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®he Atlanta Stoaraat
VOLUME XX.
Era of Prosperity Now
In. Prospect for Ports
Os Georgia and South
Southern Ports Will Share in
, Tonnage to Be Released by
War Department for Com
mercial Shipping
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.—An early
spurt in America's trade with for
eign nations will follow the decision
of the war department to turn »ver
immediately about one million tons
of cargo tonnage for commercial
shipping. Assurances have been
given southern commercial interests
that a fair proportion of this ton
nage will be available for the move
ment of cotton to European ports.
As the transportation demands of
the war department gradually es
sen additional tonnage will be placed
at the disposal of the United States
shipping board and the American
merchant marine will soon reach un
precedented carrying capacity.
Southern ports, such as \\ ilming
ton. Newport News. Charleston,
Brunswick and Savannah, are cer
tain to draw increased business un
der the new policy announced here.
There will be an allocation of the
tonnage among the various ports of
the Atlantic coast and a systematic
attempt will be made to relieve as
cujckly as possible the transporta
tion congestion of the war period.
With the return of cargo tonnage
to commercial uses, there will be ac
companying relaxation of the re
strictions on imports and exports.
Conferences have recently been held
here by representatives of the war
department, the war trade board, the
shipping board and various commer
cial organisations at which a pro
gram was approved to turn back
into the lanes of foreign commerce
scores of ships which have been
used heretofore for strictly war pur
poses.
Baker's Esttmats
It is understood t>at Secretary
Baker estimates that the war depart
ment wilt lie able to turn back »n
the near future not less than 1,500,-
<.AO tons. The allocation, however,
wIU be gradual so that there will
be no demoralisation and confusion
in the shipping trade incident to the
confusion of so great a tonnage from
war to commercial uses.
An immediate return of 800.000 to
1.000.000 tons to trade routes is now
m prospect and as rapidly as the
war department can release other
vessels and the trade can handle
them acceptably, more ships will be
added to the peace trade.
Increased* business activity at all
sent hem ports undoubtedly will fol
- low the release by the war depart
ment of these ocean steamers, i’roa
ucts which have heretofore had a
restricted market may now begin to
move across the oceans to Europe,
and there will be a great revival of
American shipping.
At this time, the South is especial.y
interested in its cotton crop. The
federal authorities have given assur
ances that in the allocation of the
war department’s tonnage. the cot
ton trade will be provided for. ana
the cottun ports of the south should
promptly make their needs known to
the shipping board, whichf will have
general supervision of the allocation.
Smith Seess Goethals
Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia,
conferred a few days ago with Gen
eral Goethals, the director of army
transportation, regarding the resump
tion of cotton shipments and the
conversion of army tonnage. General
Goethals ha:; made report to the
secretary of war ektimat l ng that it
will be possible to release a consid
erable tonnage immediate'y and ap
proving the idea that as fast as the
army can spare ships which have
’»een used for months in the trans
portation of troops and supplies, they
should be turned back to the trade
routes. _ .
Southern members of congress here
believe that after-war condition.?
must result in a greater utilisation
of the ports along the lower Atlantic
and guf coasts. Congestion at the
large ports of the north, like New-
York and Boston, must be relieved
with the resumption of European
irade and America’s participation in
the rebuilding of Europe. With the
government continuing to operate
the railroads for some months to
come, and the shipping board super
vising ocean traffic. the natural
course will be a more generous use
of southern ports, so that the
portation strain may be lessened. AU
down the Atlantic seaboard and
around the gulf coasts, ports which
.and led a comparatively small pro
.-ortion of the nation’s shipping be
fore the war are now in line so.
genuine recognition.
Chairman Simmons, of the senate
finance committee, believes there will
be speedy reconciliation and use of
the facilities of the harbors of North
Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia.
Florida on around the gulf. His view
t shared bv other members of con
gress- from the south who would have
the products of that section go to
Europe bv the most direct route and
now are the position to expect early
realisation of their hopes.
Relations With Germany
Are Severed by Poland
AMSTERDAM. Dec. 16.—Poland
has severed relations with Germany,
according to a telegram received in
Berlin from Warsaw.
Poland, as a reason for the rup
ture. accuses the German authorities
in occupied provinces of acting con
trary to Polish interests and working
with the Boisheviki. At the request
of the Polish government. Governor
General von Beseler and the entire
staff of the German mission, will
leave the territory of the Polish re
public.
PROBE POLISH OUTRAGES
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.—Ameri
ca and the allied countries have
agreed to send a special civilian
mission to Poland to investigate re
ports of atrocities committed in that
country. It was announced at the
state department that this step has
been decided upon at the instiga
tion of th* French government and
nad been approved by Polish repre
sentatives in the various countries.
CARTER - GLASS RESIGNS
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.—Carter
Glass, who becomes secretary of the
treasury on Monday, has notified
the house that he had sent his res
ignation a» a representative to the
governor of Virginia, to be effective
beginning Monday
A successor to Mr. Glass in the
house will be chosen at a special
election to be called by the governor
of Virginia.
SUPREME COURT TO RECESS
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16. —The su
preme court will recess next * onday
over the Christmas holidays, recon
vening on Janlary 6, it was an
nounced today.
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Says Another Man
Used His Name in .
Mysterious Murder
MUSKEGON. Mich., Dec. 16.—Fur
ther questioning today of Milo H.
Piper, wealthy insurance man chargea
with killing Frieda Welchman, after
a short honeymoon, although he had
a wife living, was expected to clari
fy several obscure points developed
in the case since Piper’s arrest Sat
urday at Hamilton. Ontario.
Piper was brought here from Ham
ilton yesterday and added to the
mystery- surrounding the case by de
claring that his name was used by
another man in marrying Miss
Weichman. He gave this man’s name
as "John Sheldon,” adding that his
objections to the use of his name
was silenced by threats of trouble.
Miss Weichman was last heard
from by relatives in August, 1916. A
few weeks later at body identified as
hers only by th> clothing was un
earthed near a railway crossing in
Eggleston township. Mich. Piper’s
whereabouts at the time were un
known here and he was sought in
Chicago. Detroit and other cities. He
was finally arrested through a letter
sent to him under the name of John
Carlson at the general delivery win
dow of the Hami.ton, Ontario, post
office.
Piper’s wife and mother strongly
express their belief in his inrocence.
LETTERS FROM WOMAN
DESCRIBE HER TRAVELS
CHICAGO. Dec. 16.—Letters to
relatives here of Frieda Weichman,
giving details of her honeymoon
trip with her "husband.” Milo H.
Piper, held at Muskegon. Mich., on
a charge of killing her, were today
forwarded to the Michigan authori
ties. A post card ante-dating ’ the
letters and bearing date of Renssel
aer. Ind.. March 21, 1916. told of her
marriage there.
Most of the letters were written to
her aunt, Mrs. W. F. Klinke, of Hins
dale. a suburb, and bear the post
mark of various places, including
Henderson. Ky.; Stonewall, Colo.:
Pulaski. Tenn., and Hot Springs,
Ark. She said they were traveling
by automobile and were having a
pleasant trip. Records of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, at Renssel
aer, Ind., show that a man giving
the name of M. H. Piper and Miss
Weichman were married on March
21, 1916.
Says Germany Made
Great Blunder When
She Entered the War
GENEVA. Sunday. Dec. la.—(By
the Associated Press.) —Germany
made a great blunder in entering
the war and should admit she was
in the wrong, declared the Grand
Duchess Anastasie. of Meckllenburg-
Schwerln. mother of the former Ger
man crown princess, in an interview
today. The grand duchess, who !:•>
a Russian and a cousin of the late
Russian emperor, came to Geneva at
the outbreak of the war. She had
many reatives fighting against one
another on all fronts.
The correspondent was the first
newspaperman she had talked with
since the beginning of the war. Re
plying to a question about the former
emperor and the former crown
prince, she said pathetically:
"There is a splendid inaxitn in
your language: 'Don't hit a man
when he is down.’ Let us preserve
principle, this sporting principle, dur
ing our conversation.”
Asked why she had left Germany
as soon as that country began mili
tary operations, the grand duchess
replied: ***■
•'I could not remain in a country
which had declared war on my own
country—Russia. This war came as
a great surprise to me and my son
< Frederick Frane IV. grand duke of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who abdicat
ed several weeks ago), although we
were in constant touch with the
royal families of Germany. Russia
and Denmark. It has been said that
not more than twenty persons in
Germany understood what a cruel
mistake it was going to be. I was
one of them. However, as I never
meddled in politics and never intend
to, I was not able to interfere.
‘•But I continue to think that
Germany made a great blunder in
entering this terrible struggle, not
only front a humane point of view,
but also for political and commercial
reasons, as her commerce was pros
perous. Now. she has lost all. Ger
man?- should re-create a political, fi
nancial and artistic nation by openly
admitting;
•' 5Ve acted wrongly; we are sor
ry.’ ” ________
German Band Plays
‘Star Spangled Banner’
LONDON, Nov. 13.—(Correspond
ence of the Associated Press.) —A
German band at a prison hospital
near London played the "Star Span
gled Banner” and several hundred
wounded German soldiers sang it as
if they enjoyed it in celebration of
the signing of the armistice. The
music was in honor of a parade of
American wounded quartered in a
hcspital near the prison hospital
iSthe sentiment of these prisoners
may oe taken as a criterion the Ger
man people will harbor no old scores
against Americans for helping to de
liver the final blow of the war. They
ent-red heartily into the armistice
c-uebration and were glad the war
had ended.
Soon after news of the signing of
the armistice was receive 1 at the big
American hospital at Dartford it was
sent over to the Germans, whose
prison hospital joins the American
establishment.
On the. following day every Amer
ican able to walk was mustered into
a parade the route of which took
them through the prison grounds. As
the vanguard entered the German
band—Germans always manage to
scrape up a band wherever a large
number of them are quartered—be
gan playing the anthem of the U. S.
A. and the Germans sang it as the
happy Americans passed. They were
hajipy. too, and showed no animosity
i toward the Americans.
Women Vote Heavily
In British Election
LONDON, Dec. 16. Saturday's
elections were featured by the as
tonishing number of women voting.
The novelty of possessing the fran
chise seemed to appeal to them in
all parts of the country, the women
flocking to the booths in crowds and
outnumbering the male voters in
some districts. Many were accom
panied by their husbands, but the
majority went alone. In working
class districts mothers in many
cases took their families along.
Generally speaking the women re
garded their new responsibilities
very seriously and showed them
selves to be fully acquainted with
the procedure of voting.
A remarkable number of aged,
even infirm women voted, in spite
of the persistent rain, which pre
vailed over virtually the whole
country. Men often remarked that
their votes were nullified by th'eir
wives supporting opposing candi
dates. Reports go so far as to
WILSON TO STRESS
IMPORTANCEOFO.S.
VICTORY IN ADDRESS
Will Visit Soldiers and De
lineate in Speech Just
What Kind of Peace They
Have Fought For
BT DAVID LAWRENCE.
(Copyright, 1918, by the New York |
Evening Post, Inc.)
PARIS, Dee. 16. —President Wilson
is going to visit the American troops
December 24. General Pershing has
arranged for the trip. Undoubtedly
it will be the occasion for an impor
tant speech that will emphasize and
delineate in the public mind the
achievement of the American forces.
While this is appreciated by the great
mass of the French and British peo
ple, certain interests which want to
make a different kind of peace from
that which America understood when •
she announced her creed and battle .
cry of making the world safe for de- j
mocracy have been trying to deprecl- |
ate what has been done by the United ,
States in the war.
This tendency ought to be checked,
because it cau prove disturbing if
permitted to assume wider propor
tions. After all, it may be merely a
human tendency which in the hour of
triumph sometimes forgets how the
triumph was accomplished, just as a
man made rich often forgets who
gave him his first start.
It seems to be difficult to impress
some Europeans with the idea that
when America came 3,000 miles
across seas with her big army and
navy, and left on this soil thousands
of graves of American youths, we
broke the American traditional poli
cy of isolation, and now that vic
tory is achieved we cannot allow a
peace to be made which is in any
wise different from the views of
democracy w hich inspired our troops
at Chateau-Thierry and elsewhere to
carry forward the battle flag of
world democracy. Our peace delega
tion would not feel true to the ideals
of America, if it permitted without
protest its colleagues to say, “this
is a strictly European affair. Your :
own policy in the past has been to
keep aloof, and now it should be
isolation once more.”
Will Not Interfere
America certainly has no desire
to interfere In the slightest degree
in trade and business questions in
volving the legitimate expansion of
European nations, but it will insist
on a voice in the arrangements and
agreements which will make it cer
tain that nothing will be done which
will make necessary another war by
another generation, the bringing of
America into the maelstrom anew. In
other words, the American attitude
here is: "We were partners in the
world policy when the war came. \Ve
must be i»artners in peace, so that
war will be unnecessary or localized
in the future. We have shown that
our sacrifice knows no boundaries
when the principles of world set
tlement are at stake, and we are
ready to insist that every nation
must exhibit the same spirit of self
denial in the hours of peace.”
Perhaps in respect to no question
more than that of the freedom of the
seas is the issue more clearly drawn
There is much discussion in America
as to what that term means, out
there is no doubt in the minds of the
allied governments. Indeed, in my
opinion, some American newspapers
have been interpreting the phrase
too extremely and radically, and have
been partly misled by expressed or
unexpressed apprehensions of the
British.
As a matter of fact, England will
find in the last analysis that Amer
ica is not asking her to adopt the
impossible, but asking for that which
Great Britain herself is going to see
is for her benefit as well as for
the peace of the world.
No Objection to Navy
There is not the slightest objec
tion, for instance, to possession by
Great Britain of a large navy. Any
idea that America wants England to
reduce to a point of equality with us
her naval strength is absurd and
mischievous. America simply wants
the league of nations not to be dom
inated by a single power any more
than in a fraternal or charitable or
ganization among private individuals
we permit the man who makes the
largest donation of money to admin
ister the affairs or shape the poli
cies.
England will probably make in the
end the largest naval donation to
the league of nations, but America
believes that international compacts'
should limit the sphere of every na
tion’s activity, so that navalism can
not be developed into a world men
ace any more than militarism.
Americans agree that the British at
titude in controlling the seas in the
past has been most liberal, but no
league of nations can rest on firm
foundations if dependent merely on
written expectation and benevolence.
The American contingent, therefore
believes that ivngland eventually will
give the world a magnificent example
of her own unselfishness by pool-
(Continued on Page 6, Coininn 4.)
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ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1918.
Dukes’ Bools Straight;
Foul Play Suspected by
Relatives of Missing Man
Brother of Missing Milan
Man Declares He Was Ex
emplary, Without Financial
or Other Troubles
The search for Clifford C. Dukes,
the youngest bank president in the
United States, who disappeared mys
teriously a week ago from rotom No.
517 at the Ansley hotel, led »out of
town Monday morning: and, in the
opinion of his brother, I’. M. Dukes,
will soon" disclose what has hap
pened to the missing banker.
An auditor employed by W. C.
Wilcox, vice president and receiver
of the Farmers’ and Merchants’ bank,
of Milan, Ga., of which Clifford C.
Dukes was president and cashier, be
gan a thorough audit of the books of
the bank Monday morning.
"We have found absolutely noth
ing wrong,” said Mr. Wilcox, at 1-
o’clock Monday, over long distance
telephone to The Journal.
P. M. Dukes, brother of the missing
banker, arrived in Atlanta Sunday
from Tucson, Aris.
"Like my brotner’s wife, I firmly
believe lie is in the bands of a gang
of crooks from Tampa, ria., who
have him doped and are trying to
make him sign over big sums ot
money in the shape of checks,” saiu
Mr. Dukes.
Mrs. Dukes has returned to her
home in Milan, Ga., to see her chil
dren, one of whom is three years
old and the other 16 months. But
she probaoly will be back in Atlanta
by Tuesday to assist her brother-in
law and the Pinkertons to solve the
mystery, which presents some of the
queerest aspects that ever puzzled
the police here.
Both she and her brother-in-law,
who has gone into the case minutely
since his arrival from Arizona, have
rejected all theories except that the
missing banker, who is president <>£
the Merchants' and Farmers’ Bank,
of Milan, lias fallen into the bands
of four confidence men, traced to At
lanta from Tampa. Fla., and that
they have taken him out of the city
in a doped condition.
Other Theories Probed
Detectives who are working on the
mystery are Investigating along these
lines, but they are also working on
other theories. They are convinced
Mr. Dukes lias left Atlanta, and have
carried their search for him to other
southern cities.
The Farmers’ and Merchants' Bank,
of which he was president, was plac
ed in the hands of the vice president,
W. E. Wilcox, last week, as receiver.
But this was simply to prevent a run
on the bank. A statement made in
September had showed it to be in
sound condition, with 815,000 capital,
$15,000 surplus and $6,000 undivided
profits.
At the state banking department
at the capltol. however, it was said
Monday morning that Mr. Wilcox,
the receiver, had employed an out
side auditor to go over the bank's
books carefully and determine ex
actly its condition today.
P. M. Dukes, who arrived Sun
nay from Tucson. Ariz., where he
is a railroad conductor, gave an in
terview Monday morning which goes
even more thoroughly into the puz
zling case than the statement made
by the missing banker’s wife Satur
day night.
"I know It seems queer,” said Mr.
Dukes, "to think of confidence men
doping a man right here in the heart
of tlie city and spiriting him away
without a soul knowing a thing
about, it. It’s more like a tale from
the underworld than actual reality.
But I have investigated every phase
of the case a.id it’s the only ex
planation 1 can find. lam convinced
my brother is in the hands of crooks
who are trying to bleed him of all
the monev they can.
No Other Trouble
“Let’s look at the case the way
I have. First of all, let’s look at
the business reasons. Was there
anything in the way of finances that
could have made him voluntarily
disappear?
“I know there absolutely isn’t, be
cause the bank is sound and his
small Investments in cotton were on
an absolutely firm basis.
“Could it have been domestic
troubles? That is absolutely out
of the question because I have never
seen a more devoted couple than he
and his wife.
"Could his disappearance have
been the result of some wild esca
pade? That’s eveiprnwe impossible.
He’s never touched a drop of liquor
in his life: he's never smoked, or
used tobacco in any form; he's never
played cards, and he’s the most
moral man I've ever known.
“You know.” he added, “there’s al
ways a pick in every family and he’s
the pick of our family. He didn’t
have a thing to worry him, a thing
to make him unhappy, a thing to
cause him to leave home, and I can
see no possible explanation of Ills
disappearance exceot that he has
been the victim of crooks.” _ ~
Mr. Dukes was in room No. al«,
from which his brother disappeared
On the floor was a black handbag,
open just as the missing banker had
left it. This bag and a raincoat were
the only personal effects he brought
to Atlanta except the clothes on his
back. Wherever he is now he is
without even a change of linen, un
less he has bought other clothes. He
left everything behind him. even his
watch, which the maid at the hotel
found Tuesday morning under his
pillow.
“As you’ve already told.” contin
ued Mr. Dukes, “my brother left his
home in Milan, Ga.. Monday morn
ing to come here on business. He in
tended to return to Milan Tuesday
morning, but his wife got a letter
from him by the Tuesday morning
train, saying that lie had been de
layed and wouldn’t be home until
Tuesday night.
Suspect Confidence Men
“She tried to reach him Wednes
day at the Ansley by long distance
telephone, but the answer each time
was that he was registered at the
hotel, but was out just then. When
she came to Atlanta Thursday she
found the grip, raincoat and watch
In hfs room, but no trace of him.
Since then we've found that four
notorious confidence men had been
traced to Atlanta from Tampa by
the police and that they are known
to have registered at one of tne
Atlanta hotels Monday night. We
believe those men got him and have
him in their power now.
"From what we can learn, he
must have left the hotel some time
between midnight Monday and 7
o’clock Tuesday morning. At any
rate, the maid made un his room at
7 o’clock and he wasn't in then.
"I have been able to find only two
places to which he went while he
was here. One was an insurance
nffi'-e, where he remarked that he
had been delayed in finishing the
business that he Imd come to At
•anh to transact. The other was a
hardware store where he went to
huv a tricye’e as a Christmas pres
ent for his little three-year-old boy.
"My brother is between twenty
five and twenty-six years old. and
was born and raised at Bartow, in
Jefferson county. He was for sev
eral years a student at Mercer. After
’earring school he went into the
hanking business. He became cashier
of the Merchants and Farmers’ bank
of Milan three years ago. and was
afterward elected president the
•ounrrest bank president in the
r*”)ted States. Os course it's a small
CLIFFORD C. DUKE S,
youngest bank president in the
United States, who mysterious
ly disappeared while in Atlanta
last week and whom his wife
and brother believe is in the
power of a gang of crooks from
Tampa, Fla.
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Clemenceau’s Enemies
Trying to Capitalize
President Wilson’s Visit
BT J. W. T. MASON
NEW YORK, Dec. 16. —Political op
ponents of Premier Clemenceau are
trying to capitalize President Wil
son’s visit to France, in an effort to
bring about the overthrow of the
Clemenceau ministry.
The Socialist leaders and labor ex
tremists among the French politi
cions are antagonistic to Premier
Clemenceau, who is a radical, but
is anti-socialistic. They have been
long working for his downfall and
for the substitution of another so
cialistic government similar to the
administrations that preceded the
formation of the Clemenceau cabinet.
The visit of President Wilson to
Paris i appealing to the opposition
forces as a possible means of creat
ing a political crisis which might be
advantageous to themselves. It Is
their purpose to attempt to cause
the impression that the Socialists and
extreme laborlters are tlie only sin
cere supporters of President Wilson’s
completed peace program and that
the Clemenceau radicals are secretly
working against some of the Wilson
principles.
Ex-Kaiser Dines
Fairly Well for
Man Out of Job
AMERONGEN, Holland, Dec. 14.
This is a sample of Herr Hohenzol
lern’s dally menu:
BREAKFAST
Two cups of tea. Two boiled eggs.
Buttered toast. Two cups of choc
olate.
LUNCHEON
Grilled chicken or steak. Fried
potatoes. Omelette. Grapes or ap
ples. Sweet wine.
DINNER
Champagne. Hors D’Oeuvre. Soup.
Fish. Roast lamb. Vegetables. Cof
fee.
Congressmen Howard
and Brand Have “Flu ’
BT THEODORE TILLER.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. —Two
members of the Georgia delegation
are ill of influenza. Representative
William Schley Howard became >H
today, and Judge Brand, of the
Eighth district, was stricken yester
day. The influenza epidemic has re
turned here, but the disease is of
milder form than when hundreds
died in the national capital two
months ago. Neither of the Georgia
members is seriously ill at this time.
Gen. Scott to Command
Units at Oglethorpe
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.. Dec. 14.
Brigadier General William S. Scott
has been detailed as commander of
all units at Fort Oglethorpe, accord
ing to information reaching here to
day from Washington. General Scott
is a member of the regular army
and has served on the general staff
with the expeditionary forces in
France.
Negro Soldier Held
For Killing Conductor
ANNISTON, Ala., Dec. 16.—Ser
geant Ernest Cradwell, of Detroit.
Mich., a member of the One Hundred
and Fifty-seventh depot brigade at
Camp McClellan, is in the county
jail here charged with the killing
of Conductor Cecil Linten, and the
fatal shooting of Motornian Kelsie
Morrison Sunday afternoon.
try to attain to the position of presi
dent of a bank.
"He married four or five years
ago, and his home life has since
then been as happy as a man’s life
could be. He loved his home, and
his wife and children could always
find him at any time of the day or
night.
"In disposition he was a quiet boy.
never the sort that ever did any
sort of fast living. He was cheer
ful. never let things worry him, and
had nothing to worry over, so far
as I can find. He was in good
health and I can’t see anything in
the theory that he might be out of
his mind for the time being.
"There are three of us boys, and
Clifford is the youngest. The other
broth A-. George R. Dukes, is with
the Ohe Hundred and Sixty-fifth avi
ation squadron in London. Our
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Tert of W ilson’s Response
To France’s Greeting
PARIS, Dec. 16.—President Wil
son delivered an address today
at the city hall, where cere
monies had been arranged for.
The president replied to the greeting
extended him:
Tour greeting has raised many
emotions within me, the presi
dent began.
It is with no ordinary sympa
thy that the people of the Unit
ed States, for whom I have the
privilege of speaking, have view
ed the sufferings of the people
of France. Many of our own
people have been themselves wit
nesses of those sufferings. We
more deeply moved by the
wrongs of the war because we
knew the manner in which they
ware perpetrated.
I beg that you will not sup
pose that because a wide ocean
separated us in space we were
not in effect eye-witnesses of the
shameful ruin that was wrought
and the cruel and unnecessary
sufferings that were brought
upon you. These sufferings have
filled our hearts with indigna
tion. We know what they were,
not only, but we know what they
signified, and our hearts were
touched to the quick by them,
our imaginations filled with the
whole picture of what France
and Belgium in particular had
experienced.
Why V. 8. Entered War
When the United States en
tered the war, therefore, they
entered it not only because they
were moved by a conviction that
the purpose's of the central em
pires were wrong and must be
resisted by men everywhere who
loved liberty and the right, but
also because the illicit ambitions
which they were entertaining
and attempting to realize had led
to the practices which shocked
our hearts as much as they of
fended our principles.
Our resolution was formed be
cause we knew how profoundly
great principles of right were
affected, but our hearts moved
also with our resolution.
You have been exceedingly gen
erous in what you have been
gracious enough to say about me.
generous far beyond my per
sonal deserts, but you have in
terpreted with real insight the
motives and resolution of the
people of the United States.
Whatever influence I exercise,
whatever authority I speak with,
I derive from them. I know what
they have thought, I know what
they have desired, and when I
have spoken what I know was
in their winds, it hxs been de
lightful to see how the con
sciences and purposes of free
men everywhere responded. We
have merely establishd our right
to the full fellowship of those
peoples here and throughout the
world who reverence the right
of genuine liberty and justice.
You have made me feel very
much at home here, not merely
by the delightful warmth of
your welcome, but also by the
manner in which you have made
me realize to the utmost the in
timate community of thought
and ideal which characterizes
your people and the great na
tion which I have the honor for
the time to represent.
Your welcome to Paris 1
always remember as one of the
unique and inspiring experiences
of my life and while I feel that
you are honoring the people of
the United States in my person,
I shall nevertheless carry away
with me a very keen personal
gratification in looking back
upon these memorable days.
Permit me to thank you from
a full heart.
Addraas of Walcoma
Adrion Mithourad, president of the
municipal council of Paris, address
ing President Wilson, said:
I have the honor, in the pres
ence of the president of the re
public to present to you the mu
nicipal council of Paris, whose in
terpretation I am in welcoming
the chief of the great nation
whose aid arriving so opportune
ly brought us victory, and the
upright man whose conscience
fashioned his policj’ and whose
diplomacy was made of loyalty.
Turning to Mrs. Wilson, Mith
ourad said:
Madame. Paris is infinitely,
happy, and is touched, that you
who have accompanied the presi
dent, have been good enough to
add to this occasion the charm
and the grace of your presence.
We have long been aware of your
devotion and of the wise and
beneficent activity you have
shown by the side of your illus
trious husband. Yet nothing
strikes so much at the heart of
the people of Paris as to be per
mitted to know those who have
already conquered by their good
ness. Thus Paris by my voice
acclaims you, and lays at your
feet. Madame, the homage of its
gratitude and its respect.
Finally, speaking again to
President Wilson:
Mr. President, it is with deep
emotion that the capital welcomes
today the first president of the
United States who has crossed
the ocean and our hotel De Ville,
cradle of French liberty, will
mark in its annals the day on
which it was permitted to receive
the eminent statesmen of the
union, the citizen of the world —
dare we say the great European
interrogation—whose voice, heard
before the coming of victory call
ed to life the oppressed among
tlie nations.
Struggles of War
During weary months oar sol
diers have fought with stoic res
olution in defense of the soil
of their forbears and the land of
their children. So vast was the
field of battle, so great was tlie
issue at stake, so bitter and so
hard was the struggle, that oniy
o « f—c rfifl it
of their accomplishment could
clearly show* forth. Yet your
distance from the theater of war
has allowed you to see, while yet
they lived, the greatness of the
monument they were building.
From the other side of the
world you have spoken in ad
vance of the judgment of his
tory. What a source of strength
was it for these fighters sudden
ly to hear your' voice, in its dis
tant authority resembling the
voice of posterity; what joy to
welcome those new brothers in
arms hastening with ardor to
claim at the critical hour their
place upon the field of battle;
what comfort for them to feel
that they were henceforth array
ed with the glorious army of
General Pershing, the victor of
the Argonne.
Thus Paris, eager to see in the
flesh the man it had known only
by his written words and by his
image, today, lives over again
with poignant intensity, the his
tory of America’s decision as it
was unfolded in your conscience
before the eyes of the world.
Profoundly moved by the mag
nificent generosity with which
our compatriots had set them
selves to relieve sufferings, with
what anxious yet confident ex
pectation did we folllow the prog
ress of your thought and of your
seeings. Beneath the deliberate
ly measured tone of your notes
and messages we felt little the
mounting of a righteous anger.
What was then our dazzled ad
miration when there burst upon
us ’the message of April 2, 1917,
which gave to the questionings ot
the American conscience their
supreme concern and. in Pascal s
words, "brought together justice
and force to decide for long
■ centuries the fate of all human
ity.
Citadel of Liberty
We are proud, Mr. President,
to offer you welcome in the
name of this capital. Intellec
tual tradition lifts us eternally
towards the truths of a new day.
Our country is not alone that
well-loved land for whose lib
eration the blood of sons of the
union is mingled with that of
the sons of Franco. Our coun
try to us means also right of
heritage, justice, good sense and
honor; and because you come to
us in the name of these noble
things, today we dare to call
you citizen of Paris.
Take, then, Mr. President, the
sincere good wishes of our city,
yesterday under the menace of
the Berthas and the Gothas, a
citadel of the liberties of the
world: but today open to all noble
and generous ideas and enthu
| siastically acclaiming in the great
citizen she has the honor to re
ceive the embodiment of a new
ideal which comes to her.
M. Moautraud’z Speech
M. Moautraud. prefect of the Seine,
addressing the president said:
Mr. President, a day memo
rable beyond all is that on which,
for the first time, a chief of the
great American republic crosses
the threshold of our hotel De
Ville. None among your illus
trious predecessors, not even
those most deeply venerated for
their genius and their virtues,
came to sit for an instant at the
hearts of the people of Paris.
Thus in mourning the death of
George Washington and Abraham
Lincoln, our fathers had felt a
deep regret that they could ren
der but a posthumous homage to
the great men who had been the
object of their enthusiastic vene
ration. The joy which this visit
gives us is of a precious sort.
| Today we need no longer seek
j to imagine your features for we
! see them, nor the sound ot your
voice, for we hear it. It is given
us to express in your very pres
i ence our gratitude and admira
j tion. As the terrible drama has
dragged its bloody way over land
I and sea, your generous heart has
I beat in unison with the misery
suffered, and has taxed itself to
find succor for unhappiness.
Hew can we count sver the
innumerable benefits of American
! charity, so vigilant, so methodi
cal and so wise? Througn this
charity, the sufferings of our
prisoners have been alleviated
and the specter of mamine has
been turned back from the invad
ed regions of Belgium and
France. Not many days since
we welcomed here the American
Red Cross, which in all the
provinces of well doing have per
formed prodigies, whose work
has been a spectacle without pre
cedent in its beauty and grand
eur. We have seen the women
enrolled by the million in this
army of human pity. The debt
i we owe them will not be wiped
out by centuries of gratitude, and
we bow respectfully before those
ladies who personify them at this
i moment, and who do us the true
honor to share with you our
hospitality. Yet while you have
given yourself passionately to
the task of assuaging the ills of
war, your noblest title to glory
will vet be that vou stood up as
the champion of the cause of
justice.
Apart From War
How mans - things seemed to
: hold you apart from the dread
ful conflict. Your intellectual
• training as lawyer, historian anti
■ thither; that ’ peaceful life of
study in which to use your own
phrase, you had known no other
I labor than the world of books,
the traditions of the country
which had elected _VJ>u to guide
and direct it: the admirable fare
well message of Washington
warning his successors in power
against any participation in such
struggles as might break out in
Europe. Well might Germany
belieev that you would remain
the prisoner of these noble for
mulae. But her lawless militar
ism multiplying the crimes
against the rights of man. was !
j to force the nation pre-eminent
ly pacifist to draw the sword
from the scabbard. In redoubling
j the blows of his arrogant sword
upon the rock of your patience.
! (the barbarian called forth the
* devouring flame in which he has
; been irredeemiabiv consumed.
’ When the measure of black deeds
ran full, you sounded the call to
arms. An<] hy the miracle of
youi’ burning .meech. by the as
i qcndanc -of ’.our indignant con
! science and veur sovereign diplo- ,
I me:.’ o !*» ir , ’'<lrwl mil-
NUMBER
[PRESIDENT EM
TOSPENOCHRISTM
WITH 11. S. SOLDIEJ
—
Welcomed Officially to Pi
Before Vast Crowd at d
Hall Called “Europj
Interrogation” i
IK -1
PARIS, Dec. 16.—President I
son was officially welcomed to fJ
today as the "great European il
rogation.” I
The expression was employed
Adrion Mit'nouard, president oil
municipal council, while addrei
the president in behalf of the I
and the nation. It was
meaning that Wilson is reg
Europe as the enigma of t*e 1
conference —the man around vl
the interpretation of the vai
principles at issue will be cent!
Mithouard’s speech was on I
sion of the official reception d
president at the city hall. 1
French official paid a high cod
ment to Mrs. Wilson for her deci
to accompany the president. J
President Wilson in a brieffl
dress thanked Paris and Francl
the reception accorded him and I
tribute to France’s part in the I
Will Meet Emmanuel
Presidents Wilson, Poincare 1
their wives appeared on the bal
of the city hall. Thousands offl
sons packed in the square, gave 1
an enthusiastic ovation. As j
cheering continued. Mrs. 8H
threw down a bouquet. There w
great scramble for the pieces, j
The American president will
be present at the fetes in honl
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy!
arrived Thursday, according ta
Echo de Paris, but it is probable!
he and the king will exchange!
It is understood that Mr. fffl
may visit the American troopa
Christmas and celebrate the I
with them at Treves. I
Comradeship Existed!
Between Navies
U. S. and EngH
LONDON, Friday, Dec. 13.1
miral Viscount Jellicoe, former!
tnander of the British grand I
I presided at a meeting tonight al
1 Bedford college for women. Ini
don, and said he came in plsfl
Vice Admiral Sims, command!
tlie American naval forces in thffl
zon;, because Admiral Sims W
brother officer as were all Ami
officers who had been serving J
European waters. Admiral Sunffl
prevented from attending becafl
had taken personal command efl
American squadron sent to we!
President Wilson. Admiral Jffl
said Admiral Sims, who had do!
much to save civilization, wn
right man to command the <■
as he had seen the American ffl
grow up from their inception, ffl
Discharged Soldier j
Is Hanged by N
HICKMAN, Ky., Dec. 16.— Cffl
Lewis, a discharged negro scb
who is alleged to have attacked!
uty Sheriff Al Thomas when til
ter attempted to arrest him yffl
day, was hanged by a mob of ml
men at Tyler station, near herqfl
today. Thomas was badly la
Lewis is said to have refused tffl
mit to arrest on the ground tkfl
army uniform made him lffl|
from arrest by a civil officeil
was charged with having hefl
and robbed several other
American Toys Give!
Lorraine ChilJ
METZ. Friday. Dec>l3.— (Bffl
Associated Press.) —Knights efl
luml'us workers betran today tlfl
tribut:of more than $50,000 J
of American toys to the childfl
Lorraine. |
Christmas trees have been fl
( along the roads and parcelgfl
; been hung on them. Each
I bears a card reading: “Fronfl
Land of Washington to the Chffl
of the Land of La Fayette and ■
Merry Christmas.” ■
Reichstag Assembly]
Convoked by Presicl
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 16.—Kofl
■ tin Fehrenbach, president offl
Ircichstag, lias convoked a
1 that assembly "reserving furtlfl
• dication of the time and plafl
: meeting.’’ according to a reportfl
i Berlin. ■
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Germany Asks Date]
Os Peace Conrerel
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16. —
land, acting for the German gifl
ment. has asked the United fl
for official information of thefl
and place of the formal peace
er '. and urged a prompt repjfl
cause of fear of famine in Genfl
umphs of liberty over tyraifl
of justice over error and iniqtfl
Apostle of Humanity ■
Today, we take the deep fl
of saluting, in the person •
President Wilson, the nafl
whose valiant armies have fl
tributed so brilliantly
most magnificent victory. 1B
feels herself drawn toward fl
by tile force of all affinities, fl
ail her convictions. As a H
of workers, she inclines respfl
fully before your life of auifl
labor. As a center of intellfl
ual life, she admires in youfl
sage and the thinker
works have enriched the hufl
spirit. As a heart of ardentfl
triotism. she expresses her M
gratitude to the great defeM
of Fra net. As the historical
wark of liberty and of
she acclaims in you the
iested servitor of
inoral ideas, the
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