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2 WAR ON AUSTRIA • * WILSON DECLARES STEP K NEC ESSARY TO WlN WAR OUTLINES A JUST PEACE r it rrrf*Ulon( Vigorously I'rgf* War to * . Uic Hilt in Order to Bo Sure That Just Peace Can Ik? Made—-Speaks ^ ^ • Krankly of Terms Which Austria and (iermany May Expcct- Appearing before CongreBS Mon day in joint session for the first time since he asked for the declaration cf war against Germany last April the president was more warmly greeted and his message was received with enthusiastic applause which grew tu multously when he reached the rec- 4 ommendations to declare war upon Austria. Diplomats, justices of the supreme court and other high officials assem bled on the floor joining in the dem onstration. The definition of war aims and peace terms, the most ex plicit ever voiced by the head of any of the great warring powers, was ac cepted as the more significant be cause since his reply to the Pope's peace note the president h^a Comit to be regarded more and mere as a spokesman for all the nations fight ing Germany By advance arrangement the ad dress was made available for publi cation in nearly every corner of the globe It probably will not appear In full in the Teutonic press but the papers of neutral countries and the work of Allied aviators will get It to many a German in unmutllated form. The request for a declaration of war with Austria met with virtually unanimous approval and Congmen prepared to give prompt reephnae Passage by the House on Thnmdny and by the Senate on Friday of the necoMuiry resolution waa planned by Ihe leedera. who began drafting the formal document aoon after the Men! finished apeahla "Bit from aaother point of view, I believe that It la aeceaeary to aay plainly what we hern nt the tent of action consider the war to be for and what part we mean tr play In the settlement of Its searching issues. We are the spokesmen of the American people and they have a right to know whether their purpose is ours. They desire peacQ., by the overcoming of gvtl, by the defeat once for all of the sinister forces that Interrupt peace 'and render it impossible, and they wish' to know how closely our thought runs -with theirs and what action we propose. They are impa tient with those who desire peace by any sort of compromlHe—deeply and indignantly impatient—but they will he equally impatient with us.if we do not make it plain to them what our objectives are and what we are planning for in seeking to make con quest of peace by arms. Two Things. . - believe that I speak for them when I say two'things: \ “First, that this intolerable thing of which the masters of (iermany have shown us the unly face, this menace of combined in trigue and force which we now see so clearly as the (lennan power, a thing without conscience or honor or capacity for covenant ed peace, must be crushed and, if It Ik? not utterly brought to an. end, at least shut out from the friendly Intercourse of the na tions; and “Second, that when this tiling and Its power ate Indeed defeated and the time comes that we can discuss peace—whem the German |K*ople have spokesmen whose word we ran believe and when •those spokesmen are ready In the name of their |»eo;ile to accept the common Judgment of the nations as to what shall henceforth lie the bases of law and of covenant for the life of the world—we shall he willing and glad to pay the full for peace, and pay It un- We know what that , price will he. It will he full. Im- satire done at to every nation meat most af fect, o«r enemies as well ns i*ur «lading Turkey and Bulgaria In the a* • ear declaration In spite of tho preoldant's rouosel OSS pvevojent. but sduiialstrstion tandoru a*purled to curb It hr potutlng to President Wilson's declaration We shell go wherever the hewun- eitle* of this ear carry us. hut N • » r- " Tn only whece imi »l con* •:4ereiioo< ed any If with The tslll might ha Hon of Al ally It eiou of ti Ame'icaa Italy sad f. > in It Waa ti»o etth fnre Is 4 v I dsat a**4 u«»* w«s might bo he«c Arne A|>p* uvi Side* » •• « a»t sled of efptawi ( oa»rweei4 than a ha KftU t la gala ug la of deliver 1 m*iic coo to God f« et t holy reuse The pr« awe * Genttrraeo of the rongrraa: "Fight months have elapsed I last had the honor 6f more nrflu- ulate. more persuasive, and they i»me from the hearts of men every where They insist that the war •hell not end In vtndtnive artlea pf say hind that no nation or people •hell he robbetl or punished because the irtesponeiuW rulers of a atugte ««uatry have themselves done deep «nd abominable wrong •*l» is this thonghl that has heen etpceoied la the formula no anneva- tk as. no ceotrt had tons no punitive lsd«-mait»es * Jose heesnse this crude fof mule expresses the inatlnrttve lodgmeal as to right of plain men e*efy Where it hes her a made diligent use of by the masierw ad tie?man la Hlnlgpd thn people of ttoasta the people of e very ot hoc rouatry their agents coo Id rewrh. in evdov that e pvwmutere peore might he he ought shout hefrve antormry has beoa taught w final and ron- via« tag leusea aad •nmpewpls of the »ocid put la control of thetr nun destiumu holwrrmy WoM fkh •’But the feet that • urong use has beee made of • )u«t Idea It no r*s»* a right use should hot he made ^^of W. It might to he brought under m I ♦he potmnege of He rent friends l^st Iti iw* soed sgsiu that autormry must first he showu the utter futility of Its «Isims to p«»*er of leudsrshlp to the asoderu w nr Id It Is Imi meal hie t«» spply aay staadard rf Justice so loug as such force# are umheched *n4 uadefanted ae the prewcat mas- tr rs of Germaay command • Not uatll that has heen done run right he set up ag xo or ed ulth events of Immense and grmve slgnlflraBce for us 1 shall not un dertake to detail or even to sum- marire those events The prnctlcnl particulars of the part we have play ed In them will be laid before you In the reports of the executive depart- ments. I shall discuss only our pres ent outlook upen these vast affairs, our present duties, and the^ imme diate means of accomplishing the ob jects we shall hold always In dew. ‘‘1 shall not go back to debate the cause* of the war. The Intolerable wrongs done and planned against us by the sinister masters of Germany have long since beccme too grossly obvious and odious to every true American to need to be rehearsed. “Our Objectives.** “But I shall ask you to consider again and with a very grave scru tiny our objectives and the measures by which we mean to attain them; for the purpose of discussion here in this place is action, and our action must move straight towards definite ends. Our object is, of course, to win the war; and we shall not slack en or suffer ourselves to be diverted until it is won. But it is worth while asking and answering the question, when shall we consider the war won? “From one point of view it is not necessary to broach this fundamen-' tal matter. I do not doubt that the American people know what the war is about and what srrt of an out come th *y will regard as a realiza tion of t};. r puMio-e in it. As a na tion. we are r.nited in -soirit and in tention I pay iiitie heed to those who lfi?l me oLhv.rwU'*. - i h‘*ar the criti<i-n am! tN* el am our of th noisy t’lorsrhtless and troublesome I als< ***** men here and there flinp them.elw - in impotent di iovalty RKain*.t t‘ • (.lira »nd mii’ahV power of th'* r: tlon 1 hear me*t debate peac*- ’ und^^tiind ne’ther it* na tu:e nor the v hv in which we may at- tain it wl'h up! fted eyes and un- bro’ en : pi- it:, • I’jt I know that none of the*e f(*r * he iff n They do a«»« ti urh the h<*nr* of anethlnt r THg\ •Hay safely he Jeff to *fmt thPif BB- U the time to av mw* We shall hr ire tm gevH-ne.lt y sml I«if all elfish of ihe vl«t<»n». .N*o( to I *‘l#t there be no lag. Our present and I task la to win the war, and nothing •hall turn us aside from it until it I* accomplished. Every power and re source we possess, whether of men. of money, or of materials, is being devoted and will continue to be de voted to that purpose until it is achieved. se who desire to bring peace about before that purpose is achieved I counsel to carry their advice else where. We will not entertain it. We shall regard Die war as won only when the Gorman people say to us, through properly accredited reifTe- sontativea, that they are ready to agree to a settlement based upon justice and the reparation of the wrongs their rulers have done. They have done a wrong to Belgium which mast be repaired. They have estab lished a power over other lands and peoples than their own—over the great empire of Austria-Hungary, over hitherto free Balkan states, over Turkey, and W’ithin Asia— which must be relinquished. Must Break Domination. • “Germany's success by skill, by v*”stry. by km-w’edce. by c/iter- ise we did,not trudge or oppose, t v dnitred r the-. She had built plre of tfidu ](*•(>,. secured, by the peace It mast dtllvur fair lands aad happy pooplua of Belgium and aortharn France from the Prussian conquest and tha Prus sian menace, but it must also de liver the peoples of Austria-Hungary, the peoples of the Balkans, and the peoples of Turkey, alike In Europe and in Asia, from the Impudent and alien domination of the P rsvian mil itary and commercial intocracy. For Self-Government, ■ : “We owe it, however, to ouraelves to say that we do not wish In any way to Impair or to rearrange the AuHtro-Hungarian empire. It is no affair t cf ours what they j do* with Jheir own life, either industrially or politically. We do not purpose or desire to dictate to them in any way. \Ve only desire to see that their af fairs are left in their own hands, < i ■all matters, great or small.' ' “We shall hope to, secure for the peoples of the Balkan peninsula and for the people of the Turkish empire the right and opportunity to make their own lives safe, their own for tunes secure against .oppression or injustice and from the di tation of foreign courts or parties. “Ami our attitude and purpose with regard to (iermany herself are of a like kind. We intend no wrong against the German' emplrd, no in terference with tier internal affairs. We should deem either the one or the other absolutely unjustifiable, absolutely contrary to the principles we have professed to liv^ bv t . hold most sacred throughout our B e as a nation. German People M;s?«*d. “The people of GermanV - ere being told by the men whom t! ey no at per mit to deceive them and to act as their masters that they are ffehting for the very life and existence of their empire, a war of dc>ipcrat? sell- defense against * deliberate apg’VM slon.^ Nothing could he more gros* > or wantonly false, and u •» must a#*; by the utmost openness and c m|or as to our real aims to convince th«‘i.i of Its falseness We a e 11 fighting for their emanctp* tloti fear, along with our own f.o fear as well as from the f *• < Just attack by neighbors or n% schemers after world empire one la threatening the existence the Independence or the peaceful en tarpetaa -- GeflMMy. "The we rut that can happen to the detriment of the German people is tMs that If they shoald still, after the war fta over, conttwne -to hr obliged to He# under ambitious ^ttd latrtgutac manlera latent ta dletar* the peace ef the uorld. saea uia ctaaaeu of men whom the other pvn- pluu «f the world canid ant trust. |» might he tmpaaelhte ta admit them ta Ihe parfaecuhlp of aatkWM wh!c!» must henceforth guarantee ihe world's peace ■ That partners hip mu st he a pa t* uerahlp sd p^ i *■• put a amre pa t* t of puuerpmeaia It might he Imps—Ibis also la »o«b uatow >r I ctecaamtauceu. tu admit Gersaaay to the free eeraumvc latsrroatua t hjrh muat laeviuhly spring eat of the other partnerships of a real pane# Fat there weald he an aggression la •bat and »or h a sitaoilaa. ipetttahD# berapae of diet rust, would IP the very patuve of tblpga suuaer ar later rare Itself, hy pnwuusea uhbh wcuW assn redly set la Hast hoi Wrawg IVwtous. f hr urowgs, the very deep • rewps, rvoumttaed la lM» war will hate tu hr f Ightml hy the rcoMnAseuoi I el ■ Vuillor w rsmgs agatw*t t«r •• miiv| oud her aBlrs. The uar*4 w!!t put I p* rmlt Ihe com miss lea el similar { at tangs as a means af rcparati**** aad I -etilenmat. tltatrsmea mas* *vr this t*WMi hare learned that the rp-nlon of the aorM Is ererywheru wid** awake aad fully rompre heads *ht **• seen la solved .No tupreaeatatlv of aay self-governed aatiop will lam uh regard It hy attemptlag any auch covenants of selfishness aad r impre- mlse as were entered Into at tae ti-agress rf Vienna he thought of the ptatn people and everywhere throughrat the uorld. the people who enjoyed no privilege and have very simple and unsophisticated standards of right and wrong. Is the air all governments must henceforth breathe if they would live. It Is in the full disclos ing light of that thought that all pol icies must 1m* conceived and executed in this ryidday heur of the world's life. "German rulers have been able to unset the peace of the world only be cause the German people were not suffered under their titlcage to have the comradeship of the other peoples of the world either in thought or in purpose. They were allowed to have no opinion of their own which might he set up as a rule of conduct for those who exercised authority over them. But the congress that con cludes this war will feel the full strength of the tides that run new in the hearts and consciences of free men everywhere. Its conclusions will run with those tides. Russians Need Truth. “All these things have b $n true from the very beginning of this stu pendous war; arid I can not help thinking that if they had been made plain at the very outset the sym pathy and enthusiasm of the Rus sian people might have been once for all enlisted on the side of the Allies, suspicion and distrust swept away, and a real and lasting union of pur pose affected. Had they believed Ithe^e tbines at the very moment of their revolution and had they been confirmed in that belief since, the to what I nt ranee Into the war haa not altered our attitude tow ard*. the settlement that maat come when It ta over. When I Raid In January that the nations of the world were entitled not only to free pathways upon the sea, but also to assured and unmolested acres* to tho*e pathways, I was thinking, and I am thinking now, not of the smaller and weaker no tions alone, which need our coun tenance and support, but al*o of the great and powerful nations, and of our present enemies as well as our present associates in the war. * “I was thinking, and am think ing now, of Austria herself among the rest, as well as of Serbia ami of Roland. Justice and equality of rights can be had only at a great price. We are seeking per manent, not temporary, founda tions for the peace of the world and must seek them candidly and fearlessly. As always, the* right will prove to be expedient. How to Win the War. “What shall we do, then, to push thn Houna will IU formnr practice w . n preparing all appropriation bills through a tingle committee In order that responsibility may be centered, expenditures standardized and made iinlform and waste and duplication as much as possible avoided. \ Hallway Operation. ‘“Additional legislation may alsc become necessary before the present Congress adjourns again in order to effect the most efficient co-ordina tion and operation^ of the railway and other transportation systems of the country, but to that I shall, if circumstances should demand, call the attention of the Congress upon another occasion.. * War the Main Thing. “If I have overlooked anything that ought-to be dene for the more effective conduct, of the war, your own counsels will supply the omis sion. What I am perfectly clear about is that in the present session of the Congress, our whole attention and energy should be concentrated on the vigorous, rapid and success ful prosecution of the great task of winning the war. “We can do this with all the great er zeal and enthusiasm, because we SaUOASTS OF VICTORY LUDENDORFF SAYS WAR WILL NEVER END IN A DRAW ~ SEES ALLIES IN OEFEAT this great war of freedom and jus- know that for us this is a war of tice to its righteous conclusion? We high principle, debased by no selfish must clear away with a thorough ambition of conquest or spoliation; hand all impediments to success and because we'know, and all the world \\ e must make every adjustment cf, knows, that we have been forced law that will facilitate the full and fr«o use of our whole capacity and f<> *v as u lU'hlhig unit. ‘ * Asks B at* on Austria. • "One \«» y embarrassing obstacle that stands in our way is that we are at war with Germany but not with her allies. I, therefore, very earnestly recommend that the Con gress immediately declare the * lilt ed States in a state of uar with Au**- f ia-lliiiiga* a y. Does It seem strange vj tb.it this should be the con- clusirn of the argument I have Just add t( > you? R Is not. It Is in f ct the inevitable logic of what I have m!d “Austria Hungary Is for the time I •*!• g i*i»t her own mistress, but aim i«H 11 * vn« isl of the German govern- I.. nod nur The »h« hat u ar' ram thu last \V nore*«i! I H see Mi emit uh rtHMftdef sat they are and art upon them without M-ntlment In this stern businees The government of Austria-Hungary l« not acting 11b in re ^die iK tttv'uiohee and ifir• of Its own people*, but as thu tool mm—t of another nation. We mast meet Its forru with our own and regard the Teatral pouera os t*ut one The war rsa be aacee**- dully conducted la an other way "The same logic would lead also to n derUmtloa of war against Tur- h<*y and Bulgaria They also are if Germany Bat they are i and do not yet stand la path of our aere>»sry nr- shall gfc uberever the of this uar carry us. hut lo me that uu should go e immediate and practical tons lead as aad not head other# horded Legtslothm. "Tho financial and military meae- urea ubirb mast he adopted will sag gest themselves os the war and Its endei takings dot slap, hat I will take the Itherty of propping to you ref late ether acts of legislation which seem to omt to he needed for the support of th# wur aad for the re- leyioe of our ehole force and energy "It will he aeresoary to estead In tertaio particulars the legtslattoa of the last •emdoo with regard to allea enemies, and also aereaaary. I ba tiste. lo create a very definite and **«ft*rul r rt titrol over the entrance and departure of all perorar Into aad from the railed Btates "LnglnAalloa shoald he enacted «1 fining as a criminal offense every uilfnl violation of the presidential proclamations relating to alien ene- mies promulgated under section 4M? of the revised statutes and providing appropriate punishments, and wo men ns well os men should be In cluded under the terms rf the arts placing restraints up— alien ene mies ft Is likely that am time goes on many alien enemies will be will ing to be fed and housed at the ex pense of the government In the dn- tentlon camps and It will be the purpose of the legislation I have sug gested to confine offenders among them In penitentiaries and other similar institutions where they could be made to work as other criminals do. Must limit Prices. "Recent experience has convinced me that the Congress must go further In authorizing the government to set limits to prices. The law of supply and demand, I am sorry to say, has been replaced by the law of unre strained selfishness. While we have eliminated profiteering in several branches cf authority it still runs impudently rampant in others. The farmers, for example, complain with a great deal of justice that, while the regulation of food prices restricts their incomes, no restraints are placed upon the prices of most of the things they must themselves pur chase; and similar inequities obtain on all sides. Must Develop Resources.* “It is imperatively necessary that the consideration of the full use of the water power of the country and also the consideration of the syste matic and yet economical develop ment of such of the natural resources of tire country as are still under the control of the federal government should -be immediately resumed and j been affirmatively and constructively dealt sinr(> with at the earliest possible moment. The pressing need of such legislation into it to save the very institutions we live* under from corruption and destruction. The purposes of the Central powers strike straight at the very heart.jqf everything we believe knightly honor; their intrigue has corrupted the very thought and spirit of many of our people; their sinister and secret diplomacy has sought to take cur very territory away from us and disrupt the Union of the States Our safety would be at an end; our honor forever aullied and brought into contempt were we to permit their -triumph. They are atriklng at the very exlstenre of democracy and liberty. 1 util I amt (ana. “It Is because it la for ns a» war of high, disinterested purpose, in which all the free peoples of the world ore handed together for the vindication of right, a war for the preoenrntlon of our nation an General and' Von Hindenburg Both Desire Secure Frontiers and Free Economic Activity on Land and Sea^-Wants Russian Armistice * • . rr, ' , % •• * Guaranteed—Satisfied With EI&s- tic l>efeiise in West-^Allies iu Council Are at Wits’ End. Gen. von Ludendorff, right band man of Field Marshal von Hindenburg, is quoted by a corre spondent of the Vienna Neue Freie Presse as making the prediction recently at German headquarters that the war will not end in a <ffaw, but be decided in favor of the Central powers. The correspondent, says the Vien na dispatch, obtained this expression from von Ludendorff in conversation with him during a visit to headquar ters, where he also talked with von Hindenburg. 1 • He gained the impression, the eorrc*|M»ndcnt says, that Field Marshal von Hindenburg and Gen eral von Ludendorff desire a peace which will create condition* of se curity and stability as far as pos sible; one which will bring with it secure ffronden* anil free economic activity on land anti sen. With reference to the Rusilnn army, von Hindenburg gat^ to the ccrrespondent his opinion that no more military activity on n large scale could he expected from It Ifo thought It possible, however, adds tha rorreapondcfit. that "some despot or nthdr like Grand Duke foioc, that wo feel oufaehoa doubly constrained ve propose for Its out- eotna only that which I* righteous of irreproachable la foes as uell a* for < cause '*tt Vmrnt ltd quail* 1 for a* hy of F to # hv ■Hj Jaat m uni bo a Kti f t hts »ih | f) g; Ions oar t rndllb rat ore d Iho m fit ntioa. for ir friends holy.* the f Ilk# motive ae can fight. a«»t»te ar loan as For thin war and foe Ike ant II rid wmm gaa In fired 1*1*10 Mpeahlag \r«cM«ry "I hn«e ipnhea ptoialy brm this arrow lo me the How* t« wool nrrcwNory to %pr«h lo os tier thol all the w««ei haws that e«ro ftp tho heal of the ■ impair eod when whole thn ugh I Is of «*rrylog •hr war ihtaoph lo Ma end wo %• —A aay tdaai or the asmr of hr hi In homer aad for whfch ^ft.au-ad ta thr g»eal gearralhma that weal before as. A i eprrmt mu meal of hAstary haa exmae. The eyes of the pri plr hose heen uprard aad the* see. The hood of toal la laid of»m the oaf Mo*. He a III shua them fat or. 1 drtoai!) hr Hex e, aal) If they rise la the rlreT hem hi* of His ••an Jw*llre aad nf-ururt effort" Regarding 1 weetern ft«»M tbr aacrosafnl German policy tinned, and tl sect Ions of an* eadd 4ebrla Wi aeats ft r the man aoatetial lance tlrca*l< be taken Into Me roaneqaem great often*#** llii - - y meat lie del I* on tho >urg said "•""gw*"’ the rase con * nally x •• black- Hr appto- iviag bn* a impor> effs must I ggrrtta* 1 tbfoagb »tau HMch toHitalbUM ore aloay* a •Iga of lo* opat tit no dbrlph^o- prso. Rbra ihr* are al thrW an*’ I a a or twuattl I* cMohlHbml." Goa ran l.t Grrmaat tbefx A Inarp* I a»r r a I n rial so bbow ai won Id yet am ■old tbot for nest ban as ta us Fra< days, wbra eat tonal Pti could bardl tea* kgtb. a do* rrhopn aowa- f labts I blow Tho gone ml •aid. b t»wr«H. that It m art la bo 4«>uM« d a *sngio uk>’ mi u bo wu* ■td bo 1 Rha v icter It appear* tho Mi i**lami aro tba m to bo tac .IUr«| 1 o poaro.' Goa. a l.adouditr f f <niI4 “1 will md my that 1 regard the iwd-lo «ikt maatfea- tafhm mm a peace offer." be ««*a- TWO PROPOSUS Haualaos and (irnanus fHsagrer I |»»m TV raw of The* i AnntHlrr. Thr Hussion delegation from tbe front which look part Hi Ibe'arintl tic# aegotiatoins reportetl In the ^Hfl£gd».rx ecu live committee and the* ncddlers* and workmen's council to- dgy. Tbe terms for the armistice were outlined by one of the dele gatee ns collowi: The Russians proposed that the duration of the armistice be six months with three days’ notice of the resumption of hostilities; the armistice to embrace all fronts in all countries; no troops to lx* transfer red; Moon Sound and Moon Island to be evacuated by the Germans. The Germans made the following counter proposals: “The armistice to last ^8 days; to embrace only the Russian front; the transfer of units less than a fivision to be permitted. Moon Sound and Is land to remain in German occupa tion; the Russian troops to be re moved from Macedonia and French fronts; Russian and Turkish troops to evacuate Persia.” JERUSALEM CAPTURED Tbr tv a* xctu which | i* r natty t h •• n«-K iav hr a patpM nf< «»na ► In* *h» reaultn of is Of cue ran rmi»tt*r with i »«Mtn ns wa nt it will hr Mritish Wrest Christian Citadel From Hands of tbe 1'urk. sad reverses which have recently ( is daily becoming more obvious Jerusalem, the holy city of the Christian religion, for more than 1,- 200 years in moslem hands, has It has surrendered after beng sur- roiunded by ttye victorious British Palestine army. • The ultimate fall of Jerusalem has considered virtually assured the British took Jaffa, the city’s seaport, in md-November and ho’ tly afterward pushed . within eight of Jerusalem. maul IM* »«*a!' •-* p» a •• f id rx*«-rnaU7* atioti* ulth i include an • snv time a< • »»ur4n«r th maintained A general annlstlc#. h« ucver. uill be difficult to achieve.**.. 4 •**h- Tthtt * # “t—H be- Pef that a general armistice would Interrupt submarine nctixlty and al low the Entente to intprme its post- thn*. while on'the other hand no supplies would reach the’ Central powers. Therefore, he thought such an armistice should be a brief one, as otherwise the military situation would suffer. Gen. von Ludendorff considered the Itussian revolution not a mere piece of luck for the Central powers, but a natural result of the war oper ations. “Modern war," said the general, "Is a war of |MM»ples, not of armies, ami a war end* now when an en emy |x*ople Is defend'd. There are no decisive battles, as in for mer years. The battles merely have an Anfllrect influence on tW whole national system, inducing decay and collapse.” SYMPATHY FOR HALIFAX v f v *<v*fffr; Tk*e wen* content to bide the rivalries of manufacture, clence. and commerce that were in- «*he.| for us in- her **uc<-e->s and . »*.d 4»r f’*ll a* e hod or ditl not • ♦: c h-aliat and ti e hrtintive to • RAt at the moment when she had •r««nVt»0us> won her triumphs of Cl r.*i lontar pe mit to he e«t *h- «* ed. «rl !*«ry xnd po'ltlcal d *m - u**e Ih ew'tSem s■* vv. fa fcJ h 'n*thHr of end *%’ a* w«» I xtlug l*v arms, by which to o*9*t * her#, she could hot excel tVe fixgl» marked the progress-of their affairs towards an ordered and stable gov-' eminent of free men might have been avoided. The Russian people have beerf poisoned by the very same false hoods thnt have kep* the Cerrun people In the dark, end the noiaon has been administered by the very same hand*. The only pomfble anti dote 1* the truth. It can no? be ut tered too plainly or too eften. • I or MtfMi «f All Natiowk * ‘‘From every point of ' view. the « lo*e. it ha * aeem *d to be my ■ *? !»»* ♦ J . •» »* purfmd add t!*«« Combinati4>n of E\p<»ri4*: s. "The legislation proposed at t’:e last session with regard to regulated combination among our exporters, ip order to provide for our foreign Lade a more effective organbaJLin a . I method of co-operation, onr. t hv a t means to be completed at thD «ea- iton. And 1 beg that the mertVr of the House of Represent a: tv »* ^ »r- mlt me to emprea* the op.nl :n i*: 4 i it brill be Impossible to deal In ( but e very *»*t*f*il at d e t-avaran. f^hloa with the «*o vpgoq* ' prtetioas of th^jjablir more • wHfo^ mast continue to he made. IX ttBe^wi* AT VLABIVOSTOCK !%»h.!)e\iki Troops Ib’acli Teniiiniim 4»f Tjans-Vihr Ihii Bnitway. I'lftenn hurdred HoNheviki troops a-e^/eperted hi have arrived at Vlad- m* L.V The alH** v re^ott.' if true, p xjtVy wo t'd !ndh*a*e that the Hol- s* ey »vh ^» 'tit la now In control M •er-tis *lT« ?r!an rail *044. which ritwt f*fi*u P^rorcud,"a distsf&'e of C.^?’f h i **•. to YL 4 dlv vtHok. Has la's ..X • ’ c r" pa I *ea port am the Farlflr. 1 SITE FOR NEW NAVY YARD l.«*lni B a?4l i;«i-4 innt«’iHU Alaiii4*<|a, k' **** *Fi#mi» A lamedn e f4#i" the Satr Fran< b u a* r, adiHl i o lay. in mno’nilc I the *i naval vanl on report to Con- 1*m • 1 he 11 • | ./ > ~\ L. President Wilson Wires Governor (ienerul of Canada. President Wilson sent to the Gov ernor General of Canada an expres sion of Jhe sympathy of the people of the Cnited States because of the disaster at Halifax. Following is the message: “In the presence cf fhe awful dis aster at Halifax the people of the United States offer to their noble brethren of the Dominion their heart felt sympathy and-grief, as is fitting at this time when to the ties <>f kin ship afid community of speech and of trJterial Interests are added, the i strong bonds of union ip the common ; cause of devotion to the supreme du tiv‘s of national existence.” t