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GOOD JOBS
FOR TRUCK
DRIVERS
AT HOME
MEN WHO HAVE BEEN
PILOTING MOTOR TRUCKS
OVER SHELL HOLES OF
FRANCE WILL GET $4 A
DAY HERE IN AMERICA
SERVING THE POSTOFFiCE
OJSI NEW MOTOR ROUTES
Washington, Nov. 26. —The Post Office
Department is ready to take the Yanks
who has been piloting a motor truck over
shel holes# In France and give him a job
at $4 a day in his home town.
( All the plans and schemes for so-called
“reconstruction” in which use of army
men and equipment is proposed, the Post
office Departments plan alone in com
plete and ready to be put Into immediate
operation.
Under the army appropriation bill, army
motor trucks, at the discretion of the
Secretary of War are to be turned over
to the Pos.toffice to be' used in broadening
the parcel post and city delivery service,
fourth Assistant Postmaster General .T.
I. Blakeslee today Said that he is ready
to take all the trucks and all the men the
Wiir Department will turn over to him.
Moreover, he is asking the Secretary of
v*ar to give him approximately 400 trucks
as soon as possible, together with men to
run them. Tre postal service now em
ploys 101 trucks on "star” routes connect
ing all the important cities of the country
from Portland. Me, to Chicago-aud from
‘ hicago to New Orleans. The system now
in operation forms a network throughout
the territory south and east of those gen
eral points.
submitted to Blackelee show
that the trucks now in operation during
he «/ no, ] th September earned a net
rTife ° f ap,,roxiniate! y $3.00" for each
- said . that sections not served
„»oJL ai, r° a< V n Parts of tlie country are
clamoring for motor truck postal service
The routes now in operation keep the
l r m Ck ? bu JV v tha * department'is un
a l ia,, dle nil the business.
)fiicevs of the motor transport corps
-M..K with the department to
sh, ..*« man the - trucks j»S
IJtVfi t: '"'d over to the postal servile.
The yam, also will bo done ns regards
theTnv.r “ nd . ; ‘ vlatol " released from
demobilization of men in the tran
1. f rvice .“ nnM h e cat-tied out too
rapidly for us” said Blaekslee. "We can
War b ri th men anri trucks ;is fast as the
n ia War Department?” gr
WANT GUARANTEE
OF A HUSBAND
Copenhagen. Nov. 26.—Conduetor
ettes in Hamburg: have refuses to give
tip their jobs now that peace has come
unless the state guarantees them hus
bands. a dispatch from that city stated
today.
MAIL SERVICE BETWEEN
EUROPE AND AMERICA
BY AIRPLANE PLANNED
l-ondon Nov.
of The Associated Press). —All- mails
between Europe and the United States
eventually will be carried by airplane
according to LoM Morris/ who ’has
championed a movement before a par
liamentary committee for the estab
lishment of a port of call for Atlantic
liners on the west coast of Ireland.
Already, he says, a regular daily
mail service by airplane is#mainUined
between England and France without
interruption by the weather.
INDIAN PRINCESS
BIG LONDON “HIT”
London, Nov. 19.—(Correspondence
of The Associated Press). —The I’rin
ressTsianina. a real American Red In
dian princess, has arrived in London
and all the little hoys in the neigh
borhood of her hotel are tremendously
excited. They form an awe-gripped
retinue for her whenever she takes a
walk, following a respectful distance
with worshipful eyes. They have found
ou that she is the daughter of a
kpe mother and that her father is a
member of the Muskogee tribe. Being
more familiar, as arc their American
cousins, with wild west stories than
with their geographies, their imagin
ations are fired by the 'princess’ Buf
falo robe, her mooeasips of soft olierry
eolored skin, her necklace rff Buffalo
■bone, and her fillet of Indian bead
work. Far from resenting this youth
ful homage, the princess seems to en
joy it thoroughly.
Her mission in Europe is to sing
Indian songs to Indian troops, of whom
theer are about 20,000 in France, rang
ing from privates to majors.
Brought up by white people, as the
possessor of a fine voice which lias
been well trained. r*rincess Tsianina is
regarded by the British press as an
interesting product of Twentieth Cen
tury America.
The princess deprecates wild west
shows and wi|d west movies, which she
says have given Europeans an entirely
wrong idea of her people.
AUTOS FOR COMING YEAR
Cleveland. Ohio—Unppecendented de
mand for more oars in the coming year
W as predicted by all delegates to the two
day convent ion of the National Associa
tion of Auto Show managers that opened
there today.
Twenty cities were represented and
dates for automobile shows were to b*
alHtted.
“As fast as government contracts are
finished” said Ray W. Sherman, editor of
the Motor World, “peace time production
of pleasure cars will he resumed, but it
will take fully nine months to get on a
full peace basis in the automobile busi
ness.”
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Shopping Early.
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BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
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news of Augusta in
The Herald’s Advertis
ing Columns and start
your Xmas shopping
early this year.
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Severe Attack on
Administration Is
Launched In Senate
Washington. Assailing the admin
istration for “repression and suppres
sion” for “Prussianizing news” —dur-
ing the war, Senator Johnson today
called upon the nation to throw off
stagnation of thought and openly dis
cunfc peace problems and the future of
the country.
Johnson’s attack was in the form of
a wfitten statement by which he
aligned himself with Senators Borah
and other “Progressives,” who are de
manding free and open discussion of
peace terms.
“While rendering the loftiest senti
ments of democracy and freedom for
all other nations, the administration,
with an iron hand destroyed the liber
ty of the press and freedom of speech
at home,” said Johnson. I “By repres
sive and suppressive measures thought
of the nation was made stagnant and
no loyal expression which did not yield
a ready acquiescence, was permitted
or tolerated. In a republic, arrested
and suppressed expression and stag
nant thought are and dan
gerous things.
“The result pf the recent election, in
my opinion was due to the policy that
arrogated to itself omniscience and
denied to loyal Americans the right of
free and decent expression. A re
pressed and suppressed people, forbid
den for many months inetrehange of
thought, found the only mode of ex
pression in the ballot box, and there
expressed themselves. •
I CENSORSHIP
OF PEACE NEWS
Washington—lt was said today that
there was no foundation whatever for
talk of a censorship over news of the
i>eace conference, and that American
newspaper correspondents would be
given all facilities possible for trans
ferring their dispatches.
Preparations for the president’s trip
are going forward rapidly at the White
House although they still are sur
rounded with secrecy and no one pro
fesses to know either when the start
will be made or just who will make
up the party. An announcement by
the president himself of the personnel
of the peace delegation is expected
in a day or two.
Among many messages received
from England, France and Italy urg
ing Mr. Wilson not to let unfavorable
criticisms interfere with his plans is
understood to be one from Lord
Northcliffe, earnestly suggesting that
all objeetoins shoulfl be disregarded
because the president’s presence is
essential.
LUXEMBURG ASKS
PRESIDENT’S AID
Washington.—President Wilson’s in
tervention in behalf of the Grand
Duchy of Luxemburg was besought to
day in a telegram from the Grand
Duchess. She asked that he save the
duchy from the passage of the German
troops (probably meaning destruction
committed by them) and to protect at
the peac° negotiations the rights of
Luxemburg as a small, independent
free land.
The message was referred to the
Versailles council.
WOMAN AMBASSADOR OF
HUNGARY TO THE SWISS
Berne, Monday, Nov. 25.—Madame
Rosaka Srhwimmer, of Ford Peace
Party fame, who lias accepted the poet
of Hungarian ambassador to .Swit
zerland, being the first woman to re
ceive such an appointment, ddrlared
to the correspondent today that the
food needs of Hungary were “nowhere
near urgent.”
However, she added, there is some
dancer owing to the lack of coal. Dif
ficulties in the northern and southern
sections of the old Austro-Hungarian
empire have prevented Hungary from
getting its full amount of coal.
The situation in Hungary is such,
Madame f4<h wimmer eontinued. that
the government would he willing to
abide by any division of a peace con
ference “no matter how unfa rovable,
because the government is helpless."
Hungarians, both extremists and re
actoinarieH she says, have Joined ef
forts to create an orderly and demo
cratic government. Hungary has now
given up Croatia. Flume and other
districts because she recognized they
belonged elsewhere. Perfect order has
prevailed in Hungary tip to this time,
but there Is increasing danger from
the troops returning from the battle
field.
EPIDEMIC OF INFLUENZA
IS RAGING IN JAMAICA
New York. -An epidemic of Influ
enza which has brought business vir
tually to a standstill and caused many
deaths is raging In Jamaica, accord
ing to passenger* who arrived here
today.
Kven peace celebrations had Eo be
postponed because of the severity of
the epidemic, the passengers said.
THANKSGIVING AT NICE
Paris.—Kvery family in Nice will
have an American soldier as its guest
for dinner Thanksgiving Day. A re
llglous eerernony at the American
church at Nice has been arranged hy
the Rev. Mr. Burgess.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
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“Our nation, now in the peace con
ference, will make the most momen
tous decisions in its history. No one
man within himself has all the knowl
edge of patriotism or vision of Ameri
ca. The problems -of peace and fu
ture destiny do not find their solution
only in the east. There is a i icifie as
well as an Atlantic, an orient as well
gis an Occident. There never has been
a time when the republic has so
needed the best thought and the best
efforts of its citizens. That this
thought may not agree with the pre
vailing thought or with that of those
in authority is of no consequence.
“Notwithstanding the repression
and suppression of recent months
which have made of tl\e greater part/
of the eastern press the mere servile
echo of the administration; notwith-*
standing that free speech liaft been
practically dead among us and that
our thought has been stagnant for
want of expression, notwithstanding
the Prussianizing of the news of the
nation, by which we have received
only whta those in authority wished
its to have, this of all times in our
history is the time when Americana
should interchange their thought and
should express themselves. We ran
perform no higher duty and render no
greater service than publicity to dis
cuss our problems of peace, peace
terms, and the future relations be
tween ourselves and other nations
and the path the republic shaft! follow
in the years to come.”
U. S. FORCES ON
MOSELLE RIVER
*BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS )
With American Army of Occupation
—American forces arc standing on the
west side of the Moselle river tonight.
The extreme left of the line is at the
frontier village of Vallendorff, on the
Sauer river. From this point it fol
lows the Sauer to its confluence with
the Moselle and extends along the lat
ter river as far south ms Garsch. The
third division was the first to reach
the German frontier, having establish
ed headquarters overlooking Germany
today. This division will remain along
the line on the southeastern frontier
of Luxemburg until the army of oc
cupation moves ahead into Germany.
Among the other units on the Ameri
can front is the 26th infantry of the
first division which has its headquar
ters in the village of TChnen. Lieut.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., is occu
pying a room in a hotel there for
merly occupied by Major von Hinden
burg, son of the field marshal.
Strasbourg.—French Infantry divis
ions are takipg over Alsatian towns
controlled by German soviets.
They are handling affairs in an al
most incredible manner, restoring or
der, providing food for the people, and
caring for refugees.
28TH DIVISION
IN THE WOEVRE
Washington. D. C., Nov. 26. —The 37th
Division was in action in Flanders from
October to November 11th under
French command There it participated in
the drive Across the .Scheldt, Ift miles
south of Ghent, the war department dis
closed today.
The 28th Division, including the 112th
Infantry was on the line in the Wocvre
near La Chauasee Lake, November 2 to’
10th.
W. C. McGOWAN DEAD
Savannah, Ga.—According to priv
ate telegrams received in Savannail
this morning, W. McGowan, district
supervisor of the United Hlates Ship
ping Board. Kmergency Fleet Corpo
ration. died maidenly in Philadelphia
at 1 o’clock, this morning. His head
quarters arc in Jacksonville hut he
had gone to Philadelphia for a con
ference.
Mr. McGowan's district extended
from Charleston to Pensacola.
CONFESSES TO MURDER
New York. James Began, a Sing
Sing convict, confessed today that it
was he who killed Mrs. Helen Hamel
in her boarding house hero last Feb
ruary, Exonerating Mias Kllzaheth
Baska of l''rornanKlibrg, |*a., 19-year
old. now on trial charged with the
murder.
SHIPS TO LATIN-AMERICA
New Orleans, La. Following an
nouncement that the last of the United
Fruit Company’s ships plying between
here and Latin-American ports had
been transferred by the United States
Shipping Board lo other service, tele
grams cmptiaslzing the urgent neces
sity of providing ships for this ser
vice were sent to government depart
ments at Washington by the New Or
leans Association of Commerce. IstcaJ
shipping authorities say that as a re.
suit of this transfer, trade between
New Orleans and the Mississippi Val
ley with l-otin-Amerlca is virtually
at a standstill.
APPROVE BALLIN’S PLAN
—. ....
London, Nov. 26,—The German gov
ernment has approved the plan of the
late Herr Ballin, managing director
of the Ha mburg-American Line,
Whereby Germany will keep its.mer
chant marine and In return build ships
to deliver to the allied governments
at agreed prices, says an Amsterdam
dispatch to The Kxpress.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 26. 1918.
GERMANY IS
BREAKING
UP INTO
STATES
Washington. D. C., Nov. 26.—(!i»r
many, presumably breaking up into
separate states, may be acting to foil
the application of severe allied peace
terms, as some officials see the situa
tion here today.
On the eve of the allied conclave In
' Paris, at which peace terms for tier
many will he discussed, the Teutons
show marked signs of disintegration.
Polled in the war of loot, defeated,
disillusioned and chagrined, the peo
ple are turning against each other,
laying the blame for their woes, first
here and thin there—apparently in a
mad effort to avoid the stern lust ire
that must be meted out to them by
the allied governments.
4nd in meeting the situation, the
associated powers admittedly have an
intricate proposition. Various forms
of socialist control extend now from
the Ural mountains to the western
boundaries of Germany.
Germany is splitting into states and
the Spartaeus group, which means
substantially Bolshviki, is in the sad
dle at some points while the Ebert-
Scheidemann group-controls at others
As Gel-many disintegrates, it is fore
seen that tlie peoples will set up the
cry of "we didnt start this war. why
should we pay its Indemnities and suf
fer hard pence termN?"
This government holds that the
peace conference will not be delayed,
regardless of what the government re
gime In Germany is. This apparently
is on the theory that the dtetateH-of
the peace conference must be observed
by the final established government of
Germany. But, the problem of collect -
ing indemnities from a group of sep- |
urate states, bound by no ties and dis
turbed by Rolshevikism is one offer
ing serious practical difficulties.
Thus far, no official statement has
been fortneorning from this capital as
to peace conference plans. The allies,
naturally, would prefer to deal with
some central German governfnent and
extended exchanges are now under
way baUveen the associated govern
ments in an effort to edtermine wliut
can be done about the German situa
tion.
That President Wilson will have lit
tle, if any, trouble in putting into ef
fect his ideas of peace is the thought
here. There is a growing tendency
among entente statesmen to accept his
I rinclples and his guidance. "Free
dom of the seas” probably will offer
some entanglements, but none that
will he Insurmountable.
It is likely the President's plans for
sailing and the personnel of the Am
erican peace delegation will he an
nounced very soon now—possibly to
day.
ELECTION RESULT IS
AGAINST BOLSHEVISM.
Pari*, Nov. 26.—1 tis reported that
at the election for choosing members
of the revolutionary committee at
Dresden, the socialists cast 87,483 votes
against 5,500 for the independent so
cialists, Who will have only three seats
in the eornrnittee which numbers fifty.
German newspapers point out that the
result is clearly hostile to the Bolshe
vist current threatening (o strangle
Germany.
RUSSIAN FRONT
MASS OF ICE
IBV THt ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
Archangel, Nov. 25. —Winter has begun
in earnest over the whole northern Rue
elan front. All llie rivers are Ire-bound
and the Bolshevist gunboats which hnve
long menaced the American and allied
forces on 1 he, Dvina have been forced to
withdraw to escape being frozen iri The
Jiolshevlsts, however, have mounted big
guns along the front south of the allied
armies.
Operations are limited to spasmodic
artillery exchanges hut the Bolshevist
lories are said to be receiving heavy re
inforcements The freeze up while bring
ing relief on the Dvina frirtl Increases the
danger on others as the once impassable
swamps are now frozen, making possible
bush-whacking flank attacks by the
enemy
TURKEY WANTS
CONTROL BY U. S.
Constantinople, Nov. 25.—American
control of The Turkish gendarmerie
and finance Is being urged hy n group
or nine newspapers seven Turkish
and two French in Constantinople.
The group also advocates American
supervision of the edueatlonal system
and the separation of church and state.
A deputation will request ’ permis
sion to nreeent the program to Presi
dent Wilson during his visit to Paris
The program will be announced this
week
FOCH AND KING ALBERT
ARRIVE AT STRASBURG
Pari*, Nov. 26. —Following rx r upiitlon
of Ktr:<«ih«urjr by the French army Sun
day Marshal FoHi and fflnr Albert for
mally entered Ihnt Htv yeHterdav after
noon. It wac announced horn today.
BERLIN CONFERENCE
Copenhagen. Nov. 26^—Tlu* result of
all-Herman oonforenee In Ilrr-
Hn Ir not y*t known, but !t 1 1> «»x peeler!
that ,t national pe«»mbty will hr* aum
jnoned on the basis of the 40 p»rllarr./n
--o*ry dlutrlcta*
Official Reports
Show Austria and
Huns Plotted War
London, Nov. 25, -(British Wireless
Servie.) —Publication of offifeial repo: is
from (he Bavarian mini, ter at Berlin, to
ids home government confirm evidence
already in the hunds of the entente that
Germany and Austria conspired .to bring
about the war It was for this reason that
the terms of Austria's ultimatum to Ser
bia were made so drastic tin ' hostilities
were hound to follow.
The revelations have been published in
Munich after p-nnission had been ask
ed by the Bavarian premier and foreign
minister of the German federal govern
ment. They are in the form of a report
sent to Munich on .1 'v IS. 15. t by fount
von I.erchenfeid. the Bavarian minister.
According to tho report the delivery of
(he ultimatum to Serhiii was delayed un
til after President Poincare and Premier
Vivihn of France lit., gone to i'd. Peters
burg which would sake i difficult for the
entente nations ; i arrive at an under
stuftdiiig and taka cor liter measures.
Count von Leiciictifcld said that "Kcr
bla obviously e not accept such condi
tions as will lie laid down." and that as
FAMOUS GERMAN
GENERAL GOES
INTO SWEEDEN
C&penhagen, Nov. 26- VOeneral Lu
dendorff, reputed to have hewn long
the actual directing head of Ger
many’* military affair* ha* quit. Ger
man noil, according lo the Frankfort
Gazette. It nay* he ha* left Ha**-
nitz, Pru**la, for Sweden. Ill* titular
position In the German military *y*-
tem wrh that of find quurterrna*t*r
general.
Copenhagen, Nov. 26 Gen- von Heneler,
German governor genera*, ha:-* fled from
Poind, it we* reported in diKpatchc* re
ceived here today.
CANCEL BILLION IN
CONTRACTS FOR WAR
T OUPt> —Contract* aggregating $1,000,-
000,000 have been cancelled by the Amer
ican expeditionary force* *!nee th« *ign
jng of the armistice. In future the Amer
ican. Dritinh and French government* will
pool their Mjrplu* wtock* and will buy
♦ hmugh a common purchasing agency.
Forty thousand men engaged In the
American hup ply *ervlce will he* went to
advanced rren * a* replacement troop*
for the army of occupation.
The Hiipply department will continue it*
routine work a* long a* nects unary.
Forty-three oon*t met lon projects, in
cluding a (Jeep water dock of 2ft Hhipa, ter
minal*, warehouKCM and railroad* have
b*go cancelled Order* for 2,sftft locomo
tive*, 61 .ftftft railroad car* and hundred* of
crane*, tog* and barge* and derrick* also
have been recalled The frarmport prob
lem ha* been reduced materially while
the ordnance department ha* been cut
down by two third*. Th reduction in the
air service bn* riot yet been announced
CHANGE CAILLAUX PRISON
Pari*—Jo*eph OalllauHX, former premier
who j* charged with treason, ha* been
removed frlm the military prison to the
pri on de la Santo because the Jurladlc
tlo.* over hi* case is political rather than
military.'
(UNITED PRESS)
a consequence “there must be war.” llu
declared that action on the part of Aus
tria could not be lent delayed “for that
might give Serbia, under pressure from
France and Russia, an opportunity to of
fer satisfaction."
In :i telegram to Munich * om Berlin
on Jul> :u, 191-I. Count von Lerchenfeld
said that Sir I'ldward Grey's efforts to
preserve pome would "certainly not suc
ceed in arresting the course of events.”
i/ttter the same day lie wired information
as to ultimatums to Russia and France,
forecast their rejection by both nations
and told of plans to hurl Germany’s arm
ies against Frunce, which, he on id. would
be "overwhelmed in four weeks."
ITi* said that, the morale of the French
army was poor and that if was poorly
armed
On August 4th Bavarian minister out
lined Germany’s intention to violate
Belgian neutrality, saying;.
“Tho chief of the general staff has de
clared that even British neutrality will
be paid for too dearly if the price is re
spect of Belgium. An stack on Frame Is
possible only through Belgium."
MAKE UP CARGO
OF PEACE SHIP
Washington, D. C. t Nov. 26.—Ac
cording to the plan now, I‘resident.
Wilson will wail for Franco on the
former German liner George Washing
ton, about December 3.
lie will be accompanied by Mrs.
Wilson, her private secretary, Miss
Kdltli Denham, and Ids contidential
stenographer, Gilbert Close.
In addition to the President's per
sonal party, tho ship also will carry
French Ambassador and Madame Jus
sera ml and membojH of the American
peace delegation. These tire expected
to include Secretaries Lansing and Ba
ker and ex-Ambassador Henry White.
George Creel will accompany the
party. There also will be a list of un
official guests aboard.
MORE TRAINS FOR
PASSENGERS ON SOON
Washington. More passenger'trains
soon will be placed in service, offi
cials of the Kuilroud Administration
announced today. Increasing traffic
lias placed a heavy burden on the
present service and officials have
agreed upon the restoration of numer
out trains and through sleeping car
equipment withdrawn early in the
war.
Two additional trains will be placed
between Washington and New York
before the holiday travel begins. Both
of these will be on the Pennsylvania.
At least one transcontinental train
will he restored. Five were taken off
in the g eneral shake up of service ear
ly in 1918. This resulted in a saving
approximately of $21,060,000 annually
in passenger operating costs. Officials
would not make public the route of the
new train, explaining they were gath
ering data as t > the needs on the four
trans-continental lines
An additional through Iran south
from Washington on the Southern
Railway has been ordered on a per
manent s chedule. It started operation
recently on a temporary time card, hut
according to official* the traffic has
shown the justification of added ser
vice.
The first of tty- through sleeping
and parlor car rvic for wlnt'i - tour
ists will be established on western
lines This will be followed late> by
installation of similar service on I ties
in the MisslHsipn' ViUey. The Mis
souri River gateway at Ksnsas City
also was said to lie slated for more
luxurious service in tills respect. De
termination of the route for this ser
vin' however, lias not been fully
made
lOxtrn equipment Is being provided
for local servlee In every section es
the eountry, officials reported. It was
declared, however, that the days of
competition would hardly be approxi
mated under l tie Increased Service
rontemplnt Railroad administration
officials said that the question of re
storing local service would tic I est
largely to the regional directors. They
are In a. position to know the needs of
particular sections, officials said.
POSSIBILITY OF WAR
BETWEEN CHILE-PERU
Washington.—Ho*tllltir between Peru
u r,<J Chile appeared today to be a poMHlbll
jty following Peruvian withdrawal of her
consuls from Chile. The Tacna-Ariea
province dtaputft la* reached a peak, and
it offer* a Hourcc of trouble not diatdmllar
to the Al*ac« Lorraine question between
Franc#* and Germany.
There j* a poHHibillty that thru* nation*
will Meek to get the queHtlon included a*
one of the I*mu«*m In the general peace
conference on the theory that the league
of nntlon* would require *©tt|em*nt of
*uch dlHpute*.
Or it I* poftMlbln that the United State*
or one of the Hotili American nation* will
offer good office* in an effort to avoid
actual war between tho two countrie*.
Demonstration at Iquiqua.
Buenos Air**.— The Peruvian foreign
rninlKter ha* decided to withdraw ail con
sular repriiHentative* from Chile, owing
to anti-Peruvian demonstration* at Jqul
que. It wax announced here today. The
trouble *ro*e over the old question of Die
province of Tncna and Africa, which Chile
took from Peru
Bolivia, believed to be In nympathy with
Peru, hop** through it'* pro-allied atti
tude to obtain a pacific port at the peace
conference.
HOME
EDITION
AUGUSTA AND VICINITY; Rain to
night and Wednesday.
ALLIES MAY
FORCE HUN
TU KEEP
ORDER
Washington.—The eyes of the world to
day are on German returning:
home.
Whether they aid in restoring: an order
ly regime or yield to the anarchistic
pleadings of Dr. Karl Llubnecht, Germ
any's Uenlne, will determine if the em
pire is to gain it’s feet or join with Rus
sia in chaos and crime.
Fear is expressed here that, the Ger
man troops, returning to barren cup
boards in war broken homes, will fall prey
to the doctrines of l.iebneclft He, like
Lenine, has taken a stand against not
only the imperialism ot Germany but has
threatened the domestic peace of the
world as well.
With Germany in control of the Bolshe
vik!. a great portion of lOurope would bo
in the hands of anarchists. The problem
is one giving civilized governments today
the most solemn 1 -thought and worry#
There still is uncertainty as to whether
the chaos In Gforipan) lots it’s Inception in
those desiring return of a monarchy as
the sole means of restoring order. The
lutes! appeal of the German government
protesting against demobilization of the
German armies is held to indicate that
the government is counting on these
troops to assist In establishing a military
dictatorship which might squelch the
present upheaval.
As to means of Allied aid, no definite
conclusions have been reached. $t is cer
tain. however that if Bolshevism gains
the ascendency In Germany, the Aided ar
mies will be the only immediate means of
combat ting it’s spread into other coun
tries. Whether the Allies would throw an
armed cordon around Germany—or occupy
Tier leading cities to assist In bringing or
der officials would not venture to guess
today.
It was pointed out, however, that Pres
ident Wilson has always taken the stand
that countries should be allowed to settle
their own Internal differences—as for in
stance Mexico and Rustfta.
But with Germany tho problem presents
a threat against the peace and domestic
tranquility of the entire world.
.Scores of millions of people in Germany
ami Russia will be Involved in anarchis
tic uprising If Germany does not legaln
her balance. If is pointed out. The fires
of such a conflagration would be certain
to sweep to adjoining nations. Hence
there is the strongest urge upon this go -
out 1 now l ° a<:t prornptl > r in Putting them
To this end the associated governments
are exchanging views—but in announce
ment or a course of action probably will
await developments of the coming days.
ALLIES HAILED
AS DELDHS
61 THE TURKS
<BY THE ASROCIATED PRESS.)
Constantinop e.—Thero worn fifty
British, French and Italian battlerhips,
cruisers and destroyers lti th allied
spadroti which one bored’ today In the
Bosphorus. Tile newspapers and the
population acclaim the ullled squadron
«h dedievorer*.
'jfte headquartefl) of the British and
French contingent* have been estab
lished In CbnstarittnQplc A British
aerial force is on the outskirts of the
city.
Food prices in Constantinople, ac
cording to I lie Turkish finance minis
ter, have risen twenty times abovo 1
those ruling before the war. IJisor- 1
ganizatlon of the railroads ~i *.sla
•Vlnor today compelled the govern
ment to abandon the ration of cheap
bread which it issued during the war.
Of 59 offlc rs and men who have re
mained with the United .States gun
boat Scorpion In the Golden Horn
since diplomatic relations wore sev
ered, 25 have murried Levantine wo
men.
Nearly ail tlie American missions,
except those i n Constantinople and
Smyrna, have been occupied hy tlm
Turkish army notwithstanding, that
all have h*n engaged in relief work.
f>f about seventy Americans In educa
tional ami relief work in Turkey, all
are reported well.
One thousand Germans and Aus
inans, including Grperal l.lman von
Sanders, German commander lr tliu
Turkish army, who fled from Damas
cus and Aleppo, remain In Constanti
nople and I lie neighborhood. Their
exit across thctUlaek sea hits been cut
off by the Rumanians and by disor
ders in Odessa.
Among ttie new members of the new
Turkish cabinet headed hy Tnwflk
Pasha, Is Dr. Riza Tewflk, tin Instruc
tor (n the American college for girls in
Constantinople.
OIL RUNS INTO FURNACE
Pittsburgh, Ps.—Fire which followed
an PXplonlOfi of oil (IfHtroyoHl about
half of tin- big c react* nt plant of the ,
Crucible Stool Company here today.
Two hundrod workmen escaped, only
fine of their number being Hlightly
burned. *
A break in an oil pipe cstUMcd the
fuel to run into an open furnace and
the resultant explowion ripped, a large
xectlon of roof off the wire mill de
partment of the plant.
Company official* cMilmated the
damage at $75,000, Including $25,000 on
the plant building* and $50,000 on ma
chinery. v