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NO 2130.
ENTENTE REPLY IS
BITTER REFUSAL PACT
PARIS, Deo. 31.—Ihe Entente
reply to the German note is a prac
tical refusal to consider in the smal
lest detail the German peace propo
sals, good bad or indifferent. Ths
reply turns them down flat with a
positive statement which from the
peace point of view is very hope
less.
The Entente reply was handed to
Ambassador Sharpe' last night for
transmission to Germany via the
United States.
The Entente refuses to consider
the insincere proposition put for
ward by Germany “as anything else
bat a military maneuver to secure a
German-made peace” In order to
disturb neutral opinion.
Peace, proceeds the reply, Is im
possible without reparation and
without a guarantee of the unmo
lested existence of the smaller states.
The Entente holds Germany to strict
accountability for the war and re
views conditions leading up thereto,
they point to the Belgian wrongs,
the atrocities, the policy of fright
fulness, the wholesale executions,
the deportations all "against a state
whose national existence and inviol
ability Germany had sacredly pledg
ed itself to protect”. In August 1914,
the German chancellor had pledged
Belgium reparation and the entente
asks where is it now? Germany’s
sham offers reiterate the Entente
Powers, rest upon the war map of
Europe at present alone. Their re
presentations are superficial merely,
but Germany has yet to understand
that It is dealing with a passing
phase of the war and has not yet
witnessed any real test of the Enten
te belligerent’s strength. That time is
to come and when It will, it will
provide a basis for a lasting not a
sham peace which would only re
dound to the benefit of the real ag
gressor in the war: Germany.
The reply concludes that Ger
many’s failure to offer reparation
and restitution removes in advance
any basis whatsoever for peace ne
gotiations.
Now la the time to Bnbecrlbe.
PHONEX. Dec. 31.—While other
states report close elections, this
state has them all backed off the
map for political turmoil following
a close race for the governorship.
Governor Hunt the democratic In
cumbent and Governor Campbell
the republican claimant have both
taken gubernatorial oaths of office.
Thereupon Hunt locked up the gub
ernatorial and legislative offices and
prepares to fight Campbell. Campbell
threatens Hunt with arrest, as Gov
ernor, if any attempt is made at
gubernatorial inauguration on Mon
day. The official count is as yet in
complete but Campbell has a slight
lead and it favors him up to the
present but by so narrow a margin
that one precinct could upset the en
tire vote in his favor. In addition
the unofficial tabulations favor Hunt
so that in fact any candidate may be
the right one.
The entire state is in a tremend
ous turmoil with no end of excite
ment here. Campbell wants to call
a special session of the legislature,
but his call might not be recognized.
The fact that Hunt is occupying the
i executive chambers makes it an up
hill fight for Champbell at the best,
but his friends stoutly maintain that
he has been elected and that Hunt is
a usurper. There is any kind of a
possibility in the present situation,
especially as both sides are very de
termined to oust the other.
Hunt says that he is confident that
the situation will settle itself when
the official count is completed. He
says that Campbell’s action in gett
ing sworn in as governor is ridicul
ous and that he has control and
means to keep it.
SPAIN REPLIES WILSON
NOTE REFUSING JOIN
MADRID, Dec. 31.—Spain reply- I
Ing to the Wilson invitation to join
with the United States in a plea for
peace turned down the proposition
with some shortness. The Spanish
Foreign Minister said that they had
to consider intervention as quite use
less at this time because premature
and only waste of energy. The less
intervention until the time was ripe,
the less liability there was in the esti
mation of the government of Spain
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for intervention when it might be
successful otherwise to fail. Spain
therefore declines to make any ap
peal just now.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 3i.~
Offlcial opinion on the Entente re
ply is simply impossible to obtain.
Unofficial opinion is apparently op
timistic and it is held that notwith
standing the implacable nature ot
the Entente reply to the German
peace proposals there is a feeling
that the conference between the
belligerents is still not impossible.
BERLIN, Dec. 31.—Germany, it is
officially stated in the Overseas News
Agency report of an interview with
the German Minister for Foreign
Affaire, will be ready to state terms
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when face to face with the represen
tatives of the Entente nations. “Our
terms are all ready”, said the For
eign Minister, “and we are waiting
to meet our friends the enemy tc
talk them over”.
PARIS, Dec. 31.—All for neutia)
effect, says the Temps, in reply tc
the German foreign minister’s state
mont received from Berlin in a newf
dispatch this morning.
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RAILROAD CRISIS IS
WORSE THAN AUGUST
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—The con
ference of the railroad leaders and
managers has been concluded on the
refusal of the managers to obey the
Adamson law pending conclusion of
the litigation now in the courts as
to its legality. The managers are
admittedly playing for time until the
passage of the compulsory arbitra
tion measure which the President
yesterday instructed Newlands ol
the senate committee on interstate
commerce to introduce at once, and
to rush to enactment before the
brotherhoods can strike.
The brotherhoods have rushed
into the breach themselves and are
pushing the work of striking before
Congress can make such action ille
gal. The brotherhood members are
explaining the conditions and the
need of early strike action although
Sftue 'and Lee say a strike is im
possible on Monday. They admit
however that the crisis is much
more acute than in August and the
law will possibly find that the strike
is an accomplished fact before that
time.
Newspapers give the railroad cri
sis first position on their pages. It
is admitted that the fact that the
Adamson. law is being disobeyed
even before it is declared invalid is
making their position much stronger
than it otherwise might be. The
managers clearly admit that they
pin their faith to the enactment of
anti-strike legislation which Wilson
has promised to see through. They
admit that they only fear that Con
gress has delayed a little too long
and the strike orders may he en
forced before the law is passed pre
venting it.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 31
President Wilson is determined that
there will he no strike over the rail
road dispute and he went to the ca
pitol late on Saturday evening for
the express purpose of putting one
over on the railroad brotherhoods
so that they would be prevented
from striking. He conferred with
Senator Newlands and urged the in
mediate enactment of a compulsory
arbitration act to protect Interstate
Commerce against railroad strikes
and he approved the bill as drafted
by Newlands. This is in the main
a revision of the Newland’s act ex
cept that it is now including in its
clauses a compulsory feature which
the former act did not possess. Wil
son insisted upon the utmost haste
to the end that any action of the
brotherhoods might be frustrated.
He was promised that the law would
be introduced upon the meeting ot
Congress after the'holidays and it is
not believed that there can be any
thing pulled off by the brotherhoods
by that time.
The situation is admittedly elee
tri;al and theie may be some oppo
sition in Congress which may delay
action until a strike is called. It is
certain that there will be no sued
unity of action as confronted tb »
Adamson bill, although there is a
feeling that the legislation may be
rushed through in time.
BRITISH PRESS
IN PRAISING REPLY
LONDON, Dec. 31.—There is com
plete accord in all the newspaper
comment on the satisfactory nature
of the Entente reply which it is
declared will help to clear the air
and help to disillusion Germany con
cerning the future of the war and
peace. The greatest satisfaction is
expressed over the reply and its
terms. The Times says it'ought to
set any doubts at rest. The Mail
says it puts the obvious interpreta
tion upon the insincere proposals of
Germany. The Express says that
the reply is all that it should be and
will help to clear the air. The
Standard hopes that it will be re
ceived as a sincere and earnest reply
to insincere and superficial propo
sals. The Globe says that the bel
ligerents all want peace but it is the
one thing that the Entente will not
tolerate as made in Germany until
the Allies are there to supervise its
manufacture.
Practically all the papers show
signs of rejoicing that the Entente
unqualifiedly turned down the peace
propositions.
PARIS, Dec. 31.—Here as in
London nothing but delight is man
ifested in the papers over the un
animous Entente reply. The reply,
it is held, will dissipate any notions
which the Central Powers have en
tertained that the Entente nations
were waiting for some excuse to
quite the war leaving Germany
victor and the dictator of peace. It
will also show pacificators that peace
is impossible until something more
stable than the word of Germany is
security for a world at peace. The
Matin especially emphasizes this
view and declares that a paper
peace only means more bloodshed
later on. It might as well be shed
now.
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HEAVY BATTLES FOUGHT
NOW IN TRANSYLVANIA
BERLIN, Dec. 31.—The heaviest
lighting in the eastern theater of
war is in Transylvania where the
Teutons entered some enemy en
trenchments and are pushing on
ward despite several serious counter
attacks. The Russians have been
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retired along the entire Rumanian
front although constant engage
ment are being reported in the bat
tle front. The fighting is deadlocked
in Dobrudscha more on account of
heavy weather conditions than for
any other reason.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 31.—The Ger
mans, Austrians and Bulgars al
though they have greatly increased
their weight have been unable to ad
vance any further south of the
Danube. The situation along the
Rlminik is still the same with heavy
fighting somewhat hampered by sev
ere snowstorms.
The Carpathian fighting Is heavy
without any definite results although
some minor positions were captured
The Russian weight along the Vol
hynian front caused the premature
Teuton offensive in that section to
I collapse after the enemy sue
•tained severe losses in the fighting.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 31.—Minister
Trepoff asserts that Russia will be
gin the next year of the war in a
position of strength which hereto
fore for well known reasons they
have been unable to develop. With
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