control of wireless olants in peace time is about to open. Hear ! ings will start December 12 oefore the house merchant marine commit , tee on a bill to take over all sta- I tions. The fight lies largely between ! the navy department and the Amei • ! ican Marconi company. But. behind the American cotupatiy apparentlv stands the British Mar coni company—subsidized by tlie British government. The American Marconi company hae sold the na<y its sbip-to-shore stations, but re tains ks grasp on four high powered stations. Two of these on the At lantic have not been used, but ap parently are part of a plain to cre ate a wireless link between England United States so as to join qp with wireless to the far east. Captain Todd, head of naval com munication. who will conduct Hie main fight for the navy, believes it I is absolutely essent.al that the navy get control of all the stations, tn eluding a dozen net under Marconi control. Else, ho maintains, the big mer chant marine we are building will suffer, along with commercial busi ness. through tho "static interfer encc” between competing, uncon trolled stations. Fourteen Women Seek Seats in Parliament LONDON. Wednesday, Dec. 4. Among the candidates for parlia inent nominated yesterday were four , teen women. They include Miss Christabel Par.khurst, daughter of Mrs. Emeline Pankhurst the suf frage leader: Mrs. Frederick Pethick Lawrence, joint editor of Votes for Women; Miss Mary McArthur, secre tary of the British Women’s Trades union, and Countess Georgina Markie vicz, of Dublin, the Sinn Fein leader Three Ships on Way To U. S. With Soldiers PARIS. Dec. s.—ln addition to the steamers Empress, of Britain, and Adriatic bound for New York with American soldiers aboard, the Cano pic has left Liverpool for Boston with forty officers and 1,052 men of the air service, it was officially an nounced today. NUMBER 1251 EX-KAISER KNOWS HE MUST INSWEII CRIMINALCHABGEE Knowledge Prevents Hk Granting Interview, He Says—German Delegation to Ne itiate William’s Tria AMERONGEN. Holland. Tuesday Dec. 3. (By the Associated Press.) “I am a private citizen and while li Holland will not make any statemeir whatever for publication." This was the formed German em peror’s message to the Associates Press correspondent when h» callet at Count von Bentinck's castle agati today. The German general acting as or flerly. formerly governor of Met 4 brought the message direct from Wil Ham Hoher.zollern, who last evening was inclined to make a public decla ration, but today changed his mind The message continued: “You mus fully realize my position. 1 am threat ened on all sides with crimina charges, which. If brought, I mus face. Therefore, I must reserve an; statement until charges arc actual?' brought. "Also I owe a certain loyalty t< the present German government tiffi cannot make a statement migk compromise others." The correspondent requested th< general to ask the former emperoi whether he would confirm the crowj prince’s assertion regarding thi Kruger telegram, and the genera brought back the answer: "The crown princo is absolute!’ correct in his facts. The telegram already written, was laid before n? for signature. “I refused to sign it for three da; J but finally did so under pressure o the German diplomats and my pdlitj cal advisers, who advanced many rca sons for sending tiie dispatch. course, having signed it. I take fuj responsibility." The former emperor and empres are leading a very quiet life table is of the .simplest; in fact v ?hei have submltted'to . .gelations requi? ing them to be rationed for bread an’ butter and other edibles just aq th, ordinary country folk. Occasional!’ they walk in the surrounding woods but recent days have been so that it been almost impossibv for them to go out except for a cM riage drive. “Kruger telegram* referred by the former emperor was sent bj him to “Ootn" Paul Kruger. preCi dent of the Transvaal republic, oi January 3, 1896. It was the outcoiw of German “flirtations" with Us Transvaal republic, during which tMi intentions ot Germany toward Briti leh influence in South Africa cause* deep concern. f This “flirtation” began in the earlji nineties and was brought to the no ; tice of the world by Presides, Kruger in January, 1895, when, at i banquet given in honor of Wllliapi’l birthday at Pretoria, Kruger w ra, ferred in glowing terms to Germany*, friendship for the Transvaal, which he said, would “in future be mor< firmly established than ever.” / The historic “Jameson raid" wai made late in the same year and <d Januaijy 2, 1896, Jameson found liimi self surrounded by Boers at Door® kop and surrendered. The next day; the emperor’s telegram was sent. 11 congratulated Kruger that “withou' appealing to the help of friendly powers” he had repelled the This act caused much surprise in England, which called attention !<3 the London convention reserving th( (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.)
