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Show IWJ LSON j DECLIS True American Could Not Think of Going to Land of Hun Unless Obliged to, He Says. United States Destroyer Stages Thrilling Demonstration Dem-onstration of Repulsing Repuls-ing Submarine Attack. . ON BOARD 1". t. S. GKOUGb WASHINGTON", WASH-INGTON", Dec. ?. t p. m. ( By wireless to the Associated Pre?:;.) President "Wilson "Wil-son stood on the bridge of the George Washington this afternoon and saw a Lnilcd States destroyer sta;-;o a thrilling demonstration of tlie wui Ic of repuisins a submarine attack. A touch of realism was yiven lv the drill of the men on board the liner and the convoying ships. The sreat liner was gliding through tho tropical waters like a chip on a duck pond when bugles and alarm bell called t lie men to battle sta tions. "President Wilson , was taken to the bridge by Captain AlcC'owlcy so that lie mi;;iit set a better view of the ocuiott-st'ratiou. ocuiott-st'ratiou. A destroyer which had been lagin-.; tar astern suddenly leaped forward, her funnels fun-nels vomiting smoke and while spra dashing- from her bow as she tore through the water- at a clip of thirty knots per hour. -s the destroyer came abeam of the liner, depth bombs weic dropped and groat geysers were thrown high into the air as the warshi;i sigr.arged Us way through the waters beneath which w: supposed to lurk the enemy submarine. Kadi explosion yoiindetl like heavy blow A being struck against the side of I he-vessel. he-vessel. President Wiifon wns most interested in the demonstration and asked quesfioua about it, going into the must minute de-tMI. de-tMI. " The George "Washington will papp inio the Azores tomorrow morning and will turn northward on the lust leg of the voyage. There will be no slop at tho Azures. GERMANY MUST ATONE FOR CRIMES, SHOWING SINCERITY TAPIS. Jiec. 10. ccordlng In a wireless wire-less dispatch from the L S. H. tJcor&r Washing! on. pays ."Marcel 1 -In tin In Ihe Echo do Paris, President Wilson has been informed that Premier ISbcrt and Forrlgn Secretary llaasc of Ihe Pcilln government govern-ment and Premier Eisner of 1 !a.vn r i h were about lo make an effort to gel. hhn to visit Germany. The pre.-ldenl is quoted as having made this reply: "Only by long years of repentance can Germany atone for her crimes -and allow sincerity. No true American could think of visiting Germany unless forced lo ilo so by strictly offb-ial obligations. "That is to say. f decline in advance to consider any ."'n,'i;o'il ion of Ihe kimi." MANY OFFICIALS OF PEACE DELEGATIONS ARRIVE IN PARIS i PARIS, Sunday, j ie . f, - Every , train arriving at Paris these days brings large numbers of officials allaohod to the various va-rious delegations i o the p"aen coirlcrenr a, By the time' Ihe delegates gather the number of official; of all na t Jona II i le,u ill numbei- between '.',un and .p'iou. r,;i-h one will have soui" spceial work to do. Manv of them arc already busy. The 1'liited Si a leH, be-uure ct!' its re-innierr--;s. will be obliged to ha e probably prob-ably the largest and most ompleie staff and for this reason the A mei iea n a u -Ihoritles Iiave bee,, er,n;pel)ed to take "Vir la rger a y o ni ir.i I a ! Ions t ban any other U ei i ion. 1 1 a ! v v- i II a l:-o have a eiiit-srderahlc eiiit-srderahlc wol'kiiig (uv here, hot n her rleleniiii.K. as 1n tlie of Great l-IrJtain. wtli he aole lo det.cnd o,, noiih of their wi-rk beii.-i d'.ne m ihefr own ef,-ottr.'. I-".n.-b P.ni-opeau nation's ildcplo'i vlll iiave at their tJIspi.f-al Gi-ir mui prlva i"legriph ami I e ie; -i .on.; wit's wilh wbiej th'-,- ma eiiniiniini- ati witli th"ir rcf;; cc-I cc-I live irnw-.-nincnl.-. j A laiu-e number of Hie offi.aals of tl,e ,1'ndiim po-i'.ras a'e ie,-iivini; iimiiv re-: re-: r- n'atn es of small nationalities ,,r ;: ij : of i ia t i. -na 1 i t i- w ho: inlere-in Ilii-no lo britr befnre the ,onfer-I ,onfer-I em e. Some f s--e represent go-.er'i-I n-'-nf-: wl.pii have ,, even l.e.-n vvnvt-jib-wi and !'- a f-w cHse tliere aii; Jwo jjloups of i .-p: "S'-iiiat ive.- nf th" samn na-lionality, na-lionality, ea.h '.iaimiug to repre.ent the in ijorily parly. WILL MEET WILSON ARRIVING AT BREST ON FRIDAY NEXT PARTS. J. -i (lavas. - Stephen PI" hoi.. nrfii;: r. i 1 1 i -T er ; ' ienrges I.ev-i-.!niv.-,- of marine; c'apialn A r,drs 'lnile-t I '-: 1 'I nf the 1'" ra nen-, i : e riea 11 !.;en'-ra; ennimi'-j-ion for war In;l1er; jmanii I-;. ;aiith)er. former minb-ier of ' (Continued on Pa.o riftdn.) WILSON DECLINES ; TO VISIT GERMANY (Continued from Page One.) marine; General John J. Pershing, Colonel E. M. House and a number of Americans associated in the work of the American peace committee will leave Paris Thursday Thurs-day night at 10 o'clock for Brest to meet President Wilson. Mr. Wilson's ship, the George Washing- ; ton, will enter the roads at Brest early in the afternoon escorted bv American and allied warships. The welcoming party will go on board at once to extend greeting. The president will land at 3 o'clock. An hour later his train will leave for Paris. It will arrive here at 10 o'clock, and be met by President Poin-care. Poin-care. Premier CJemcneeau and a large official delegation. The president will, be taken to the Klysee palace, where lunch-'1 eon will be served. On Monday afternoon after-noon Mr. Wilson will be accorded a solemn reception at the Hotel de Ville. During the ensuing days President Wit- , son will take a long trip through the do- vastated districts and cities oi" eastern j Fiance. There seems to be no change in the plan to begin the peace conference on December 17. FREEDOM OF SEAS IS GRAVE PROBLEM FOR THE CONGRESS LONDON, Dec. 10. One of the gravest problems at the peace conference will be based on what is meant by "freedom of the seas" and what concessions Great Britain is going to make in that direction, direc-tion, said Sir Frederick E. Smith, attorney attor-ney general. In a speech at Liverpool yesterday. yes-terday. He added that he was engaged In preparing a memorandum on the subject sub-ject for the war cabinet. "America has rendered brilliant service In the cause of civilization," Sir Frederick Fred-erick said, "and Great Britain is bound to approach the conferences, with a determination de-termination to concede everything possible pos-sible to American sentiment and American Amer-ican views having regard for national security se-curity and existence of the empire. "Americans must remember that the seas are free to everyone In peace time and that none has been denied. It time of war, however, one might as well talk freedom of the land as the freedom of the seas. "I am not sure th:it Croat r.ritain ""i'-I not have to E;y to the al:lt-s at the peace oni'erenee: 'e shall lie quite satisfied satis-fied with such a definition "f freedom t of the se;is as will enable the British navy in the unfortunate event of future wars to do exactly wmtt the British navy, aided by the American navy, has been doing for the Inst eighteen months." BREST COMPLETES PREPARATIONS FOR RECEIVING WILSON BREST. France, Dec. 10. 1ft a. m. (By the Associated Press. ) The steamship George Washington, carrying president Wilson and the American delegatus to the peace congress at Paris, was retorted by the naval wireless as passing the Azores at 1 o'clock this afternoon. (All on board were well after the stormy weather through which the presidential : liner passed.) I Preparations for receiving President Wilson here have now been completed. The city is fairly humming with ex-! ex-! pectancy. j The progress of each step taken by the American visitors now is followed with ; eager interest. The first plan of sending j an American dreadnaught fleet seaward j has been changed. According to the new plan the fleet will go out early Friday i morning to encounter the American party ! a short distance off the coast and ac- company it to port. ! French warships also will take Foreign 1 Minister Pichon. Minister of Marine Levities Lev-ities and Andre Tardieu, head of the general commission foi Franco-American war questions, for the first greetings by an exchange of salutes. ' French officers arrived here today from Paris to make final arrangements with the local authorities for the president's landing. The George Washington draws too much water to enter the inner harbor, so the president's ship and the entire fleet of warships will anchor in the outer harbor about a mile off shore. An American party consisting of General Gen-eral Pershing. General Bliss, Admiral William S. Benson. Admiral Henry B. Wilson and Colonel House then will board the liner and bring the president and Mrs. Wilson ashore aboard a naval tug. The landing will be made at Quay three, where the French ministers will extend a formal welcome to the American president as he sets foot on French soil. The George Washington is expected to arrive nbout noon Friday. The landing of President Wilson is planned for :: o'clock in the afternoon and he is expected to arrive in Paris , at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. This schedule would leave less than an hour for ceremonies here, which necessarily neces-sarily will be restricted, although the Breton peasantry is gathering from miles around to give Mr. Wilson an enthusiastic enthusias-tic greeting. President Wilson will drive direct from the quay to the depot, passing along the Co u rs Dajot. a splendid terrace overlooking over-looking the harbor. The populace and soldiers and sailors will be massed along the cours and it time permits there will be a brief address of welcome by the mayor and a response by the president. The president train will proceed slowly, stopping for several hours during the night so as to arrive at the Dauphine station in Paris exactly at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. LISBON, Sunday. Dec. S. Four government gov-ernment delegates headed by the minister of foreign affairs have left for France to participate in the discussions preliminary prelimi-nary to the peace conference. GERMANS SUBMIT WITH DOCILITY TO THE FRENCH TROOPS WITH THE FRENCH ARMY OF OCCUPATION, OC-CUPATION, Dec. 7. r(By the Associated Press.) Xs General Mangin's troops penetrate' further into German territory Lhe resignation of the population to foreign for-eign occupation becomes more apparent. Inhabitants from whom it has been possible pos-sible to get an expression of opinion not only submit with docility to the presence of the French troops, but invito them to make their stay permanent. The weakening of the patriotic spirit of the people, due to the political upheaval up-heaval in the empire, is shown in the general attitude of the inhabitants of towns through which the troops pass. As one fine regiment of a colonial division marched through this old city today there were few drawn blinds to be seen. The streets were lined with people, amoni,' them German officers and soldiers in uniform. uni-form. A great many of them were maimed. Here there were many faces which plainly showed hate, but the mass of the people watched the procession indifferently. in-differently. Some of the people, however, viewed the invaders with evident interest and on rare occasions with manifest sympathy. NIECE OF ITALIAN QUEEN RELEASED BY THE BOLSHEVIK! WASHINGTON, . Dec. 10. Princess Helena Petrovna, a niece of the queen of Italy, who was made prisoner by the Russian Bolsheviki, has been released, the state department was advised today. At the request of the Italian government, govern-ment, the United States, through Sweden, made several inquiries regarding the princess. prin-cess. It Is understood the princess will go to Sweden. She is a member of the royal family of Serbia and married a Russian grand duke. USE PARIS HOTEL AS HEADQUARTERS FOR U. S. OFFICERS TARTS, Sunday. Dec. S. The Hotel dn Louvre, on the Place du Palais Royal, will be used as- an American officers' hotel. ho-tel. General Pershing has requested the American Red Cross to make arrangements arrange-ments to take over the hotel and run -it on the America plan, with American food served. The increased number of officers visiting Paris and the lack of quarters made this action necessary. CHINA AND JAPAN DELEGATES TO PASS THROUGH AMERICA WASHINGTON, Dec. jo. Delegations from China and Japan to the peace conference confer-ence will pass through this country on their way to Paris. The state department depart-ment announced today that hot h part W-s now are en route and that while in the United States thry will bu a.-rordcl formal for-mal diplomatic courtesies. Private cars will be provided for tii.-ir journey across the con t in en t . Former Prr-m ier S..i ionji heads the Japa nose (b-lepa tion. TURKS IN SMYRNA STILL CONTINUE TO OPPRESS GREEKS ATHF.NS. Monday, Dec I). The Turks in Smyrna still font inn e to oppress 1 1 if TTfck port ion of the popula tion i here. U'cordmg to information teaching the semiofficial Athens .ws Mircm-v. The attitude of the Turks h.-is not im-provf-d since (be arm is t ire it is dM-lnr-d. nut rat lu-r has In come morf arrogant. A number of Crerks have bfen arrested md sevr-ra.1 havf been k'lk-d. The. advices ,-idd that the Turks have lr-r.iv-d GrTk church1 ;j:d hav i"rn Inwn Greek flacs ncseu at the time of Lhe signing of Hip armistice. GERMANS ARE SLOW IN DELIVERING RAIL MATERIAL TO ALLIES PAP1S. Iv. O'nv.io ll:.-v,rts from Sir:AV,r': r.:".'-jvp i'risfi.'i. :-in:- ; a : : d-Uvt-rv of ;rman raf'v.My two or three cars out of every ten -were accepted. The French authorities are all the more severe in this connection,' as it is declared they have proof that the Germans during the war had built quantities of cars which they held in preparation for a proposed economic invasion to follow up tho expected ex-pected German victory. AUSTRALIA ASKS HUN COLONIES KEPT IN BRITISH EMPIRE MELBOURNE, Dec. 10. The legislative legisla-tive council of New South A Vales has adopted a resolution for transmission to the secretary for the colonies in London asking that the German colonies be permanently per-manently incorporated within the British empire. "For the safety of Australia, for the security of the British emnire, and the future peace of tho world,'' reads the resolution, "every effort should be made at the peace conference to insure that in no circumstances shall the German possessions in the Pacific be returned to Germany and that as far as possible, consistent with a due regard to any equitable ekiini "f other nations, these possessions should be permanently incorporated in-corporated within the British empire." FOR ARBITRATION TREATY BETWEEN U. S. AND BRITAIN NEW YORK, Dec. in. That the United States and Great Britain could today agree to a universal arbitration treaty which would make war between the two nations impossible for all time is the opinion expressed by Theodore Roosevelt in a letter, made public here oday, which the colonel wrote to George Haven Putnam, Put-nam, president of the American Rights league. " "1 am now prepared to say what five years ago I would not have said,' the former president wrote. "1 think the time has come when the United States' and the British empire can agree to a universal arbitration treaty. In other words, I believe that the time has come when wo should say that under no cir cumstances shall there ever be a resort 4VJ nuvccii the Umted Stales and the British empire; that no (pi est ion can ever arise between them that cannot Ih settled in judicial f:ishion. in some such manner as questions between states of our own union would he settled." Colonel Roosevelt's letter w.is written in response to an invitation etendcd to him by Mr. Putiuim to .join the English-speaking English-speaking union, of which Arthur J. Balfour, Bal-four, British foreign secretary, is prest lent. Although (-c;iniug to accept mem- Mm. evnininhii' that no was devoting his time "to secure in this country a a,, ii'il of undivided American national - (Continued on Paee Nineteen.) mm mm ' ; TO VISIT GEM (Continued from Page Fiftseu.) ism," Colonel UoosevcU sai'T lie was in sympatliy w ilii the 'onenil purpose of i the. Knlisii-Fprjikins,' union. In his iei f'f 1 1 i-okMiol ;i!o expi'spcl Uio opinion that tluj t nil'd .Slates should' not try to huit-1 a navy Ciiual to Kn- gl.-nul's, wliiiSi he if.-rriljfil as "prohaMv tho most polf.nt i nslni men Lali I y Cor peart-in peart-in 1 1 io wor i!," lmt Di.'t I America's navy should be .cr"oii(l m sirotmlli. AVA,SIIi'JT i.V. ! er. in. Unyp;;), in the opinion i ori'irials here, will not bo formally represented at t lie pua.ee con ference. It was said today that there is nu trovernnirnt in Russia wliioh fie asOfiaied iiations recognize as ha"inp: the power to confer upon (h'leates the rint to represent that country at the 1'aris; assembly. |
