Galveston Daily News (Newspaper) - December 28, 1918, Galveston, Texas 262 NIB MAY BE LEFT IN COM IF SOME QUARTERS SOCIALISTS WILL WET IN SECRET SESSION Burner Starts That Hugo Huie Be Called Upon to Organize Hew Government 28 1918 Official Residence of King George of England Where Banquet Is Tendered to President ESTABLISHED 1842 Thursday Dee result of today's tion It Is believed In some quarters the majority socialists will retiro from the cabinet and leave the Independents in full control of the government The cabinet was In secret session the part of the day The leading in the government also were in Conference and this gave rise to a rumor Hugo leader of independent socialists be called on to organize a new government The present German government or council of people's commissioners is made up of six members three majority and three independent ists sometimes called minority The majority socialist members are Ebert and The are Haase Dittman and the war the majority supported the government while the independents were in opposition imprisoned on a charge of treason The Spartacus group of Dr Karl formerly was allied with the in- dependents The Haase group might be called radicals and the group ultra radicals opposed to the majority and independent BUCKINGHAM PALACE BANQUET ONLY CEREMONY N STITE IS BUCKINGHAM PALACE SPARTACUS FACTION STILL IN CONTROL OF NEWSPAPER Berlin Dec 26 The faction was still in control late this afternoon of the offices of the socialist newspaper which were forcibly taken possession of by members of the group on Wednesday night Chief of Police had promised the editors of the newspaper that the in- vade the plant would be ejected by o clock this evening in order to make the of Friday's we by regular staff the demonstration at the on Karl K radicals delivered There wore cries of Oh to the and thn trie red guard to tho printing plant which was unoccupied aa the day a holiday After the seizure volunteer tors responded to a skilled men of those started up tho Spartacan writers copy for handbills which were sued under the caption Red the red guard had posted sentries at the doors and to re- psl Invaders On- of those sentries was nn unkempt carrying a rifle In one hand and an umbrella In the other Thn handbills contained a report of the and explained the seizure of the newspaper which was declared to born with the revolution Another item de- is the product of the blood and tbe sweat of tho German working The newspaper also was referred to as a lying dog and a reptile whose are now about to he pulled The retirement of Premier and Herr and their colleagues also was demanded Frederick Stampfer editor of called the attention of the to thc Ideal Accord Shown HU SENDS WORD TO GERMAN CERS ASKING TO DISCUSS FOOD Dec Food trator Hoover In Europe arranging re- lief for tho peoples of the territories has refused in em- phatic terms to discuss German food conditions with Baron von dor and Dr who sought a meeting with the food administrator A message from Paris today said those two German officials who were nent In tho German administration of Belgium wired from Berlin to Walter Lyman Brown director of the sion for relief In Belgium at Rotterdam that they had been appointed by the Dec 27 In bU at the to nt tonight Mr Hoover for food supplies and that thoy Mr Hoover to them In answer to tho request for a ence Mr Hoover sent this You can describe two nnd a of arrogance ourselves and elty to Belgium in any language you may select and toll thc pair personally to go IG hell with my compliments If I do have to deal with Germany it will not be with that pair ON 11 10 is ji that the prompt to release the newspaper WOULD INCREASE FACILITIES OF CABIS TO PORTS New York Dec 27 Exporters ers merchants and lawyers members of the council on foreign relations at a luncheon here today a com- co-operation with authorities in Washington with a between the States and foreign countries MANUFACTURE OF MUNITIONS IN GERMANY TO STOP DEC 30 Washington Doc 27 A German press report reaching the state department day said the manufacture of ammunition in Germany will stop Dec 30 Only those manufacturers who could not suspend work without greatly augmenting number of are making munition the report said UNCONFIRMED RUMORS OF ASSASSINATION HEARD Paris Dec A M that the former of Germany has been assassinated became in Paris notably in tho chamber of t es last evening There Is not the slightest confirmation of the report UD to the present THE WEATHER pn and Vicinity Saturday partly cloudy to cloudy East Texas Saturday and Sunday i HI r west Texas Saturday and Sunday Louisiana Saturday and Sunday Saturday and Sunday Arkansas Saturday and Sunday DKS Honry at TVs kin nds dr Tippy tuppy droppln soun so DOS BESTS IN A NEUTRAL COUNTRY AND WANTS TO BE LEFT ALONE By Associated Press Warsaw Tuesday Dec is no doubt that the Czar and his entire family are alive I am positive of was the declaration made to the today by Michael de a who hajs Just escaped from tho Ukraine after a recent trip to Dvinsk Vilna and Kovno I can not reveal where the czar Is because ho does not wish he added He wants to be left His whereabouts is known to an lied government It is in a neutral try Accounts of his murder at were manufactured by Trotzky and Lenine It took much money and time and also the lives of many officers to accomplish his escape Among the officers killed Count the czar's former sonal military attache who was shol in- stead of the czar Documents describing the czar's escape were in the hands of German Consul Koenig at Petrograd who forwarded them lo Berlin de night go Momo time ory out in do Don my night gone Houpy dr rain for do sunup Pas do Lane in PETITIONS FOR ELECTIONS US SEVERAL COUNTIES Austin Tex Dec At- A Keeling in charge f-f liquor matters coming tho at- torney general's department said today that he had Information that petitions asking for special prohibition elections the local option laws are circulated in Harris El counties and that it is tnat in each they be granted by the commissioners courts of the expressed the opinion that these petitions are the result of the continued of In n moment and your markM n epoch Nearly have panned your republic MM Independent life and now for the first time a of United IK war In you to the country whence your nnd where tbe of thone from whom and coln We welcome tor au one whoite and In the discharge of hitch Tra We Mee In you thc happy union of the of n with thine wt a You en me M academic the full ntrenna of an public life nnd your have com- of view nnd knup of with the of a lofty diction recalling Mint of your KreAt of thc nnd of our own You come nil the official head and of n wealth bound to un by thc cloncut Itx people the tongue of und Milton Our ture In an yourn In nnd men of In both countries have Joined in maintaining In- no lesn than to belongs thc memories of our national from to thc of Philip Sidney and Drake of nnd and nnd thc days when thc political life of thc stock In America Junt You with UH tlie of free old the We the of deeper in the common which onr people PI rat you and we value freedom nnd pence Privileged we have been to lie the nnd the in national life of the principled of popular upon equal latra it to both of UM alike to how enn be applied be- yond our own for the good of It WIIK love of liberty for Inw Kood faith nnd the of manity that you to the Old World to help In Having It from thc that were threatening nnd that those of we have admired by side with In the You have now come to help In IHK up new amid the of thc war nnd ia laying the of u settlement may stand firm because it will rent Upon thc of thc emancipated You have eloquently expressed the hope of the American people nn It in onr hope Nome plan may he devised to attain the end yon so much to mote by which thc rink of went mny If be averted the nations of the Intolerable which of has laid upon them Thc nation nii to the on which yon nnd we nnd the free nations allied with nn are now to enter hy ested Rood will nnd n sense of duty com- with thc power which we hold nn n solemn trust The American nnd have been brothers in nnd been crowned with victory ABYSSINIAN TROOPS SENT TO AH CHRISTIANS IS REPORT Washington A report from Cairo received at thc state ways has arisen In Abys- sinia It is reported that tho Abyssinian troops to aid the TO Warsaw Dor Polish ment has issued nn ultimatum to troops to which city threatened by tho -J for port In bat victory IIM thp for their thc cull of and nnd onr united to for tho world tho ot an an In nuking you to JoJn with me In drinking thc health of flic I lo nay with what we Mrn to thin I drink to of thr of thr nnd to nnd of the London Dec to I by the you tered The welcome which you have we Blm WIlMon been warm no natural no evidently tbe that we have been more than We have touched hy It I believe I Interpret that welcome not only own toward UK bat for nnd the great nation over you that name feeling fcr my people the people of the United Stated For you and I the of the Iwo Treat whatever I 1 and I the miri of people Every Influence that the can people have over the of tike world U by pathy with the of men love freedom and I I believe that freedom un- But If not will not and cau not help the ence to which Justly I have toe privilege dr of con- ferring with ihc leAdera of own government and with of the of and of Italy and I am glad to that I have that have of the and of the duty on which we have met We have great nil of UK have used wordo right and and now we nre to prove whether or not we they are to be applied to the particular which munt thin war And we must not understand them but we the courage to act upon our understanding Vet after I the word courage it comen into my mind that it would take more courage to resist the great moral tide now running In the world than to yield to It than to obey It There a great tide running In the of men of men have never beaten In be- fore Men have never before been so of their brotherhood Men have never before realized how little difference there was between right and in one latitude and in another under one and under an- other And It will be onr privilege I believe not only to apply the moral Judgment of tbe world to thc lar which we attempt but to organize moral force of the world to preserve to the of mankind and to make tho and Justice to which nations like our own have the predominant nnd con- trolling force of the world Ins that IK thc errand that we come on Nothing than would have me in the tant which fall upon upon the other of the the tlint with In and Importance Therefore U lie more delightful to find In the company of a body of men united In Ideal and nnd to feel that I am privileged to unite my in carrying forward to hold no high and to defend May I not feeling of found and friendship and pathy propone your health and the health of the queen and the of Kreat Britain OF EPOCHAL OCCASION IS OBSERVED Gold Service Valued at Used and King Sits Between Executive and Wife PRESIDENT SPENDS DAY QUIETLY BUT HE CONFERS TWICE WITH MINISTERS interest of Londoners in Visitors Continues High lly Associated LONDON Dec environment of President Wilson's second day in England was quieter than that of the first day The only London Dec more regal setting ever tad been arranged in Buckingham Palace than that iAt greeted President Wilson and Mrs eveni was a state in Buckingham Palace which Wilson when they were into was not only as a spectacle such as probably no other court in the Banquet bail tonight for the Europe can provide the setting for now that the thrones of state dinner many and Austria have disappeared but from the representative wands making obeisance to the guests Immediately behind the president and the queen came King George and Mrs Wilson They were followed by members of the royal family for two or three hundred years was the members of the royal family the official world was carried out before and during the ban- resented by the foreign ambassadors to thc court of St the quet President Wilson with Queen of the government present and past chiefs of the army and navy and Ambers cf the royal household There also were costumed bearing dignitaries of the church of England representatives of and walking backward and men world's literature art and journalism President Wilson escorted Queen Mary into the banquet hall while King George gave his arm to Sirs Wilson Today however was chiefly a working day with the president Five hours were taken up by two conferences with David Lloyd George Of At the head of the table twelve were seated with King George in the mid- dle President Wilson sat at the king's right and Mrs Wilson on his left To right of President Wilson the British minister and J Balfour foreign secretary on peace problems This was the fulfillment of the main purpose of the presidents pilgrimage to London for three in the morning President Wilson sat with Mr Lloyd fee foreign secretary before the open fireplace in President ambassador and Princess tricia daughter of of Con- naught At Mrs Wilson's left sat Princess Mary the Italian ambassador Princess Beatrice and tbe Japanese ambassador in the order named The American ambassador John W Davis had the first at a side lar table on President Wilson's right Prior to the dinner President and Mrs Wilson were escorted from their apartments to the great white drawing room where the royal family had gathered with their other guests TO WATCH CAMP Zurich Doc talion of infantry has occupied Koch in dent and Mrs Wilson and the dinner party immediately proceeded to the dining hall Thc scene was one of splendor In dining salon was a great collection of solid gold plate and huge gold ments valued at These had been brought from the vaults for the occasion One of three buffets contained pieces of plate too large or otherwise too cumbersome for use These included one piece of great size taken from the wreck of the Spanish armada In color the gold-laden table blended with the decorations in the haU which are white and gold with crimson pet and upholstering to match The crimson effect was further ried out by the exclusive use of as floral decorations In the balcony at the end of the room was a military orchestra not hidden from view by floral or other decorations The attendants were in full state dress which was heavy with gold lace Approach to Banquet The banquet hall is 200 feet long by seventy-five feet wide was by the guests through a state hallway approximately a block long richly furnished and decorated with paintings and porcelain The banquet halJ occasionally is used for banquets and other purposes and has a throne at one end The was arranged BO that the backs of President Wilson and King George were toward the throne permanent decorations seemed with the regal table The only art on the walls was one Gobelin tapestry On each side six cut glass chandeliers hung from the extremely high celling but for the ban- quet tonight 128 candles In labra each surmounted by pink silk shade woro used Other light was ob- from fancy wall The body of the cd thc royal family and the presidential ambassadorial guests into the quet hill They rose and remained standing while tho main guests and the meeting was in the cabinet room of the premier's residence in Downing street The two sessions were broken by a luncheon at which Mr Lloyd George gathered a dozen leading British statesmen of the conservative liberal and labor parties There was a picturesque incident after the luncheon when President Wilsoa unveiled a portrait of Washington presented to the pre- residence by Lord Albemarle The interest of in President Wilson continues high Crowds outside the palace and in Downing street awaited Ms coming day notwithstanding the rain and cheered his every appearance Each time they saw President Wilson they demanded a speech but each time the president shook his head negatively The newspapers today were filled with tributes to the president which undoubtedly have been the cause of a heightening in his personal popularity in London It is expected that another great gathering will witness the progress of the president to the Guildhall tomorrow to receive the address of the lord mayor Most Impressive and Democratic Scene in the Annals of England in K TO KJi first tile hTp today en I route tor Washington to tho prison I Procession was the lord chamberlain and where illied prisoners j thc iord and other in oration according to tho Yeomen of the guard in that thin step rpd costumes and with was of the had treatment j berds were ln Attendance of the prisoners several of whom woro of murdered j Thc ftt the given is on oast hank the Rhine south of H is within the George and Queen zono ast the Rhine outlined by the terms of the Continued on 2 ish soldier and especially to the ed a large group of whom wene present A little later King sent word that he would like to meet every can newspaper man accompanying tha president A little later he Queen Mary the ager Queen Alexandra the duchess of Sutherland Earl Reading and other im- portant personages descended the front steps of the palace beneath the great Porte and welcomed the entire American press delegation After we had all hands with thc king he BY H Special to The News London Dec 1918 by thc New York Herald scene at Buckingham Palace when dent Wilson the and queen most Important personages In Great Britain reached there yesterday was one of the most impressive and democratic in the annals of England American newspaper reporters the president reached there just ahead of the entourage and were placed they could witness all of this im- posing never before enacted where a president of the United States was drawn in regal state into thc historic courtyard of this palace In the center of the courtyard a unit of tho crack Welsh guards which was reviewed by the president and King George after all the notables had reached palace and had alighted from the During the review the nnd the but they paid such strict attention to the military function of tho review that it was reasonable to believe their animated conversation concerned the splendid and a tiara of diamonds and many who had helped to mako victory Mrs Wilson's dress was thn Huns possible with spangles and was made at the White Phe jewels The and naval officers were he was glad to see American newspaper men in England at such a time and re- marked upon the ovation accorded to our president and the rare London weather that favored the great celebration After President and Wilson dined privately with King George and the COSTUMES WORN AT BANQUET BY TWO LEADING WOMEN London Dec Mary wore a cream colored gown of silk with a long Finally thr entire of dignitaries entered tho palace and hidden fiom view only long enough to produce a salvo of cheers from tho multitude around thn palace the railings of which woro ing under the weight of humanity The newspaper men roon taken into tho front entrance of pala t- stood a balcony to which tho the nnd a of of tho empire soon came tho repented calls for j dent oven louder When j he tho for tho i reception accorded to horn referring to it hns gladly to this as a tribute to his country I of of Con- He naught to Commander Alexander toe ot In service and wore their The in full uniform President son and Ambassador Davis wore formal civilian court and Insignia of many orders KING GLADLY CONSENTS TO OF PRINCESS Hoc court circular
