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VOL. 7, No. 90. Associated Press. Leased Wire Service.
ATHENS, GA., SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14,1918
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GREETINGS TO WILSON
Paris, December 14.—President Wilson made his entrance
i Paris at 10:15 o’clock this morning.
The president's arrival at the capital was greeted with a
Iv’o of artillery in salute.
I Hugh crowds massed around* the Bois de Boulogne station
|oiting the president’s coming. As he alighted from his train
oar of welcome went up that left no doubt of the cordiality of
• welcome given by Paris to its latest guest.
The scene at the station where the President’s train came in
i beautifully set. The platform was carpeted in red and palma
omed the broad stairway.
The band of the republican guards was playing the Star
ngled Banner as the presidential train decorated with the
and Stripes drew into the station. Immediately the ar*
lery gave voice and a salute of 100 guns announced the presi*
nt’s arrival. ,. .
President Wilson was greeted by President and Madame
[incare, Premier Clemenceau, Andre Tardieu, French high com
sioner to the United States aha other high officials.
The formalities of the greeting over, the president entered
arrtage with President Poincare, Mrs. Wilson and Miss Mar*
et Wilson, daughter of the president followed in another car*
! accompanied by Madame Poincare. Hie party drove im
ately to the residence of Prince Murat in the Rue de Mon-
ku, where the president will reside while in the French capital.
in Action, Holding Oui tats ro
Ga!ch Gandy anp Fruit Tossed to them From New York Pier
The tics that bind France and the
„ -. P*ffb>bw ti.—PreaiAe.nl United States ore peculiarly close. 1
Madame Poincare-gave a lunch* a i._ Til ta.
i de L’Elyti
i the Palais <
President and
nt Wilson, on
sec, in hon.
•Wilson,
his occasion,
» as follow,, in replying to an' m4 ^ bwught | nt0 consultation
** 1 oica 5 8: . . with the statesmen of France and
r. President: I am deeply in- htr alIiei in concerting the measures
to you for your gracious
ng. It is very delightful to
myself in France and to feel the
contact of sympathy and unaf-
.d friendship between the repre-
ativee of the United States and
representatives of France.
Sou have been very generous in
kt you were pleased to say about
Self, but I feel that what I have
I end what I have tried to do his
said and done only in an at-
Ipt to speak the thought of the
bple of the United States truly
to carry that , thought out in ac-
gWjr
Mote Than Winning War.
From the first the thought of the
pie of the United States turned
ard something more than the
a winning of this war. It turned
he establishment of eternal prin>
es of right and justice. It real*
; that merely to win the war wa*
enough; thet it must be won. in
h a way and the questions raised
It settled in such a way as to in*,
e the future peace of the world
lay the foundations for the free-
and happiness of Us many peo-
and nations.
No War So Terrible.
Never before has war worn so
ribl* a visage or exhibited more
ssiy the debasing Influence of II-
t ambitions. I ant sure that I
II look upon ruin wrought by the
■ice of the central empires with
tame repulsion and deep btdigna-
.that they stir in the hearts of
then of France and Belgium.
lo, sir, the
T appreciate as you do, sir, the
essity of such action in the final
tlement of the issues of the , war
will not only rebuke such acts of
and spoilstknb but .make men
here aware that they cannbt
tured upon without the car*,
nty of just punishment.
Soldiers Give Their Best.
I know with whut ordor oml enr
isissm teh soldiers and salors of
United States have given RK
" ' ’ " in this wa
this
war of
t that was in them
emption. They have expretied
true spirit of America. They de-
’0 their ideal to.be acceptable to'
■ peoples everywhere and are. re
nd to hare phmd Jn giving *****
to those Mews in cooperation
h the armies of the allies. W*
proud of the part they have
yed and wa are happy that they
aid have been associated with
h comrades in o common cause.
: The Ties That Bind.
It it with peculiar feeling, Mr.
teident, that I find myself in
nice joining with you in rejoicing
* the victory that has been wen.
THE WEATHER
Washington. December 14,—
■eorgia: Rain and colder to-
light; Sunday colder and gener*
illy fair.
do not know'in what other comrade
ship we could have fought with
more zest or enthusiasm. .It will
daily be a matter of pleasure with
by which we may secure permanence
for these happy relatione of friend
ship and cooperation, and secure for
the world at targe such safety and
freedom in its life as can be secured
only by the constant association and
cooperation of. friends.
Greetings td France.
"I greet you, nbt only with de4p
personal respect, but as the repre-
sentative of the great' people of
France, and beg to bring you the
greetings of another great people to
whom the fortunes of Frsnee are of
profound and lasting interest.
•‘I raise my glass to tho health of
the President of the French Republic
and to Madame, Poincare and., the
prosperity of France."
Germany in a Muddle
With a Dozen Parties
Trying to Gain control
Poincare Gr
Wilson. ..
President
Wilson
from
ireeta Wl
Paris, Decern Mr , 14,
Poincare greeted' President !
wirtnly as the,.latter stepped
tfiKNHBriBiWk
tin, who is attached to the foreign
office as Introducer of alnbaMUlors,
presented Premier Clemenceau, who
welcomed President Wlleon te Eng
lish, saying he. was extremely glad
to meet him.
Editorials on Wilson.
Paris, December U.—The front
gee of the newspapers this morn-
i are.devoted to detail* of .the re-
ption to be accorded President Wll-
a by Pairs today. Pictures of Mr.
during the mp/filL
GZERN1N TOLD CHARLES
CENTRAL POWERS WER
Vienna, Wednesday, December ll.'fightf but her moral support is a
do not kill and few one of these doughboys, many of I are holding out their hits to catch
All wot ...
wounds kill smiles. For proof look
at this picture taken-on board the
transport Sierra, which has just ar
rived at New-York. Nearly every
them from New York and Illinois, I fruit, candy and cigarettes tossed to
knows how. it feds to be hit by bui- them from a pier by Red Cross
let or shrapnel, has been gassed or I workers,
suffered from-shell shock. The boys
Count Czomin, the former Austro,
Hungarian foreign minister, wrote
frankly of conditions in his corres
pondence with Former Emperor
Charles, as was shown by letters
Which Count Czernin showed tile
correspondent today. One of the let
ters, written in April, 1917, gave the
emperor warning that the central
powers were nearly defeated. It
reidt. .?'«, j±t
“I am thoroughly convinced that
the smashing point has been reached.
Germany, as well as ourselves, has
reached the end of her resources.
Responsible political authorities do
not deny it, but military circles in
Berlin oto indulging in self-deceit.
I am convinced that, should Germany
attempt another winter campaign,
an upheaval will occur In the em
pires. That would be far worse than
a disadvantageous peace.
“If the sovereigns of the central
empires are unable to conclude peace
within a-few months, then tho peo
ples of the empire will do it, and a
wave of revolt will sweep away all
for which our brothers have been
fighting. Perhaps months will elapse
before America can throw the
strength of her battalions into the
very great factor. The central pow
ers cannot hope for new reinforce
ments. Delay is to our disadvantage,
for our enemies have more time and
can wait longer than we.”
The letter then outlined the plan3
for the coming. offensives against
the Italians, French and British and
continued:
“When the offensives are stopped,
I urge that an agreement be reached
with America before she is able to
change the military situation to our
disadvantage."
■ Count Czemih explained his disbe
lief in the success of Germany’s sub
marine warfare and recalled to the
emperor statements made by Field
Marshal Conrad Von Hoetzendorf,
while on a visit to Vienna. The field
marshal said, according to the letter,
that England would be checkmated
and that America would be par
alyzed by the proposed submarine
campaign. The. letter ended with
the solemn warning:
“'We are' to the end of our re
sources. ' Germany cannot count on
our support beyond the latter part of
the coming summer. Before God and
before your people, it is your sacred
duty to defend your people, your dy
nastic ideals and your throne.”
820 LOST ONLY
INLY PEHCENT
Cologne, Wednesday, December 11,
A new and sriking element has. been
injected Into : the already complicated
bolitica! situation in the Rhineland
by tho alleged organization of a se
cret patty, which working for th*
annexation'of this German territory
to France. Overtures will be made
to the Frtnch-government, it ia uid
to take the Rhineland into France
on the same bdsis as Alsace-Lorraine.
Just how much strength this party
has it ia impossible to say, since nil
its operations had been conducted
under decree, but even its opponents
the city is kept-moving. The same
situation exists in other cites and
towns. •
To add to the still more winding
labyrinth, there are besides ttie
party which desires '. annexation " to
France, at least two with distinc
different ideals. One. of these
composed of liberal democrats and
socialists who want to see the estab
lishment of a'great republic which
will include not onlv nil of Germany,
but Austria, with Berlin at the capi
tal.
admit that ;
• important en
ho considered as: a factor in tbo mud.
als growing out of the revolution.
This, is only one development in
the intensely interesting problem be
ing, solved
wWffs sai?
cans have .played to-the «?r, tj*
battles of Chatcau-Thlerry,
hiel and the Argonne being
St. Ml-
describe
Gnat Britain’* Aim*.
London, December 14.—This motn-
* XStoBSK
Wilson
cans have every reason to oe prTOil
of the position which the president
holds on the world’s stage. From
general encomiums, the newspaper
pisses to the earnest PiM fora cor
dial and lasting friendship between
Great Britain and the United States.
It rebuts the notion which it says is
MS,
tional sffsirs, and ls approMhin g the
nee conference in that spirit. , -
Great Britain’* elms in the- eaat, ** C4n
me Times continues, me no mord
selfish than the Monroe doctrine and
like the doctrine are merely directed
acting as a civilued force. It
VAs long M the wishes of the
X
the rich country west
of the Rhine with Cologne ss the po
litical capital. There is, in the first
I,lace, throughout, the Rhineland a
doubleheaded government composed
of revolutionists on one side and offi
cials of 'the imperialistic regime on
the other, who for the moment are
worknp more or less together for the
economic good. -
i Cologne, for example, the old
burgetnaqteri.Wd hit ..staff are still
at their posts in the city hall, while
nearby are the office* of the revolu
tionary committee. Between them
he affair* of the local government
are threshed out and the business of
> Elections to be Held.
Copenhagen, December. 14.—The
Prussian government announces of
ficially, according to a dispatch from
Berlin, that elections to the consti
tuent assembly of Prussia shall be
‘ Ttie Cerman government has not
■"at set a definite date for elections
for a constituent or national, assem
bly. Unofficial reports have said they
might bo held early in February.
.'AmmuIt - CflQVDlmL »• • •»
Amsterdam, December 14.—Kon-
stantln Fchrenbach, president of the
reichstag, has convoked a meeting of
the assembly "reserving further in-’
dication of the time and place of
-feting,” according to a report from
Berlin.
Paris Editors Warmly
Welcome Wilson as Man
Who Wants a Just Peace
■' Washington, December 14.—De
mobilization in tho United States is
now proceeding at the rnte of 15,000
men' released from service in the
army, every day, General March an
nounzed today. It stil is anticipated
that a rate of thirty thousand a day
will be reached when the full mom
entum is attained;
'The war department has now des
ignated a total of 824,000 men in the
United States for discharge, an in
crease of nearly 200,000 during the
last week. General March made it
clear, however, that designation of
troops does not mean immediate dis
charge, but severance from the ser
vices as their turn is reached in de
mobilization.
_ Demobilization of offcobs is pro-
hold eight days after the elections reeding more rapidly than is the case
for the German • constituent assent- with the men. General March said
My.
BAIR WEATHER INDICATED.
Washington, December 14.—
Weather prediction* for the week be
ginning Sunday, issued by the weath
er bureau today are: South Atlantic
and east Golf states: Probably clear
ing by Monday, with a return to nor
mal temperatures And generally Air
weather indicated during the week.
people are served and there is safety
m India, we should welcome America,
aa one of the executive'trust* of the
conscience of Europe."
After repudiating the suggestion!
that British ntvalism U as bad a*
German militarism, the Time* eaye:
“If America can ehow a .way in
which the navy can better discharge
a duty to human liberty we would
consider it all the mow willingly, be-
cause it was advocated by her. 1
Regarding hint* that England is
only half in sympathy with a lea
gue of nations,- it exclaims:
Why, the very idea it a* English
can be.”
The newspaper concludes by again
welcoming the president because he
brings a draft of. liberty, from the
new world and because he comes in
the most useful if the most difficult
role of a candid friend. '
2300 AMERICAN SOLDIERS
PASS THROUGH SWITZERLAND.
Berne, Friday, December 18.—Four
special trains carrying 2.500 Ameri
can soldiers, the last.to come through
Switzerland from German prison
-amps, have passed through here
luring tho past two days. They
"ere going to France. It is reported
‘hat there are no more American
nrisoners in southern Germany.
Those snR in that country are in
camps further north and will pass
out . through Holiaha.
jfto last allied soldiers interned in
Switzerland have left this country,
bqt there are still about 12,00 Ger
man prisoners remaining there.
SENATE TAKES up
REVISED TAX SCHEDULES.
Washington, December 14.—Hav-
'nv disposed of the unoiinose.1 nro-
•‘sions of the revenue bill, the' sen
ate today rook up for conkbleration
the schedules over which the-e is
expected to be controversy. These
schedules whi-h are expected to ocru-
oV the attention of the senate for
sobie time, included the income war
•xcees-profit*.- beverage, inheritance,
insurance, luxury, child labor and
postal tax sections.
total of 17,203 officers had been
honorably discharged since the arm
istice was signed.
' The chief of staff set at, rest ru-
lioro that the 82nd division (Geor-
ria, Alabama, and Tennessee) had
(offered' unusually heavy casualties,
one report having been that sixty
•iercent of its personnel had been
killed, wounded, or captured.
- .A report from the division dated
November 13, two day* after the
fighting ended, General March said,
recorded that 224 officer* end 5,253
men were needed to fill the organi
sation to ita full strength/ of ap
proximately 27.000 officer* and men.
The record-of this division shows that
It gntered the line in the Argonne
forest October 0, pressing across,the
Aire river until October 29, after
which date there is nothing in the
war department to Indicate that it
was in action,
BRITISH HOUSE OF LORDS
WILL BE REFORMED.
London, December 14.—The re
form of the house of lords will be
*ne of the tasks undertaken by the
-oalition ministry if it is returned to
power in the election taking place in
the United Kingdom today, A. Bonar
Law, chancellor of the exchequer, de-
-lared in a speech at Glasgow Fri.
lay. Mr. Law said the coalition gov-
>rnment believed that a second chain-
■*e with adequate strength wa* nec
essary in any democratic country,
but that it was not intended that it
ihouid be a hcriditary chamber.
LEHIGH CONTRACT CALLS
FOR SlUMJM ANNUALLY.
Washington, December 14.—The
signing of a contract with the LeHigA
Valiev Railroad providing for *11,-
'21,233.25 annual compensation un-
'er government oneration was an-
-cun-»d today at the railroad admin
istration.
Paris, Friday, December 13.—(Ha
vas.)—Ail newspapers here publish
editorials welcoming President Wil
son to France and assuring the Am
erican president of the hearty recep
tion awaiting-him ih Paris.
“Since the United States has glor.
iously fought in the great
which convulsed Europe,” say
Tomps, “we wish that country to
continue to interest itself in Euro
pean problems. Henceforth, the
French and American people will
know each other better. Our small
est villages will always remembei
the American soldiers. The Ameri
cans, for their part, wilt carry home
with them memories of France. We
love to think.that President Wilson,
when he will have returned to tho
White House will recall in his medi
tations the image of Paris greeting
him.
“Our visitor expects no flattery
from us,” the Temps continues. “He
is the chief of a free nation and likes
to be told the truth on this side ol,
the Atlantic, as well as on the other
side. He will listen to convictions
more willingly than to adulation. We
can speak to him with an open heart.
I.ike him France wishes victory to
be complete. Like him, France de-
sirea a jiia't peace. There is no
French imperialism. We are think
ing only of healing the wounds of
the past and preparing for the fu-
8Rl* -e’ - ■ -a
The Journal des Debats says:
“President Wilson’* greatest desire
is to bring about a lasting peace
based on Justice. That goal is also
ours- All Frenchmen must use their
utmost strength to bring about the
realization of that ideal. Americans
rushed to our assistance in the name
of certain principles which involved
certain conditions. The danger ia
poet, but the principles and condi
tions remain."
The Matin publishes an address o!
Marshal Joffre to President Wilson.
The marshal writes: “France owes
an immense debt of gratitude to Am.
erica which gave us victory. It is
with sincere joy that we see Presi
dent Wilson arriving, recollecting all
he did and thinking of all he can dc.
Thousands of French lives were
saved by the intervention of the
United States. It is with all my
heart that I will Join tomorrow in
tho cry of the whole French people >
’Long live the United States! Long
live Wilson!’”
British Are Cordial.
London, Friday, December 13.—
The weeBy review* extend the
warmest welcome to President Wil
son and the most cordial wish for the
success of his mission. They dis
cuss his policy and intentions with
considerable anxiety, especially as
regards the freedom of the seas and
a league of nations.
struggle view, there
ays the understandinjrs.
. The Spectator, which may be re
garded as reflecting the government
views, declares that the pivot on
which the world's future turns is the
deep and lasting friendship between
Great Britain and the United States
and that whilst that is hept firmly in
possibility of mis-
It contends that
freedom of tho seas must be inter
preted in the British sense and that
to discuss it at all before a league
of nations actually is in existence
will be a cardinal mistake.
The Spectator advocates ns a set
off that the Monroe doctrine ought
to be accepted as the public law of
the world and duly formulated and
confirmed with the sanction of all
the parties the peace settlement.
The Nation, representing anti-
governmental thought, describe.'*
President Wilson as the "intellectual
sensation of the war as Lloyd-Gcorge
is its popular diversion." The paper
continues: "If Barone reverts to ar
maments, annexations, conscription
and secret treaties, America, in the
person of her great president, will
wash her hands of European con
cerns and shake the dust of Europe
from her feet forever. One thing is
certain: If President Wilson’s coun
sel is rejected, nothing can „vert a
universal revolution."
FRENCH ARMY HAS
ENTERED MAYENCE.
°aris, Friday, December 13.—The .
official statement issued by the war
office tonight, relative to the advance
the French army of occupaion
cads: --vkfrfcftyS
"Continuing the march, the troops
of the 10th army, after having oc
cupied Kreusnach, passed on Decem
ber 8 the line of Bretzenheim. Spren.
lelingen. Eichloch, BieMnheim and
Odemheim. On the same day ad
duced elements entered the city of
Mayenee.”
BULGARIANS STILL
PERSECUTE GREEKS
Salonica, Friday, December 13.—
Travelers arriving here from Bulga
ria, particularly Thrace, declare that
in spite of the fact that the war is
nominally over, the Bulgarians con
tinue to oppress and maltreat the
Greeks residing in that country. The
village of Agathopulos. situated on
the Black Sea and inhabited solely
by Greeks, has been set on fire by
Bulgarian troops, it is reported^
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