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7 on Police’ e Into Members of Radical Group When They rffused to Headquarters in Berlin on November 21 and . Liberated Twenty-eight Thieves and Burglars, Five Berlin, Saturday, Dec. 7 (By the A. P.)~—The clash between governmegt troops and followers of the Spartacus, radical, group resulted in from to sixteen persons being killed, to various reports. The is not expected to girls who were street car were among the audience from tings of deserters marching north- to join the ting held in a Fusi ~The up at the inter- Strasse and the people to dis- were C won't shoot marchers tried n the order ‘given. the wound- were hurt rushing through show windows seeking cover. A group of soldiers stormed the rooms of Karl Lieb~ knecht’s. and attempted to | destroy t. Frustrated in their 3 ., newspaper office by 8o T ‘ orders, the soldiers then witempted to arrest the members of the executive committee of the sol- diers’ and workmen's council, the sol- diers apparently laboring' under the misapprehension that their officer had +been ordered by the government to make the arrest. This occurred at the same hour as the clash between the government (roops and the Spartacus insurgents. The executive committee was holding A meeting in the former Prussian house of deputies. The chamber was invaded by the armed forces and a demand made for the surrender of the GAP BETWEEN WINGS b OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY Lerlin, Saturdyy, Dec. 7—(By The A. .)—The rioting of Wriday in Ber- lin, the mysterious raid on the execu= tive committee of the Idiers” and ‘Workmen's Council, and the demon- «tration by soldiers and sailors on be- half of Chancellor Ebert, (when he was #calaimed as president of the republie but set agide the honor) have intens sified the existing gap Letween thé two wings of the social democfacy, ;-Mq. =eem now more thaj eyer hope. lessly di V- Wl factions Fgve reached the the ways, and are asking what will be the attitude of the Berlii reging nts from the front when thev ive home next week. MADE RAID ON BERLIN POLICE HEADQUARTERS Perlin, Saturday, Dec. 7.-——(By The A. P.) ‘= Among forty-nine persons set free By members of the Spartacus zroup in their raid on police head- quarters on November 21 were twen- ty-eight thieyes and burglurs and five blackmallers' and other criminals, ae- * eording_to Vorwaerts. The Tageblatt observes tlie fact that deserters are now permitied to con- 4 public meetings ant demand spe- clasg privileges may be a minor l, but nevertheless is indicative the s now prevailing in Germany, The suburb of Nenkoelln now ap- fears to be in complete vontrol of the ‘s Council m into practice, the town treasury bank and confiscate this protest Premier the mogistrate of the ings * of the proceed! ) were fllegal. He| Mmflsh intervention nt of the Interior, e said was the oniy competent "‘&‘mm industrial people form- bulk of the population. - — POOLING 18 A GENUINE MENACE De¢. 8.—The proposal of . Vail,’ president of the lephone and Telegraph ¥, for pooling the telephone and ph_facilities and ‘he marine the country is : “(x;een- Wi *even t! b~ whdfl have heshfited to Clarence H. Mackay, presi- ‘the 1;pstal Telegraps-Commer- - declared in a ¢ ton! opposed to -this—radically, ly’ opposed to .it” Mr. undoubtedly more - money be made by enterinz int such a Cwe. 't believe in it American people t We mflave in competition— ipetition {s good service to the pub- “It js nothing but an cffort td es- ape from impossible situation of 12 & elzed the cables without law T tio SURER OF : A8S., ARRESTED 8.--Edward W. r cof Hingham, today on a charge of from the OSION AT GHENT council of twenty-eight in the hame of the ‘Ebert-Haase government. Peo- ple's Commissioner Barth, who also is a member of the committee, faced the invaders with a challenge for their authority. Meanwhile inquiry was wade at government headquarters and resulted in the detention of the lead- ers of the insurgent forces, who were armed with hand weapons and flame throwers, for the purpose of estab- lishing responsibility for the attempt- ilier | the /Brandenburg Gate for the pur- ryin& | manded in the interests of the Ebert- that it was certain to meet with pub- lic approval. The raid proved a com- tempt an hour later, which apparent- Iy was planned by Dr. Liebknicht’s rollowers, as it was announced at their meetings. Yesterday evening Berlin footguards and sailors marched to the former chancellor’s house and called out Pre- mier Ebert, who made a speech urging the men to keep their military units intact for the purpose of responding to hurry calls. Premier Ebert was cheer- ed as the coming president of the German republic. He modestly de- clined to seriously consider the propo- sition, urging that the cabinet for the present was concerned in problems of immediate urgency, such as the food situation and demobilization. The streets tonight are deserted; the university is closed, as its buildings on the Unter den Linden have been requisitioned for the purpose of quar- tering troops there. NINE FRENCH PRISONERS WERE SHOT BY GERMANS Paris, Dec. 8—(Havas). Nine French prisoners were shot by the Germans and fifteen other prisoners seriously wounded at the prison camp in Langensalza, Prussian Saxony, the Spanish ambassador at Berlin reports. The behavior of the prisoners did not in the least justify the sever of this act of repression, it was decl: The French government, it is®indi- cated, is resolved to demand repara- tion for this aci of the Germans, which ‘will ‘be added to the already long dist of occurrénces of this and similar nature. Tt was reported in a Paris despatch of Decembér 5 that inéidents of “se- rious gravity” had occurred within the last few days in a prison camp ‘in Saxony where allied soldiers wera confined, and the allied, governments were said to haye decided to act ener- getically in this conmeetion. It ap- parently was this incident which gave rise to the report printed in the North German Gazette of Berlin that allied occupation was to be extended, even temporarily, to Berlin, the reason given in this repor: being “a regret- table incident during which a super- visor of a prisoners’ camp shot three Frenchmen.” SENATE URGED TO PASS SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT ‘Washington, Dec. 8.:-- Immediate passage of the woman spffrage amend- ment in recognition of “the services rendered by the women of the coun- try during the war, was urged upon the senate in a resolution passed at a meeting here today, called by the National Waman Suffrage Associa- tion. The efforts. of American women in support of the country's fighting forces were described by a number of speakers, including Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, Mrs. William Gibbs McAdoo, Mrs. Josephus Daniels and Miss Jane Delano, director of the Arerican Red Cross. “Now the war is won,” Dr. Shaw said, “there lies before us a vaster work than ever before and the co-op- eration and service of women is nec- cessary to its accomplishment.” Mrs. McAdoo said the history of American women during the war “is the last word, the direct and conclu- sive proof of their fitness for self goy- eTment.” Mrs. Daniels. asked if American wo- men, after having hebped so vitally. to make the world safe for democracy, should not now be given a greater op- portunity through the ballot to make it a safe place in which to rear the coming generation of boys and girls. CHILE CONSIDERING OFFER A OF U. 8. TO MEDIATE , Chile, Saturday, D T— The council of mi; ersyhn.sec.un‘der consideration the offit® of the United States of mediation in the question of the provinces of Tacna and Arica; in dispute with Peru. The ministers will confer on Sunday on this subject. ?‘f lheoflxen‘-:te and chambtr of depu- les. Opinion in the congress a; to be divided as to th. R a Raid| iuston, Saturday, Dee. less to The A. P.)- At the present rate of speed President Wilson will not land at Brest before Friday. He prob- ably will reach Paris Saturday. His o P conferences with® the French states- and Other Criminals—Soldiers and Sailors | men are expécted to begin promptly ~ Txu?::ay after an exchange of official visi viould be passed tomorrow but the ‘Washington, Dec. 8.—The following casualties are reported by the Com- manding General of the American Epeditionary Forces: Died of wounds 97: died of accident and other causes 20; died of airplane accident 3; died of disease 79; wound- ed (degree undetermined) 1,139; total 1,338. Providence, R. I Holyoke, Mass. field; Francis Bernard McCue, Waterbury; Harry . On Board the U. §. S. George Wash- 7—(By ‘Wire- It was expected that the Azores through one squall after another, Which are heavy for the southern course. As a conse- quence the Azores will not be reach- ed before Tuesday. PRESIDENT ATTENDED RELIGIOUS SERVICES On Board U. 8. S. George Washing- ton, Deéc. 8.—(By Wireless to The A. edrevolution. It developed that the|P.) President Wilson attanded relig- men had been invited Dy unattached |icus services this morninz with the officers- to meet at a given hour at|enlisted men of the American forces on board the George Washington. The pose of raiding and overthrowing the | services were held in the quarters of soldiers’ and workmen's committee, as(the men some distance below decks. such action they were told was de-|The president joined in the singing and the prayers and in the recital of Haase government,” and furthermore { the services, Later the president took his walk on deck and then rested. plete fiasco, as did also a similar at-| not work during the day. usual He did The George 'Washington is running through smoother seas and encoun- tering warmer weathe: 6,164 NAMES IN THREE ARMY CASUALTY LISTS Connectcut, Rhode Island and southern Massachuseetts me: Died of Wounds. Corporal Peter Kozdowski, New Britain, Privates—Tverett Learmont, South Meriden; Raymond E. Rowan, Prov- idence, R. I Died of Disease. Corporal Gilbert B. Dymonck, Nor- walk. Private Harry Stephen Burnes, Cos- cob. Wounded (Degree Undetermined). Lieutenant. Bertram H. Buxton, Cook Harold J. Wells. Milford. Sergeant - Fred W. Bluemer, West Corporals—Harold B. Hoyt, New Haven; John' R. Cournoyer, Wion- socket, R. L; Joseph Gillotti, Dan- bury; Joseph Cavallaro, Ni Roy- E. Hotchkisg, West rick F. Clouett, New Haven; sepl Godin, Providence, R. IL; Nicholas Lorello, Westerly, R. 1.; Lewis Wells, New Haven; William R. Wheeler, ‘Waterbury; Louis Toce, Torrington. h Sunday’s 3 Killed in action 406: died of wounds 173; died of accident and. other causes 7; died of airplane accident 3; died of disease 256; wounded severely 1,918; wounded (degree undetermined) 119; wounded slightly . 556; missing in ac- tion 285; total 3,723. Connecticut men: Killed in Action. Privates—Jesse M. Curtis, Meriden; Alexander Gregorek, Thomaston; Ed- ward B. Belden, Bridgeport; Archie Fortin, Bridgeport. Died of Disease. ¥ Lieutenant Donald G. Russell, Wal- lingford. Privates—George 'Pohorenz, Bridge- port; Mitchell Kaufman, New Haven; Victor P. Pelland, Putnam. Wounded Severeiy. Lieutenant Joltn M. Gorman, Hart- ford. Sergeants—John H. Gradwell, Meri- den; Robert Sale. Byidgeport; Harry G. Berglund, Hartford; John T. Barn-i well, Bridgeport: Harry A. Visel, Highwood; Deniel J. Currie, Water- bury. Corporals—Joseph Wishneskie, Fai Lynch, Waterbury; (Continued on Page Five) NO POGROMS AGAINST THE JEWS IN POLAND Geneva, D=c, 8.—The Central Polish Bureau of Lausanne has received a telegram from Berlin to the effect that there have been no pogroms against the Jews in Poland. Reports that po- groms have been carried on were spread especially by the German press which since the armistice has begun an anti-Polish propaganda, the des- patch adds, in order to calumiate the new Poland before the eyes of the al- lies in the peace conference. Meanwhile Polish Jews residing in Switzerland denounce the accuzations as German methods to bring disunion among the Poles in order to prevent the formation of a strong Polish nation in the future, which Ger- many fears. with’the committees of foreign affairs | PRESIDENT LUTHER OF TRINITY HAS RESIGNED Hartford, Conn., Dec. §—President e procedure to Tty o be employed, but all seem agreed ?hat Flavel S. Luther of Trinity college has @ definite solution should b i reached. G A Santiago despatch Satorday night reported the tender of the sent his resignation to the board of trustees, to take effect July 1, 1919. He gave his advanced age as the reason for desiring to relinquish his duties. Dr. Luther, who is 70 years old, has e offer of) Trint v mediation by thé United been a member of the Trinily faculty States by} of 23 2 i i : Joseph H, Shea, the American PR | since 1853 and president since 1904 sador. 1t also was indicated by Bue- nos Aires advices that the United jtates had made known to Argentina he Woshinaten government be willing to offer intervention Chlieasi-. c.uvian controversy in comjointly with Argentina. It was |authorities in charge of the occupa- tion in the German zone a2ssigned to “the invitation and instructed |the British army have ordered all the diplomatic agents u” Argdatina in [ German men to raise their hats to British officers, according to an offi- cial announcement in Berlin. They must do similarly when the British added t President Irigoyen had ac- c Chile and Peru to this effect, MRS. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE The trustees will act on the resigna- tion on January 18. GERMANS MUST RA{SE HATS TO BRITISH OFFICERS Amsterdam, Dec. 8.—The = British MAKING CAMFAIGN TOUR |national anthem is sung, the an- London, Saturday, Dec. 7.—Mrs. Da- vid Lloyd George, wife of the Brit ish 18 maRing a tour'sf Waies in | AMERICAN PRISONERS an automobile and support_of nouncement adds. FROM GERMAN INTERIOR Munich, Dec. 8.—Last night 749 American prisoners, including non- ioned officers, arrived her> The men spoke | men come from a dozen siates, from several | California to New Y They were Liovd | cordially received by the entire Amer- ting of Jican colony, neaded by Former Consul Haskell. - about, PRICE TWO CENTS Condensed Telegrams British railway men were granted N odd Drjdack & Gonetruction Ty 7 oc! p ruction of Seattle, will soon begin the strun of three armored cruisers for the United States. o At a special meeting of the directors of the International Mercantile Ma- rine President Franklin said there was | no truth in the report that the plan calling for the sale of the British boats to the United States was drep- Comr‘qutput of Calument and Ari- zona in November was 3,898,000 Total loss of Allied shipping through war action was 15,053,786 tons. It is estimated that from 80,000 to 100,000 bales of cotton will be im- ported into Holland. A Federal department to have direct supervision of disposal of cottén sur- plus stock was created. British government removing re- strictions on raw materials for civil- ian use. Frederick W. Allen resigned as State Director of War Savings for Greater New York. ¥ New. York Federal Grand Jury r turned - two indictments charginy treason against Herman Wessels and Albert” Paul Fricke. Five army aviators were killed in flying fields .in the United States in the week ended: Nov. 23. Emanuel Wurm, German food min- ister, with. the consent of the Alljed governments, has gone to Brussels to confer with Herbert Hoover. Two armed men held up the First National Bank .of Bridgeville, near Pittsburgh, and escaped with | more than $19,000. v high, on the plant of .the Mantua “To the American Péople: One year ago twenty-two millien Americans, by enrolling as mem- bers of the Red Cross at Christmas time, sent to the men who were fighting our battles overseas a stimulating message of cheer and good will. They made it clear that our people were of their choice united with their government in the determination not only to wage war with the instruments of destruction, but means in their power to repay the ravages of the invader and sustain and renew the spirit of the army and of the homes which they rep- resented. The friends of the American Red Cross in Ttaly, Belgium and France have told, and will tell again, the story of how the Red Cross workers rsetored morale in the hospitals, in the camps, and 2t the cantonments, and we ought to be very proud that we have been permitted to be of service to those ‘whose sufferings and whose glory are the heritage of humanity. i hsten 1n peetiananicy o (Signed) e Chemical Co. at' Camden, N. J., were blown down by heavy winds. Koreans in the United States ap- pealed to President - Wilson and_the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for independence from Japan. Senator Ellison D. Smith plans to have army transports on their way to Europe to carry cotton. Colonel Harris, chief of the bureau of explosive of the army, declared ke i approved methods of shell loading at the Gillespie plant, Morgan. N. J. A prize steer was purchased at the live stock show in Chicago by Wilson & co. for $3,350. It will be offered to President Poincare for the peace din- ner. Senator Harwick introduced a reso- lution for the repeal of food and fuel control acts, telegraph, telephone and radio system acts, the espionage and passport restrictions Secretary of War Baker assured Governor McCall' of Massachusetts that all proper precautions would be taken to prevent the' spread _nf infections disease by soldiers returning from overseas. y i The Rev. Joseph Skinner Swaim, D. D., president of the New England Baptist Library Association and for- merly editor of The Watchman, a Baptist publication, died at a hos- pital at Brooklyn, Mass. It was announced at the torpedo station at Newport, R. I, that orders for the 25 per cent, cut down in the force has been suspended for the present. . + Fourteen soldiers, wounded in serv- ice overseas, reached Camp Deven Saturday from Lakewood. N. J. and preeparations were made at the Base hospital to receive 135 others. An .unidentified man fired at Dr Sidonio Paes, the president of Portu- gal, in the street at Lisbon, Portugal. The shot missed imedmark and the ag- gressor was arrested. - An _invitation to President . Wilson to visit Switzerland is proposed by several Swiss newspapers. They say he would be certain of a warm re- tion. Degirst news that his son, Lieut. Don- ald G. Russell, had died in France came to Dr. William S. Russell of Wallingford when he read his son’s pame in the casualty list Sunday as having died of disease. Lieut. Rus- sell was a graduate of Yale, 1909. The Congregational church at Fn- field, known as one ‘of the finest ex- amples of colonial architecture in the state, was: damaged by fire to the extent of $4,000 early Sunday, SPAIN TO EXPEL THE GERMAN AMBASSADOR Paris, Dec. 8. — La Liberte today prints a despatch from Madrid saying that the new, Spanish premier, Count Romanones, ints to expel the Ger- man ambassador, Prince Ratibor, and also several raembers of tlv German emigssy, who have been notoriously eng#ged in spying and supporting the anti-dynastic agitation. . DrOWNeH | theodore N. Ve, Presdent of ommended to Postmaster-General Burleson the Pooling of the Telephone and Telegraphic Facilities of the Coun- ~'try—Also the Marine Cable Lines—Declares It Should i be Done in Such a Manner That they Could Be Turned Paris, Dec. 8.—One officer and six men of the American destroyer Lans- dale were drowned Saturday when at- tempting to rejoin their ship, acccrd- ing to a Havas despatch from Tan- ‘They were of @ party of thirty of- ficers and men who had’spent the day in the Moroccan seaport and were re- turning to the Lanedale when their ‘boat capsized in a heavy sea. The destroyer Lansdale was launch- ‘Mass., on July 22 last. was named in memory of Lieutenant Philip Van Horn Lans- dale, U. 8. N, who was killed while suppressing an insurrection in Samoz The destroy: Telephone company.’ Vail said the pooling arrangement would be brought about without dis- memberment of the properties and in such a manner that they could be CZECHO SLCVAK REPUBLIC % 1S IN LASTING FORM Paris, Dec. 8.—(Havas Thomas G. Masaryk, president of the Czécho Slocak republic only a brief stay in Pari: ceived word hy courier his arrival here asking him to proceed at once to Frague. Upon ki there, he informed an interviewer, he will convoke the parliament and will address to it a message explaining the political situaon and sctting forth the grave problems confronting the re- President’s Red Cross Proclamation ‘Washington, Deec. 8—President Wilson, in a proclamation made public today, calls on every American to join the American Red Cross during Christmas roll-call week, December 16 to 23, and thus forth to the whole human family the Christmas greeting for which it stands in greatest need. The proclamation, prepared before the president departed for Europe, fellows: hortly after Three steel smokestacks 100 ~feet Now, by God's grace, the Red Cross Christmas message of 1918 is to be’'a message of peace as well as‘a message of good will. But peace does not mean that we can fold our hands. sacrifice. We must: prove -conclusively " It means further an attentive world that to seds of the newsera, our old “The exact nature of the future service of the Red Cross will de- pend upon tha programme of the associated governments, is immediate need today for every heartening word and for helpful service. ‘We must not forget that our soldiers and our sailors are still under orders and still have duties to perform of the highest consequence, and that the Red Cross Christmas’ membership means a great deal to them. The people of the saddened lands, moreover re- turning home today where there are no homes, must have' the -surance that the hearts of our people are with them in the dark and doubtful days ahead. Let us, so far as we can, help them back to faith in mercy and in future happiness. “As president of the Red Cross, conscious in this great hour of the value of such a message from the American people, T should be glad if every American would join the Red Cross for 1919, and thus send forth to the whole human family which it waits and for which it stands in greatest need. “WOODROW WILSON.” the Christmas greeting public in_ the present circumstances, notably those having to do with its relations with neighboring states. President Masaryk said the republi- can form of zovernment adopted by his country seems likely to be the lasi- ing form, in fact, the only one pos- He declared the Test of rela- tions existed with the Juge Slavs and likewise with the Rumanians and the Galician Poles, the aspirations of all being depenient one upon the other. sian situation, Presi- dent Masaryk said he considered it the most critical problem for Europe and- humanity. organized Rus: As to the Ru: e ‘military commanders. , he deciared. no sta- ble peace would be possible. The Rus- sia of tomorrow, he though, must sup- ply a counter-balance for Germany. President Masaryk declared himself against the union of the Uerman-Aus- trians with Germany. sponsibility for the war and the pun- ishment cf the guilty, he said that the Hapsburgs, to his views, might be even Hohenzollerns. President Poincare yesterday official- ly received Fresident Masaryk at the Elysee Palace. He was accorded mil- itary honors upon his aj parture from the execu As to the re- more guilty SWITZERLAND ENFORCING FRONTIER REGULATIONS Berne, Thursday, Dec. 5.—¥rom 25,- 000 to 35,000 German formerly lived in Switzerland are in waiting along the anxious to return to their homes. The Swiss government however, has made strict regulations regarding the cress- ing of the frontier Headquarters soldiers who Vi established at Fraulenfeld. Only between 1006 and 150 of the applicants, Lowever, have so far been admitted. e S GERMANS ARE DRAGGING HEAVY GUNS TO SAFETY Amsterdam, via London, Saturday Dec. 7.—A Cologne despatch in Fri- day’s Rhenish Westphalian Gazette of says that Cologne hus presenting a strange spectacle recent- Large numbers of discharged sol- iers, youths and even school dren, stimulated by offers of rewards for saving guns troops of occupation by getiing the artillery pieces to the right Bamsx -2 the Rhine, were harnessing themsclvea to gun carriages bearing guns= dragging them to sa®ay. AMERICANS, BRITISH AND FRENCH LEAVING HUNGARY Berne, Thursday, Dec. 5.—All Amer- ican, British and French citizens were ‘Hungary during the war are now permitted to return to their homes, according to an garian message. The H gov- ernment, it is stated, will put a spe- cial train at their service to convay hem ‘Budaj to the Swiss POOL ALL: WIRE COMMUNICATION - Back to Private Owners ‘Washington, Dec. 8.—Pooling of the|If the advantages and necessities telephone and telegraphic facilities of the country on the one hand and the marine cables on the other, each with a comprehensive operating organiza- tion under a single executive head, is recommended to Postmaster General Burleson by Theodore N. Vail, presi- | i dent of the Americ%n Telegraph and | co-ordination with the national wire system, between this country and all the AT & T. Co Hoaine When Government Ceases properly presented it should be possi- ble to obtain promptly such authoriza- tion or legislation as would give, un- der the agencies of the government, authority for combination and opera- tion of all electric inter-communicat- ng systems, in direct connection' and In his letter, made public today, Mr.|foréign countries. “There is one thing that calls for immediate action.. The cable situa- tion is and has been grave. Congestion is-now the rule and accumulation of rned back to private owners at the | business is at times serous and when eXpiration of the period of gdvernment ) the activities of the peace conference control. are really commenced in Europe it “What should be done to create an|will be greatly increased. ideal system,” said Mr. Vail, be done because of existing law “Gy one traffic head controlling ca- ble operation and a few slight changes would complete consolidation be justi- |in the physical property which could fied since to undo such a consolidated | centralize the cable terminals, at is system into its former units would | were, the efficiency can be somewhat lead to unwarranted waste. increased. ‘“There are, however, many things which can be doffe which would not|brought about by consent of the pro- “If it were lawful or if'it could be produce waste and which might, by | prietors, it would be ‘a great feature improvement of service, help to further | for the commercial and political in- ecucate the public and create an ac- terest of the United, States, and of tively favorable attitude towards some |great advantage to every country co-relation or co-ordination of opera- |reached by direct communication, if tion and service.with the control and 1 the cable systems could be consoli- regulation and restriction, through |dated inta one system gnd rearranged some combination of governmental au- | and extended more or less, thority and private ownership or op- eration, retaining all the advantages|bring about an important saving in cost of operation. and incentives of both.” Mr. Vail, who is acting as confiden- “Such a combination would at once “A broader, cheaper and more abun- tial adviser to Postmaster General|dant service will' be a most effectual Burleson in the ontrol of the wire|adjunct to our own commercial agents ommuniation systems taken over by |abroad in securing business of the the government, disussed the land and United States industries. There is al- marine wire organizations separately.|ready an active movement being in- If the United States, he said, is to be- ; augurated, particularly in South come a commercial and industrial world | America, by German commercial center an American cable system con- |agents to recover thejr pre-war con- sonant with the obligations and op- ditions, and which must be promptly portunities of the country must be|met if the United States is to get any organized. “There must be a united system which will place this country directly in communication with every country |Mr. Vail suggested creation of three with which we have or hope to have important commercial relations,” de- clared Mr. Vail. “As it is now we are on bne side of the world system. We advantage from the present situa- tion. : For the unification of the land wires, operati divisions, each embracing the distinctive operation of “telephone service” and ‘“telegraph service” and “the mainténance and manipulation must bé made one of the centers of the | of wires of systems” as distinct from world system if we expect to compete on even terms with the world or be properly considered by the countries we wish to reach. z “The immediate and pressing neces- sity is for the East Coast-South traffic operations. Below those di- isions, the organization could be am- plified and arranged to meet the ne- cessities, he said, and the whole should operate under one executive head. Telephone and telegraph wires, Mr. American_cable to give this country | Vail declared, could be ‘utilized for and the River Platte countries. direct cable communication. “Of what use in commerce will be|one switching terminal at each great our' investment of billions in ships to carry commerce if we do not give them and the business agents of all com= merce direct communication with their home ports and home business houses? “Congress has authorized combina tion in foreign commercial enterprises. both purposes without any merger-or change other than to bring them into center. All operations could be so co-related and. co-ordinated, he eaid, as to bring about-a-very” considerable increase in efficiency and much econ- omy without doing anything which could not -be undone at the end of the period of government control. AMERICAN TROOPS ARE USING GERMAN RAILWAYS American Army of Ocrupation, Dec. 8.—(By The A. P.)—A battalion of the Thirty-Ninits Infantry left Treves by train for Coblenz, a four hours’ run. The premature occupation of Coblenz is due to the request of the German DENIES THAT ORDER I8 PREVAILING IN BERLIN Berlin, Saturday, Dec. 7 (By the A. P.).—FHugo Haase, the foreign secre- tary in the Ebert gevernment, is in- formed by the Tageblatt that it sees things in a different light that this people’s commissioner, who recently authorities, who are apprehensive of |assured the American correspondents the conditions that might prevail there | that order was prevailing in Berlin. after the withdrawal of the German forces. This is the first time the Americans the Germans have withd-awn. vance in the usual manner and last night had reached the general line of Geldsdorfau, Mayen, XKloeng and Schwarden. All reports to indicate that e Germans wers withdrawing in an orderly maner and that the in- hakitants of the villages occupied by ridiculous,” the Tageblatt continues, The German liberal organ which thus adresses Herr Haase intimates that he is disinclined to break off with the have utilized railway trains for their | Spartacus group, and it declares that advance into the terrtory from which |an authoritative government is im- possible unless it is backed up by The main army continues its ad- |discipline and organization. “The fear of a counter-revolution is ‘Everybody knows the old imperia istic, militaristic regime .is definitely disposed of. But we shall fail again in our contact wth the outside world if the old system is now to be suc- the Americans were refraining from |ceeded by the autocratic rule of the any antagonistic acts. It was not expected that there would be any trouble at Coblenz and the ap- peal by the burgomaster to send troops was denied until it was sup- plemented in writing by the retiring OVERTHROW OF SOVIET Soviets.” The Vossische Zeitung says that the government is not lacking in good will but that it badly needs a liberty of decision which would enable it to rule with the power and promtpness neces- sary to “save a well-behaved people from drifting into anarchy.” Vorwaerts accuses the Spartacus VERN ECTED |8roup of being responsible for the Amsterga?m EgécMEs'irThEo XPRS:;iag shooting “which has aroused the in- Soviet government is aware that it is approaching the moment of its over- throw, according to a member of 2 German trads commission who left Moscow on November 9. Bolshevik circles at that time were very de- pressed, he reports, and many mem- bers of the government already had their passports prepared in the event they had to flee to Stoc! N Discontent with the e ng gov- ernment was growi daily even among the lowest classes, this Ger- man found, and the recognition was spreading everywhere that the gov- ernment had brought the country to the verge of ruin in every respect. EXECUTION ROCK LIGHT DAMAGED BY FIRE New York, Dec. 8.—Execution Rock lighthouse, located on one of the most cangerous reefs in Long Island sound, midway between New Rochelle and Sands Point, was damaged today by fire which destroyed the machinery furnishing the stafion with power to flash jts signal and operate its fog- horn. With the Sound shrouded to- night in heavy fog, several naval craft are patrolling the vicinity to warn vessels of the jagged rocks on which wany a boat has foundered. It was said that néw machinery probably will be installed at the light- house in a day or two, but meanwhile the naval craft will remain off Foy- cution Rock. NATIONAL SECURITIES LEAGUE POLLING CONGRESSMEN-ELECT New York, Dec, 8. — The National Security League announced today that as a result of a poll of the men who vill sit in the Sixty-STXth congress, the league has on record defiinite com- mitments in favor of universal mil- tary training from 145 representatives and 39 senators. SPEAKING CAMPAIGN FOR LEAGUE TO ENFORCE PEACE New York, Dec. 8—To give ths peo- ple of the nation a better understand- ing of the proposed league of nations, one thousand speakers registered with the league to enforce peace havs been asked to join the four minute men of the committee on public information | street traffic tense ire of nine-tenths of the people.” A e A NEW YORK SUBWAY TRAIN JUMPED SWITCH New York, Dec. 8.—One man was killed and four were injured when a subway shuttle train jumped a switch at 135th Street and Lenox Avenue here early today and crashed into a con- crete pillar, splitting the forward car in half. The ears caught fire and the subway was filled with smoke, im- peding the work of rescue. Few pas- sengers were aoboard and only one was injured. The man killed was the eon- ductor and three of the injured were guards. 3 The district attorney hegan at once an investigation to determine whether a repition of the accident would be possible on a week day when the train would be crowded. SWEDEN HAS RECALLED DIPLOMATS FROM RUSSIA Stckholm, Dec. 8—Sweden has re- called her diplomatic and consular rep- resentatives in Russia, with the ex- ception of two’officials at the lega- tion for the reason that M. Vorovsky, the representative of the Scviet gov- ernment hera. had, it charged, been transmitting BolsheVik literature from Russia. The Swedish govern- ment informed M. Vorovsky that he would not be further allowed to en- joy the diplomatic courier privilege. The government also stated it presum- and the other members of the Soviet lezation would leave Sweden. BERLIN PLEASED WITH BEHAVIOR OF U. S. TROOPS _ Amsterdam, Dec. 8.—Especial praise is given the American troops of oc- cupation by a representative of the Derlin foreign ministry on his return from Treves, according to a Berlin message today. : “The judgmint of all Germans, such as shopkeepers, hotel keepers and the men in the streets,” the official fs quoted as saying, “is that the behav- ior of the Americans is hiameless. Ev. erything is following its normal course vezard to civilian '® decrees have heen, in their speaking campaign this wevk, | issmed which could in any way it was announced hers :tonight. the population.”