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Show - f J. 'V : - ft - THE PAYSQNIAN, PAYSON, UTAH 1 LEAVE RUSSIA ALLIES 10 IRE AGREED UPON PEACE PACT AT THE SWEEPING TRIUMPH POLLS OF DAVID LLOYD GEORGE AND HIS SUPPORTERS. ALLIED POWERS HAVE NO SIRE TO INTERFERE WITH RUSS INTERNAL AFFAIRS. Pacifists and Women Candidates Are Routed, Former Premier Asquith and Most of His Able Lieutenants Meeting Defeat Bolahtvlki Arnsy Consists of Half Million Men Forced to Join of Fear of Starvation and a Few Former Prisoners. The broad features of the flection results announced Saturday re the sweeping triumph of the Lloyd George coalition, the complete rout of the Asquithians, the pacifists and the women candidates, and, perhaps most significant of all, the victory of the Sinn Feiners all along the line. That the coalition government would he victorious had been a foregone conclusion, despite the rumblings of rumor between the polling and the counting of the votes that labor would But make an unexpected showing. that David Lloyd George would command completely an overwhelming majority in the new house In the proportion of almost five to one had never been contemplated, even by the most And since sanguine coalitionists. coalition, as it' now Operates, is distinctly more conservative than liberal in its composition and tendencies, this result of the first election under the extended franchise and with the participation of millions of women voters is most suggestive. Premier Lloyd George has 519 seats for his coalition, out of a membership of 707. The Sinn Feiners have elected eventy members, and labor approximately seventy-flye- . Of fourteen women candidates', only one will be entitled to sit in the house of commons, namely, a Sinn Feiner, Countess Marklevicz, who was elected for St. Patricks division of Dublin city. But, as the Sinn Feiners refuse to sit at Westminster, the house of be comcommons will, as hitherto, males. of posed entirely Among the surprises of the election was the defeat of H. H. Asquith, the former premier. He is rejected in company with most of his abfest lieutenants, including Sir John Simon, former home secretary ; Reginald McKenna, former home chancellor of the exchequer; Walter Runciman, former Herpresident of the board of trade ; bert Samuel, former postmaster gen-- , eral; Charles F. Masterman, former chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and others. London. J i HUNS INSULT OUR FLAG.- Officials Washington. of derstanding here is that the 'whole subject will be left to the peace conference. It was reiterated Friday that the allied powers have no desire to interfere with the internal affairs of Russia, and that if any aggressive action is determined upon the object will be solely to cure a menace to the peace of the world. Additional reports of the chaotic Bolshevik-controlleconditions in European Russia have reached the state department. One account said the loyal militia of Esthonia and Livonia, poorly equipped and with little or no training, was in no condition to withstand the attacks of the Bolsheviki. Some of the Bolshevik forces in this section were said to be well supplied with machine ' guns, tanks and armored cars. rewere Limbach Reval and Riga, ported as crowded with refugees from the surrounding country, and officials of the British naval forces tu the Baltic have suggested that the aged, the children and the sick be moved to the island of Oesel in the Gulf of Riga, where, it is said, 100,000 refugees' could be cared for. Advicgs reaching the state department Friday from Bucharest said the main force of the Bolshevik army in Russia consisted of 500,000 Russian soldiers, forced to join the Bolsheviki because of fear of starvation; former n prisoners of war, 50,000 men from the Balkan provinces and 40,000 Chinese workmen. . d . Austro-Hungaria- . SIXTY-TWO- . Anniversary in London. Washington. Woodrow Wilson, first citizen of America, was 62 years of age on December 28. He was born in a little parsonage in Staunton, Va., on December 28, 1856. He breakfasted amid the splendors of the most gorgeous suite in Buckingham palace. During the day he was tendered a reception by the lord mayor of London in the historic Guildhall, and later discussed peace terms for the world with leading British statesmen. Three Killed by Explosion. Eldorado, Kan. Three men are dead, four others seriously injured, as the result of the explosion of an oil exchanger at the Midland Refining company, ten miles southeast of this city. HENRY WHITE in- i New Steel Ship Launched. Newark, N. J. The Faraby the twentieth fabricated steel ship built at the Submarine Boat companys yard at Port Newark, was launched Saturday. The vessel was constructed for the emergency fleet corporation. Henry White, former American ambassador to Franco, Is the Republican member of the American delegation at the peace conference. BY EflOLISH PEOPLE GUARDSMEN The minister declared that France, is absolutely in agreement that full publicity be given to 'the proceedings of the peace conference. He announced that intervention in Russia was inevitable, but that It would be of a defensive character so far ' as French troops were concerned, and that If offensive operations were undertaken,' it must be by Russian troops. He also declared that . the French government has adopted the principle of a league of nations and is now busy working towards its effective realization, thns replying to the interpellation of the socialist, M.- Bracke. He said also that the government does not desire any annexation, but ree serves the right to fix the frontiers, to guard against future attack. L03I . PRESIDENT HAS BRILLIANT WHEN HE ARRIVES AT LONDON. MILITIA FORCES OF STATES TO ' BECOME CITIZENS WHEN DISCHARGED FROM SERVICE. The Official Ceremonials Colored With Secretary Baker Declares if Congress Touches of Medieval Pageantry, Determines to Continue National Two Million People CrowdGuard, Service Will Have to Be Reconstructed From Ground Up. ing Streets for Procession. London. The great moment - of President Wilsons first day in England was when he stood with the king and queen and 'Mrs, Wilson in the balcony of Buckingham palace on Thursday, December 26, facing a multitude which. stret"hed down the Mali to the admiralty, half a mile distant, and overflowed St. James' park on one side and Green park on the other. Only a corporals guard could hear the presidents brief speech, but the people, who had demanded that he show himself, gave him a greeting more clumorous than any other guest of the nation has commanded within the memory of the oldest Londoners.The days events constitute a tribute to the president and the United States which will be historic. The official ceremonials a reception by the Dover corporation and the navy ; the welcome at the station by the royal family and the chief officials of the empire, and the state progress through the heart of London were colored with touches' of medieval pageantry, even to the crimson-coates from the Tower,"' bearing halberds, which the British people cherish. That the central figure of, the royal procession in quaint state carriages, attended by a military escort and household officials, should be a civilian wearing a black coat and silk hat gave a flavor of novelty to the scene. But the assembling of the people was spontaneous.' That was the chief note of the day. There had been no time to erect stands, and windows were not advertised for rent. The' people simply flocked in from all quarters afoot, in motors' and other vehicles, carrying flags and their lunches, and standing for hours in the cold for a chance to get a sight of the president. It was a gathering principally of the plain people; the others were in the country for the holiday. It was a diverse aud picturesque throng such as few capitals can muster, with a large element of soldiers, among whom the colonials and Americans seemed conspicuous' and popular, a detachment of wounded from the hospitals, attended by nurses, getting a large share of the cheers. It is estimated that 2,000,000 people crowded the two miles of streets .through which the state procession These were canopied with passed. flags and hunting and, amid the thundering of the saluting cannon, the President of the United States receiving a popular welcome almost unprecedented in history. . beef-eater- If congress determines Washington. to continue the national guard as the army reserve of the nation, Secretary Baker said Wednesday, the guard service will have to be reconstructed from the ground up. Federalization of the guard for war service, the war department lias held ou the opinion of Brig. Gen. Samuel T. Ant-ell- , acting judge1 advocate general, will wipe out of existence the federalized regiments. When the men are 'discharged they will return to civilian life without any obligation either to the federal or state governments to continue in national guard service.! Mr. Raker expressed a belief that the problem of the national guard is bound up closely with the question of what congress may do later in framing legislation to establish a permanent military policy.' Should some system of universal military training be worked out, army officers said, it is probable that - the national guard would cease to exist. The war department has not as yet made any recom1 mendations on the subject. . There are many national guard units organized since the war by the various states which are not affected by the war departments ruling. In some cases federal recognition has been obtained, bringing the units nnder the federalization sections of the act of Alsace-Lorrain- OLD ORDER TO VANISH. . ' 1916. . ' ' The great mass of the guard, however, was merged into the temporary forces of the army of the United States for the war, thereby completely losing its identity. Hoover Will Not Talk With Huns. Food Administrator Washington. Hoover, in Europe arranging relief for the peoples of the territories, has refused In emphatic terms to discuss German food conditions with Baron von der Lancken and Dr. Reith, who sought a meeting with the food administrator. v REAR ADMIRAL BULLARD J m$ipt . of President Declares Future Must Provide. Concert of Power for Peace. London. Speaking Saturday in. the historic Guildhall at a ceremonious gathering of Great Britain's most distinguished statesmen, President Wilson reaffirmed his principle that there must no longer be a balance of power which might unsettle the peace of the world, but that the future must produce a concert of power which would preserve It. The presidents reception at the Guildhall was so spontaneous and hearty that it carried an unmistakable note of friendship and admiration. When he arose to speak there was a prolonged outburst of bandclapping and cheering and his .talk was frequently punctuated by applause. At the conclusion of his address the audience rose with one accord and ' cheered. LEAGUE TO SAVE KAISER. Huns Have Plan to. Evade Punishment of Their Former Ruler. . Berlin. A league for the protection of the personal liberty and life of the kaiser has been formed and will Issue an. appeal to the former advisas well as diploers of the mats with whom he was associated, to submit all possible documents to prove the emperors innocence of bringing about the war." Prince Henry of Prussia, who was proposed for president of the league, suggested You Hindenburg for the post. . ' Wilson Visit Mother's Home. Carlisle, England. President Wilson, accompanied by Mrs. Wilson, came to Carlisle Sunday in rain and a cold penetrating mist to visit the girlhood home of his mother. But the warmth of the greeting of the people of the town and of the thousands if strangers from the surrounding country more than offset the dreariness of the weather. The president made a short address from the pulpit formerly that of his grandfather, in which he touched simply but eloquently on his mother. . Appalling Toll of Life in War. With the issue of the official figures of the French losses in the war, it is possible to arrive at the approximate estimate of the appalling toll of life. The dead, so far, number individual national Th 5,936,504. losses in dead thus far announced are : British, 706,726; French, 1,071,300; , American, 58,478; Russian, 1,700,000;-Austrian800,000 ; German, 1,600,000. The total German casualties are given by the Berlin Vorwaerts as 6,330,000, and the Austrian total was placed at 4,000,000. Serbia in killed, wounded and prisoners lost 320,000 men. ' London r s . ; Reed Against League of Nations. Enrollment Week for Boys. Washington. Secretary of Labor Wilson hag, asked the governors of all with him in sestates to curing the observance of the week beNow portrait of Roar Admiral Buginning January 20 as a national en- llard, U. 8. N., American ropreaanta-tiv- e rollment week for the United States to ooo to the carrying out of the Boys Working reserve. naval terms of the Austrian armistio Colorado Postoffiee Robbed. Greeley, Colo. War savings stamps to the value of $36,000, and some cash, amount unknown, were stolen from the safe in the Greeley postoffice some time between 6 and 10 oclock Thursday evening. Knitters Ordered to Stack Needles. 8ailors on Leave Are Robbed. Princess Pat to Wed. sailors' on army of New York.Thlrty-flv- e Washington. Americas court circular ihakes London. The women knitters, who did not cease statement: The king leave from warships in harbor here the following work with the signing of the armistice, Jiae were robbed of all their money at regladly consented to the betrothal n December 28 were ordered by the sorts to which they were enticed on to of Patricia Connaught Princess their of (Red Cross to .stack needles, brotb-o- f Christmas night, according to comlyMDmander Alexander Ramsey, (task accomplished. plaints recelvfd Thursday. the Ep sJ-Dglbousle." Wealthy Prisoner Suicides. San Francisco. Louis Heibing, an aged wealthy property owner, sentenced recently to an indeterminate term of from one to fifteen years, for arson, hanged himself to death in the eouncll Jail here Friday. ; terms.. j Oppose Labor Political Party. New York. The executive council Df the American Federation of Labor t a special session here Saturday, resected a proposal calling for the forma- j. tion of a national political labor party, send delegates to the International Labor Conference to be bold at Versailles next month.. . Restrict Salmon Fishing. Washington. Salmon fishing privileges in Alaskan rivers were sharply restricted Friday by Secretary Red-fiel-d to conserve the salmon supply. In che latitude east of Cape Spencer, in southeastern Alaska, 'the use of fixed (fishing appliances at the mouths of small streams practically was for' bidden entirely. cludes more than 1400 guns and trench fcortars taken in action and thousands machine guns and rifles. but voted to Paris.--Th- e storm which had been threatening in the French, chamber for the past four flays broke Sunday afternoon when Stephen Pichon, minister for foreign affairs, amid violent interruptions by the socialists and counterdemonstrations bj - flie government supporters, outlined Frances peace d President Celebrates Will Bring War Trophies Home. Washington All war material captured by the American army will be Drought home, Secretary Baker snid Saturday, to be disposed of as con- gress may direct The' equipment . the German Oppression Caused No Loss of Life by Starvation. Washington. Four years of German oppression brought no loss of life from starvation to the populations of Belgium and northern France, and the from .Undernourishment resulting enemy occupation can be stamped out If America continues to send food. This report from Herbert Hoover, chairman of the commission for relief In Belgium, based on a survey of the (occupied territories of western Europe, was made Saturday at the commissions headquarters' here.' L Announces That No Annexations Are Sought and That Full Publicity Will Be Given to Peace Conference Proceedings. . American government have expressed the helief that Stephen Piclion, the French foreign minister,' was voicing his own opinion and not the policy of the French government when he said there would be no immediate intervention in Russia by the allied governments'. The Russian situation has been the subject of earnest, discussion by the representatives at Paris of the associated notions, but so far as is known here hone of the governments has put forward any definite plans.- The un- WILSON IS SAVED BELGIUM FROM STARVING DECLARES ALL NATIONS CONCERNED HAVE ACCEPTED CONDITIONS. , - German Officials Use Machine Guns, but Meet Defeat London. Firing by German officials m an allied automobile carrying an American flag was the cause of street fighting in Posen last Friday, says dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Copenhagen. The Germans were' defeated in the fighting. About 138 persons, including a number of women and children, were killed during the rioting. It is said that the trouble began when allied and American flags were hoisted over the city hall. The Germans demanded that the reflags be hauled down. The Poles the to fused acquiesce, whereupon Germans brought up machine guns and began firing in the streets, driving back the crowds and dispersing the Polish troops. PRESIDENT DE- Argentina Recalls Mexican Minister. ' Mexico City. The Argentine government has recalled Its minister to Mexico, Manuel E. Malbrant lt was announced Thursday that the minister would leave here not later than Decern-he- r 21. - - Foch and Wilson Meet Paris. President Wilson and Marshal Foch conferred for half an hour Tuesday night The subjects Under discussion were mainly In reference to the armistice between the allies and Germany. . The theory of a Washington. league of nations is no new discovery, but Is thousatids of years' old, having appeared in various forms and failed of its purpose in successive ages, declared Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, in am address at a dinner of the Society of Arts and Sciences, , . 8hlp Burnt at Sea. Lloyds announced that the American bark Arayan, bound from Wellington to San Francisco, burned 500 miles east of Chatam island. The captain and thirteen men have been landed on Chatam island. London. ... In Poeen. Rioting Berlin. The Lokal Anzeigers Posen correspondent says there was street yiotlng in Posen Friday evening. German soldiers marching through the town are said to have hauled down entente flags. : t Ohlef Executive Praises Soldiers, for Falthfql Performance of Duty and Predicts Satisfactory 8ettle- . ment of Problems. ' , . Chaumont. In an address to the American soldiers od Christmas day. President Wilson said that he did not., find in the hearts of the 'great leaders with whom he was any differences of principle or of fundamental purpose. - Immediately after a reception at the Hotel De Ville, President Wilson, with 'General Pershing and party, motored to Humes, where . the president reviewed a detachment of the First army of the American expeditionary forces. President Wilson received a most cordial welcome from the 'people of Chaumont, a town whicli has been closely associated with the history of ' the American expeditionary forces in France and is now the headquarters of the commander-in-chieIt - is the town from which Americas part in. finishing the war was directed. In the course of his address, during Which he praised the American soldiers for having ' performed their duties with glory to themselves and. credit to their country, the president spoke of his hopes for permanent peace, and declared : It happened that it was the privilege of America to present the chart . for peace, and now the process of settlement has been rendered comparatively simple by the fuct that all the nations concerned have accepted that charge and the application of laid down there will be their application. The world will now know that the nations that fought this war, as well as the soldiers who represented them, are reudy tp make good, make good not only in the assertion of their own interests, but make good In the establishment of peace upon foundation of right and of justice. Because this is not a war in whicli the soldiers of the free nations masters. You have commanders, but you have no masters'. Your very commanders , represent you in representing the nation of which you constitute so distinguished a part. And everybody concerned in the knows that it must be a peoples peace, and that nothing must in the settlement' of the issue -of the war, which is not as handsome as the great achievements of the armies of the United States " and the allies. . f. s have-obeye- , set-lera- ent e . r1 PRESIDENT AT 8TATE BANQUET Men Summoned t Meet Head of American Government London. President Wilson was the Representative . honor guest, at a state banquet in Friday night, Buckingham palace which was notable not only as a spectacle such as probably no. other court in Europe can provide the setting for, now that the thrones of Jtussia, Germany and Austria have disappeared, but from the representative character of the men summoned to meet the head, of the American government. Besides the members, of the royal family, the official world was represented by the foreign ambassadors to the court of St. James, the heads of the government, present and past chiefs of the army and navy, colonial officials and members of the royal household. ' There also- - were present dignitaries of the Church of England, representatives of - universities and men high in the worlds, of literature, art and journalism. . Greater Era of Prosperity. The United States Washington. chamber 'of commerce sees a . better era and a greater prosperity than has ever been our portion in the past, after a" period of indeterminate length during which necessary industrial and will be commercial readjustments made. Foreign trade wiil play an important part . in this prosperity,' says 'the chambers committee on statistics in a formal report. , Four Injured by Bomb. Kansas City. Four street car employes were Injured in an explosion, caused supposedly by a bomb or dynastreet carmite at the Forty-eight- h barns of the Kansas City Railway The bomb', was company Sunday. placed near a cage where the men were working. Many-America- Airmen Killed. . ' Washington. The war department announced Saturday that 150 American commissioned officers .of the air service were killed in action in France this year. Thousand of Men Return Home. . Sixty-eigh- t thousand Washington. American soldiers had been returned from overseas December 21, and slightly more than 500,000 in this country had been mustered out of service, it was announced on Friday. , Trouble In Abyssinia. Washington. A report from Cairo received at the state department says trouble' has arisen in Abyssinia. It is reported that the Abyssinian government is sending troops to aid the Christians against the Moslems. |