TUB 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTK, NEBRASKA.
PEACE PROGRAM
IS ANNOUNCED
BY PRESIDENT
justice to All, No Conquest, Wil
son Declares in Address to
Congress.
14 DEMANDS BY AMERICA
Reparation to France for Taking At
sace; Free Poland and Autonom
ous States In Austria-Hungary
Evacuation of All Russian Ter
ritory Belgium Must Be
Freed.
Washington, Jan. 0. President Wil
son yesterday, addressing congress, de
livered u restatement of war nlms In
Agreement with the recent declaration
by tho British premier, Duvld Lloyd
George.
Tho president spoko as follows:
"Gentlemen of tho Congress: Once
more, as repeatedly before, the spokes
men of the central empires have Indi
cated their desire to discuss the ob
Jects of tho war and the posslblo basis
of a general peace,
"Parleys have been In progress at
rest-Lltovsk between representatives
of the central powers to which the
attention of alt the belligerents has
teen Invited, for the purpose of ascer
taining whether It may bo posslblo to
extend these parteys Into n general
conference with regard to terms of
pence and settlement.
Presented Definite Statement.
rno Russian representatives pre
flented not only a perfectly definite
statement of the principles upon which
they would bo willing to conclude
peace, but also an equally definite pro
gram of the concrete application of
those principles.
"The representatives of the central
powers, on their part, presented nn
outline of settlement which, if much
less definite, seemed susceptible of lib
era! interpretation until their specific
program of practical terms was added
"Tho program proposed no conces
slons at all, cither to sovereignty of
Russtn or to the preferences of the
population with whose fortunes It
fleatt, but meant, In a word, that tho
central empires were to keep every
toot of territory their armed forces had
occupied every province, every city,
every point of vantage as a perma
nent addition to their territories and
their power. It Is a reasonable con
Jccture that the general principles of
settlement which they at first suggest
ed originated with the more liberal
statesmen of Germany nnd Austria
the men who have begun to feel the
force of their own people's thought
find purpose, while tho concrete terms
of actual settlement came from the
military leaders, who have no thought
but to keep what they have got. The
negotiations have been broken off,
Full of Significance.
"The Russian representatives were
sincere nnd in earnest. They cannot
entertain such proposals of conquest
And domination.
"The whole Incident Is full of sig
nificance. It is also full of perplexity
With whom are the Russian represent
ntlves dcnling7 For whom are the rep
resentntlves of tho central empires
speaking? Are they speaking for the
majorities of their respective pnrlla
tnentfl or for the minority parties, that
military and Imperialistic minority
which has so far dominated their
policy and controlled the nffaln' of
Turkey und of the Balkan states which
nave felt obliged to become their nsso
elates in this war?
"Tho Russian representatives have
Insisted, very -Justly, very wisely, nnd
In tho trno' spirit of democracy, thnt
the conferences they have been hold
ing with the Teutonic nnd Turkish
statesmen should he held within open,
not closed, doors, nnd all the world has
been audience as was desired. To
whom have we been listening then?
To those who speak the spirit and In
tentlon of the resolutions of the Ger
man relchstag on the Oth of July Inst,
tho spirit and Intention of tho liberal
leaders nnd parties of Germnny, or to
those .who resist nnd defy that spirit
tuunu ssw t Lomi. tint n VJ J I II II I niJlrlll1
and Intention nnd insist upon conquest -"" "' ln w" or
ivi
and subjugation? Or nro wo listening
In fact to both unreconciled and In
open and hopeless contradiction?
These nre very serious and pregnnnt
questions.
World Peace at 8take.
"Upon tho answer to them depends
tho peace of tho world.
"But whntover the results of tho par
leys at Brest-Lltovsk, whatever the
confusions of counsel nud of purpose
In tho utterances of tho spokesmen of
tho central empires, they hnvo again
attempted to acquaint the world with
their objects In the wnr nnd hnvo
again challenged their adversaries to
say what their objects nre and what
sort of settlement they would deem
Just nnd satisfactory.
"There Is no good reason why that
chnllengo should not be responded to
and responded to with the utmost enn
dor. We did not wait for It. Not once,
tot again nnd again wo have laid our
whole thought nnd purpose before the
world, not In general terras only, but
each time with sufficient definition to
make It clear whnt ort of definitive
terms of settlement must necessarily
spring out of them.
"Within tho lnnt week Mr. Lloyd
George has spoken wlh admirable cun
dor and In udmlrnblo spirit for tho peo
ple nnd government of Greut Britain.
There Is no confusion of counsel
nmong the ndversurles of tho centrul
powers, no uncertainty of principle, no
vagueness of detail.
"The only secrecy of counsel, tlie
only lack of fearless frankness, the
only failure to make dcflnlto statement
of tho objocts of the war, lies witn
Germany and her allies.
"Tho Issues of llfo and death hang
upon these dellnltlons. No statesman
who has tho least conception of his re
sponsibility ought for n moment to per
mit himself to contluuo this tragical
and appalling outpouring of blood and
treasure unless he Is sure beyond a
ponulventurc that tho objects of the
vital sacrifice aro part and parcel or
tho very llfo of society and that tho
people for whom he speaks think them
right und Imperative as ho does.
"There Is. moreover, a voice caning
for these definitions of principle and
purpose which Is, It seems to me, more
thrilling ond more compelling than any
of the many moving voices with which
the troubled air of tho world Is tilled
It Is the voice of the Russian people.
They aro prostrate and all but helpless,
It would seem, before tho grim power
of Germany, which hns hitherto known
no relenting nnd no pity.
Russ Power Shattered.
"Their power apparently Is shot
tered, and yet their soul Is not sub
servient. They will not yield either In
principle or In nction. Tho conception
of whnt Is right, of what It Is Immune
nnd honorable for them to accept, has
been stated with n frankness, a large
ness of view, a generosity of spirit and
n universal Human sympniny wmcu
must chnllengo tho ndmlrutlon 'of
every friend of mankind; and they
refuscdto compound their ideals or de
sert others that they themselves may
be safe,
"They call to us to say what it Is
that we desire, in what, if in anything,
our purpose nnd our spirit differ from
theirs; nnd I believe thut the people
of the United States would wish mo to
i-osnond with utter simplicity nnd
frankness.
"Whether their present lenders be
lieve It or not, it is our heartfelt de
sire nnd hope thnt some way may bo
opened whereby wo may bo privileged
to assist the people of Russia to at
tain' their utmost hope of liberty nnd
ordered pence.
No Secret Understandings,
"It will be our wish and purpose that
the processes of peace, when they arc
begun, shall be absolutely open and
thnt they shall involve and permit
henceforth no secret understandings of
any kind. The day of conquest and
aggrandizement Is gone by; so Is also
the day of secret covennnts entered in
to in the interest of particular govern
ments nud likely ut some unjooked-for
moment to unset the peaco of the
world.
"It is this happy fact, now clear to
the view of every public man whose
thoughts do not still linger In nn ago
thnt Is dead and gone, which makes It
possible for every nation whose pur
poses nro consistent with Justlco and
tho pence of tho world to nvow now
or ut any other time tho objects It bus
In view.
"We entered this war becuuso vio
lations of right had occurred which
touched us to the quick and made tho
life of our own people Impossible un
less they were corrected nnd the world
secured once for ull against their re
currence.
"Whnt wo demnnd In this war, there
fore is nothing peculiar to ourselves.
"It Is thut the world be made fit nnd
safe to live In; nnd pnrtlcularly that
It bo mado safe for every pencc-lov
Irig nation which, like our own, wish
to llvo Us own life, determine Its own
Institutions, he oss-,ired of Justice nnd
fulr dealing by the other peoples of the
world us against force and selfish ng
gresslon. All tho peoples of the world
tire In effect partners In this Interest,
nnd for our own part wo see very clear-
ly that unless justlcu bo done to oth
ers it will not bo done to us,
"The program of the world's peace,
therefore, Is our program, and that
program, the only possible program, as
we see It, Is this:
Wants Open Covenants,
1. Open covenants of pence, openly
arrived at. after which there shall be
no private
.i ..,i,.i.....i
lags of any kind, but diplomacy shall
proceed nlwnys frankly and In tho pub
He view
2. Absolute freedom of navigation
upon the sens, outsldo territorial wa
ters, alike In peace und In war, except
ln part by International action for the
enforcement of International cove
nnnts.
:i. The removal, so fat- as possible, of
nil economic barriers nnd tho estab
lishment of nn equality of trade con
ditions among all tho nations consent
ing to tho peace und associating them
selves for Its maintenance.
4. Adequate guaranties given and tu-
ken that national armaments will be
reduced to the lowest point consistent
with domestic safety.
5. A free, open-minded and absolute
ly Impartial adjustment of all colonial
claims, based upon n strict observance
of the principle that ln determining nil
such questions of sovereignty tho ln
tercsth of the populations concerned
must hnve cquul weight with tho equit
a I - I t 1. L. ...lit. il.. 1 a.
able claims of the government whose
title Is to bo determined.
Mutt Evacuate Russia.
0. The evacuation of nil Russian ter
ritory ond such n settlement of nil
questions affecting Russia ns will hc-
ture the best and freest co-operation
of the other nutlons of tho world ln
obtaining for her an unhnmpered nnd
unembarrassed opportunity for tho In-
dependent determination of her own
political development nnd national pol
icy and assure her of a sincere wel
come Into the society of free nutlons
under institutions of her own choos
ing; nnd, more than a welcome, ns
alstanco also of every klud that sho
inny need and may herself desire. Tho
treatment nccorded Russia by her Bis
ter nations In the mouths to come will
bo tho acid test of their good will, of
their comprehension of her needs as
distinguished from their own Interests,
nnd of their intelligent und unselfish
sympathy.
7. Belgium, tho wholo world will
agree, must bo evacuated nnd restored,
without any attempt to limit the sov
ereignty which sho enjoys In common
with all other free nations. No other
Blnglo net will servo us this will servo
to restore confidence nmong tho na
tions In the laws which they have
themselves set and determined for tho
government of their relations with ono
another. Without this healing act the
wholo structure and validity of Inter
national Inw Is forever Impaired.
Must Free France.
8. All French territory should
)0 frco(J nn(, Uj0 ,nvu(k,(1 portions re
stored nnd the wrong done to Franco
by Prussln in 1871 in tho matter of Al-
sace-Lormlne, which hns unsettled tho
pence of the world for nearly fifty
years, should be righted In order thut
penco may once more bo mndo secure
In the Interest of nil.
0. A readjustment of nil frontiers
of Italy should be effected nlong clear
ly rccognlzablo lines of nntionnltty.
10. The peoples of Austrla-Hungnry,
whoso place among the nntions we
wish to see safeguarded nnd assured,
should bo nccorded tho freest opportu
nity of autonomous development
Evacuate Balkans.
11. Roumuuin, Serbia and Monte
negro should be evneuated; occupied
territories restored; Serbia accorded
free and secure nccess to tho sea ; and
tho relations of the several Balkan
states to one another determined by
friendly counsel nlong hlstorlcnlly es
tablished lines of ulleglnnce nnd na
tionality; and International guaranties
of tho political nnd economic Indepen
dence and territorial Integrity of tho
several Balkan states should bo en
tered Into.
12. The Turkish portions of tho
present Ottoman Umpire should bo as
sured a secure sovereignty, but tho
other nationalities which arc now un
der Turkish rule should bo nssured nn
undoubted security of life nnd nn ab
solutely unmolested opportunity of au
tonomous development, and the Darda
nelles should be permanently opened
as n free passage to the ships and
commerce of all nntlons under Inter
national guaranties.
13. An Independent Polish stnte
should be erected which should Include
the territories Inhnbltcd by Indlspnt-
nble Polish populntlons, which should
be nssured a free nnd secure nccess to
the sen nnd whoso polltlcnl nnd eco
nomic Independence nnd terrltorlnl In
tegrity should be gunranteed by Inter
national covennnt.
14. A general association of nn
tlons must be formed under specific
covennnts for tho purpose of affording
mutual gunrnntles of polltlcnl Indepen
dence nnd terrltorlnl Integrity to grent
nnd small states alike.
In regard to these essential rectifi
cations of wrong nnd nssertlons of
right we feel ourselves to he lntlmnto
pnrtnors of nil the governments nnd
peoples associated together against the
lmperlnllsts. We ennnot be sepnrnted
In interest or divided In purpose. Wo
stand together until tho end.
"For such arrangements nnd cov
ennnts we nre willing to fight nnd to
continue to fight until they nre nchlev-
ed ; but only hecnuso we wish the right
to prevnll nnd desire n Just nnd stable
peace such as enn bo secured only by
romovlnc the chief provocntlons to
wnr. which this program does remove.
Not Jealous of Germany.
'We have no Jealousy of German
grontness nnd there is nothing In this
program thnt Impnlrs It. Wo grudge
her no achievement or distinction or
learning or of pacific enterprise such
ns hnvc mnde her record very bright
nnd very cnvlnble.
"Wo do not wish to injure her or
to block In nny wuy her lcgltlmnto In
fluence or power.
"We wish her only to nccept a place
K quality among the peoples of the
wfirwi tne new worm in wmi-ii .-
now live instead or n pince or mas-
tery.
"Neither do we presume to suggest
to her nny alteration or modification of
her Institutions. But it Is necessary,
we must frankly say, and necessary as
I . . . . i i - i
P"!"" to nny ,ntc11 RC J10"1
i . ...lV it n rr niir nnrr flint wi
tnPH with her on our pnrt. tnat wo
Bhould know whom her spokesmen
BPcak for when they speak to us,
whether for tho relchstag majority or
for the military pnrty, nnd tho men
whoso creed Is Imperial dominion,
Flaht for Honor.
"We have spoken now, surely, ln
terms too concrete to ndmlt of any fur
ther doubt or question. An evident
nrlnelple runs through the whole pro
cram l hnvo ontnneu.
"It Is the principle of Justice, to nil
npmili? nnd nntlonalttles, and their
rlcht to llvo on equal terms of liberty
and snfety with ono another, whether
they be strong or weak, unless this
principle be mado Its foundation no
,mrt of tho structure of International
1 ' . m. . At
lustlco can stnnii. une pcopie oi mn
United States could act upon no other
principle, nnd to the vindication of
this principle they nro ready to de
vote their lives, their Honor and every
thing that they possos,
"The moral climax of this, tho cul
ml nntlng and final war for human 11b-
' orty hns tome, and they nro rcnuy to
j put their strength, their own highest
purpose, their own Integrity nnd dovo-
I tlon to the test.
1 Allied officers on t,he firing line nt Lens, MaJ. Prince Amerashot of Slam
British howitzers in Flanders that continually hammer tho Gernuin lines. 3
rnvnged by u Bovere wind nhrt snow storm.
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
PRESIDENT WILSON'S LUCID
STATEMENT OF AMERICA'S WAR
AIMS AND PEACE TERMS.
PUTS THE ONUS ON GERMANY
Bolshevlkl Make Peace With Bulgaria
and Resume Negotiations at Brest
Lltovsk Snow Stops Teutons In
Italy Secretary Baker's
Elaborate Defense.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
President Wilson's statement of tho
war alms of America, following und al
most ldentlcnl with that of Premier
Lloyd George, placed llatly before the
people of the central powers tho choice
between n reasonable peace and u con
tinuance of the war until they are
forced to accept the terms offered them
by victorious foes. Moreover, the
choice of the German government must
soon be made, for according to credible
reports from Europe the statements of
the president nnd the premier have
brought close to a crisis the political
dissension ln the Fatherland and have
served to unmask tho pun-Germuns,
who demnnd, with threats, that the
kaiser shall align himself with them
for a "strong peace." Tho soclullsts
stnnd ns firmly ns ever for a demo
cratic peace, and If Wllhelm sides
against them, he nnd the Prusslnn mill
tnrists will hnve before them the Im
possible tnsk of making good with de
cisive military victories over tho armed
forces of Great Britain, France and tho
United States. If they fall, as full they
must, It is easy to predict a sweeping
revolution In Germnny, but between
now and that event must Intervene u
long period of bloody fighting. The
pnn-Gcrmnns have no Idea of yielding
tamely, .especially If they aro support
ed by the emperor, which seems likely.
In the mnln Mr. Wilson's address co
incided with that of Mr. Lloyd George
so far as the cssentluls of peace are
concerned. He was a little more In
sistent on some points, a little less on
others; and he spoke more nt length
ubout Russia, expressing the deep
sympathy of America for tho strug
gling people of that country and en
couraging the bolshevlkl to stand firm
against the terms of German con
quest. All through the program set forth
,oy the president, runs, ns he said, the
.irlnclplc of Justice to all peoples and
nil nationalities, and their right to live
du equal terms of liberty nnd safety
with one nnother, whether they be
strong or weak.
Just one of the peace essentials as
Muted by Mr. Wilson met with some
criticism In the United States, nnd that
from certain Republican lenders. This
wns the section calling for the "estub
llshment of nn equality of trade con
dltlnns nmong all the nations consent
Ing to the penco nnd nssochitlng them
selves for Its maintenance." If thnt
menns the elimination of nil tariffs, n
world free trade, say the Republican
stntesmen, they cannot assent to It. All
who were quoted concerning the mes
sage declnrcd It most timely, for they
believe with the president that tho
moral climax of the war has come.
Tho German press generally con
domus President Wilson's peace alms
as It did those of Lloyd George, most
of the papers ending his program ut
terly Impossible, especially ns regnrds
Alsace-Lorraine; the Internal affairs of
Austria-Hungary and the partition of
Turkey.
Peace Conference Resumed.
Apparently backing water, the Rus
sian delegates, bended by Trotzky him
self, returned to Brest-Lltovsk on Tues
day and resumed tho peaco negotla
Hons with the central powers. Be
fore departing from Petrograd the bol
shevlkl foreign minister expressed ids
deep suspicion of the imjtlves of the
entente allies, declaring lliey wnnte
Germany to make uu advantageous
separate penco with Russia so Ger
mnny would be more willing to sur
render what the allies want In tho
west. Incidentally, Trotzky repented
the story that 25,000 German troops in
the Kovno district hnd deserted be
cause they were about to be moved to
the west front.
M. Rndek, one of the Russian dele
gates, asserted Monday that the Rus
sians were strengthening the front and
would seud home every soldier who
wns not willing to fight. He nsserted
they wnnted no help from the nllles or
America because their strong. h lay ln
their weakness; that tho country for
mnny miles was destitute, and thnt
while tho Gcrmnns could drive them
bnck It would do them no good nnd
they would not want to hnvo millions
of starving people on their hands.
Conditions ln Petrograd are becom
ing more desperate dally. Tho city Is
full of crime, disorder and dirt, and
tho people hnve little food nnd conl.
Very severe winter weather Is adding
to the distress there.
Break-Up of Russia Continues.
Tho bolshevlkl seem content, for tho
present, to permit tho breaking up of
Russia Into separate nationalities. A
kind of a truce has been patched up
with the Ukrainians, and the mnny
other new "governments" apparently
are not molested. Lithuania Is the
latest to declare Itself Independent.
Finland Is well on tho wny to Indepen
dence, hnvlng been recognized by Gent
mnny, Sweden and France, nnd Its rep
resentntlves being well received by
other governments.
The Cossncks of the south wore hnv
lng a hnrder time; ofllclnl dispatches
from Petrograd reporting thnt they
had been defeated and put to flight by
tho bolshevlkl forces.
The Bulgarian pnrllamcnt wns In
formed by Premier Rndoslnvoff thnt n
pence compnet hnd been formed bo
tween Bulgaria nnd Russia, with the
consent of the other central powers.
On the other hnnd, the bolshevlkl gov
eminent rejected the sepnrnte pence
proposnls mnde by Turkey, nsklng the
Intter to participate In the general con
ference.
Col. William B. Thompson, who com
mnnded tho American Red Cross mis
slon to Russia, hns Just returned to
this country nnd bus much good to say
of the bolshevlkl government. lie Is
convinced Its leaders are honest nnd
sincere and not ln the pny of the Gei
mnns, nnd ho believes the movement
they have set on foot may result In a
world pent.?.
Fighting of the Week.
A number of attacks In force und
continuous activity of the artillery
marked the week along tho west front
but there wus no great battle tjnd no
serious attempt to break through the
lines by either side. Tho sector se
lected by the German high command
for the expected big offensive was not
revealed, but tho belief grows that It
will he ln Belgium nnd that the main
objective of the kaiser will be the cup
ture of Calais. Possession of this port
of course, would be of Inestimable
value to Germany, both In J lie milium
rlne campaign and In threatening Eng
land with direct uttack, as well ns In
terruptlug the short route between
England nnd France.
In Itnly the wenther nnd possibly
shortage of ammunition brought ill
most to u standstill the attempts of
the Austro-Gerinaus to break through
Into the Venetian plains. Henvy snow
fell In the Alps nnd threatened to shut
off communication between tho Tren
tlno und the fighting- line, nnd the
wenther was stormy nU the wny from
the mountains to the Adriatic.
Vice Admiral Sims reported the tor
pedoing of tho American steamship
Hurry Luckenbnch, nine members of
the crew being missing. The British
admiralty announced that the hospital
ship Rewa was torpedoed and sunk ln
the Bristol channel. She wns full of
wounded soldiers, but nil of them were
snfely landed, though three Lnscnrs of
the crew were lost. This new hrutul
crime of the Germnns afforded the
London Times opportunity for mild
criticism of President Wilson's high
Idealism, fhe pnper nsklng: "Is any
pence thinkable with tho nuthors nnd
supporters of a system by which such
crimes nre coldly sanctioned as legiti
mate acts of war?"
Tho Rewa was displaying nil the
lights nnd mnrklngs required by Tho
Hague convention and wns not within
the so-called burred zone, but such
facts no longor menu anything 1o tho
Germnns. If Indeed they ever did.
Baker Defends Himself.
The Investigation of wnr prepara
tions by the senate committee reached
the stage on Thursday where the pres
ence of Secretary Baker wus required.
being tho one in the light coat. 2
Camp Mills, Long Island, after being
nis contlnunnco in tho cabinet posi
tion he holds hns been the object of
nttnek, both In the committee and in
the country generally, and with full
knowledge of thnt fact he appeared
with a long and detailed statement of
tho wnr depnrtment's doings thnt serv-
d ns nn clabornto defense of it and of I
himself ns Its head. Summing up tho
depnrtment's chief accomplishments,
Mr. Baker said a largo army Is in tho ;
field and Its training, enlisted nnd se
lected without serious dislocation of
tho country's Industries; Its subsis
tence Is above criticism, its clothing
Biipply Is now siibstnntlnlly ..complete;
arms of the most modem kind have
been provided by mnnufneturo or pur
chased for tho soldiers In Franco and
will bo available for every man who
can be got to Franco In 1018; n sub
stantial nrmy Is nlrendy on French
soli nnd rendy for nctlvo Borvlco, and
lines of communication nnd supply
nnd vnst storage nnd other facilities
nre ln process of construction there I
grent programs for the mnnufneturo of
additional equipment nnd now Instru
ments of wnr hnvo been formulnted.
Tho Amerlcnn nrmy now ln the field
or In training, Mr. Bnkcr snld, num
bered nearly a million and a half, and
he added: "No army of similar size In
the history of the world haB ever been
raised, equipped or trained bo quickly.
No such provision hns ever been rands
for the comfort, health and general
well-being of nn nrmy."
Tho secretary did not undertake to
deny thut wenk plnccs In tho depart
ment's organization hnd been discov
ered, but mnlntnlued that tho reorgan
ization of burenns and tho creation of
the wnr council hnd brought Btrength
nnd efficiency. "Wo can now see the
entire sltuntlon," ho Bald. "The Initial
rush needs nro siibstnntlnlly supplied.
Tho technlcnl corps hnvo been cxpnnd
ed nnd reorganized upon Industrial and
efficient li's."
Despite Mr. Baker's defense, tho
sentiment In congress for n sepnrnte
cabinet department of munitions seems
to he growing stronger nnd tho Repub-
llcnn members set n dny to consider
the adoption of n resolution favoring
such action.
Problems of Labor and Fuel.
Secretary of Labor Wllso- asserts
there Is an amply supply of labor In
the country, but tho problem Is ono of
proper adjustment. Therefore the gov
ernment hns set In motion the machin
ery for the mobilization nnd distribu
tion of nn nrmy of about 8,000.000
workers for agriculture, shipbuilding
nnd wnr contract plnnts. A network
of lnterrelnted lnbor exchanges will bo
established to recruit workers and
transfer them from ono section to nn
other according to the demnnds. John
B. Dcnsmore of Montana was selected
to he national director of this service.
More Insistent nnd more lmtnedlnte
ly pntnful than tho labor problem Is
the mntter of fuel. The conl shortage,
blamed by some authorities on tho sel
fish greed of the operators, became so
pronounced hist week, especially In
the cast, that mnny Industries were
forced to close their doors and mnny
mnro went on part time.
In the houso of representatives
there wns sharp criticism of tho fed
eral fuel administration, hnd one con
gressmun declnred thnt If the govern
ment could not control prices It should
tnko over the mines. Fuel Adminis
trator Garfield on Thursduy announced
the appointment of Mnrk L. Requn of
Oakland, Cal., to take charge of the
oil Industry of the country, nnd It was
understood tho government would take
over the control of fuel oil as It has of
coal. Distribution of tho oil will come
first and Inter the question of price
regulation will he taken up. One most
desirable result of this move will bo to
assure the navy on adequate supply
of oil, which Is tho fuel of most of tho
recently built vessels.
If the women of Amerlca wln the
right to vote, ns seems probable, the
suffragists will hnvo to thnnk the man
whom they hnvo scolded, nbused and
picketed for n long tlmo. Tho Susnn
B. Anthony nmondmont wns npproved
by the house Thursdny by only the
bnro two-thirds majority required, nnd
It Is fnlr to assume that It would not
huvo carried If President Wilson had
not given It hearty and unexpected U
dorsement, Fifteen Southern Demo
crats who voted ngnlnst nntlonul suf
frage two years ago voted for It this
tlmo. Or the 274 votes In favor of tho
amendment, MVJ were cast by Repub
llcnns. The resolution now goes t
the senate, where tho cause must gala
eorcrul converts to curry It through.