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MENTALLY DEPRESSED
London, December 10.—William the crown prince and auite at the
hohenzollern, the former German em
peror, has attempted to commit sui
cide, > following mental depression,
according to the Leipzic Tageblatt,
which is quoted in a Copenhagen dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph
company. A member of the former
emperor's retinue Who preventer,
Herr Hohenzollern from carrying
put his intentin, received a wound,
is said. *
Dutch frontier was “a mere come
dy,” the newspaper continnes.
William Seeks Legal Advic®.
London, December 10.—William
Hohenzollern, the former German
nperor, has had several interviews
It Amerongen with two Gorman ex
perts on international ' law with
whom he discussed his personal po
rtion, according to an Amsterdam
iipatch to the Express. These ex
erts arrived and left Amerongen
, rather mysterious manner.
; It is understood, according to the
pspatch, that Herr Hohenzollern n
riting his autobiography and a his-
^ry of his reign. Te will explain
attitude before and during the
■, it is acid. The book, which will
long, is intended for publication,
1 if its author ia tried before an in-
tlpna.Aribu^may, be read
Ex-Kaiscr Discards Uniform.
Amerongen, Holland, Saturday, De
cember 7.—Since hia formal abdica-
tion, William Hohenzollern has shed
his uniform and appears regularly
in civilian clothes, as do the members
of his suite. Tho entourage has
been reduced in number to IS for
himself and the former empress.
The family life of the erstwhile
royal pair appears to flow as evenly
as that of any middle aged couple
who might be enjoying a quiet coun-
try holiday. They dine with their
host. Count Von Bentinck, being of
ten joined at the meal by the count's
brother, a nobleman residing in a
neighboring castle, and spend much
of their time together strolling
through the castle grounds.
Yesterday Herr Hohenzollern went
for a walk into the country whilo his
wife explored the neighboring mar
ket town of Wageningcn. Today the
ex-emperor visited Zuylestein, a
Bentinck family property where lie
indulged in treo cutting for the sake
of exercise.
The quiet of the village here is oc-
DEGUNES TO §
CONSIDER'ANT PLAN TO
PAY VISIT TO GERMANY
Paris, December 10.—According to
a wireless dispatch from the U. 8. S.
George Washington, says Marcel Hu-
tin in the Echo de Paris, President
Wilson has been informed that Pn-
mier Ebert and Foreign Secretary.
Haase of the Berlin government and
Premier Eisner of Bavaria were
About to make an effort to get him
to visit Germany. The president is
quoted as having mado this reply:
"Only by long years of repentance
cap Germany atone‘for Tier crimes
and show sincerity. No truo Amor-
lean could think of visiting Germany
unloss forced to do ao by strictly of-
Acial obligations.
"That is to say, I decline in ad
vance to consider any suggestion of
the kind.”
d's Act Toward Kaiser.
Faris, December 9.—(Monday.)—
• city council at Spa has docu-
ntary evidence proving that a
fatch general came to Spa to mcei
i former German emperor before
flight into Holland, according to
Matin, ft would appear, there-
that his reception and that ot
former emperor's
life, but the “suspicious person found
lurking about the castle,” generally
turns 'ofit to be a harmless newspa-
per man in search of cony. Another
rumor, of which no confirmation can
•be had, is that Herr Hohenzollern
has bought a villa in the neighbor-
hood.
The entrance to the castle ia still
strictly guarded.
Itrassburg Welcomes
French President and
Army Heads With Joy
IStrasshurg, Monday, December 9
Resident Poincare and the govern-
ental and parliamentary party of
ranco were given today in Strass-
prg, the former German capita! of
psace-Lorrnino, the nearest thing
ssible to on official greeting in
•province. The diet appointed by
former German emneror being
kfunct nnd the Landtag dissolved by
V own consent, there exists no par-
amentary institution.
[Unofficially, however, the native
atian of the p defunct assembly
President Poincare, Premier
cmenccau and members of his cab
let and several hundred members
French parliament and members
the diplomatic corps of the cn-
nte powers, including William O.
■nrp, the American ambassador, and
arshala Joffre. Foch. Petain and
aig and General Pershing, a recep-
m which may be considered as
anting the sanction of official Al-
s to the reasserted authority of
French government over the
vlnce.
Strasshurg had profited from its
*t fortnight of release from Ger-
hands and put on a dross that
of the mother country had'been at
tained and that henceforth the coun
try would be French.
A drizzling, rain failed to dampen
'he enthusiasm of the throngs who
cheered wildly whenever President
Poincare or his colleagues appeared.
General Pershing and Ambassador
Sharp were received with cries of
“Vive L’Ameriqtio! Vivo L’Ameri-
que!” while Marshal Haig was wel
comed by cheers for Great Britain.
Tho French officials left tonight
for Colmar where ceremonler will
take place tomorrow. They will then
go to Mulhouscn. where elaborate
preparations for the visit have been
made.
MEN OF ALL NATIO
Paris, Sunday, December 8.—Ev
ery train arriving at Paria these
days brings large numbers of offi
cials attached to the various delega
tions to the peace conference. All
tho larger allied nations are con
tinuously sanding parts of their
working personnel and by the time
the delegates gather the number of
officiala of all nations will number
between $.000 and-8,000. Each one
will have some special work to do,
Tho Freneh delegates will-have all
their assistants near at hand, for
the large staffs of tho admiralty
md war and foreign ministries will
be constantly avaiable. The United
States olfles force will be large.
Great Britain will have a large num
ber of experts and assistants in
Paris and additional staffs in the
London governmental offices will be
available for work which ia not par
ticularly urgent. Moreover there
French for the occasion. The
Khiscrplatz had become' the
nee de La Reouhlique; Frlcdcrjch
■Istrissn had been transformed
the Rue de La Paix, and the
de La Liberte has supers-ded
other thoroughfare with n Teu-
hic name. Shop signs with Ger-
rtames everywhere had been xe-
_d, Wined out or covered over to
ficeal German connections,
resident' Poincare arrived earn:
morning and was heartily Wei-
ned bv the populace, the key* of
city being turned over to him.
..I President allured the people
pit the custody of the keys would
er be relinquished.
the steps of the City Hall,
president delivered another
.eh |n which he said the desire of
see to be returned to the bosom
••mi-' mFvrHFit
W'asihngtcn. December 10.—
»: Cloudy tonight and Wed-
sday, probably local rains,
ghtly colder Wednesday !:•
and urst p-irlinlH.
HUNGARIAN WRITER
ALWAYS OPPOSED
MAGYAR POLICIES
Lajos Biro, just appointed Foreign
Minister of Hungary and spoken of
as a prooable delegate to the Peace
Conference, is a figure of more than
unusual interest. He was prominent
during the war as correspondent of a
paper in Budapest, but maintained t.
strong anti-war attitude throughout,
lie eyen wrote,, aa late as 1916, a
violently anti-War play;
Bom at Vienna in 1880, Biro re-
ccived his early education in a small
Hungarian village. Later he stud
ied law in Budapest hut soon deckl
ed to enter the field of journal Ism.
where he msde his reputation as a
writer of sketches and short stories.
He is the writer of a'.number or
plays which have been produced m
the United Statin. Two plays of *
one-act cycle called “The Home Cir
cle” were recently translated into
English and published in' the Drantu
Magazine of Washington, together
with a brief biographical note by
Charles Recht.
Biro is a socialist, though up to
the present ha haa held no political
office. His popularity aa « writer
will undoubtedly count In hia favor
as a public official, though of course
it'ia impossible to determine thf
strength of hfz following.
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BHD HERALD WANT ADS
.will undoubtedly be in Par!* repre
sentatives of Great Britain’s domin
ions and colonies with their respec
tive' staffs, Great Britain will also
have in Paris experts of vsrious
sorts, including men who have made
a life studv of such suhfects as tho
navy, colonies, the Far East and the
Near East.
The United 'States, because of its
remoteness, will be obliged to have
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probably the largest and most com
plete staff and for this reason the
American authorities have been com
pelled to take over larger accommo
dations than any other delegations.
Italy will also nave a considerable
working force here, but the dele
gates, as in the cose of Great Bri
tain, will be able to depend on much
of their work being done in their
own country.
Each European nation’s delegates
will have St their disposal their own
private telegraph and telephone
wires with which they may commu
nicate with their respective govern
ments. So manv hotels have been
taken over bv the peace delegate!
and the remainder of the hotels are
so crowded that it is impossible for
soldiers to find accommodations in'
the city. > ,
A large number of the officials of
tlie leading powera are receiving
many representatives of small na
tionalities or grouos nf nationalities
who have Interest* which they intend
•> bring before the conference. Some
of these represent governments which
have not even been- recognized and
in a few case* there are two groups
of renresentatives of the same na
tionality, each claiming to renre-
sent the majoritv partv and anxious
to out forward its claims and state
ments. -
Kin
8
Chicago, December 10.—'The high
percenUgc/*f 1 men. rejected az phya,
ically unfit ,fdr. military service waa
taken; as the basis for a demand for
compulsory, personal examination af
school-children and their compulsory
personal training, in ah address to-1
day before the American Public
Health Association.
'■ Surgeon RupertBlue of the Pub
lic Health Service in an addtes*.
pointed Out the meed of special vigi
lance on the part of health authori-
tiea ih order to prevent the introduc
tion sod spread of- dangerous epi
demic diseases by our returning
force.' In discussions several medical
officers expressed the opinion that a:
least in the suppression of the social
levil, the returning soldiers need to
be protected. /
Public health officials and army of
ficers arc on the evening program
for report* to cheek and control iu-
iiuenze. cjiidcmics by face masks and
prophylactics.
New Orleans has invited the con
ference tliero next year.
N
FINE HOTEL
BERLN RAIDED
. Berlin, Monday, December 9.—A
dramatic sequel to Friday’a-attempt-
ed -arrest of the executive committee
of the soldiers’, and workmen's conn-
ell, occurred today, when the Hotel
Bristol, one of the more fashionable
places on Untar den Linden, was
raided by orders of the Ebert-Hass 5
cahinetr
All exits of the hotel were guarded
by troops and the premises were
searched on the strength of rumors
that plotters were concealed there.
In one of the Urge apartments the
raiders found 22 men suspected , ot
complicity in Friday's raid. Among
them were Baron Rheinbaben, former
Prussian minister of finance, «Ad the
younger Prince Hohenlohe. The en
tire party is under detention.’ Three
hundred guns which were found in
an adjoining chamber were seised.
Count Matuschka, oiW of those al
leged to have been involved in Ffl-
dey’a disorders, has not yet been ar
rested. ‘
■* With the French' Army, of Occu
pation, KaiserlauUm, Germany, Sat
urday, December 7.—As General
Mangin’s troops penetritd further
■into Germcn territory toe resigna
tion of tho population to foreign Oc
cupations becomes mqre apparent. In
habitants from whom ft has been
possible to get an expression of opin-
ion not only submit with docility ti»
the presence of the Freneh troops.,
but invite them to make their stay
petmanent
The Weakening in the patriotic
spirit of the people, due to tne polit
ical upheaval in the empire, ia shown
in the general attitude of the inhab
itants of towns through which the
troops pass. As one fine regiment
of a colonial division . marches
through this old town today, then'
were few drawn blindh to be aeon.
-The streets were lined with people,
among them Germah officers and
soldiers in uniform. A great many
of them were maimed. Here ana
there were many faces which-plainly,
showed hate, but the mass of the
people watched the procesaion indif
ferently. Some of the people, how.
ever, viewod the invmdera with evi
dent interest, and on rare, occasions
With manifest sympathy.
UNIVERSITY WILL •
TEACH FOREIGNERS
TO BE AMERICANS
Wilson Sees Destroyer in Action.
On Board U. S. S. George Wash
ington, December 9.—(6 P. M. By
Wireless to the Associated Press.)—
President Wilson stood on the bridge
of the George Washington th(s aft
ernoon and saw a United State* des
troyer stage a thrilling demonstra
tion of tho work of repulsing a aub-
larine attack.
A touch of realism ’.vas given by
the drill of the men on board the
liner nnd the convoying shins. The
great liner was gliding through the
tropical waters like a chip on a duck
oond when bugles and alarm bells
called tho men to battle stations.
President Wilson -was taken to the
bridge by Captain McCauley ao that
•e might get a better view of the
demonstration.
A destrover Which had been lag-
ring far astern suddenly leaped for-
■lard, her funnel* vomiting smoke
•nd white apray dashing from her
bow as she tore through the water
■t a clip of thirty, knots an hour,
".ho destroyer came abeam of the
liner and dropped deoth bombs send
ing great gevstr* high into the air
-a tho warship sigzarged /ita wav
through the wateri beneath which
•vas supposed to lurk the enemy sub-
marinc. Each explosion was dis
tinctly felt on the George Washing
ton. The concussions sounded like
heavy blows being struck against the
side of the vessel. President Wil-
isn was most interested in the dem
onstration and asked questions about
it, going into tho most minute de
tail.
The George Washington will pass
into the Azores tomorrow morning
and will turn northward on the last
lap of the voyage. There will be no
stop at the Azores.
Brest Plans Reception.
Paris, December 10.—(Havas.)—
Steven Pichon, foreign minister;
Georges Leygues, minister of ma
rine; Captain Andre Tardieu. head of
the Frsnco-American genral com
mission for war matters: Armand E.
Gauthier, former minister of ma
rine; General Pershing, Colonel House
and atnumber of Americana associa
ted in the work of the American
neacc commission, will leave Paris
Thursday night for Brest to meet
President Wilson.
Mr. Wilson’s ship, the George
\Vnshington, will enter the roads at
Brest early in the afternoon escorted
bv American and allied warships.
The welcoming &-
hoard to extend ..
president will land at 9 o'clock,
hour later, his train will leave for
Pirns. It will arrive here at ten
o’clock and be met by President Poin-
-arc. Premier Clemenceau nnd a
large official delegation. The presi-
1;nt will bo taken to th» Elysee Pal-
-re, where luncheon will be served.
On Monday afternoon. Sir. Wilson
will be accorded a solemn reception
at the Hotel dsVllle.
During the ensuing days Presi
dent Wilson will tako a long trip
through the devastated districts and
cities of eastern France.
There seems to be no change in
the plan to begin the peace confer
ence on December 17.
Czecho-Slavak Premier
Says America Has Given
Her Ideals to Millions
The first American university to
establish u separate department of
Americanization is the University of
Wisconsin. The purpose of the new
project is the development of a con
crete and practical policy for the
teaching of citizenship. The schools
of the state of Wisconsin will then
be weed in' carrying this .policy into
•flfocte
A special training course hat al
ready been eitabliahed for tba In
struction of students who are 'to
leal with, foreign-born peoples ip
America. -Three-of the specific plans
airead” outlined-are (1) naturaliza
tion. of allciis in the state, (2) a
training. copTsc for t*ach»rs of Im
migrants, and (3) instruction in i
tho parochial and private school
some of which have hitherto
foreign languages to a large, extent.
AH available agencies Will be
used to. make the scope of tbs work
state-wide. The help of the public
choola, vocational schools, and the
Young Men’s Christian Association
ao well at the University Extenslo:
Service,, will be called iq to react
every community, urban and rural.
JAPAN GROWS AT RATg
OF 8003)00 PER YEAR
Tokio, December 10.—Japan's pop-
u'ation is increasing at the rate of
QO.OOO a wear according to official
tatilties. Until a few years ago tho
eta of increase waa a little over
half a million vearly.
. The popntation on November aij
1017, waa estimated at 87.098473.
Thi» did not include Korea, Formosa
and Saghalien.
-DEAD HERALD WANT ADS
Prague, Bohemia, December 10.—
“There are people who believe too
world must come to an end because
tho Austrian and German empires
no more exist, but I know we will nil
be happier, and ^specially you ir.
America. It is the first time in the
history of nations that generosity
has over conquered selfishness and
when the news came to mo within
my prison wall that America had en
tered the war, 1 was unable to be
lieve it.” Dr. Karl Kramarz, premier
lof Czecho-Slovakia, made this ztate- ^.~ 0 'm e n, a ltbiugh t i, cy may not hold
the higheat pozt. such us president,
have becfi prepared. The division
against the Germans. It is probaaie
Germany will remain a menace,
since it is impossible to destroy such
a strong nationality.
“We .are doing our best to set up
a business-like republic where pros
perity may be distributed. Already
we have an eight-hour day instead of
compelling workmen to labor for
eleven hours. We have abolished ti
tles and prepared a law to care foi
the unemployed. Election laws which
will give the minority a chance to
hold office and which will recognize
sociated Prez* today. The interview
took place In Hradcany castle, tile
Mat of the ancient Bohemian, kings.
This magnificent pile overlooks tin
city of Prague from the northwest
When the correspondent entered the
waiting room, the first-object he no-
tlced was the bust of President Wil
son draped with the Stars and
Stripes.
Dr., Kramarz for many T years
fought for the. rights of the Czecho
people. He was arrested at Prague
on July I, 1916, and after hia trial
at Vienna was sentenced to death.
X Alfonso of Spain appealed ia
— behalf and the death sentence
Wat commuted to fifteen year* im
prisonment Dr. Kramarz was releas-
ed.under Emperor Charles’ amnesty
proclamation of July 14, 1917. He
was chosen premier , of Czecho-Slo-
vakia on November 19, last.
“I ihavei always believed the
new life of peoples,” Dr. Kramer*
'cpnttnoed, “but the great crowning
truth of’this belief was the Ameri-
can fieeAration of war. I had grown
old and cynical end could not believe
tho news, but now since the war has
been won, I am pleased to feel that
America haa not only, given hopes
tnd ideals to millions of people, but
Id national conscience 1ms been en
livened; leading It to better things.
Safe in its certain strength, Ameri
ca is facing the future tranquility.
“Our sole ambition Is to lire peace,
fnlly and prosperously ana to be-
come a strong friend of the entente
of large estates is one of the items
in our program. Wo also seek to de
velop electric power for our fac
tories by an International plan and
to build a, transversal railroad run
ning to the Black Sen.”
DOUBT AS TO BURIAL
PLACE OF WALTER RALEIGH
London, December 10.—Newspa
pers here hav 0 besn engaged in a
controversy ns to tho location of the
burinl place of Sir Walter Raleigh
in connection with tho celebration of
the 300th anniversary of his birth.
Biographers of 'Raleigh supposed
that, after his execution, the body
was buried in the chancel of St. Mar
garets. The Times, however, sug
gests that his body was placed there
for a short time only and that Ra
leigh really was buried at Bedding-
ton in Surrey where the widow de
sired that ho should rest. Raleigh's
head was embalmed and cherished by
his widow in a “red leathern ba*ge M
to the day of her death. The head
afterward interred in the
church at West Horsby, in Surrey,
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