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e . & * inthe Chamber of Deputies today that n * of the fetters with which one people - tions and reasons of humanity and [TALY-FAVORS ONLY |ALLIES REFUSE PERMANENT PEAGE, T0 PUT HEADS IN GERMAN NOOSE Premier Says Any Treaty Must Be Founded on Nationality and I‘" of Wfiofl- (Continued From Page One.) 4 standing and that he hoped this mis- WILL STAND WITH ALLIES |understanding would be removed. ! .Settlement of the Irish question, the | premier added, would be a great war measure. Prussia is Bad Neighbor. The premier analyzed the German Rome, Dec. 18—(Via Paris, Dec. 19.)—Foreign Minister Sonnino said several resolutions which had been in-| chancellor’s speech and then declared troduced in the chamber in regard to | emphatically: 2 A the peace proposals of the central| “Without reparation peace is im- .| possible. Moreover, what guarantee powers seemed to be based on the sup is there that subterfuges will not be position that the government had or | ysed in future to overthrow any would have concrete and precise indi- | treaties of,peacc whereinto we might i is on which ne- | now enter? ;:tzligrt‘iso:ss v‘vzu!l}tlleble“:::ened “We must keep a steadfast eye on “As 1 said the day before yester-|the purpose for which we entered the day, this supposition does not. corre- | war. We entered it to defend Eu- spond with the facts” the foreign|rope from aggressions of the Prus- minister continued. “There is no sign ' sian military caste. We must insist of conditions or bases for negotiations ( that there be the most complete guar- in the enemy’s note. I possess no in- | antees against this caste ever dis- formation in regard to eventual con- | turbing again the peace of Europe. ditions of peace, beyond the note from | “Prussia has been a bad neighbor. :)h‘ enemy which I read in the cham-| N6y that the war has real’ been er. 3 . undertaken, it would be folly not to ,Sh:n‘;‘d"" D e b, | €€ 0 it that _this swash-buckling sequently, vl::or:nuld consider what to | through the streets of Europe jand do, but it would be neither practical this disturbance of peaceful citizens nor ¢ to discuss that question to- | Was dealt with here and now as the dny.p' oreover, it should be under- | MOSt serious offense against the law stood clearly that no one of the en-|Of nations.” il s tente allies could take into considera-| Dealing with the war situation the tion any condition whatever which by | Premier said hel had to paint a stern hypothesis might be eventually offered ';{“' not a bl‘ oomy picture. The to him under separate form. In the | ROuUmanian b und:rhwu an unfor- public interest and out of respect to ""‘lz" °’ée'h ut at the worst it onl the allied governments, I cannot com- | Prolonged the war and could not ai- municate to you anything whatever | fect it. It might have a_salutary as 1o the substance of the answer we | ¢ffect, he continued, in calling the shall give to the note of the four |attention of the allies to obvious de- enemy powers. The answer will be fects of organization. To prevent the published as soon as it is drawn up Roumanian situation from becoming ' |worse they had taken strong action. Peace Must Be Lasting. In Greece they were taking no risks. “We all wish peace, and lasting | They had decided to recognize the peace. bB:l we f:ii:vnndler a ln,:ing agents of former Premier Venizelos, peace to be a careful settlement whose | 8ounds Hopeful to Bernstorff, duration depends not on the solidatity |y, gpington, D. C, Dec. 19.—Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassa- dor, said after hearing the first por- tions of Lloyd George's speech: “That sounds as if they would not refuse 2 talk about peace, anyway.” is subject to another, b exact balance among the sta on respect for the principa ties, rules laid down in the laws of na- tionali- “If we were in the presence of ba. lbrnptly.q' But there is how even faintly that this and there are many rea- ieving the contrary, to use erated the accent of boastful- lack of sincerity which the p: ble to the en- certainly inspire no belief, mysterious peace condi- the central empires an- have the intention of ex- , with the object of g the tence, honor lopment of their peo- do constitute an answer to the tes we have laid down.” DR. 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D., Dec. 19.—(Special Tel- ‘ Plant Extinguished With egram.)—The hearing on the applica- "!ion of the railways to increase de- Loss of $15,000 murrage rates in South Dakota was /18 | completed today, the general tenor of UNKNOWN the case made by the railways being that permission to increase demurrage Damage estimated at between $12;-| rates granted them in eastern states 000 and $15,000 was done to the plant | pag helped reduce the complaint in of the Willow Springs Brewery com-|regard to car shortage, as cars are pany, Third and Hickory streets, yes-|used for storage under a low rate and . cleared under a higher one. terday afternoon by a fire which start- A large number of the rate cases ORIGIN ed in the repair shop and which for |have been consolidated and are being | more than an hour threatened the en-| heard together, as all are based on the tire plant, valued at $250,000. The £ origin of the fire is not known, but it is believed to have been caused by a|} gasoline explosion. The loss is fully covered by insurance, The part of the plant destroyed will be rebuilt at once, according to officials of the com- any. Employes in the engine room, in another part of the brewery, discov-|& ered the fire when clouds of smoke swept past the windows. A general alarm was turned in, but as the part of the building in which the fire orig- inated is of wood, the flames gained considerable headway before the fire | & department arrived. The flames were conquered, however, before they spread to all parts of the building, only the repair shop, garage, ware- house and wash room being damaged. Officials of the company announced that the portion of the plant destroyed will be rebuilt at once and that wgcn prohibition goes into effect the brew- | & ery will be converted into a denatured alcohol and near-beer factory. Henry|§ Schroeder, e president, said that | e Give Her a Box of Candy We have just the kind she lik B Aot e i) e ‘Wil deliver 1t for you, too. 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