Hutchinson News (Newspaper) - December 28, 1917, Hutchinson, Kansas f f Mi II A Of WHICH 13 THt THE HUTCHINSON NEWS J PEACE TERMS ARE NOT SUFFICIENT They Wont Lead Britain to Lay Down Her Arms KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP Says Its Up Germany o Show She ii to Germany terms for a general peace and the suggestion that the Entente join the peace conference have brought no Immediate Ameri and French leaders ave probably awaiting a di rect from the peace mak at The attitude of the gov has not changed and it U felt in Washington that the present German promt tea no Mid no indemnities are An I alleged view of the German 1terms In high British circles says that desires a general peace and does not want a separate peace with British newspapers opinion la Peace Delayed A recess In the peace negotiations has been taken and the conference will be resumed January at a place not yet Leon Trotsky the Bolshevik foreign minister Is said to be preparing a new appeal to the En tente Allies to join the It is Indicated in Russian dispatches reached in London that the Bolshevik place most of their hopes In retaining power In the consummation of a peace which will meet the wishes of the thus weakening the and Ukraine Bulgar la King of an Am holds different views on annexations from those ex pressed by Count who appar eatly la mouth A newspaper quotes the king as saying that Bulgaria would hold what she had which seemingly is at variance with tho generalization of no forcible annexations uttered by Count German and Austrian newspapers generally received Count statement statement pur porting to give in board outline tho View taken in high British circles of the German peace terms is printed by the Daily It says that two things are known that Germany does not want a sop orate peace with but a gen eral and that Germany I fears being afraid of its effect the German working A stiff upper lip Is the attitude in this country at the state ment The peace terms are not sufficient to lead us to lay down our Wo must It is up to Germany to show that sho is Accepted New The Dally It la a striking fact the Central Powers have accepted the formula of no aud no indemnities and con The now peace offensive of the Central Powers Is not primar ily for Russia but for the Allies at large and especially the United How About Future Wars Conning at the camo time as threats and great efforts ou the western It is no Uie of proposals more formal in terms of Hie Contra Powers offer uo security against a recurrence of tho war whenever the original disturb ers of Uie peace aro strong enough to fight rgate with a bettor prospect of The Dally which warmly en Ihe of the Mar quis of and Is regarded us being tinged wilh con tends that Germany hod to choose be tween her extremists and her moder oe no pence formula could a possibly satisfactory both to Count and Shouldnt Denounce It Nothing could be more it a general denunciation erf the German offer by the prese or politicians of tho alliance as a reception Is precisely what German diplomacy Is playing That does not mean that the German proposals can be grasped at HI a basis of Immediate their defects are After denouncing the terms aa hey would Belgium other mut ters as being altogether Uie Dully News odds These might seem for a moment to Continued on Page TREND OF PEACE Expressions by responsible mem of the Entente governments are beginning to Indicate the trend of at opinion on the German tonne for a general OB laid down in the reply of the Central to Russias Stephen Frances foreign was explicit 1ft a statement made in the de claring that France could not a peace based on tho conditions that existed belore the The war would go on Whether or not Russia made a separate he The question of the re of which France demands was a world not a but a morn he declar and on Its solution depended whether the world would have a dur able British David British In a letter sent to tho Brit 1st labor made a U regarded in London ae Uie British reply to the German In this declared thai It essential to the future peace and freedom of mankind that the purposes tor which the Allies are fighting be The French ministerial attitude was as shown In last Paris by a rote taiken In the chamber after statement was An was voted down 411 to and a resolution approving the declaration and expressing confi dence In the ministry was adopted 3Sf to Wants Future of purposes for which the are fighting is essential to the future freedom and peace of In a letter which he sent today to the labor con The premiers statement Is re garded as the British reply to the German peace THE CHINESE TROOPS RUSSIANS The Chinese Told the Russians to Get Out bf and They The Chi nese In at on December present ed at the Bolshevik headquarters the demand that tho two reserve Hussion battalions were under its con trol leave Tho authorities but during the nig lit Issued orders to On tho morning of December the 618th regiment opened Bra on the who kill Ing Uie colonel and u of The regiment then The 65rh also surrendered and gave up its the Bolshevik and Slavin and his assistants es The officers now control the situation and tho lives of foreigners are being Advices from under date of reported that the Hus sians at Harbin had surrendered to Lhe Chinese and had been RAILROAD STILL ADVANCING SOME Gains in the Active Issues Range Frem One to Two Points GUATEMALAN 6 Oclock last earthquake which destroyed part ot uuvU City was continuing de struction ot property ed and thousands wero without Americans and for were f f New trading on the stock exchange today lacked yesterdays exciting railroad shares continued to advance on a further general Inquiry resulting from the decision of the government to take over railroad Thn gains In tho active Issues range from 1 to 2 A number of lese prominent shares advanced still high Chicago and for example rising 6Vi points to 13 on a few Bock Islands also were strong In anti of forthcoming dividend With the progress of the session there carno a renewed inquiry for in and equipments of Uie war division at average gains of a Coppers also reflected favorable trade developments at Tho undertone denoted additional In vestment demand and short CLAIMS SELF President Held holding of former president ot the State Trust and Savings bank Without bond for the murder Sunday ot Berne was today by the cor claims ho shot Mead In self defense during a struggle following a quarrel over control of the hanks Former Senator Ran dolph former United States senator from aud a mem ber of the United board of ord aud died at hfe tome bere axed 71 TWO S AND THE GUNS MAt TMt t LARGEST CIRCULATION OP THE PAPERS IN CENTRAL DECEMBER LAST THERE YER TURKEY YU 8Y WHY T YU YU MD fl GOOD FRANCE IS AGAINST IT nun against She Wont Accept Status Quo Anie if She Knows SHED FIGHT TO THE END is a Worlds She Thursday France will not accept a peace based on conditions belore the For eign Minister PIchon declared In reply ng In the chamber of deputies today o tho peace of tho Central lowers outlined to He as that WUR endeavoring Involve France Di its negotiations with tho bul that tile war would go on whether or not made a separate The foreign minister raid Germany was seeking to protract the iona ng commercial relations iu the believing tnat in this way the might bo checkmated Int Not Statui Referring to the terms which the Central Powers offered to the Russi ans as published he said Germany la to Involve UM In ler Maximalist After suffering as wo we cannot ac peace bused on the status liy agreement our allies we are to discuss direct propositions but this is cun treat for a separate peace willi our enemies or In either case war for us will con An ally has failed mi ally in preceding years carried off great It Is u great success for our but another ally has come from the other end of the world u democracy has risen Ger manys for Cant Conquer At the conference In Paris a pro gram was drawn up and In conse quence of which unity of action on the the Allies will make itself felt even to Germany and her allies havo undertaken the Impossible task of conquering the The world will conquer In this war Franco will have play ed a great for as Roosevelt she will have saved PIchon declared that the secret treaties published by the Bolshevik had not compromised lie said the German diplomats who were pre tending to show Indignation were the very men who sought to negotiate a secret treaty with the old regime la who attempted to draw Mex ico into war against the United States and who organized plots In Ar After referring to dec AUSTRALIAN CONSCRIPTION Australian dispatch to the Ot tawa agency of giving the latest figures on the re cent conscription that were vast against Tho Australian sol diers vote shows for und against that Alsace and Lorraine would never bo said The question of AlsaceLorraine does not France It is a world It is not a territorial problem but a moral Upon its solution whether or not the world shall have a This statement greeted with The occupation of Jeru was a victory for tho civilized He added that the country would be given an WILSONS dent with the taking over of the President Wilson Is celebrating his birth Congratulatory letters and mes sages piled into tho Whitchouse all This morning the president play ed golf wilh Wilson and later worked on the railroad address he will deliver to congress next GERMANS REPULSED the Trench Near AND ON THE ITALIAN FRONT The Teutons Have Not Followed Up Their Partial Success THE cloudy tonight and Saturday continued WEATHER Root of First National Lapt 24 4 t 8 10 12 0 WHAT GOT TO GOOD Repulsed In their attempt to break the French line northeast of the Germans have ceased their efforts while the artillery on both sides keeps up a lively In the Argonne yes the French checked a German surprise attack and Fri nch artillery broke up troop concentrations north east of On thn British front tho artillery engagements continues at various On the northern Italian front the have not followed UP the successes of the army during the wost of the and of which they had a hard fight to maintain artillery lire on tho plateau is Intense In preparation for other In aerial over tho and Italian airmen accounted for eleven of thirtythree attacking enemy machines while emerging Three Loit Herman bombs aud shells have brought death to three American sol diora In Bombs dropped oon a camp resulted In the killing of two A German shell which drop ped near a party of American en I working In trenches on the French front killed a corporal of engineers and wounded a soldiers In Petrograd have seized all the private banks lu the the branch of the National City bank of New the manager of the brunch was arrested but released Our Liberty Feet Ameri can at home and In Prance is rapidly developing Liberty feet on which to to Under hard work of military soldiers foot are expanding in length and width und some parts ot forces will do their work In number 13 and 14 of Uie old maximum 12 ot the At his two new sizes have added to the quartermasters In view of tho army shoe situation by the war department shone mun by medical officers 16 per cent were found to be correctly Pitted with reasons for are an j Inclination of men to shoes i oo Bma faults ta methods of sup of fitting insufficient Continued on Page RAILROADS ARE NOW IN ONE BIG SYSTEM All of he Lines Taken Over fcy Secretary McAdoo UNIFICATION OF THE LINES To Raise the Freight Jam in he is Iking Worked Out by tho first practical step in he governments operation or which begun at Director General drafted the railroads war board into tbo government service to work out The financial question WHS touched I plans for unified operation and sub v ABOUT ap some doubt today as to wheth er thi railroad executives desired to continue the railroad war Fair lax said It was a purely voluntary organization costing tho roads a to Asked what would bo Uie practical accomplishment of the pooling of rail road Harrison replied Traffic pooling Is tt relic of tho dark agea of railroad operation and 1 uo not know whether it can be suc accomplished All tho havo more traffic now than they call They believe they are operating the roads as elfl as can bo done under govern meut or any other sort of The but lightly In tho Tho railroad executives described tho situation to Secretary and told him just what they need In the way of government guarantees and encouragement of security Operating problems were gone into at The executives promised their fullest cooperation in carrying out any measures the di rector general may think McAdoo said he had made no ar rangements In regard to a but that the presence at the conference of John Barton of head of tho shipping boards legal led to some speculation that Payne might become an assistant to tho di rector Better Frame 1W Tho railroads heads were visibly In a better frame of mind after the conference than they were talking with tho director Halo of the said railroad hemds Immediately would set about working out a plan of railroad economy and tho pooling of he would accomplish much in relieving congested lines and expediting freight traffic The hour of twelve passed without notice by members of the conference and it was before glancing at the realized that the railroads actually hod passed under government BITTER COLD WAVE again Is In the grip of a bitter cold temperatures of zero prevailing generally over the state this according to report to the weather bureau No snow has accompanied the cold snap in any part of the ranging from xero In the north part of the five degrees zero In the west and east central sections and ten above zero in the southern portion will prevail Saturday the bureau an There is no chance for a fall of It was Cold Over cold spell which may have a serious effect on tho fuel situation and ou transporta tion if it comoa up to pre is forecast for the middle west Ten below zero tem in forecast In on official wea ther bureau bulletin issued Going marked cold wave boo overspread tho upper Missouri and upper Mississippi val leys and is extending eastward and southward toward the Atlantic coast whore the will be much cold r Saturday in all sections north or Snow In tlhe north and rain u the south precode thn High est barometric of tho win a disturbance ing from Minnesota northwestward tho with cen tral pressure this morning at 31 movement of this dis southeastward Is pre by thn cold 49 Below 28 Forecaster of to nut them to him for The following Hvn railroad each a leader In the transporta tion will work out the plans for welding mites ot railroad mto one great continental system for tae war of the jumis chairman ot tho of the Southern president of thu of the Hurling Howard of thu Mew Turned Over at At noon today thu approximately miles ot American railway sys tems merged Into one great continental chain lor the winning of the Under President Wilsons decision Ihu great regarded by many as tho opening of a new epoch ou gov operation and control of pub lic passed by without any formal Director McAdoo was conferring at Ihe time with the members of the railroads war board and chairman of tho priority shipment Support Is Tho members of Ihu war railroad executives who have been working within the limitations of law to do what the government itself now proposes to pledged their support to the government administra tion as has practically every railroad man In the Orders for the actual unification of tho common use of facilities and which oro expected to raise the freight Jam immediately will bo the first Wants General At tlie conclusion of Uie conference with Uie railroad McAdoo announced that he had on tho members of the railroad war board to work out a general plan of It la Indicated that the war board will continue an Uie operating body In charge of Ibo It will be assisted by the numerous com throughout tho In tho operating committee of eastern headed by Thompson of the Whatever cin be done to make Iho roads more Bald Me will bo done as soon aa we find out what la Curtail Luxurious cur of passenger ser vice equipment was the first steps taken today by some of tho railroads with in Chi when the government came in to control of the The Milwaukee Paul announced that it would eliminate Loth observation and smoking cars from Its The change will bo made between Milwaukee and Minneapolis at and on tho lines to City and Omaha next officials Ihe discontinuance of this heavy equipment will ill a considerable saving of TO COMMANDEER This It What Army Quartermaster May of the department ot ih United States army today began taking an Inventory of all army uni day reported that probably the form In Chicago preparatory est placo in Uio Status was commandeering such goods for army whore the official UHO pile is taken under 49 received last night from Ihe Now divi dends of SA per cent a share were declared by the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railway com recently reorganized on Its seven per cent preferred stock and of three per cent a share on its six per cent preferred ONE MEXICAN Officials announced that a reason able price would be paid for all Captain Karl who In charge of he work that there Is approximately ten million dollars worth of uniform material in Chicago Egan An Atlantic Maurice ihn American minis ter to arrived hero today on a Danish steamship on his way Mexican Government Is Taking a tn accoin Hand in liast one of the Mexicans who killed Sharp and Clarence Sellers near Piedras Negras has shot and killed by Mexican government the American consul at reported today to ho state Information secured by tho consul was that government shot one Mexican December SERVED HIM New some ago on H charge of using the malls to and defraud Investors hi Liberty toon arrested three onn of whom j when boing sent to The and WM sentenced men confessed that they had murdered j tn three yearn hi the adding hat they were on a cattle stealing expedition when Sharp 1
