| Show I I PEACE RESTS ON THE ALLIED ALLIE I 11 REPLY SWEDEN IS IS- INFORMED I H Br Ni r I to 10 o Tl TI IO LONDON DOX Tan Jan 3 German Germany has an answered answered an- an the time peace notes of or 5 S Sw Norway Nor Nor- pr way v.-ay ar and Denmark b by referring ri g the these o countries to the German reply to President President Pres Pres- ident 1 Wilson's Wilsons ns nR ponce pence Initiative c A Router Beuter dispatch from Amsterdam r am toda today stated that the German reply reply to to te the time Scan Scandinavian countries was math madu 1 on January The Time German government alter cx X xi I of ot tho attitude pressing i its t apP fecia appreciation arid and the peace desires df dC Z the tho Scan- Scan countries added It depends upon time the reply re of or th time the en entente entente entente en- en tente whether tho the attempt t to o give ve back to tho the world the blessings ot peace of-peace peace will willbe willbe willbe be crowned with success I The Westminster Gazette in comI commenting com corn I today upon tele telegrams telegram from Crom Washington stating that President Wilson Wil son lion is determined to l tress press ress his peace pence ef efforts et- et forts nays The rhe notion that the tIme American president dent deit ent is a n purely purel academic person who launches literary essays esa's on the tho world without preparation beforehand or consideration lion of if the tIme next step If it ahin consequences follow i Is a dangerous danger danger- j ous delusion ion which may mar lead us astray l i If j it t i is not miot aban abandoned l Fort Fori good or 01 evil IJ i wa w. hn have to realize Hi the e presidents president's position of or great and if It he has hM the American n people behind him we are bound t to to- tle t I as aa a I I 1 s serious rIO factor at this st of t the wa war GERARD REPORTS TO UNITED ST STATES A TES FOLLOWING CONFERENCE ON PEACE I WITH VON YON HOLLWEG BETHMANN-HOLLWEG claimed himself king of or and ha has hns been formally recognized by England Franco France and Ita Italy Is 18 about square miles mUe In Jn area bordering tho the Red Hed sea Germans Austro-Germans Capture 3 Officers Men In By nT Ilona 1 N i 6 to co Tb file am I BERLIN Jan 3 Via Sa East t of ot near In at attacked attacked at- at German troops tacked lacked tho the Russian trenches capturing I three officers and 17 1 men the war of office of- of lice fice announced toda today South of ot Dry Dry- luke lake in the sector Russian raiding detachments were chased off oct Germans in New Rumanian Successes By 81 B N 8 B rica to Tb T TJ le ma m. m BERLI BERLIN Jan 3 VI Via Sayville- Sayville Fresh progress 8 has baa been scored b by the German allies all along the line lino In I Rumania the war office stated today I Attempts by the Russians and Ru Ru- Rumanians to recapture Mount I were repulsed Between and river rl In Moldavia the Austro carried car car- ried several m more re heights b by storm and have been captured cap cap- tur d b by the South of ot F this tho Germans and Hungarians Austro are arc assaulting the fortified positions of ot the Russians de- de defending fending the town After Atter violent hand to hand fighting the German allies have occupied Pin Pin- and Mera Meia capturing prisoners prison pris pris- on ersIn ers ers- In th the Ru Russians have ha re retired retired retired re- re tired into Matchin Germans Penetrate 3 Lines of French Trenches By Ry Km i Benin BerTke to It Th Tel lL BERLIN Jan Tan 3 Via Yla Sayville- Sayville German troops In petre forest tores penetrated pone pone- lines of ot French trenches according to the official report of or tho tim war ar office toda today After destroying defensive der de tie- r works tho the Germans withdrew with twelve prisoners Brighter weather er on the Verdun front has bas given rise to livelier artillery firing Senates Senate's Indorsement of Peace Stand Sought By 81 1 N wi s UTo lo co T Tb WASHINGTON WASI D. D C. C Jan The I.-The 3 The administration moved mo today to take tak congress Into Its confidence on recent diplomatic notes when Secretary Lansing Landing appeared at the capitol to confer confer con con- fer with the senate committee on foreign for for- eign affairs This was a frank step to secure the senates senate's indorsement of or the presidents president's efforts toward tow peace was generally under understood and administration lion tion leaders leadens are confident of its sue suc uce uc- uc cess eess e I Independence dependence Urged for Lithuanians I By 8 Pus lo 0 Tb The Tbt WASHINGTON Jan 3 A A demand Indorsed b by members of ot the Lithuanian National Council of Amer America lea ica that the European peace I Amer-I terms should provide that ethnographical Lithuania be united m in one mf political body iOd and that united Lithuania be beI I given gl absolute political independence was presented present ell toda today to President Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- 11 son and the apostolic del delegate gate hero here b bj by Dr Julius J. J president of at the council A similar statement was wag handed yesterday to all aU the European amba ambassadors Ships Destroyed in War by T f lag IB I to The BERLIN Jan 3 By Wireless to toJ 1 the French battleship bat bat- J Sayville Say Including Including Hunk sunk by a a. German Germani i sub submarine ine says fayt nn an Overseas O News toda ho hostile agency statement today I warships including torpedo boats andI and I submarines of a 0 total tonnage of ot I havo have bert been sunk since tho the be begin begin- in- in of ot the war Of or these l vessels were British of oC total of ot tons Tho The total losses of ot entente warships exceed the total tonnage of at the warship warships war war- ships ship of ot Franco at tho the beginning Of or ortho tho war Auxiliary cruisers and ships of or special special pe- pe cial type that have been lo lout lost t are not included in tho fi figures given French Battleship Sunk Near Malta IBy Dy IV Pram lo to The T leum BEHLIN Jan mu 3 Wireless to Say 81 Sayville ville A A dispatch to lo the Zurich Post from Milan reports that tho the French battleship Vente has been torpedoed b by a German Germ submarine near Malta says st's s ys an Overseas O er as News agency I. I ency an nn- badly dam Ilam- Th The aged oll IB IR lying near the port of t Malta I tho the dispatch adds i iI I |
