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'VOL., XLVII.--NO. 141.
OMAHA, ,? HURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 1917. TWELVE PAGES.
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ALLIES GATHER AT PARIS
IN MONSTER CONFERENCE
TO SOLVE WAR'S PROBLEMS
' '': "
Americans Are Greeted With Most Cordial Reception by
Visitors: Old and New Russian Governments Send
-Separate Delegates; U. S. Representation
Not Definitely Decided As Yet
y Pans,' Nov. 28.- Delegates from other countries to the
great intec-allied conference -which includes representatives
from all the members of the coalition, great and small, are wel
coming the presence of the American delegation as making
available fresh minds and fresh points of view in the considera
tion of old questions.' The Americans are meeting everywhere
with a most cordial feeling and the desire to listen to their sug
gestions and consider such measures as they may initiate.
WHO WILL TAKE PART. O- -
iVJien the mission arrived it was
understood that only its chairman,
Colonel E. M. House, , General
1 Tasker H. Bliss, the chief of staff and
Admiral William Benson, chief of
naval operations would attend the
conference, but it may be. that all the
members of the mission will take
part. This point, which is not yet
quite determined, will depned upon
what the make-uo of the representa
tions of, the other countries will be.
TWO RUSS DELEGATES.
Mathieu Svastopoulo, who lias
been councillor of the Russian em
bassy here since the revolution and
who occupied .that post previously
under trie old regime, will sit in "the
conference. M. Maklakoff, the new
ambassador, has not yet presented
huf credentials to President Poincare
;( tlC IS walnuts Ks. ri
nfr&iissia, but he also will have a
place in the conference as an ob
server.' He has made an admirable
personal impression upon the French
and allied diplomats. v
ft House' had a long confer
ence this morning with Premier'!
('Ipinenceau and another later -with
David Lloyd George, the British
premier. ' He was a guest of James
H?"tt Hvdat.dm ihs
Th. British mission-. including
clerks ana other ataches, nurobers.J4i
uersous. y . . . .. ' . . . .. . ; .
The list of representatives from the
different nations to' th conefrence- is
as follows;
'France: Georges. Qemenceau,. pre-;
micr ahd minister, of wair; Stephen
xPichion, minister of foreign 'affairs;
Louis Klotz, ' minister' 'of ' finance;
Georges L. Geyeuse, minister of amr
ine; Etienne QemcnteL . minister . of
commerce; Louis Loucher, minister of
munitions; Victor' Bo'ret,' minister, of
, provisions; M: Lebruny minister of
Jckade and invafed regions and Re
tradieu, head : commissioner, to . the
United States; Julius' Cambon, gener-r
al secretarv to the foreign office; M.
De Margerie, director of tta ministry
of foreign affairs. : '" -
Great Britain's Delejjatesv;
Great Britain": David Lloyd George,
premier; Arthur James Balfour, sec
retary for foreign affairs; Sir Francis
Bertie, ambassador to France; Camp
' bell Geddes, first lord of the admira
lty; General Sir William Robertson,
chief of the imperial staff at army
headquarters; Admiral. Sir, John Jelr
licoe, chife of the naval staff; Sir
Maurice Hankey secretary to the com
mon imperial defense fund.
United States: William Graves
Sharp," ambassador; . Colonel E- M.
&-use, chairman; Admiral" William S.
Benson, chief of" naval operations;
General Tasker H. Bliss, chief of
staff; Oicar T. Crosby, assistant sec
retary of the treasury; Vance McCor
inick, chairman of ' the war irade
board, and Thomas Nelson Perkins,
of the priority board.
Italy; Prof. Vitorio . E.. Orlando,
premier and minister of the interior;
Baron Sonnino, foreign minister;
Francesco S. Nitti, minister, of the
treasury; Count Bonin-Longare, am
bassador; Signor Bfanchi, minister of
transports; General Alfredo Dallelio,
minister of munitions.
" Japan: Viscount Chinda, ambas
sador to Great Britain.
Belgium! Bapon; Charles De Bro
queville, foreign minister; Baron De
Gaiffier D' Hestroy, minister to
France; General Ruequoy, chief of
the general staff.
Serbia: Nikola P. PachitJch,
purmier and minister of foreign af
" fairs;, Dr., M. R. Vesnitch.
IJtoumania V. Antenesco. minister:
' General Iliesou, chief of the general
staff. . '
Greece: Eliphterios Constantine
Venizelos, premier and minister of
war; Athos Romanos, " minister, to
France; Alexander Diomede, former
minister of finance; M. Agyropoulos,
" governor of Macedonia; Colonel
; Prantzis; MRottasis, naval attache.
Portugal: " Dr. Alfonso Costa,
oremier and minister, of finance;
' Augusto Soares, minister of foreign
iffairs. ' '"(-"
Montenegro: Eugene Popovxitch,
' premier and minister of foreign af
' fairs. i. ' - "
' haes, minister at Paris. '
Cuba: General Carlos Garcia y Ve
',cz. minister at London. .'' - f
Russia: Mathieu Sevastopoale,
councillor of the embassy at Paris;
M. dakaloff, ambassador to France
'by special invitation and unofficially,
is he has not yet presented his let
.crs. . ;
Siam: M. Charoon, minister at
pas- ;
oOiina: Mr. Hu Wei Teh, the resi
dent Chinese minister in France, and
General Tamt Tsai Lieh, vice secre
tary of the eeneral staff of China.
GERMANY IS HOT
EAGER FOR REDS'
RADICAL PEACE
Lenine Demands World Up
heaval; Teutons Cannot
Subscribe to Such i
' , v ; Doctrine. '
' f (By Associated Press.)
Stockholm, Nov. 28. While indi
cations are lacking in the, . current
German comment as to what the re
sponse of the central powers to the
Bolshevik! peace proposals will be,
the press utterances indicate that
there are already many Germans who
are convinced that Nikolai Lenine's
doctrines yw'ould upset the vpolitical
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the world and bring peacehkh
'would prove "to be a Greek 'irift.
One of Germany s ablest writers
on Russian affairs Hans Vorst, writ
ing in the Tageblatt of Berlin, raises
a warning against the delusion 'that
the' Bolsheviki peace progrirm cor
responds with the program of the
central powers.. , .
. Would Reject .Such a Program.
""No party in Germany," he says,
"would be willing to subscribe to
such a program. The independent so
cialists have, ho right to , consider
themselves representatives of the
same, ideas' as Comrade, Lenine, who
continuously condemns them as op
portunists." -
" Herr Vorst points out that tin Bol
sheviki demand for the freedom of
all .nations "regardless of their degree
of civilization or geographical situa
tion" involves the condemnation and
overthrow 6f every nation's colonial
policy. -. The Bolsheviki realize that
their kind of rjeace is possible only
after a social revolution in all coun
tries, he adds, but they do not real
ize that it would also be impossible
then." V
Would Overthrow Society.
' The German government, Herr
Vorst continues, has taken the stand
point that it does not interfere with
the. internal affairs 6f other countries,
but Lenine, on the ' contrary, wishes
to overthrow the. social structure of
the whole, world and the peace nego
tiations ar for him and his follow
ers only a means to this end.
"Any government," the writer goes
on, "that thinks it can treat with
Lenine in the traditional manner is
mistaken, for Lenine and his follow
ers have no desire to represent any
Russian interest but solely the inter
est of the international proletariat."
1 ,
Use Naval Reserves on
All U. S. Transport Ships
Washington, Nov. 28. Naval re
serves soon will' man all American
ships transporting troops and sup
plies, under a plan now being worked
out by Secretary Daniels and - the
shipping board, to avoid having civil
ians aboard vessels engaged in war
work. ' The reserve will be open to
officers and men of merchant craft.
All Exemptions and Discharges
Of Dra fted Men Are Revoked
Washington, Nor. 28. All persons
subject to the selective military serv
ice law. Provost Marshal General
Crowder announced today, are
charged with knowing the law and
accompanying regulations and failure
to comply with them will be consid
ered a misdemeanor, punishable by
imprisonment Failure also may cause
immediate induction into military
service and. will operate as a waiver
of any right or privilege which might
otherwise have been claimed,
r General Crowder pointed out that
all previous exemptions are revoked
under . a section of the regulations,
which reads: , ,
"All exemptions and discharges
made prior to noon on December 15
iand all certificates in evidence thereof
are hereby revoked from and after
noon on December IS land all such
certificates theretofore issued shall
have' no further Validity.
Soldier's Idea
-TTisnDay Provided Through The Bee
TNJS 0H
EXPERTS WILL BE
ASKED QUESTION
OF20.000WORDS
Leading Alienists Will Testify
About "Hypothyreosis".
Which Deferjse Claims Af- ,
fectsMrs. DeSaulles.
Mineola, N. , Y., N'oy.; 28. Alien
ists, X-ray specialists . and other
pramm$t"iwemfers'''f ' the ;ndicH
profession who will testify concern
ing trnf defense's claim that Mrs.
Blanca De Saullcs Avas suffering a
lapse of responsibility on the night
of August 3, last, whe'n her former
husband, John L. De Saulles, was
shot to death at his home nearVest
biiry, L. I., will bt asked' a hypo
thetical 'question of 20000 words in
length, and it vas expected that the
first of the -expert witnesses would
be "heard before the close of the day's
session. ' ' '
Much of the expert testimony will
concern, the thyroid Condition styled
"hypothyreosis" by Mrs. De Saulles'
attorneys, from which they claim
the defendant was suffering at the
time of the shooting. This disease is
claimed to have superinduced the
irrational ' spell during which Mrs.
De Saulles says she fired the' revolver
shots. . x , J
When the expert witnesses sum
moned to strengthen the defendant's
claim have testified; other profes
sional men are to be called by Dis
tuict Attorney Charles. R. Weeks to
attack the assertions made in behalf
of Mrs. De SanHes.
, Declined to Help Defendant.
D. Stewart Iglehardt, a member of
an importing firm, was the first wit
ness called today. He said he had
been acquainted with Mrs. De Saul
les' family for some years and had
visited at-the Errazuriz home in Chile,
and that he received a telephone call
from Mrs. De Saulles early the night
of the tragedy. She said she was
"terribly worried because Jack, her
son. had not been returned to her
Jiome by De Saulles, and asked him to
go to The Box with her in an en
deavor to get him. The witness said
he refused because the service she
required was a "delicate matter."
. Miss Amalia Errazuriz, Mrs. De
Saulles' sister the next witness, cor
roborated the defendant's story that
she suffered a fall when a child in
which she struck her head against the
fireplace and was severely injured.
De Saulles Demanded Gift of Estate.
De Saullcs, Miss Errazuriz testified,
asked her mother to buy him an estate
in Chile, while he and Mrs. De Saulles
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; "In any case l deferred classifi
cation made under these rules and
regulations the secretary of war may
order such deferred classification and
any certificate issued in evidence
thereof to be revoked and rescinded
and the registrant to be transferred
to any less deferred class designated
by the secretary except only as to
such registrants as havebeen olaced
I in class 5 on account of legal exemp
tion.
On its part the local board is to do
everything possible to acquaint regis
trants with their order of liability. It
is absolutely necessary that each reg
istrant shall know his order number.
The board is to maiT to registrants
notices of its actions concerning thetnlvital line between the Brenta
ana or any duties that they are re
quired to perforn and notice of ifs
disposition of the claims'to other per
sons regarding registrants shall be
mailed to the registrants and the other
persons as welL (
of Good Time. Ahead for
'The Pleasant Sting"
Eberstein hn't Afraid
Of I. W. W.s Leaving
Chief Eberstein of the federal bu
reau of investigation received a let
' ter from a committee of the Indus
trial Workers of the World who
have been in the county jail for
three weeks, saying they wished to
see him "at 3 o'clock sharp Tues
day." , .
Mr. Eberstein didn't find it con
venient to obey the summons.
"Some other time will do as well,"
said Eberstein. . "I don't, think they
are going away anywhere." .
ITALIANS FACE
BY TEUTON ARMY
Great Activity . Observed Be
hind the i Lines Forecasts
Elaborate Preparations to
Break Through Defense.
" Washington, Nov. 28. Great ac
tivity among the Austro-German di
visions all along the Italian front, and
reported in official dispatchesfrom
Rome received here today, are-declared
to forecast a still greater of
fensive in the northern sector, with
elaborate preparations for a mighty1
effort to break through..
v (By Associated Press.)
Rome, Nov. 28. "On the Asiago
plateau, in the Primolano basin, at
the north of Col Delia Berretta, and
on the middle Piave," says today's
Italian official statement, "our bat
teries, in cfi-operation with bombard
ment flights, have carried out con
centrations of fire on enemy troops,
massed and in movement."
WILL FIGHT TO '.'HE END.
Italian Army - Headquarters in
Northern Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 27.
A visit made today to the fighting
ground' at Monte Tomba, Monte
Monfenera and other mountains in
the fighting zone in the north and
then to the Piave line, where if joins
the mountain front, afforded oppor
tunity to see this central point of the
present huge struggle and obtain
from officers at several division and
brigade headquarters direct informa
tion in regard to the condition of af
fairs. The tour was made with a
staff officer from headquarters and
covered about 100 miles, with stops
?t the main points of fighting.
General Garibaldi,- commander of
the famous Alpine brigade, declared
the fighting had shown that the Italian
troops could hold the line beyond any
question. Speaking of . the spirit of
his men, he added: "If the enemy
ever docs get past, owing to supfifior
generalship or superior strength of
guns, it will be only over the dead
bodies of our troops, for they are
determined never to yield."
Massing Troops at Front.
The . roads leading to the battle
front showed increasing masses --of
troops being brought up for concen
tration on the threatened lines. Much
artillery was doming in. The men
wid horsis seemed to be in good con
dition after the hard drive. Miles of
infantry moved forward, the ranks
shewing fresh and youthful troops.
They wore steel helmets and were
getting ready to go into action. Many
had little pink boxes in their hands,
which looked like packages of candy,
but when they were Opened it was not
candy which was seen, but long, thin
bullets which fit into the Italian rifles.
Every cartridge belt was full of these
pink boxes. Passing headquarters of
the Fourth army, which holds the
and
Piave rivers, a staff officer of Gen
eral Robilant. commander of this
army, swumed tip the general situa
tion as satisfactory, -the reports!
showing that the encrav v heiiu-l
held ,
GREATEWTACK
BRITISH PRESS
, ON STEADILY TO
REACH CAIilBRAI
Strong German Counter At
tacks Cause Heavy Fighting
Around Villages ofCFon
' taine and Bourlon.1' :
BULLETIN.
Berlin. " Nov. 28w( Via 'London.
ArtiUem fighting , of ,th retst vio-i
lence isnow In progress on the Fland
ers front, in the region ot Fasschen
daele, the scene of the recent heavy
fighting, the war office reports. '
' .(By Associated Tress.)
Representatives of the allied powers
are in Paris for a -conference upon
which the future course of war activi
ties probably will depend. The French
leaders have been joined by the rep
resentatives of th United States,
Great Britain and Italy.
A basis for joint action against the
central powers will be determined at
the conference, it is indicated, and the
future policy toward Russia may be
decided upon.
Although the Bolsheviki apparently
have been unable to extend their pow
er oyer Russia, except in the cities of
Petrograd and Moscow, they con
tinue their efforts toward an armistice
and peace. It is reported that Ger
man officers have arrived in Petro
grad to aid the Maximalist leaders
with their advice and counsel. .
Germans Fight Hard.
As the British press toward Cam
brai from the west they encounter
more stubborn German, resistance.
Heavy fighting is in progress around,
Fontaine Notre Dame, less than three
miles from Cambrai, and near the vil-
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COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
OF BOLSHEVIKI ARMY
RECEIVED BY GERMANS
Russian Fifth Army Will Choose Parliamentarians to Be
Sent to Germany; General Dakhonin Cuts Off Com
munication Between North and South Rus
sia and Refuses to Treat With teutons. 'i V
Petrograd, Nov. 28 Representatives sent by Ensign Kry.
lenko, the Bolsheviki commander-in-chief of the Russian armies,
have been received in the German lines and informed by the
German commander that the Germans have officially consent
ed immediate negotiations for an armistice. .
The Germans have set December 2 for a conference for
negotiations of an armistice. ,
OKRYLENKO COMMAND SHAKY.
HI! A BIO ODDrAlir Krylenko, nominal eommander-ln-
UIIHUO OrilLHUO '
AS EXTREMISTS
GAIN GROUND
Petrograd vElections 'Orderly,
"But Small Vote Cast; Mass
of Soldiers Support'
Lenine.
; London, Nov. 28. Little excite
ment has attended the elections to the
constituent assembly in Petrograd,
says the Petrograd "correspondent of
the Daily Mail in a dispatch dated
Tuesday. He thinks that less than 50
per. cent of.those entitled to vote cast
their ballots, but that perhaps anoth
er 10 per cent would vote' before the
polls closed Tuesday afternoon." ,
; News from, the army fronts,vthe
correspondent says, is contradictory,
but apparently thevvast mass 'of sol-
diets support the Lwiine irtwimyiot,
Ensign . Krylehko," the cdmfriTsSipfrer
for war. has gone to Pskoff. where he"
has dismissed General 1 cheremfssoff
and giveij his, command to a commis
sioner for the northern front. . .
The general army committee has
telegraphed Krylenlto, advising him
not to go to Mohilev, genersl head
quarters,, as it Cannot hand over the
command to an irresponsible person,
but will itself continue in authority
ufltil - the question of government is
settled. .s ,
Chaos, the correspondent adds, is
spreading,, and the , extremists un
doubtedly are gaining ground.
Many Women Vote.
It is estimated that from 30 to 45
per cent of the voters entitled to vote
for delegates to the constituent as
sembly cast their ballots yesterday.
Among the voters many women were
noted. Tlie balloting was conducted
in an orderly manner and apparently
there were no attempts at coercion.
The most active campaigners were
the Bolsheviki, who employed
placarded armored motors, but the
campaign was chiefly , one of posters
land house-to-house distribution of
lists of candidates.
Patriotic General Removed.'
Petrograd, Nov. 28. The removal
of General Balueff, commander on
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chief by Bolsheviki decree, whose . ,
representatives crossed to the Cer-;
man side, for the parley, has been unr
ble to take over the actual command
of more than the northern Russian'
armies. : V..
Communication between porth and ' J )
nww.u i nuawi uas uecu tui on ana
General Dukhonin, the de facto com
mander of all but the northern forces,
whose headquarters are at Mohilev,
opposite the Galiclan front, has re
fused to treat with the Germans.
The Russian Fifth army announced
today that it purposes chooslnj parlia- v
mentarians to be sent to Germany.
This is the second instance of an an
nouncement of definite support of the
Bolsheviki program by the military, v
the first being the Second! army,
whose action was previously reported.
NEUTRALS MAKE REPLY,
' The diplomatic representative"!
the neutral countries, after a confer- ;
ence, decided to reply to Leon'Trot- f
iky's notification respecting- anj arm- , V
istice as a matter of courtesy, ashey !
would reply to the representatior,of
a private individual. They affirm;
however, that their action must not
be taken as recognition, ' i- v '
tin a aitingtUtudk- iehhe'JHTr?
meeting of the constituent assembly.
f AUSTRIA WANTS, PEACE.
Amsterdam, Nov. 28. Count Cer.
nia, the Austro-Hungarian foreign
minister, i na discussion with the del-.
egates of the' upper house, said. ae.
cording to a Vienna dispatch today,.
that Austria is ready to enter into j
negotiations with Russia for an hon- j
orable and acceptable peace. t 1
AWAITING OFFICIAL NEWS. , !
Washington, Nov. 28. The Ameri- I
can government and the entente allies t
will determine whether the Bolsheviki i
are to be classed as enemies and ac
tive allies of Germany as soon as offi- ' - j
cial advices can be gathered of con- , .', j
ferences between Bolsheviki leaders (
and German officers.- . j
Washington Interested. v : j
The conference at Petrograd today .1
of Russian political leaders, which, ac- j
cording to the London Times, is for
the purpose of forming a government f
representative ot all parties, is being 1
watched with much interest.
Kerensky " Men Present
What really lies back of the con
ference it was too early for officials
to judge. It was significant that for
mer members of the Kerensky cabi-
nets were among those who assem
bled along. with, the Bolsheviki lead
ers, although the calling in of some
members of an overthrown regime, it
is recognized, may be i a 'strategic
move for effect on the diplomatic
corps at Petrograd, who have uni-
formly refused to indicate anv recoir-
nition of the newly-sprung element in I
power, while Russian diplomats nd I
consuls in this country openly repu- !
diate it. ' r "
, .Germans in Petrograd. A ;.
News of the conference followed j
the London report that German staff ' i
officers are already in Petrograd act- " .
ing as military advisers of thegov-. f
ernment in power. Official confirma- f
tipn was lacking, but if officials con- H
firmation comes it is understood that !
the action will be met immediately . I
by this government and its allies put- '
ting the Bolsheviki government j
squarely fn tlie status of an ally of ' j
Germany.' " v- S
The result would be the immediate - i
withdrawal of the diplomats to the ; !
Swedish or some other neutral capi- j
tal to await instructions from their , j
governments and meantime in this . 1'
country final orders would be issued ;
heading off all supplies for Russia.
The economic effect on Germany !
would be to make available to it the '1
vast stores of the great Russian em- !
pire and the restoration of German
prisoners held in Russia and their uti- ,i
lization fos service again at the Ger- , )
man front. ?.
Who Leaders Are. - ( v )
Trof. Paul N. Milukoff was minis-
ter of foreign affairs in the first revo- 1
lutionary cabinet and is leader of the
constitutional democratic parties. - i
M. Tchernoff was minister of agri- t
culture in the Kerensky cabinets of 5 1
Julv 24 and August 7. V
. Avksentietf was minister of the- ',!.'
culture in the Kerensky cabinet of
August 7. ' He and M. Tchernoc are j
socialists. , - S
General Verkhovski was minister of
war in the recent Kerensky cabinet , I
and resigne. several days before thoj ,!
recent Bolsheviki revolt. He was in i
favor of using strong measures in the . j
army.
General Ivanoff was fornicrlv com- . 'j
mander on the Volhyniamaml dcliciai! i
j fronts. .