New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 4, 1917, Page 1

~ [HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS PRICE THREE CENTS. M’IIAI.L MILLIKEN # ANDGRAHAM TAKE GOVERNORS® OATH Executives Installed in Massachu- setts, Maine and Vermont ' With Usual Ceremonies SOCIAL INSURANCE AIM OF BAY STATES PILOT Affluent and Ostensibly Respectable Outlaws” Who Are Responsible for i Intractions of _Prohibition and | Gambling Laws”—Would Havo Sheriffs Removed. Governor Samuel W. McCall of Massachusetts, Governor Carl E. Mil- ‘liken of Maine and Governor Horace . F. Graham of Vermont were inaugur- | 'ated today and in their inaugural a fdresses each recommended impo unt chnn(ea in state laws. rnor McCall's most important recom ondation was concerning the adoption of a plan for social 1nsur-\ * ance and he urged a compulsory sys- tem. He also favored the innovation of an old-age pension system in the . state. The extension of military S training and the study of military history in the public schools was also . favored in the address. # Governor Milliken made - radical suggestions regarding the enforce- ment of the prohibition laws in the State of Maine and the removal of sherifts who fail to prevent the laws being broken. Governor Graham's 'recommenda- ¢/ tions had to do, for the greater part, ! Q‘ with the reorganization of the elec- ' 4118 no form of social _-" ‘wealth as a.whole than health ition, machinery of the state. He also ,pnld attention to the judiclary de- partment of the state and he estab- Hshment of state iInstitutions for % moral delinquents. _Abstracts of the addresses by the . three: governors follow: Governor Milliken Beston, Jan. 4~~Governgr Samuel W. McCall devoted 'a large part of .ilure today to a constderation of so- .olal insurance. He said that he was « “strongly of the opinjon that there nsurance that i1s. more humane, sounder in princi- ple, and that would confer a greater “benefit upon large groups of our populn.uon and upon the cnmmzn- n- surance.” He recommended the establishment of a compulsory system with a rea- sonable benefit during the period of £ - dllness. % * e As a method of old age pensions | ‘the governor expressed the oplnlonj that ‘an annuity should be paid by, Jghe state and municipalities without ‘gontribution, to deserving Citizens | “seventq or more years of age, who do not have children able to support them nor an income of more than . $200 a year. Governor McCall recommended | , that the state comply with the pro- _ visions of the federal highway law if | ‘the proposed ‘comtribution to the | state for the road building could be obtained without giving the federal government the supervision of , the expenditure of the n.ppro\prlauons of _.¢¢ ‘the state for its roads. 2 Favors Reproducing Hancock’s Home He favored the bullding upon the state house grounds of a residence ' for the governor which would be a ‘sabstantial reproduction of the his- toric house of John Hancock, the revolutionary patriot, which former- “ly occupied this site. He urged ac- tion with regard to the proposed cele- ‘bration of the 300th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Plym- outh which would insure its observ- ‘“on a scale of grandeur suit- .able to the event. / The governor recommended the extension of military training and the study of military history in the pub- lie schools and recognition of volun- tary military training associations; abolition of capital punishment; ex- tension of civil service laws and legis- lation to prevent the use of habit- forming drugs. Governor McCall Augusta, Me., Jan. 4—As a means toward better enforcement of the pro- hibitory law, Governor Canl E. Milli- ken, in his inaugural address to the fegislature today, recommended the adoption of a constitutional amend- . ment gilving the governor power to #sipemove 2 sheriff for cause after notice $ ‘and hearing and the enactment of 8 statute conferring the same power in the case of country attorneys. “It is essential,” said the governor, “that the law breakers should recog- NEW BRITAIN, 'CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, GOLD NO MENACE TO PROSPERITY OF U. 8. But It Must Be Handled Properly to Prevent Stagnation, Says Fed- eral Reserve Board. ‘Washington, Jan. 4.-—The federal reserve board’s month discloses the bank law that amendments to governmenting re- serves, recently transmitted to con- gress and qow under consideration by the coOmimittee are intended to ald in controlling the great gold flow into the ‘country and are connected with the board’s recent warning against bank inyestments, in foreign ‘war obligations, issued November "28. “It was suggested,” says the bul- letin, “that the inflow of gold into the United States need not be con- sidered a menace to the well being of the community, provided that sat- isfactory provision was made for the control of its movement and accum- ulation. The question raised is how to obtain and'exercise sufficlent au- thority in connection with such con- trol. “This, as now suggested by the board, can be accomplished by wiping out the fictitious reserves carried in the form of reserve balances, invest-' jng the board itself with power to increase, when necessary, the per- centage of member bank reserves carried with reserve banks, and re- arranging the reserve requirements of the country so as to place all re- serve funds, except needed money, in the hands of the reserve banks them- selves.” TROLLEY MEN DISSATISFIED Holyoke’s 220 Employes 'l;aklng Vote to Determine Whether to Strike | Over New Schedule. Holyoke, Mass,, Jan. 4.—~The 220 trolleymen of the local street railway system began this morning taking a vote on the question of striking to enforce their demand for restoration of the operating schedule in force prior to Tuesday, wheh a new sched- ule, the work of a board of arbitra- tion, went into effect. The new schedule has caused gen- eral dissatisfaction among the car- men, who say that it is less advan- tageous to them than the old one. The chief objection is to the so- called “swing runs” on which, they say, it is necessary for a man to be on duty practically fourteen hours a day in order to register six hours’ platform time for which the mini- mum pay is $1.98. General Manager L. D. Pellissier contends that the new arrangement means a considerable increase in official bulletin this | , tion, coughing, the great number of wages, The strike vote o’clock tonight. will end at 8 UNDER PACKING OASES. “\White Wing” Buried But Not Seri- ously Hurt. Buried under eight packing cases, that fell from one of the P. & F. Cor- bin Company trucks upon him while he was at work, John McKeever, one of the city’s “white wings,” was ren- | dered uncomnscious and painfully in- ( jured on Church street, near Elm, this afternoon, Frank Valante of 329 Park street, chauffeur of the truck, with Police- lman Matthias Rival and City Electri- cian George Copley, who happened to be at work nearby, came to his aid. He was transferred to his home in Electrician Cooley's auto. It is | not believed that his condition is sex?ous. FAILED TO EXPLODE. Supernumerary Within Inch Death By Shooting. That | Supernumerary Policeman Thomas Feeney was near death and escaped by, what the police consider to have been, practically a miracle, in his attempt to capture Otto Fesh- ler at the Corbin Screw plant yester- day afternoon was ascertained at po- lice headquarters today when Fesh- ler’s revolver was examined. It was found that one of the cartridges had been deeply dented when an attempt was made to fire it but had remained unexploded through some unexplnm-l able cause. The attempt to shoot was made | Zhen the revolver was pressed gainst Feeney’s stomach. He heard the click but supposed that it was | made in cocking the revolver. Oc- casions are rare when a cartridge fails to explode under such condi- tions, of NEW A. A, U. COMMISSIONER. W. F. Delaney Is Named for Hartford | County Athletic Union. W. F. Delaney today received his| official notification as commissioner of the Metropolitan district A, A. U, in| Hartford county. He has decided to accept the honor. Commissioner De- laney succeeds John A. De Ridder of Hartford, who held the place for several years. Commissioner_Delaney’s connections with the A, A U. dates back to last summer when the Young Men’s A, A, | nize positively. both the power and the determination of some competent authorfty to punish them. It is necessary also that every local official charged with the enforce- ment of the law should know that .regardless of supposed local senti- ment, his failure to do ' his duty faithfully will bring prompt and cer- tain punishment, including dismissal from ‘public office. The present (Continued On Tenth Page). v of St Joseph’s church jolned the | union. Since that time he has been in close touch with affairs of the union | in thls county, | EXTRA DIVIDEND DECLARED. A meeting of the directors of the Chamber of Commerce Building Co., Inc.,, was held this naon at the New Britain club. The directors voted %o pay the regular dividend of 3 1.2 per cent, and an extra dividend of 1 1-2 per cent. A PRivillans at Soltau receive no | men were killed by the expiosion. | the. police and Dog Warden Coffey | BRITAIN HERALD DEPORTED BELGIANS STARVE IN GERMANY Seventy Sent Home in Cattle Car Afflicted With Tuberculosis HUNGER DRIVES TWO INSANE One, Who Tried to Escape Shot and Bayoncted—Deaths From Lack of Nourishment Daily—Steal Garbage From Kitchen. The Hague, Netherlands, Jan. 4, via London:12:15 p. m.—The first re- port received. directly from Belgians depeorted to Germany, who have been invalidated from the camp at Soltau, Prussia, has been given to the Asso- clated Press. These persons were re- turned from Germany because they were in almost a dying condition. A numbr of them who were interviewed while separated from each other agreed in their stories of condl- tions prevailing in the Soltau camp. Seventy of the Belglans were sent home in a crowded cattle truck at- tached to a freight train. It took three days and three nights for the Journey, which usually is made by ex- press trains in six Hours. They ar- rived home ir an emaciated condl- them bearing evidence ot having con- tracted tuberculosis. Daily Rations Light. According to the statements made by these Belgians, while in the civil camp at Soltau they received at 6 o'clock in the morning a bowl of de- coction made from acorns. 3 At mid-day they received a half litre of soup containing much water and a few turnips, carrots and shrimps, served without bread or po- tatoes. At 3 o’clock in the afternoon they were given 260 grams (slightly more than half a pound) of black bread, bad and often mildewed. In the evening,”as at mid-day, they re- ceived half a litre of soup, sometimes containing bran or brown maize. Under this regime the stronger men went under and the weak soon felt Il so that the Belgians say, deaths occurred daily. Two of the Belgians ! are sald to have become insane the | first week. The torment of hunger drpve ,them to such extremes . that they crept into the kitchen and col- lected peelings of pogntoes.' turnips gnd carrots. One workman who at-’ tempted to escape is reported to have been brought down with a shot and finished with the bayornet. Nearby was a prison camp for cap- tured Belgian soldiers. The soldiers were better fed than the civilians and came into contact with them on be- ing permitted to attend funerals of clvillans. Pitying their countrymen, they took to them secretly bread and preserved articles of food. The returned Belgians say that the soap and are advised\to use sand instead. Notwithstanding their sufferings most of them refuse to work : although promised good food and considerable pay. FAIR AND DEVEREAUX GUILTY. | Former Given . Eight Years and Latter Five, Bridgeport, Jan, 4—Willlam F, F‘ajri and Jack Devereaux of Darien were found guilty of manslaughter this af- | ternoon in the superior court. They were accused of having caused the | death of Fair's wife, whose body wau; found In the woods near Darlen in August, 1914. Judge Burpee immediately im- posed a sentence of imprisonment of from flve to eight years on Fair and of from one to five years on Devereaux. WOMEN AND CHILDREN DROWN. Twenty-two Lose Lives When Moselle Ferry Sinks. { London, Jan. 4, 11:35 a. m.—A Cen- tral News despatch from Amsterdam says that twenty-two women and chil- dren were drowned through the sink- ing of a ferryboat in a collision on the Moselle near Beilstein. | THREE DIE IN MINE. T | Ten Men Rescued From Level 400 | Feet Underground. Dillon, Mont., Jan. 4.—Of thirteen men entombed by an explosion of gasoline on the four hundred foot level of the Pittsburgh Lead and Sil- ver mine at Gilmore, Idaho, vesterday ten were rescued early today. Three N GIRL ATTACKED BY DOGS. Miss Ruth Larson, bookkeeper at the office of the Stanley-Svea Grain | & 'Coal company, was attacked by | three dogs at Fairview and Woodland | streets this morning while on the way to work. One of the dogs bit, her severely before bystanders came to her aid. She reported the affair to ‘was notified. EXEMPT FROM CIVIL SERVICE. Hertford, Jan. 4.—The state comp- troller and state treasurer have noti- fled the civil service commission that | employes of their offices will be ex- | empt from the civil service law dur- | ing the terms of office of the respec- tive ofticlals. | Mexico and for a co-operative control IFt'ederick Simmons Goes to Former EUROPEAN NATIONS STAGGER UNDER DEBT Entente Adds $29,000,000,000 to Bur- den and Central Powers $20,- 000,000,000 Since 1914. Washington, Jan. 4.—The increase in the national debt of Great Britain, France, Russia, Germany and Austria- Hungary is estimated by the federal reserve board at $49,455,000,000 from the beginning of the war to the latter part of 1916, with the exception of Austria-Hungary, in whose case the estimate extends only to May, 1916. Twenty-nine billions is the ‘three Entente nations’ share of the total, and twenty billions is that of the 'two Central' powers. This estimate, the board stated in tabulations made public today, is ap- proximate and does not cover the cost of the war, as lerge revenues of undetermined amounts have been raised by internal taxation. Follow- ing are the estimated national debt increases: Great Britain to Novem- ber 11, 1916, $13,258,358,000; France, to August 31, 1916, - $8,038,500,000; Ruseia to December 31, 1916, $7,973,- 274,000; total” for the entente, $29,- 265,132,000. Germany to October 27, 1916, $15,- 260,000, 000; Austria, 33,718, 200 000; Hungary, $1,214, 000,000; total for the Germanic nations, '$20,193, 200,000. The figures were taken from foreign sources which the'board considers re- liable, NORWEGIAN PRESS i ATTACKS BRITISH Pens Aimed at England’s Minister for Embargo ‘on Coal Ordered ' by London. London, Jan. 4, 7 a. m.—A Copen- hagen despatch to the Exchange Tele- graph company says that most of the Norwegian papers have attacked the British minister in Christinid in con- nection with the embargo on coal proclaimed by Great Britain. The Norske Intelligenssedler re- ports that the Norwegian reply has been handed thé British representa- tive and leaves no doubt that Norway is loyally maintaining the export pro- hibitions regarding. fish and other goods. The Gazette says there 1s a great quantity of coal in Norway and no prospect of a shortage. Berlin, Jan. 4, by wireless to Say- ville.—The Overseas News ency says that in.the future delivery of coal to Norway will be permitted by the. British only in case Norwegian ships carry coal to Italy and France at fixed freight rates. ‘RESTS WITH PRESIDENT ‘Wilson Will Decide Whether Discus- ! sions With Mexican Commissioners Will Be Continued or Dropped. ‘Washington, Jan. 4.—Decision as to whether conferences between the members of the joint American-Mexi- can commission, now deadlocked, | shall continue, was one of the ques- tions in the complicated Mexican sit- nation which rested with President Wilson today. The question had been put up to the president In a written report by the | American commissioners, who told of their failure to have General Carran- z8 approve the protocol providing for withdrawal of American troops from | of the border. In their opinion, fur- ther efforts to settle the question at issue through the joint commission ‘would be futile. Another conference of the commis- sion will be held this week, when the Mexicans will receive the American members’ reply to the latest Carranza communication. ENPS LIFE WITH GUN. Home to Die. Norwalk, Jan. 4.—Frederick Sim- mons, a former resident of Walling- ford and Norwalk, but who had been employed for some time in New Ha- ven, returned to this city Tuesday and secured work in the Norwalk | Tire and Rubber company plant. Late | vesterday he shot himself twice in his room in the Ratchford hotel, and died this morning in the Norwalk hospital. He was fcriy-elght years old and | leaves a widow and many relatives in Wallingford. BIRTH CONTROL TRIAL, Sm—— I Mrs, Sanger Feted by Society Women | Before Going to Court, New York, Jan, 4.—Mrs, Marg-areti Sanger, birth contral advocate, ar-| rested on a charge of disseminating ln-| formation prohibited by law, was| brougth to trial here today. | She was escorted to court by a number of men and club women prominent in the birth contral move- | ment here, after a breakfast in her honor they gave at an uptown hotel. WEA\’I‘H‘ER Hartford, Hartford and settled tonight. and warmer, [ e e U ¢ Jan. v ldnlt\'. ¥riday 1.—For Un- rain | carrying out th { world’'s future peace, HERALD “ADS” M BETTER BUSINE 1917. —.TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED SEN. LODGE ADMITS |[PRESIDENT UNDAUNTED, ,T MISTAKE IN A’[TA[;]( MAKE NEW MOVE TO EFFE Gonfesses to Wrong Translation of Bernstorli Statement BUT IS STILL OBSTINATE Insists Change in. Word Does Not Alter Meaning of Ambassador’s Language—Public Hearing on Note “Leak” to Qpen Tomortrow. ‘Washington, Jan. 4.—Senator Lodge of Massachusetts resumed his argu- ment today in opposition to Senator Hitchcock’s resolution to have the senate endorse President Wilson's pgace note. At the outset Senator Lodge corrected his translation of the German Ambassador published state- ment praising the note, for which he vesterday assailed the envoy. “In translating the Ambassador’s utatemgnt“' said Senator Lodge, ‘‘I've stated that ‘Germany stands ready to follow him,’ meaning the president. I have been informed that the Ger- man word was used in the sense of ‘it" and not ‘him,’ and that the phrase meant that/Germany was willing to follow the 'star of Bethlehem,’ thus pleasing parallel in the ambassador's statement between the president’s note and the star of Bethlehem. “I do not think, however, that the change alters the essential meaning of the ambassador’s statement.” Lodge's. Translation. ‘Ambassodar Bernstorff’s statement, referred to,|as translated by Senator Lodge would read: “As once the star of Bethlehem from afar led the kings of the Orient through the night to the fulfillment of their hope, so through the darkness of this useless murder in Europe there shines out of the words of President ‘Wilson the light of a new message of peace on earth. “‘Germany stands ready to follow it. Assured of its strength but not arro- gant, conscious that it drew the sword not out of lust of conquest but for the ‘defense. of its national exis- tence, it does not ask for alien ter- ‘ritory but for safety from attack, and against alliahces. that threaten the peace of the world.” Must Keep Aloof From Europe, . Resuming his direct argument on the president's note, referred to that portion of the - note which indicated that the United States was willing to co-operate after the war with the belligerent nations of Kurope and other nations in an arrangement for the peace of the world. “It is apparent to every one,” he continued, ‘‘that when we abandon our traditional policy of separation from European politics we take a very great step which should not be taken without most thorough knowl- edge of what is Intended and of the distance which we are invited to go. An approval of the note in this gen- eral form carries with'it approval of that'general principle of co-opera- tion.” Reading Germany's reply to the president’s note, Senator Lodge said: “There is nothing said in this reply that compares with the statement of the German ambassador regarding the ‘star 6f Bethlehem' and ‘the light’ cast by the president’s note, but if we Temove the diplomatic clvilities we find that on the three principal points—the request for terms, the proposal for neutral co-operation, and also as to the future'co-operation in a league for enforcement of world peace—the German note is very ex- plicit, almost blunt. It says nothing about terms whatever. It passes that by in complete silence.” Entitled to KXnow Terms. Referring to the portion of the German reply which speaks of the, Senator d, said that he belleved on that point the German government ‘“had taken | the sensible ground that might have been anticipated.” He read from news- papers dispatches indicating Ger- many’s terms have been communicat- ed to the president. “If the president has the terms proposed by the Central powers,” he said, “it is entirely in his discretion to deal with them but if we are to endorse everything he is doing then before action is taken we should know the grounds on which we are acting. When our co-operation is asked we are entitled to the same information the president has.” Senator Lodge said it was clear from the German note that no ad- | vance whatever had been made on the points which the president’s note set forth, “yet we are asked in the presence of that reply to give blanket endorsement wholly blindly to this entire negotiation.” The senator then read the Entente reply to the original German peace the Allies do not accept the proposals. proposals, saying that it was clear Hearing on “Leak” Charge. Public hearings on Representative Wood's “leak” charges in connection | with President Wilson's peace note will be given tomorrow morning be- | fore the rules committee. Thomas W. | Lawson ; of Boston, representative Wood and Representative Gardner of Massachusetts: will be the first heard. Lawson was today subpoeaned by tele- graph. ator Lodge | TEACHERS MAY HELP END MURDER MYSTERY Give Philadelphia Police Val- uable Clew Regarding Friend of Model. Philadelphia, Jan.' 4.—Police ef- forts to find the murderer of Malsie Colbert, artist model and former manicurist, who was beaten and strangled in her apartment here last Saturday night, were today directed to learning the identity of a man who was driven in a taxicab early last Friday morning to tHe street corner where the apartment house stands. ities are keeping under surveillance a wealthy young man from the in- terior of Pennsylvania, who is known to have been a friend of the young woman. ‘“Wie have eliminated no one from the ecase” reiterated Captain of De- tectives Tate. Two public school teachers came into the case today and are assisting the 'police in trying to identify the taxicab passenger. The teachers said that they have known the man about & year and spent Thursday evening with him visiting hotel cafes. According to the young women he is connected with a coal firm in or near Pitts- burgh. The schoal teachers said ‘they feel sure that their friend has no '‘con- nection with the case. He at all times conducted himself as a gentle- man, sald one of the young women. They were surprised to learn that e had failed to pay the taxicab bill, as he disappeared around the street cor- ner, as though he was going to en- ter the apartment house. The chauf- then falled to find his fare in the house. The wealthy young man, who s re- | maining at a hotel here under an agreement ' with' the police; has not been seen by any cme but close | triends and detgotives. rding to his friends he has a eom ate /alibl. Néh acquaintances of the; murd girl are’ sti what they cnow about Miss Colbert and to clear themselves of any con-} nection with' the case. The funeral of the murdered wom- an was held today. It was said that the expenses of the funeral . were paid by men who had known her well MASTER HOTEL THIEF HELD IN ST. LOUIS Ernest Le Ford, Escaped Sing Sing Convict Known as Expert Jewelry Crook. New York, Jan. 4.—Ernest Le Ford, under arrest at St, Louis, where he wag registered at a hotel as James B. Harland, is known to the New York police, they sald today, as the “master hotel' thief.” He was once a chauffeur for W. K. Vanderbilt. Le Ford escaped from Sing Sing prison last July. He was serving a three vear term for the theft of $8,000 of jewels from @ guest room in a hotel here. He 1s also under indictment for the theft of jewels to the amount of $50,000 from varlous other New York hotels. He was a member of the Mutual Welfare League of Sing Sing and escaped while working with a road gang near the prison, The St. Louis police sent word that Le Ford had admitted his identity and told that after his escape he traveled all over the United States and to Honolulu. POLICY KING FINED $100 ‘Waterbury Judge Warns John T. Sul- livan That Maximum Sentence Will Be Imposed on Second Arrest, ‘Waterbury, Jan. 4.—John T, Sulli- van, whose four policy shops were raided by the palice yesterday, was. today fined $100 and costs in city court. A:10.days’ ‘'sentence was also imposed, operation of sentence being suspended for 30 -days. Maurice Sul- livan, George Phalen and Willlam Scully, charged with being policy writers, had their cases nolled on pay- ment of $25 in each case. Cases of the 35 men arrested as frequenters were nolled on payment of $5 in each case. Judge Larkin stated that the game of policy: would have to be stopped and that in the event of Sullivan’s ar- rest again, or the arrest of any one else charged with running palicy, the limit of the judgment of the court would be very apt to be imposed. He =aid that in the future there would be no suspension of sentences for those charged with running policy. Six ministers, said to have inau- gurated the campaign to stamp out the game of policy, were in court and displayed muth interest in the dis position of the cases, At the same time the author- | RECONCILIATION IN EUR Intention Admitte Nature of Move Probably Not | Determined WILL AWAIT REP FROM THE ENT | British Press Continues Camj Crilicisn, ‘Comparing Atf Spain and Holland to That! ica—London Post Expresse That Supply of Mnnlflo'lo‘ S. May Be Cut Off. Washington, Jan. 4.—If | tente reply to Presld-ent peace note fail sto meet 1 for an early occasion fo of terms, the president wll! negotiations drop, but wfl{" -least one more move. o This became known idefin although 1t was indicated ¢ decision on the nature -of step had been reached. | {5 If another communlu.'} is expected to mn.k) 1 feur waited for him many hours and poumon of' the presider that a result of comment in the United States and tn d the senate, more or less conf arisen as to just what he! President Wilson's - chief the ultimate success of 't tions is khown to lie in h that a means be found for. + peace in the future. If on that point can be P leped coming forward to teil | stitute the guarantees for & | delnuudod by the Entento | might 'be possible then to | & settlement’ Lnu- mm that ~ twnlptrlu tmder ;h nlzru ‘ “ h‘ (O olonel ! [ou ] | vined, closely wltL along ‘an the peace m ferred: h with the.pi day and ‘was about the-o conferring . with others lq the subject. It was generally inal that the president has no tention of asking Colonel to Europe on'a peace missio House was uncommunical visit here, and before ranged engagements whley busy until the time of hi this afternoon. ; While the president neve licly indicated willingness to medium ‘for exchange of tei ly between the belligerent known that he would prefer. done publicly, diplomats /amng sources of confidential ' infd have been looking into tha The negotiations weré descr as beingi of & hl‘hly confids acter. President Wlhan s fdon‘; unconcerned over efforts to' his note with the German | ‘pasals. Feeling that ‘his § in sending-the note was where each side stands, hi t6 believe that in the end i allies as well-as the C will realize that his mova rected against either, Criticism 1n m&u London, Jan. 4. ot President Wilson's m in some of the mntn!q connectfon with -~ Spain’s the overtures from Wi the impending reply of the._’ The Times says editorially: “The wise and dsgnm& the Spanish government nificant attitude of Holland & prh\cvml republics of Sou show " that the:independ are not all prepared to dent Wilson's ill-considere note affords a great oppol laying out ends before A words which cannot be mi ‘We trust it/ will be ‘g t that the contrast betwéen o\ and the ends of our enemies out sharp and clear in An as the contract between' ti freedom and the cause o stood in ours when u:mo upon his abolition edict nl of mankind.’ Peace On .\ny 1 ‘Jh'rhe Morning Fost animads at it calls President parent anxiety for peace terms. “The objects for wh war is being fought,” =ays . “seem nothing to him. He impartial view that both sid to be right and both profess | | fighting for the same objects. erm (Continued On Eleventh