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Concert of Powers Would Insure Lasting Peace To World
The Hague. I>ec. 2S. — A des
patch filed in Berlin l;,st Thursday
uight, which wajj received here to
day, states that Kbert's government
has virtually t>een overthrown.
The advice says thJWl edetuann,
the socialist member^? i.he Ebert
government's council h;,d fed the
city, and the despatch predicted
thst * new cabinet would1 be formed,
wheih would include Liebknecht,
llt'Orse ami U' Debour. It Is,
a;Si thought tin'i u c-ntral £\>viet |
would ut onee be summcned.
London, Saturday. — According
to a Berlin dospatiji to tlie Dally |
Mai! of this city, whl h has just,
bc^n received, lirutus Molkenshur. I
a staunch supporter of Liebknecht!
h's been made commandant of Ber 1
lin.
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I ondon, Oec. 2S.—The Allied
commission which has been making
an inspection of the German naval
bases under the terms of the armis
tice. returned to this city today
ou th<» British battleship Hercules.
During the voyage of this com
mission it passed through tht> fa*
mous Kiel canal, and a thorough in
spection was made of all the ship
building yards located* aloug this
noted water way. Mu -h was learn
ed as to the German naval opera
tions, and much was dis overed of
plans which were under way by
tha Germans for a continuance of
the war. especially the U-boat opera
tions.
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Tjfeio, I>oi\ 2V—From inform*- j
tion which li-'s been gathered from
the Japanese government, it is un-:
dcrstood that there will be a gradual
withdrawal of Japanese troops frpm
Siberia .and that by spring there
will be no Japanese troop® in Si
beria.
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P. H. GANTY
London, Dec. 28. — The Royal
banquet tendered a? a feast of wel- j
come to Wood row Wilson, persi
dent of the United States, by George
V, of Great Britain, -was held last
night in the magnificent banquet
ha]I of Buckingham Palace.
In responding to the toast of wel
come made by King George to
President Wilson, the latter out- I
lines his ideas for world- peace by
s-'iyJng- in part:
"And it will be our high Privilege,
not only to apply our moral judg- ;
meet for the world in particular in
thr settlements which we shall at-'
tempt to make ,but we shall en- 1
deavor to organize a moral force
for the world to preserve these set- ■
tlements for all time, to study the
forces of mankind to make right
rather than might, Jutice, to which
other great nations, )ike our own
have devoted themselves in order
to jredominate and thus make us a
controlling force in the world pow
er."
This is the first time that the
immense banquet hall has been used
for s numer of years, and nobility
and great statesmen with their
(lies were present.
The collection of gold and silver
p.»te, and the hangings and tapes
tries in this room is valued' at ov~
tries in this room is valued at
over fifteen million dollars, the
greatest portion of which hag been
handed down for century after cen
tury to each succeeding royal fam
ily."
Washington, Dec. 28. — G-ovemor
Kiggs, Jr., of Alaska, together with
Charles Sulzer, continuing their
efforts to secure the 1919 confer
ence for Alaska have finally suc
ceeaed in working out their pl'Wis
to ;i successful end.
Ir. is the intention, according to
the presnet plans to combine the
Governors' convention with a Con
gressional delegation which will visirt
Alaska next summer for the purpose
of inspecting the new government
railroad, the fisheries, and other'
federal controlled interests though-1
out the territory.
The Congressional delegation will'
oe in the nature of a congressional
committee which is to be composed
of three meberg each from the
house and senate committee on'
appropriation, fisheries, territories
aud public lands. This committee
will therefore consist of twenty-four
of the laW makers of the nation. I
Governor Riggs has secured the
promise of Secretary of War Dan- ]
WOUNDED PIGEON
CARRIES HOME
MESSAGE
London, — "Wounded and with
blood streaming from one of its
eyes, a carrie pigeon fluttered to
the ground In a British aerdome,
almost exhausted. The message it
carried was the one word "Attack
ed'."
The hird was -one of four which
had been taken out in two seaplanes
00 patrol duty In the North Sea.
It was known that a German patrol
of at least six machines w»s in the
vicinity. These had swooped down
on the British flyers and, before
help summoned by the pigeon could
arrive, had' quit the fight and) flown
away in accordance with the usual
German air tacticg of not rising an
engagement with equal forces.
The Pigeon, which had recovered
from its wound, haebeen "pen
sioned off" war service.
Ther© are numerous oases where
messages carried by pigeons have
resulted in the rescue of occupants
of wrecked seaplanes, in one, «•
ielr to provide ships for the trio
to Alaska. It is expected the
matter of transportation will be
placed iu the hands of the naval au
thorities of the Pacific, who will ar"
range to send the governors north
on naval vessels.
?he matter of the congressional
con mittee was presented to the
House today in a resolution intro
duced by the committee on rules an
regulations.
Governor Riggs' idea is to have
the entire Party of law makers and
governors visit all the cities of
southeastern Alaska and then con
tinue on to the cities to the west
ward .calling at Vaidez, Cordova,
Seward, and' Anchorage. It is be
lieved that it will be impossible to
continue the trip as far as Nome,
but it is thought that the trip may
be extended over the finished por
tion of the government road, the
gai between the ends of the
southern and northern jwrtions of
thp railway being negotiate^ by
automobiles .
bird, at the cost of ita life brought
a message that saved Six British
airmen adrift in the Noth Sea. Af.
ter delivering its message, the pig
eon fell dead from exhaustion. The
wrecked airmen were °n. the point
of death when rescued having had
no food and little water for days.
London, Dec. 28. — President
Wilson is celeDrating the anniver
sary of his birth at Stanton, ya.,
December 28th, 1856 in this city
today.
President Wilson received the
hearty congratulations of King
George and a great many other
prominent international statesmen.
Train No. 1 left for Whitehorse
ou time this morning and No. 2,
southbound, which wag sent over
Thursday will return this afternoon,
and is scheduled to arrive about
5:30 o'clock. There are three pass
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j London, Dec. 28. — President
Wilson, in a speech which he made
today in the fiuildhail declared
; that Jiig conversations Which he has
recently had with various Briitsh
statesmen had revealed to him that
there seemed to be a complete a
greement between them with his
idea that the mor© terms of peace
"would, be worthless until there
stood back; of euch terms a per
m nent concert of power for their
lasting maintenance."
Continuing, Presi 'ent Wilson
said, "That is a mogt reassuring
6tntus of affairs, and in fact Is the
most reassuring thing that has
ever happened in the world's his
| toiy. 1
Tbe President e^id further, "Tha
concert of powers which Bhall pro
serve peace must be known to hold
the balance of powers, or else it
would only act toward an unset
tled peace.
"The people of the world want
peace, and they want it now. They
do not want to merely assist in a
conquest at arms, but they want it
oy agreement between the people of
j thfi world. The mind of men must
, b0 a peace, t0 assure a guaran
, t»e that war cannot be repeated,
j "The concert of natios must Le
made of a powerful group of na
i tions which shall be the trustees of
i the Peace of the World.
LLOTO GEORGE REUS IN
I POWER US CHOICE OF BRITISH
I
London, Dec 28.—Lloyd George'a
| government wag returned to power 1
today. The results of the election
show an overwhelming majority in
tlie house of Commons in his favor.
Lord Asquith, the leader of the
Liberal party in the House of Com- j
lnoas wag defeated, as was
60 Arthur Henderson, th© former
labpr leader, but more recently the
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MILLION MEN'
Washington, Dec. 28. — General j
March annouced today that one mil- (
lion soldiers, at hom0 and abroad,
J have been designated for demobiliza
: tiou at as •early a date ag condl*
|tions will permit
WEARING OP IRON CROSS
PROHIBITED IN GERMANY
Copenhagen. — The Danish front*
Bolsheviki leader.
By returning the Lk>ydi George
government to power, the people
have expressed their confidence in
the present government, and thio
is oelieved to be a large factor tend*
ins toward an early settlement of
international matters, and "Will In
a great measure speed up the peace
program, as there will oe few chant?
es in the original plans.
ier is being strictly guarded oy
tha German soldiers council. Taia
is done it is stated to prevent the
escape of rich people and nobles
intc neutral countries.
All national cockades a»d the
eagles on the helmets of soldiers
lisv, been removed oeing replaced
by a red and the colors of the an*
arenists. The wearing of the Iron
cross has been strictly prohibited .
German guard vessels in the
mine fields of the great belt and
litt'e belt have lost their stations.
Thp crews forced their officers to
leave the vessels and then hoisted'
the red flag.
The Jefferson is due to arrive In
this port early tomorrow morning,
the last report from her stated that
she was in Douglas.
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