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FREEDOM OF
SEAS AS IT
IS DEFINED
BY BRITISH
(Copyright 1913 by The United Press)
London, Nov. 29. —Definition of the
phrase "freedom of seas” is the most
important problem before the world today.
In it’s relation to the league of nations
it firms the basis for the chief point to
be settled by the great forthcoming world
peace conference.
Responding to a request for their opin
ion of this all important problem, lead
ers of British thought today revealed a
wide divergence fff views. Great signifi
cance is attached to this fact as a result
of the action of the Allies in amending
I resident Wilson’s famous 14 points so as
to permit them to tenter the peace con
ference without having been committed to
any definition of the four words—“free
dom of the seas”—whch seem destined
ti become the. most vital feature of the
new international relationship.
Following are the answers to the re
quest of the United Press for tho British
view' of what the definition should be:
By Admiral Lord Beresford.
The British fleet insured victory. With
out the British fleet the whole world
would t>“ under the domination of Ger
many. The German view of freedom of tho
seas would parallel their view of freedom
o.i land. Before the war, America ob
jected to some of tho principles of our
blockade. Directly it entered the war it
adopted the same methods of the soas
and helped us. The league of nations is
no counter-poise to command of the seas
by the British fleet. The British empire
w ill never consent to give up command of
the .£ eas ' I)Ut ' gladly welcome the
assistance of English speaking nations ti
rqtain that, cimmand.
By H. G. Wells.
Freedom of the seas means a guarantee
by the leagua of nations of transit without
discrimination in freights and fares over
Ril sejtti and international land routes,
free of-discriminations and extortions by
particular nations or rombines of private
ship owners and transit companies.
By G. Bernard Shaw.
Freedim of the seas means that if you
seize contraband of war you pay for it.
jnd for all incidental damage: alscf that
u na^ons have internationally guarded
the right of way over all indispensable
marine highways.
By Llieut. Col. Repington (Fa mous Mill
_ . tary .Critic.)
I have not the slightest idea what free
dom of the seas means nor have 1 met
any one who can tell me.
By A. H. Pollen (Distinguished Naval
Critic).
Germany wr i defeated largely because
at the last she was effectively besieged
by Mb’*. Had neutrals been free to supply
her Ih.? wa* might have continued an
other yogi Hal all supplies, especiallv
from America been stopped from the first
would have been over long ago. Non
combatant trading with Germany has cost
Europe and America ftaiillons of lives and
fifty billion dollars. If this is freedom
nf the seas*, it has been a costly luxury.
By Archibald Hurd. (Naval Critic of the
Daily Telegraph.)
In war, as recent events have* shown,
effective freedom of ihe seas as of the
world, demands maintenance of ancient
sea rights which have repeatedly proved
lo be the salvation of civilization. Philip
JT. of Spain, Napoleon and the Kaiser
were defeated and the American Union
w*as saved thereby in the Civil War. The
sea controls the land and so called free
dom of the seas means military autocracy
on la,pd.
By Lieut. Col. Repington (Famous Mill-
News). /
freedom of the seas is universal and
unqualified .in peace time. In case of
disputes between nations, if one natiol
rejects arbitration and tho decision of the
league of nations, and declares war. it
will be denied us of the. seas while it's
opponent will have such use safeguard
ed.
Ev Col. J. C. Wedgwood, M. P.
Freedom of the Seas means abolition
of the right of capture or destruction of
private property at sea in war time and
no discrimination ai ports between the
different flags in peace time Submarine
alter the old situation but always as a
liberal, I support President Wilson.
(Continued on page nine.)
MDOMET flftTHfS
, Hie in sim
, IN Jill ILL mi
San Francisco, Cal., Nov. £9.—**l pre*
fer a glorious death at th hands of my
tradueers (you included )to a living grave
l am innoc ebt."
Thomas Mooney directed this statement
to Governor Stephens .in answer to the
(tovernor’s action In cdlnmuting his death
sentence to life imprisonment.
‘‘l refuse to accept the commutation. *
said Mooney. Workers. I now appeal to
you agal nto act —and the sooner the bet
ter."
Mooney said he believed organized la
bor would not accept the governor’s action
as satisfactory.
Can Francisco.—Thomas .1. Mooney
faced a life in prison today.
By commuting Mooney’s death sent
ence to life imprisonment, Governor
\V. D. failed to make the
provision tor a new trial which labor
organizations in.tha United States and
other countries, have demanded.
San Franc sco.—The death sentence
of Thomas J. Mooney, convicted of
murder in connection with the bomD
explosion which killed ten people here
July 22, 1916, during a preparedness
day parade having been eommunted to
life imprisonment by Governor Step
hens last night no further legal steps
can be invoked in Mooney’s behalf,
attorneys said today.
In explaining causes whfch led him
to communte Mooney’s sentence, the
governor said he had made a careful
review of the case and found no rca -
son why Mooney should escape pun
ishment. The governor declared there
were “certain feature* in connection
with the case which convinced him
that the sentence of death should no.
be executed.” Another reason for thb
commutation, he said, was President
Wilson’s "earnest desire for
ency."
He said he declined to he influenc
ed by the theory that if maximum
punishment 14 not Justified, pardon
should be granted.
Many strikes had been planned for
December 9th by labor organizations
as a protest against Mooney's execu
tion, which was set fop December 13.
Whether, these proposed strikes wiow
will be carried out, labor leaders here
were unable to say today.
Pros his cell. Mooney Issued a state
ment protesting against commutation
his sentence. “I would rather
hang," he said, "than to be condemned
to a living grave." Mooney also ap
pealed to labor leaders ,to continue
their efforts in his behalf.
Views at Washington.
Washington, D. C., Nov, 29—Tommuta-
Son of Thomas J. Mooney's death pen
ance to life imprfsnnment is regarded
lere as likely to compose materially the
lartonal labor situation.
Many authorities were frankly fearful
if what the outcome would be with la
•or. hsd Mooney's sentence been refried
lilt. Therg were plain signs that his
ixecution would have spurred a latent
Bolshevism in certain quartan of the
and. Hence, there were fears that the
tape would have had an extremely de
ttruetiva effect on industries Just at the
ransitior. period
Preaident Wilson was msnlfestly -h*
leterminin factor In saving Mooney. His
snpeals to Governor Stephens of Callfor
lia. were admitted bv ire latter to have
tad great weight with him.
The Preside*' had said that interns
fonal Issuei hung upon the disposition
if the Mooney esse Thet meant thnt j
m alliance between Russian Bolshevists
nd rerteln anarchist elements In this
istion were preoar-d to foment serloue
gouUle if the caeo went the limit.
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VOLUME XXIII, No. 339. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
KAISER IS GOING
BACK TO BERLIN
Emperor Planning to Reclaim Throne
THIS EMPEROR
HAS THE BLUES
Amsterdam. —Former Emperor
Charles of Austria is suffering
from a mental depression, ac
cording to an Innsbruck dispatch
to the Kreutz Zeitung of Ber
lin. He sits for hours at his
desk sthring vacantly. Former
Empress Zita is hutch distress
ed by her husband’s state of
health.
ORDER EX-EMPEROR
TO LEAVE COUNTRY. .
Copenhagen.—The Austrian
government has ordered the
former emperor to leave the
country because of anti-revo
olutinary agitation by conserva
tives, a Leipsig dispatch report
ed today.
MAY BE THIS IS
HAUNTING CHARLES.
London, Nov. 29 Austria-Hunga
ry lost 4.000.000 killed and wound
ed during tlie war, according to
am Exchange Telegraph dispatch
frim Copenhagen.
Eight hundred thousand men
were killed, including 17,000 offi
cers.
WOMEN f WOULD
JUfIJM
r PEACE MEETING
Washington.—A big peace confer
ence of women is planned lor Feb
ruary in Holland, with international
delegates present from all countries,
including Germany and Austria.
The session, if finally arranged, will
be under the aus. of the Interna
tional Committee of Women for Per
-1 ment Peace, of which Miss Jane
. dams, of Chicago, is president.
Addams, of Chicago, is president.
Miss Addams and Mrs. I.ouiso F.
Post, wife of Assistant Secretary of
Labor Post, saw Secretary of State
Lansing tod: ■ as the propriety of
the session. He informed them that
lie saw no objections now t<? this con
gress, according to Miss Addams. "
A meeting of the executive com
mittee will be held Monday in Boston
to determine upon time and place of
the session. As tentatively outlined
the conference would be meeting dur
ing the fifth week of the general peace
session. Its purpose, according to
Miss. Addams, is mainly tq mould
world opinion as to women’s position
on questions affecting a durable
peace.
When first considered the session
was regarded as likely to have some
influeifbo with the general peace ses
sion. Miss Addams now foresees the
possibility that the main peace con
ference will be adjourned by the time
the woman's gathering meets.
It had been hoped to have the meet
ing at Paris but it is now felt this
would be inadvisable ns German and
Austrian delegates might be barred
from the French capital.
This committee, it was recalled,
held a session in Holland in 1915,
about a month after arrival of the
Ford p ej»ce ship abroad. Miss -.ddams
pointed out that the committee had no
connection however with the Ford
party and that its platform included
many propositions similar to President
Wilson’s peace ideas —among them
the league of nations.
Mss Addams said Secretary Lans
ing told her ’lie matter of American
delegates attending would be up to the
passport section, largely to decide, but
she gained the impression that there
is no real obstacle In the way.gf the
meeting. She had previously seen
Secretary Baker, listened to her pro
posal in "friendly fashion."
Incidentally Misj< Addams revealed
that the state department hod coun
selled against any reply at this time
to the German women's appeal for
American aid, addressed to Mrs. Wil
son and Miss Addams,
German Fifth Army
Is Crossing the Rhine
Before Americans
With ths American Army of Occupa
tion, Nav. 29.—Oensrol von her Mnrwtls’s
Fifth army will begin crossing tba Rhine
tomorrow. The crossing will require
eight nr nine days, according to reports
reochli g bars, Ths movemsnt Is being
carried out by three columns at points
distant from eseh other.
According to th* Gsrman plan Mfl.ooo
men will he quartered dally at Frank
fort. but srrnmmodellons for only 30.090
dally have been girenered, f’ongcutlen at
Tri-ves Is reported, resulting In units
proceeding no foot toward (.’obl-cn It
was originally planned to movs the troops
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BREAK WITH
BERLIN IS
URGED IN
BADEN
London. —The liberal party in Baden
h;A issued a proclamation demanding a
complete breach with Berlin, accord
ing to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Copenhagen.
going to Berlin'
TO DISCUSS ARMISTICE.
Amsterdam. Representatives ot
Great Britain, France ami Italy win
arrive in Berlin shortly to discuss the
question of the armistice, Berlin cor
respondent of the Cologne Gazette says
he understands.
PRINCE MAX SLATED
FOR PRESIDENT’S JOB.
Copenhagen.-! Prime Maximilian ot
Baden, former German imperial chan
cellor, is favored as Ihe first president
of the German republic by democratic
circles there, according to advices to
the Berlingske Tidende. The counn
ci] of people’s commissaries has ap
pointed a commission to investigate
charges that German treatment m
'prisoners of war has been contrary to
international law. The commission
includes Karl Trimborn, former sec
retary of the interior; Eduard Bern
stein, under-secretary if the ministry
of finance; Prince Schoenach, Hein
rich Dove, privy councillor, and rep
resentatives of several governmental
departments. Prof. Schmnecktng of
Marburg University will act as chair
man.
The commission is ordered to lake
♦etlmony under oath and expel guilty
persons from the army. In certain
conditions criminal prosecution may
be ordered.
PLANS FOR REORGANIZING
THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT
The Hague, Nov. 29 -Soldiers councils
on all fronts have been notified to send
delegates to a special meeting .-it Baden.
December Ist. to discuss participation in
plans for reorganizing the German gov
ernment, according to dispatches received
todav.
CONSIDER RESIGNATIONS
OF THREE LEADERS.
Berlin, Nov. cabinet is consid
ering th'e question of the resignation of
-Foreign Secretary Sols. Secretary of Stale
Erzberger and Secretary of Finance
Sheidemann.
HOLLWEG>BETHMAN
WANTS INVESTIGATION.
London. I)r. Hollweg-Bethman.
German imperial chancellor at the out
'br»ak of the war is eager for an inves
tigation into his-share in the origin of
the conflict, .-A-cording to a statement
he had made to the North German
Gazette of Berlin, as quoted by the
Central News correspondent at Co
penhagen.
Hollweg admits that Germany was
not s urprised at Austria’s action re
garding Serbia, but declares he was
not aware of the text of the ultimatum
before it was despatched, and when he
saw it he regarded It as too sharp,
both in Its tone and as lo the demands
'made.
The hx-chancelior says lie is anx
iously awaiting the day when his case
may he Judged by an Impartial gov
ernmental tribunal.
"We will admit our errors,” he adds,
"but# will not allow ourselves to be
forced to make untrue confessions."
DEMANO DISMISSAL OF
THREE NEW LEADERS.
Berne, Nov. 28. - The socialist council of
Munich has telegraphed to Ihe executive
committee of the Berlin socialist council
'ivfnasdlng the dismissal of Dr Sols for
eign {Minister; Philipp Sehaldemann, mln
slster of colonies, and Mqthins Erxberger,
who It has been announced will conduct
negotiations preliminary to signing a
treaty of peaee. The telegram also invites
the Berlin council to overthrow a govern
ment which continues t > place such p«r
sons In Important positions.
towards Germany by rail. At other points
It l» said that, the roads nro unable to
handle the extraordinary traffic and that
thnuannda of troops arc marching estt
warde after welting tlaye for tralne. Ap
parently the Hermann are ondeavorlufr to
withdraw ee raptdiv’an possible. Copies
of a proclamation hy Field Marshal vnn
Hlr.danburg, urging Gorman soldlere and
• ivlllna to receive allied troops with "res
ignation and courtesy" have appeared In
vtllagee opposite the American lines, The
proclamation eeys thin In the best policy
in view of (tie fart that Germany Is so
(Continued on page nine.)
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 29, 1918.
KAISER SUFFERS
FITS OF CRYING
Amtferdom, f'ov. 29.—Count
WllWltn Hohenzollern will soon
leave Aniorengen castle to under
go treatment for his shattered
nerves in a sanitolium neat’ Ar
gliem, it was understood here to
day.
He probably will live for some
weeks at the home of Dr. Ling
beek, at Rinkumb.
The former kaiser is reported
to be subject to frequent fits of
weeping. Some days he is tin
aide to write, owing to spells of
trembling.
in well informed circles nt The
Hague it is expected that the
allies soon will Join in indusing
Holland to expel offer
ing him the choitjc of returning
to tho Gentian fijpntter or sur
rendering to tile entente.
Wilhelm seldom goes outside
the castle gardens! During one of
his llrst walks he met an interned
German soldier wlm refused to
salute. The former kaiser de
manded an explanation. The sol
died produced a rtn ill red flag. An
attendant asked him if he real
ized it was tlie kaiser who stood
before him.
"Damn the Hohenzollernsl Six
of my brothers died for them,”
shouted the soldier.
S|nce then the former kniser has
taken no walks, always riding In
h closed auto on Alls infrequent
trips away from castle.
\ ' ’ "
ISON'S VIEWS
ON FREEDOM OF
THE SEAS ISSUE
BY J. W. T. MABON.
New York.—Frankness In dis
cussing freedom of, the seas ig dif
ficult to secure because every na
tion with a powerful navy has one
set of interests to serve when it is
it belligerent and another set when
it is a neutral.
The widest meaning offered Is
that all blockades shall be abolish
ed, so that neutruls sWtll not be
prevented in any way from trad
ing with belligerent powers that
have sea ports. If this principle
had been enforced during the pres
ent war, America anil the allies
could not have prevented Germany
from getting whatever food sup
plies she desired from the South
American and other neutral coun
tries by direct trade.
A less inclusive meaning of freo
dom of the seas is ihttl while tha
blockade is a belligerent nation
is pcrmissable, -no interference
shall lie allowed with the ocean
commerce of any country border
ing the belligerent nation. Had •
this rule been operative during the
war America and Ihe allies could
not have prevented Holland and
Scandinavia from acting as Ger
many's agents and importing for
Germany’s use whatever foodstuffs
Germany could buy in South Am
erica or elsewhere.
America has had the unique ex
perience of having been a neutral
and a belligerent in the present
war and so has been able io con
sider the two viewpoints. Ars a
neutral Ihe American government
was opposed to any interference
with the desires of American trad
ers to sell their products to Hol
land and Scandinavia. But Im
mediately the United States be
came a belligerent, American pub
lic opinion wotilt) not have permli
ted Its government to recognize
the freedom of the sin* to the end
that the neutral countries could
have fed Germany through Dutch
and Scandinavian ports.
Hud this been done the war
would undoubtedly have been
prolonged to the great destruc
tion of America’s young manhood
and financial strength.
If war is abolished freedom of the
seas will come automatically,
Otherwise freedom of the »ea* has
this triple character:
It is always a splendid principle
for th* nations with weak n»vle«,
like Germany, that cannot hope to
blockade their enemies coast: it Is
a handicap for nations with great
navies, like America and Great
Britain, when they are engaged
in war with an enemy that pos
sesses a coastline; It is flnsnnelly
advantageous to exportng nations
like America and Great Britain
when they are r.eutral while a
great war is being fought.
The ultimate question le whettrer
financial -advantage during a pe
riod of neutrality outwelghe the
possibility of defeat wheu war
comes home.
ROSTAND VERY ILL
Pane, Nov. 89 -Kdmoml ftoetond IsNery
111 from pneumonia, The condition of
rho distinguished author Is said to bs
alarming.
ALLIES NOW
PLANNING
TO “GET”
KAISER
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
London, Nov. 29. The
former German emperor con
templates an early return to
Germany to reclaim his'throne,
according to news received in
Lonodn through a neutral
source of high standing, says
the Daily Mail.
The newspaper say« that the
revolution in Germany is being
managed by officers of the
German high command with a
view of* Stentually causing its
collapse and the triumphant
return of the former emperor
to Berlin. Some of these offi
cers in civilian clothes have
been recognized in the streets
of Berlin. Many of them are
reported to be dressed as
workmen. ,
These officers harangue the
crowds as comrades and in
every way encourage the revo
lutionary movement. It is
added, however, that if oppor
tunity offers they will aban
don their disguise, contend
that the revolution iH a fail
ure. and begin a counter-revo
lution.
Agents of these officers, it
is declared, are furthering this
plot by'spreading anti-British
propaganda in Holland with
the object of embittering the
Dutch against the allies.
FORMER EMPRESS JOINS
HER LORD IN HOLLAND.
London.-— The former German om
pre«H arrived by train Thursday at
Maa nib ergon, Holland, and went hy
automobile to Amprengen, where the
former emperor is staying, according
to a Rotterdam dispatch to the Hally
Mirror.
The former empress seemed In high
spirits. Hhe was met at the station
by the wjfe of the Merman minister at
The Hague. The former emperor wan
not at the station and only a few vil
lagers were about. An automobile
load of baggage was taken to the cas
tle. but twenty large trunks were left
at the station. '
London, Nov. 29. —Premier Clarnenceau
and Premier Lloyd George will meet here
Sunday to discuss the procedure, for de
manding that Holland turn the former
klser over to the Allies, the ICxprestt de
clared today.
France and Great Britain are under
stood to have agreed that such a demand
he made and the Ipjtrh government Is
said to be ready to comply
The Kxnress said Marshal Foch and
Colonel House may attend the confer
ence.
UNITED STATES IS NOT
EXPECTED TO TAKE HAND.
Washington. O. C., Nov. 29 The Unit
ed plates probably will not join with the
Entente lo It’s reported plan to ask Hol
land to give up the gainer, according to
indications at the state department to
day.
The department has been, asked several
times for a statement hm to tho Ameri
can position on this subject and each
time has professed ignoran e of the whole
subject. This la taken to mean that the
govcri ment la giving no attention to '»h*
matter
As for the kaiser’s returning >to Ger
many the department holds that his life
would he worth nothing should ho at
tempt It.
Says U. S. Manufacturer Made
Austria Peace Offer In 1917
Copenhagen, Nov. Br—Vienna nowepupore publish n letter frnm Count
Caemln, former Auetro-Hungnrlan forolgn minister, gxplainlng an al
leged American psonq offer Doeemhor, 1917, Ho soya It was ono of many
oases In whlnh unauthorised private Individuals tried to aonelarate the
raturn of poaon. In this particular oaae, he says, n manufacturer made
over id *s hut ws» unable In prove thet he wee accredited by the Amer.
loan or any other government.
(UNITED PRESS) WEATHER--Augusta and Vicinity:
. —boAr and colder tonight and Saturdtfy.
Freedom of Seas
Is Question For
‘Give and Take’
England and
U. S. Able to
Prevent Any
Future Wars
London, Nov. 28—Sir R. L. Bordau.
(atiatllau premier, .speaking «at the an
nual Thanksgiving day banquet of the
American society today approved of tho
plan to form a league of nations, hut
hh ld that If the league did not materialize
that England and America are able to
command the peace of the world by act
ing together. lie Mild
“Let iih have n Prague of nations. If it
can be realized, but at least let us have
that understanding and unity of purpoip4
and action between the two world-wide
English .speaking common weal! h.t which
will save humanity In years to come from
the unbearable horror, suffering and sac
rifice of the wa. rsuch as this.
“United by ties of roe©, language, lit
erature and traditions, the natjnps of
the Britannic commonwealth and the
states composing the great American re
public can commathe peace of t he
world They could have commanded It
In July 1914. If they hud giveir Germany
their joint warning. They, therefore,
stand answerable to the world for the re
sponsibilities Imposed by them.
“By their overwhelming power and
unequalled Influence neither nation can
divorc© Itself front these responsibilities.
Let no minor consideration, no petty riv
alry ad no unworthy distrust divide those
who .united, can command the world’s
abiding peace."
America's share In winning the war was
praised by Viscount ('hinda, Japanese am
bassador to Great Britain. In a rln
ing address the Karl of Pending declared
that Great Britain would, in the future
loin Aifiorlca In celebrating Thanksgiv
ing Day Jn memory of America’s achleve
nvntH in the war.
The banquet was the most elaborate
held by the society since 1914, represen
tatives of nearly all the associated na
tions beln present. Hdnry E. Stoner/
presided and the other speakers were Ir
win B. Lnuhlin. secretary of the Am
erican consul general at London; the Bel
gian minister, the lord chancellor and
Mrs Curtis Brown, president of the Am
erican Club of London.
ALABAMA METHODISTS
Mobile. Ala. The Alabama conference
of the Methodist episcopal Church, South.
In session here, late yesterday adopted
two constitutional amendments passed on
by the general conference. One of them
grams full laity rights to women, and the
other changes a clause of the creed from
“Holy Catholic Church" to “Holy Church
of Christ."
A striking feature of last night's ses
sion was the unanimous adoption of a
resolution In which President Wilson was
rnemorallzcd to coll an International con
ference to Investigate the conditions of
Jews throughout fne world and to take
steps to Aitop persecutions which the
resolution said, had been going on for
centuries In Christian countries
NEW ARGENTINE ENVOY
Buenos Aires.— Official appointment of
T»r. Tomas Lc ftnion as Argentine Am
bassador to the United States to succeed
Romulo Maori Is expected hourly Wash
ington has advised the foreign office that
f>r. Lc Breton is persona grata.
Lc Breton expects to leave for flpnln
within a week t| get his family, selling
from%there for W* ‘hlngton ft Is probable
that he will assuc . his new duties by
the end of January.
Hr. Le Breton Is an attorney and n,
member of the radical party In congre i •
lfe is a supporter of President Irogen. fn
an Interview he declared his most. In
teresting dutv ns ambassador will he to
: cement the friendship between Argentine
. and the United States and to »tablllzo
commercial exchange between the two
I countries.
HOME
EDITION
London. The meeting of the al
lied leaders in London next week
will he a preliminary to the peace
conference, the Daily Express Bays.
Goionel House and Premier Or
landa of Italy will he here with tits
British and French statesmen.
Washington. President Wilson today is
holding final conference., with his advisers
before completing his annual tnessake for
congress anti a mass of other work to be
ileared up before lie leaves for France.
Besides the regular cabinet meeting this
afternoon tit which lie expeted to gi over
phases of his recfnstruction message the
Preaident planned to confer with Sec
retary MoAdoo today as to who shall he
secretary of tlie treasury and Director
General of railroads.
Tile President’s forthcoming message
promises to be one of the most important
of Ills career. In it he Is expected to lay
do /it ids domestic policies tor the read-
JJujtjmJejnt of industry and opportunity
of labor. Whether he will embody in it
hi* .statement to the country on hts peace
in iw’o.i ~p'i the precise position he ex
pect ’ .take with regard to his princi
ples at the peace table, was still lit doubt
early today. A statement on the subject,
however, either in hts message, or before,
is certain.
If congress meets promptly so that'he
can address it Monday, the President will
Hull Tuesday according to plun.
As the hour for his departure draws
nearer. It becomes more and more evi
dent that he will face a wide and inter
esting divergence of views at the peace
table on hi* principle of ‘’freedom of the
seas." This suited with the league of na
tions idea, promises to be the center of
the International diplomatic struggle.
Thus far the President has Indicated
oniyy broadly what he would include un
der "freedom of the sea*.” Apparently be
hoving the question to be one In which
there must be some “give and take.” he
has declined to commit himself spocilicaN
!y to any detailed course.
ALLIED NATIONS DISCUSS X 1
FREEDOM THE SEAS.
Parle, Nov. 29. —Realization that ths
questions of freedom of the eras and a
league of nations are Inseparably related
Is becoming more evident as the inter
natiinal representatives gather In Paris
and the actual peace conference draws
nearer.
Ah a mtter of fact though, the peace
conference already Is In progress. Ex
changes of Ideas between the associated
governments has been in progress since
the armistice whh nlgncd. The visit of
King George and King Albert to Paris and
of Premier Clemenceau to London cannot
bo regarded as mere pageants The vari
ous governments are circulating propa
ganda among the peaplc in the meantime
advancing their interpretations of the is
sues.
As the Germans were Informed that
freedom of the seas Is the only question
remaining open, this Is the question most
generally dscuHHed. Front the American
viewpoint. It llnkn closely with a leitgus
of nations, cne atrenglhenng tlhe other
One consideration is that there should
be o competitive naval construction
The view Is ofte taken that the sens Is a
neutral highway and should bo under con
trol of such Should two nations *0 to
war the remainder of the league, being
neutral, could enforce It’s control of tho
sea for the benefit of humanity In gen
eral and prevent the belligerents from
fighting on It. The some action would
be possible should 1 single nation at
tempt to make war against the league.
Under such an Interpretation of ths
freedom of seas, International navy is
within the range of possibilities. Limi
tation of armaments, the pooling of the
forces of Great irltaln and America as
the leading naval powers with contribu
tions from other nations, operating under
a unified command would bring such a
result
KILLED IN ACTION.
Washington.- Gyrus Garnscy, assis
tant fuel mlmlnlstrator was notified
today that his son. Lieut. Cyrus Gern
*».V, Third, of the 7th field artillery,
was killed in action in France. Sep
tember 30th. Oernsey's home wns m
Memphis.
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