New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 17, 1917, Page 1

ABRITISH DESTROYER 1S SENT T0 BOTTON - Also One Engisil—a_n; Five Neatral ‘ Merchentmen, With Four Mine. Sweepers, Lost ~ AMERICAN WARSHIPS GUARDING ROUTES { ' German Ralders Sald to Be Oper- ¥ ‘ating Near Singapore and Coun ‘ try’s Fighting Forces Are Looking for Them—German . Government Conduct to Liner London, Dec. 17.—One British and ive neutral merchantmen, a British destroyer, and four mine sweepers have bocn sunk in the North sea by Geérman naval forces. ) 44 4 The losscs were the result of an at- f tack on a convoy bound from Scot- | land to Norway, Sir Bric Geddes, E it lord of the admiralty, announced oday. The total tonnage of the lost Juerchantmen was 8,000 tons. x [ More Are Sunk. London, Dec. 17.—Two neutral , merchant vessels and a trawler were sunk off the Tyne on Dec. 12 by Ger- anan destroyers, Thomas J. MacNa- mar, financial secretary to the admir- #«mlty, announced in the House of Com- wmons today. \ > anila, Dec. 17.—OMdlals of the Philippine government ve issued & Warning to ship ownera' to beware of German raiders' suspected to be a near Singapore, one of the Strait set- . tlements, . , American and British warships, it {8 announced, are co-operating in guarding the shipping routes. v Governor-General Harrison has re- ived the sasurance that 14,000 tons ‘shipping ‘has been pledged by the shippin of oy for the transportation Drollupfif":' relieve mafion’and congestion Here; This | g will be apread over & year’ LRI VO S | ment has given safe conduct Dutch liner Nieuw Amsterdam and /steamer has | left. Halifax for ttardam. In accordance with the ' mgreement with the war trade board . the ship will discharge her cargo in Dutch port and return to this mhtry at once. She carries 10,000 tons of grain for Belgian relief. , .‘, Berlin . Statement. . Berlin, Dec.' 17, Via London.— "British troops on the Itallan front #yesterday launched an attack against a the Austro-German lines sou of Monte Fontana, but it broke down be- fore the Teuton positions, the war of- , fice f‘nnounm today. * J Little ¥ighting. Rome, Dec. 17,—There was little dh.ntry fighting on the front between the Brenta and Plave, Saturday, and hostile 'attack: was -checked, -the § :fiehl Statement from the war affice today says. There was much artil- lery fighting on the northern front. .. The Te Deum.’ Paris, Dec, 17.—A Te Deum was celebrated this afterndan in the cathe- dral of Notre Dame in honor of the deliverance of Jerusalem from the Tyrks. Jerusalem’s. Surrender. London, Dec. 17.—In attacks pre- ‘northwest of the Holy City, then held v by, London troops, according to a Reu; (F° ). ter despatch sent by airplane by Brit« i ish headquarters in Palestine: Aerial Activities. London, Dec. 17.—The British war office statement on aerlal operations issued last night read “Although the weather was fine, Saturday, & very high wind and round mist interfered with recan- sitering and artillery work. Many ‘were fired during the day into - . trenches and. bombs were y ¥ on many targets, including t sitions of long range guns southwest of Lille. Later we bom- barded these gun pasitions. ; “During several flights three hos- tile machines were brought down and two driven out of control. None .\ ot ours is miseing.” M MAY GO TO FRANOCE. s ing Nppointment Abroad. Robert H. Crawford,’ for the past few years the head of the New Brit- club, i séeking an appaint- o to pas & Y. M. C. A, orker. As Mr. Crawford is over the and otherwise incapacitated active y work, lie hopes to e 3 e ww&‘n&y‘u. Y bas had ‘wonsiderable t en and boys in all [ feels that'he could n:umw)‘u_ RED CROSS DRIVE OPENS IN EARNEST First Ward Being Goplbed Today to Secure New Members BOOTH NURSES ANNOUNCED Many Unable to Join Because of Financial Condition and Campaign- erg Are in Search of “God Fathers” to Subscribe For Them. Do your bit for.the Red Cross! That is the slogan for the Red Cross Christmas, and the campaign is now going full swing. Everybody \is taking hold enthusiastically, and workers were out all day Sunday get- ting out the service flags. A ¥ine spirit was reported everywhere. The usual greeting at the door wag, “We want to join and have been waiting for you to visit us.” The campaign- ers report that in a few cases there are people who actually cannot afford to join, and if anyone wishes to do a good stroke for the campaign, by furnishing the money, so that these ' people can get out their service flags, it will be a splendid help. Such con- tributions may be made to General Manager C. H. Barnes, the ward nmian- agers, or to local pastors. For iIn- stance it would be a very laudable thing fot some one to furnish mem- berships for the Children's Home or some other such open institution ins this way, ‘the workers believe. The Red Cross booths will open for busi- ness Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock and will continue daily until the fol~ lowing Monday, closihg on that night. The Red Cross nurses who are to have charge of these booths are announced as follows: New England Economy Drug —Mrs. C. W. Upson. Hudson Lunch—Miss Frances Whit- tlesey. J. A. Andrews & Co.—Mrs, J. A. Andrews. Connecticut Light and Power Co.— Miss Daisy Kolodney. Curran’s ‘Fry Goods Store—Mrs. C. 'Store W. Pinchesd). ' ¥ " Raphae]’s’ Départment Store—Mrs. G. M. Coholan. Post Office—Miss Katherine Buol and Miss Mildred Goodwin; evenings, Miss Mary Monsees and Miss Mon~ sees. ! New Britain Natlonal Bank—Miss Margaret Leghorn. New Britain Trust Co.—Mrs. Ray- mond R. Heeley. McMillan’s Department Store—Mra. Herberg L. Mills. - Besse-Leland Co.—Miss Mary Curtin and Miss Larson. 2 Lyceum Theater—Miss Ruth Cor- in. 3 Fox's Theater—Miss Gertrude Hine, Keeney's Theater—Miss Ebba Neri. Crowell's Drug Store—Mrs. H. E. Christensen. Polish Church and Orphanage— Rev. L. Bojnowski in charge. Railroad Station, Atlantic & Pacific Tea Store and Boston Store—Y. W. C. A. young women in charge. Today is designated for the cam- paigning of Ward 1, and it is being covered in fine shape by Manager Wi- llam F. Mangan end his captains, Judge Mangan announced his list of captains for the various streets as follows: Mill street, Leomard Fox; Logan and Brook streets, Allen C. Ptolomey; Buell street, Warren S. Sla- ter; Roberts street, Mrs. Betty John- son; Ellis street, Peter Miler; War- lock: street, W. V. Andres; Edson street, Richard Covert; Bassett street, Marshal Cook; Glen street, Burton C. Morey; Greenwood street, Leonard D. Rockwell-street, Bernadotte Loomis; ‘Winthrop street, Mrs. Jane M. Ems- worth; Columbia street, James Coch- rane; Griswold St., Emil O. Shjerden; Madison street, John R. Hess; Park- more street, Edward F. Hall roe street, Edgar C. Stockwell; Wal- lace street, W. E. Horton; Locust street, James A. Duffy; Andrews street, George W. Ward; Rentschler street, Charles A. Johnson; Welch Ave., Charles B. Bengston; Kensington street, Frank E. Rackliffe; Cambridge street, Mrs. C. E. Rackliffe; State St., Gerda Magnuson, Manager Chil- dren’s Home; Linwood street, -Judge James T. Meskill; Lyons street, S. P. Hanson; Vance street, Paul W. Helle: Sunnyledge, Mrs. P. B. Stanley; tle Meadow avenue, A. W. Corbin avenue, W. W. Bulle: street, L. W. Lawyer; Steele street, Ralph B. Wainwright; Hungerford court, Miss E. L. Zanzinger; Webster street, John Satler; Division street, Mrs. Lucy Johnson; Franklin square, Miss Mary E. Bingham. Governor’s Proclamation. Harttord, Dec. 17.—Governor Mar- cus H. Hoicomb today issued the fol- lowing signed statement urging the support of all Connecticut people far the Red Cross membership campaign: “The American Red Cross now has 5,000,000 members, some of them in (Continued On Seventh Page). GENERAL GROZIER BEFORE COMMITTEE Tells Senators There Is Entirely Too Huch Red-Tape Evident Head Ordnsihce Department Says Emergency Appropriation Was Asked for im April But Congress Didn’t Vote on It Until June. Washington, Dec. 17.— General of Crozier declared today at the senate military committee’s inquiry into army preparations, there was ‘‘entirely too much red tape” getting money. While an emergency (appropriation request for a lump appropriation of $2,932,- 637,000 made by the war department April 5, a day before war was de- clared, it was June before congress made appropriations under the esti- mates. “But you had millions of dollars left from appropriations made a year before,” interrupted Senator 'Cham- berlain. ““I have not been entirely sat- isfied with any explanation of this matter. For instance, you had money for machine guns and you haven’t the guns yet. We appropriated for small arms and you spent the money for pistols instegd of rifies.” ‘“We were far shorter of pistols than rifles,” Gen. Crozier answered, “and we are not going to be slowed up in this war in the slightest degree on account of rifles.” “I don’t think the country will be satisfled with that explanation,’™ Sen- ator Chamberlain insisted. “We need rifies, for target practice and training purposes and inthe fleld.” How prospective appropriations by congress were anticipated was recited by Gen. Crozier. For instance, he sald, orders were placed for 9,000,- 000 rounds of ammunition early last spring before any funds were avail- able. He detalled how many new factories ‘that had never made gun forgings were given large ocontracts to increase ordnance production. “We have placed orders of more than $1,600,000 since the war began,” Gen. Crozier explained, citing the magnitude of operations’’ That is more than 50 per cent over the en- tire government's expenses for any year since the Spanish war.” Senator Wadsworth asked whether the government should have an off- cer ‘or ' depagtment similar to Eng- land’s minister of munitio; “My own bellef is that the better way is to enlarge and strengthen eox- isting organizations rather than create new ones, the general replied. “Quicker results have been obtained here than by the British organiza- tion.” Senator Hitchcock said that it seemed there was an unusual length of time between appropriations _and deliveries and asked whether the war department had considered ‘“any speeding up” plans. “We think, and I think, the coun- try thinks there has been too much delay, too much red tape, too mych circumlocution in the department,” said Sengator Hitchcock. *“Has any effort been made to shorten up the processes?” “Yes, a great deal of red tape has been eliminate sald Gen. Crozier. PETTS IN ORDNANCE DEPT. e g Assistant Traffic Manager of American Hardware COorp. Resigns to Assist Uncle Sam Solve Problems. Arthur H. Petts has resigned his position as assistant, trafic manager with the American Hardware corpor- ation and has enlisted in the trans- portation branch of the ordnance de- partment. He left last night for ‘Washington, D. C.,, where he will be assigned for duty. Mr. Petts was chancellor commander of Washing- ton L. Morgan lodge, Knights of Pythias. Mr. and Mrs. John Coogan of 568 East street now have three sons in the service of the United States, the last one having enlisted in the ordnance corps last week. They are Harold A. Coogan, seaman on the U. 8. 8. Georgia, enlisted April §; John F. Coogan, with the ambulance corps at Camp Devens since September 4 and Edmund Coogan, enlisted on Decem- ber 13 in the ordnance department and now at Fort Slocum. INTERPRETERS NEEDED. | Filling Out of Questionnaires Causcs Y Trouble to Foreigners. Forelgn born people not familiar with English are experiencing con- siderable trouble in filling out the questionnaires being mailed by the local exemption boards. Although plang will probably be made t6 have an interpreter work with the advising lawyers during the evenings there will be no interpreters at the office in city hall during the day time and all who plan to visit the exemption boards at that time should bring their own interpreter. Both boards are sending out a large number of questionnaires each day and today the second exemption board sent these pamphléts to regis- trants between the numbers 251 and 501. Tomorrow those between 501 and 750 will receive their papers. The questionnaires must be filled out and returned to the exemption boards within seven days of the date of their receipt. CONGRESS SIOW T0 ACT| i HOUSE VOTES TODAY ON DRY AMENDMENT Washington, Dec. 17.—The house vote on the federal pro- hibition amendment resolution © set for b o'clock today teok the center of interest over war is- sues in congress today with prohibition leaders confident of the two-thirds majority nec-s essary for adoption. As presented to the house the resolutions require ratifica- tion by three-fourths of the states within seven years, while the draft approved by the sen- ate last August fixes a time limit of six years for state ac- tion. Favorable house action today means the difference must be adjusted in-conference and the conferencé vote adopted: by both bodies before it is submit- ted to the states. There is lit- tle apparent to indicate that the smoothing out process can be completed before the Christ- mas adjournment tomorrow. AUTO FUMES KILL EX. H. S. PRINCIPAL Dr. Martin W. Bencdict, Principal Here From 1899 to 1903, ¥ound Dead in Garage. Dr. Martin W. Benedict, principal of New Britain High school from No- vember 7, 1899, to June, 1908, is dead at Plainfleld, N. J., the result of being suffocated by gas from his automobile engine. Dr. Benedict was found dead in his garage, near his home, 107 West Sev- enth street, Plainfield, Saturday night by his wife. He went into the garage to put up his car for the winter and because of the cold he closed all doors and windows tightly. When Mrs. Ben- edict returned Saturday evening from a shopping trip to New York she missed her husband and, going to the garage, found him lying on the floor, dead. The motor of the auto- mobile was running and the building was filled with gasoline fumes. Dr. Benedict was 61 years of age and was headmaster of the Wardlaw Schoel for Boys at Plainfleld. He was born at Delhi, N. Y., and was widely known as an educator. He was grad- uated from Colgate university. At different times he was professor of pedagogy at Penn State college and principal of the high school at Utica, N. Y. He was also at one time super- intendent of schools in Utica. Previ- ous to gong to Plainfleld he had been principal of St. Johnsbury academy at St. Johnsbury, Vt. While principal of New Biritain High school, Dr. Benedict was frequently in dispute with his superiors regard- 4ng his methods. ‘This situation hastened his resignation. Police Investigation Shows That Many of This Undesirable Class Have Left the Oity. The expose in Saturday’s Herald has evidently thrown a number of regis- tration dodgers into dismay and is causing them to look around for flelds anew. A rigid investigation started by the police has borne fruit and it is believed that in a few days many of this undesirable class will be made to give an accounting or else the federal authorities will be brought into the case. Detective Richardson located four out-of-town arrivals who registered in one of the local hotels and on ques- tioning the proprietor he was in- formed that the men had obtained employment in the Corbin Screw cor- poration. The officer was on the job bright ‘and early this morning, but the birds had evidently flown, as they failed to put in an appearance at the factory. RUOCCO RELEASED Detective Sergeant Richardson Con- fers With New York Police Officials and DiVanzo's Uncle Is Set Free. Unable ta produce sufficient evi- dence to warrant action, the New York police authorities have released Vincenci Ruocco, uncle of John DiVanzo, the executed murderer of Raffaelo Simonelli. & Statements made by the young man at the time of his arrest prompted the New York police to arrest the wealthy Italian on a charge of homicide. Detective Sergeant Richardson, act- ing for the State of Connecticut, went to New York, where he went over the case with the New York officials. Fol- lowing the conference it was found necessary to release the prisoner. The conference brought out the fact that Dugone was the murderer that first located the prey (Simonelli) in this city and that DiVanzo obtained -the gun that fired the fatal shot from Ruocco. WEATHER Hartford, Dec. 17.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: #nir, continued cold tonight. Tuesday wnscitled and warmer; probably snow. s PERSHING'S ORDERS HELP THE PRIVATES New System Providing for Promo- -tion Irom Ranks Inaugurated INSTRUCTING CANDIDATES Non-Commissiencd Officers Sent to the Training School Tecommendation of Their —Food Administrators Guests. ‘With the American Army in France, Dec. 17.—(By The Associated Press). —Orders just issued by Gen. Pershing providing for a system of promotion from the ranks under which any pri- vate who demanstrates his ability may win a commission, makes all non- commissioned officers, even corporals, eligible for a school which is being established at a large training center for the instruction of candidates for commissians. Privates who desire to become officers must first demonstrate their -efficlency by earning' appoint- ment as non-commissioned officers. The non-commissioned officers will be sent to the training school on rec- ommendation of their superiors which will be forwarded by the commanders of divisions or other separate units and by the chiefs of departmental staffs to the commander-in-chief. Be- fore submitting such recommenda- tions, the officers charged with this duty are instructed by Gen. Pershing’s orders to give the most careful con- sideration to the record of those rec- ommended, having in view in the case of non-commissioned officers of the line, only the fighting efficiency of his unit and in. all other cases only the ability to perform duties efficiently. ‘When candidates attending the train- Wil Be on | ARMISTICE AGREEMENT 1 READY FOR SIGNAT COMING FROM AYER FOR CHRISTMAS TRIP ff | Furlongh Begins Saturday Noon and Extends to Wednesday Morning —Promotions Announced Eighty per cent. of the New Britain selectives now training at Camp Dev- ens, Ayer, Mass., will be permitted to come home for Christmas. It has SUperlors | ,con declded that 20 per. cent. of all the men in the camp must remain in order to protect the cantonment against fires. The big Christmas rush home will begin next Saturday noon and the fur- lough will extend to reveille on Wed- nesday morning, December 26. Several New Britain men have been promoted to non-commissioned offi- cers, 'their promotion coming as the result of strict attention to their work and ability. ' Those made sergeants in ! Company C, 301st Machine Gun Bat- talion are Walter O. Cook. Harry Mil- ler, Carl Hofer, Michael J. Lynch, John Saunders, Alfred Bonenfant, Robert Andrews and Benjamin Ser- gius. Those appointed corporals are Harry Scheldler, Charles C. McCarthy and Frederick Steeinman. ELKS' CHRISTMAS CHEER Committce Appointed to Distribute Christmas Dinners Among Poor— Banquet in March May Be Omitted. New Britain lodge, No. 967, B. P. 0. E., will continue its practice this year of bringing cheer and happiness into the homes of the sorrowing and afflicted and will distribute Christmas dinners among the poar. The lodge After Signing Russi Germans Will ( Peace Negotiations: Cessation of, Hostilit BOTH SIDES ANXIOU:! TO DISCUSS TE Full Text of the ‘Armistice’ 8 Clearly That There Will Witharawing ot Troops Front to Another Unill Janusry Stockholm, Dee. 17.—M. Vero said to be the representative.nere g the Bolsheviki goverpment %h quof by the Tidningen as saying the published by the Socidl. Des concerning secret negotiations bef the Bolsheviki and Philip mann and German majority leader the other German 4 is untrue. He says it is true Sc mann and other socialists Stockholm but no secret confi have been held or were any @ plated. No conferences will be' he added, unless the Entente agree to enter the negotiations & general peace. 4 s o Peace Terms. Petrograd, Dec. 16.—The. termi the Russo German armistice, Roo ing to a statement issued herp, & gate no transfer of troops until ing school have boen found to be pro- | carrles on this work In & quiet aid|uary 14 (January 1 Russian) ficlent they will be assigned to vacan- | Unostentatious manner, satisfled to do | ;ropgq of troops on the fronts.: cies as second lieutenants of replace- | its share without the blare of trumpets | ypo j5langs in the -Moon ment divisions. Thence they will go to fill vacancies occasioned by casual- ties and other causes in combat divi- sions. There will be no limit to the number af seond lieutenants in the re- placement divisions. On the contrary, it is recommended that there be at least three times as many in a given organization as in a corresponding combat division. Within the combat units vacancies to the extent of one-third of the total will be filled in this manner and two- thirds by promation within the com- bat unit itself. Tn the replacement divisions vacan- cies from the grade of first licutenant to colonel will he Tilled by officers re: covering from wounds U officer who e received no gnments. Those fully recovering from waunds will be assigned to the combat units. Arriving depot battalions hereafter will be considered part of the replace- | ment divisions. Representatives of the United States Food Administration now know just how the American soldiers in France live. Last night the party split up and joined different units. Several units were on practice marches and the visitors had the experience of standing in the rain at the mess line and eating from the mess tins with- out shelter. They were billeted for the night with the soldiers who were sleeping in lofts and rooms of farm houses. Yesterday morning one of the vis- itors wanted to wash and as the ser- geants had been instructed to show them no favors he was directed to the nearest muddy stream, where hardy artillerymen were standing in mud and ice busy with soap, brushes and frigid water. It appeared to be too much for one member of the party so the captain allowed him to share his billet which had a stove. The visitors spent part of the time with former National guardsmen from their respective home states. German and Austrian cigarettes are being smoked by the American forces. There are two varieties being sold in the army commissaries and they are known by the soldiers as ‘boche smokes.” One variety bears the name of a Berlin firm while the other was made by a concern in Sarajevo. The appearance of the cigarettes caused considerable speculation until it was learned they had been turned over by the French when they dis- covered the American cigarette sup- ply was running short. The French captured the cigarettes in the early days of the war and since they have lain in a warehouse. STORES OPEN EVENINGS Merchants Decide Not to Close Doors Until 9:30 and on Saturday Evening at 10—Shop Farly, This is Christmas shopping week and to encourage the public to do its Christmas shopping early and not wait until next Monday the stores about the city will be open every evening until 9:30 o'clock. On Saturday night the stores will be open until 10 o’clock. AM. HDW. CORP. BUYS LAND. The American Hardware corpora- tion has purchased another valuable tract of land in the O’'Dell property on Bigelow street. The property is in the rear of the block at the cor- or the roll aof drums. Kxalted Ruler T. W. O'Brien has appointed the fol- lowing committee to arrange for the Christmas charity: Ernest N. Hum- phrey, Otis O. Butler, Frederick V. McDonough, Edward L. Stebbins and James J. Fitzsimons. It is possible that the celebration of the 13th anniversary of the, lodge which will be held on March 28, 1918, will be of a wartime nature. In the past it has been the custom to hojd a banquet at which the inner man is plentifully cared for. But it 1s thought | by the Navi regrouping of forces. Th ¥ are not to concentrate troo the Black sea and the &m the 25th. degree longitude:. Greenwich. REA Groups are limited to'25 pe: a flme who may exchange new and mail and who may carry ofl | and exchdnge articles of u? sity. Special Agreement, gen that conditions in the world warranti| theextension of the armistios’ the omission of this feature until the war is over. ¢ Arrangements are being made for a dance to be held in the near future, the proceeds ta‘be spent for necessary equipment for Elks in the service. The committee appointed by Mr. O’Brien consists of Willlam M. Sloan,’ John A. Martin, Bernard P. Boyle, Arthur C. Getchell, Willlam H. Lydall, Edward A. Loomis and John F. Willis. A ' permanent committee, which keeps in touch with Elks in the Army and Navy, has been appointed, con- sisting of B. W. Alling, E. N. Hum- phrey, Dr. Henry Martin, Secretary D. T. Holmes and Exalted Ruler O’Brien. ONLY THE U. 8. CAN END THE GREAT WAR Private George Scarlett of Park Strect Docs Not Think End . Is in Sight Yet. Private George Scarlett, son of Mr. and Mrs. 1. Searlett of 338 Park street, with the headquarters com- pany of the U. 8. Infantry in France, has written the following letter to his parents: “Dear Ma and Pa:— “Just a few lines to let you know that I am in the best of health and hope you both are the same. I re- celved two letters from Pa and was surely glad to get them, especlally since I know that he seldom writes. I would like to tell you all about the place I am in but the censor would only send the letter back. However, I will eay this much: France is all right when you read about it in a book, but about all it really does here is rain. I suppose back home you have an idea the war is about over but let me tell you that the war will be over only when the United States gets her whole army over here. “How is everything at home and around New Britain? Did you get my letter asking you to send me the New Britain Herald? ‘We get the Paris edition of the Chicago Herald here. Now don’t get worried if ycu don't get many letters from me, but I will write as often as I can, % “I am now signalman in the head- quarters company and we get emough to eat all right. But, belleve me, you don't know how good America is un- | til you live in a foreign country for a 1 We were in England for, awhile but I wouldn’t give one street | in America for the whole country— that's what I think of it. ! “Well Ma, as it Is getting late and T have no more news to Wwrite I will close with love to all. “Your son, “GEORGE.” LIEUTENANT SMITH ASSIGNED. First Lieutenant William J. Smith, who recently received his commission , ner of Park and Bigelow streets and [at Plattsburg, and was assigned to ' extends back until it joins with the | Camp Devens, has been placed in the | Sparks property on Park street, purs: chased by the corporation a week ago, 303rd Machine Gun corps at the can- tonment, White sea. and the R the Arctice zone. ' It s agi that attacks on war ¥ veéasels must stop-in A order to avold attacks M othi The text of the armistice ment follows: . . ' “Between the represents hgher command of Russia’ ‘hand and ‘of Bulgaria, Germany, tria-Hungry and Turkey.on the hand for the purpose of ag Vi lasting and honorabls peace | both parties, the following is concluded: £ “The armistico.shall begin o 4 (Dec. 17) at two o'clo: ternoon and continue until’ "3 (Jan, 14). The contracting | haye the right to break the by giving sevem days’ notice. noticé 1s given the armistice au ically continues. A “The armistice embraces thi and aerial forces on the-front the Baltic to the Black sea and the Russo-Turkish front in Asia or. During the armistice the p concerned obligate themselves n increase the number of troops © above fronts or on the islands in Soung, or.to make a regrouping forces. A “Nejther side is' to make op L any transfer of units from th 1" Black sea front until Jan. 1 (Jan; excepting thoge begun .hefore agreement is signed. They obl themselves not to boncentrate ti on parts of the Black sea or Baltig east of the 15th. degree of lon east of Greenwich. ““The line of demarcation n thi ropean front is the first lHne fense. The space between will b tral, their navigation being forl except for necessary purpo oL mercial transport or on. the positions are at & = On the Russo-Turkish nt -t of demarcation will be arranged mutual consent of the chief manders. ! “Intercourse will be allowed fi sunrise to eunset, no more than persons participating at a time. participants may exchange DAap magazines, unsealed mail and may carry on trade in the e of articles of prime neceasit: “The question of release of freed from service who' are the line of demarkation will be ;‘“ during \the peace. negotiatio 1 applies also to Polish “Naval fronts: The braces all the Black sen. & sea east of the meridian 136 ¢ east of Greenwich, applylng naval and aerial forces. . Tn re extension of the armistice to ‘White sea and the North Arctie sian coast a special agreement Wi made. Attacks on war and comugy clal vessels must cease in the ab@ regions and attacks in other be avoided.” oy After fixing the lines of tion the seas, and ment of- warships the as n that commercail navigation (Continued on Eleventh