FRENCH SOCIALISTS
FORCE STATEMENT
' PARIS, Dec 30—Forced by the
.Socialist members of the French
Chamber of Deputies, Premier Clem
enceau officially stated the peace aims
of the French government in a speech
made in the Chamber of Deputies,
♦he Premier declared that the French
government would uphold the claim
of Great Britain that no restrictions
should be placed upon the freedom of
the seas policy as at present estab
| lished. He further stated that he
was not in full accord with all of Prsi
dent Wilson’s peace aims. Clemen
ceau asking for a vote of confidence,
the mebers of the Chamber of Depu
ties responded by .a huge majority,
only the Socialists refusing to sanction
the stand taken by the Fench gov
ernment as stated in the speech of the
Premier.
The Socialist Deputies had asked
Premier Clemenceau to officially state
the pblicy to be pursued by the French
government in the pending negotia
ions, as the French nation was entire
ly in the dark regarding the French
peace aims.
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BRITISH WORKERS
WILL SHARE
’ LONDON, Dec 31—The British
government at a meeting of a commit
tee on reconstruction of the labor
situation in Great Britain have an
nounced that the British workers will
be given a share in the British indus
tries after the conclusion of Peace.
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor attending the
meeting signified his hearty approval
of the action contemplated by the
British government.
DOUBLIN Jan 4—Monster Sinn
Feinn meetings are scheduled to be
held tomorrow all over Ireland to
demand complete independence and
the establishment of an independent
republic.
All recently elected Nationalist
representatives to the British Parlia
ment are to speak. Representation at
the Peace Conference will be demand
ed to settle the so called Irish ques
tion. Great enthusiasm prevails
among the Sinn Feinn and everything
is being done to make these meetings
a huge success.
LONDON, Jan. 1—The British La
dor press is closely watching the re
ports coming from Berlin stating that
the industrial magnates in Germany
prefer to be ruled by the British gov
ernment rather than by the German
Radicals.
The reported attempt of von Hin
denburg to induce the British govern
ment to send an army to Berlin to
suppress the radical element will, if
granted by the British government
be opposed by the British Labor party,
who has already strongly protested
against any attempt to use the Britr
ish army for such a purpose.
BLIZZARD RAGINC
WESTERN STATES
CHICAGO, JAN. 1—Reports ar-l
riving here from the West state that
fierce blizzard' aie raging in most of
the wester ; states end that thermoim
ters are registering on an average of
thirty below over a considerable area
thoughout the west. Conditions in
some sections are very serious owing
to a coal shortage and it Is feared
that much suffering will ensue unless
measures are adopted to relieve the
coal shorage'immediately.
Some fatalities due to the extreme
low temperature have already been
reported.
LIEBKNECHT TO FORM
NEW POLITICAL PARTY
COPENHAGEN, Dec 31—Press dis
patches from Berlin state that Dr.
Karl Liebknecht the recognized lead
er of the radical movement in Ger
many plans the formation of a new
j>arty, consisting of none but prole
tarians. Liebknecht claims that the
exclusion of the Bourgeois is abso
lutely necessary fot a party consisting
Of workers with working class aims
to be a success. Liebknecht cites the
German Socialist party as an example
where the Bourgeois has been intrust
eil witliihe leadership and consequent
ly has thru their reactionary policies
retarded the workng class movement
and frittered the political powers of
the workers away on issues with
which they were not concerned.
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BOMB EXPLOSION
PHILADELPHIA, Jan 1—Edward
Moore an I. W. W. leader has been ar
rested on general suspicion of being
implicated in a bomb explosion which j
has taken place here. The police de-i
partment admits that they have no de
finite proof of his connection with the
bomb explosion. An investigation is
being carried on here to apprehend
the perpetrators of this outrage.
NAVAL INCREASE ON
PACIFIC COAST
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1—Secretary
of the Navy Daniels stated officially
that one half of the American navy
would in the course of this summer
take up permanent stations on the
Pacific Coast. The main fleet is to be
divided between the Bremerton Wash
BOLSHEVIKI ARMY
NEARING RIGA
LONDON, Jan 1—Press dispatches
received here state that the Bolshe
viki army is within twelve miles of
Riga and has captured several out
lying villages after bloodw lighting.
The resistance of the forces opposing
the Bolshevik! s stiffening and the
capture of Riga will prove to be a
task of some magnitude for the Bol
shevik! forces.
LONDON, Jan 2—Alarmed by the
reported successes of the radical
element in Germany, British diplo
mats have announced that Bolshe
vikism will be the first topic discussed
at the peace conference. The forma
tion of a League of Nations will be
postponed until the delegates have
dealt with he more pressing problem
of how to deal with the radical move
ment whch seem to be gaining con
verts everywhere. The reports re
ceived here from Berlin leave no
doubt in the minds of many British
statement that the German radical
element is on the verge ot gaining
complete control in Germany a con
dition whch seems to be very little *
relished here. The fear is openly
expressed that unleess immediate
measures are taken the radical move- ,
ment may spread to other countries a
possibility that will have to be reck
oned with.
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RED CROSS ASSIST DESTITUTES
SEATTLE, Jan 1—Owing to the
negligence of the War Department in
paying the soldiers insurance the
American Red Cross has had to care
for 10,000 destitute families of Amer
ican soldiers. Much indignation has
been aroused when this statement of
the American Red Cross was made
public and the War Department has
come in for a good deal of criticism
for neglecting to look after the wel
fare of the families of American sol
diers who were called to serve their
country.
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NO PREMIUM ON GOLD
WASHINGTON, Jan 2—It has been
officially announced by the Treasury
officials that they refuse to take any
action to stimulate the production of
gold by establishing a higher stand
ard price.
The officials are of the opinion that
the return to normal conditions will
reduce the cost of mining appreciably
and thus stabilize conditions in the
gold Ruining industry.
JANITORS ON STRIKE
r CHICAGO, Jan 2—The Janitors of
the Office buildings and apartment
houses in this city taking advantage
of the blizzard now raging here and
the extremely cold weather which has
set in, demanded an increase n their
inadequate wage, going out on strike
to enforce their demands.
The employers unable to fill the
places of the striking janjtors agreed
to pay the higher wage scale demand
ed and the janitors went back to work.
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DANIELS WANTS DIGEST NAVY
WASHINGTON, Dec 13—In a
speech delivered before the members
of the Naval Committee of the House
of Rpresentatives Secretary of the
Navy Daniels asked for an appropria
tion of six hundred million dollars
for a new naval building program to
make the United States Navy the first
sea power in the world. He also
urged the Naval Committee to in
crease the pay of the officers and en
lister men in the navy, as the present
pay is inadequate to induce men to
enter the service in view of the higher
pay in civilian occupations.
Secretary Daniels also advocated
the appointment of Admiral Sims as
the head of the Naval War College in
Washington as a reward for his splen
did service over seas.
LATE NEWS
NORTHERN PACIFIC TOTAL LOSS
NEW YORK Jan 4—All wounded
soldiers have been removed from the
wrecked transport, Morthern Pacific.
Two of the wounded soldiers have
died since their removal. The Northern
Pacific is momentarily expected to
break up and all hopes of salvaging
the steamer have been abandoned.
ASKS FOR VOLUNTEERS
BERLIN, Jan 4—The German
Provisional Government is calling for
volunteers to fight the Polish invad
ers. The highest pay and most fav
orable conditions for enlistment are
offered. The volunteers are also al
lowed to select their own officers as
a further inducement to enlist.
INSISTS ON GOV’T CONTROL
WASHINGTON. Jan 4—General
Railroad director McAdoo declared in
a speech in he U. S. Senate that it
was impartively necessary for the
American people to continue govern
ment control over the American rail
roads. The Senators were rather sore
at M'Adoo for this assertion and quite
a debate took place which had how- *
ever no effect in changing the railroad
directors views in the matter.
PETROGRAD MINED
PETROGRAD, Jan 4—The Bolshe
viki government has made the an^
nouncement that their army is now «
stronger and better equipped than
ever. All approaches to Petrograd
have been heavily mined and the Bol
sheviki armies are reported to be con
tinuing their successful march t®* *
wards Riga and Kovno, overcoming
ail resistance offered.
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