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WEATHER FORECAST. Fair to-da- y and probably not much change in temperature. IT SHINES FOB ALL Hlghtat temperature yesterday, 30; lowest, 17. tin. Detailed leather report! on editorial pa. VOL. LXXXVI. NO. 127. NEW YORK, SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 1919. cpvbm, ms, tv sun printing am puvmmg A.oaatum. 60 PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS &w S. ALL HEROES OFF STRANDED SHIP; NOT ONE MISHAP i Kavy Traiscd for Splendid Work Kescuing Northern Pacific's Wounded. BIG LIXEIt CAX BE SAVED With Steam Up and Wrecking Tugs Ready to Aid High Tide Is Awaited. The last of the wounded were taken off the transport Northern Pacific Just tfter noon yesterday. The great ship lay with n pitiful list In the sands of Fire Island, her position having changed considerably during Friday night when the high tide battered and buffeted against her port side as It lay to seaward. It dug the sand from under her port, listing her to the weather. This shift, however, Is considered In .he fchlp'a favor by many of the old mariners along the beach. They con- tend It Indicates that the hull Is not held as fast as It was at first bcjlleved, and consequently the ship win be earler of salvage. It seems a simple matter, as these practical old seafarers describe It, to save the ship. They would simply throw out several kedge anchors with strong cables and wind the strands around the ship's winch, and at the same time have wrecking tun help her drag herself out, prefer- ably by the stern, for the water Is deeper there. In assurance that the ship can be dragged off without damage to her these skippers of a quarter of a cen- tury or more cite other ships along the Atlantic coast that have been dragged off in the same manner from similar predicaments. An attempt to dislodge the Northern Pacific from the bed she ha made for herself will be made as soon as the weather permits. Wrecking tugs are lying about now with lines-g- reat steel cablesto her. Although the weather is cold and disagreeable, making work difficult, and the wind is stiff. If a storm 1 not blown Jn from tho northeast or the east during the night the work will tart to-d- to extricate the vessel. . Flual Itescne Work Iletrtns. A th vrm-a- nhln lnv with A thin mAIT tie of snow upon her upper deck cabins and It was getting light the rescue of tho final 200, the more severely wounded, was begun. During the night most of the twenty -- odd ships that had been ktandlng by had made off, seemingly de- serting the big ship, while she leaned to tho sf-- that was tearing at her hull and breaking over It Tho melancholy gray of the morning fog wrapped her fast But In a few mo- - mente petals of color panelled the sky ' and the effulgence of the sun, as If miles of curta'lns were being drawn noiselessly , aside, broke through, casttng creamy eU- -j ,....... . u.m. ..s, . they broke over the ship and raced shore- ward In seething swells. Objects far oft assumed shape where a moment before there was nothing. As the mlot was dispelled a submarine chaser slid cautiously Into the trough of the sea and under the stern. She came nlongslde and made fast Immediately a wounded man swathed In blankets and (trapped In a wire basket was lowered over the side. He was received tenderly aboard the chaser and carried Into the cabin , others followed, and soon the peedy little craft dwarfed beside the treat liner, had her complement of Slowly she backed out Into the heavy ea, encountering the high breakers that washed her arm set her scuppers run mug Plunging through she described an i rious, had these but 1 very conveyed the Information that of the Tounded had been taken off. Not Man Lost or Hurt. Not man had lost : not And In only a few cases had any oldler been drenched, since the breeches my and the small boats operating to ennre were abandoned the day after the transport went Officers and cr.en alike of the navy had nothing but 'he hlirhost praise for the uncomplaining 'irtl'ude of the wounded and others nom they had taken off. But iu!i;'y and gracious, expressed \i- - greatest for navy for tlTeciing the greatest record of transfer, ithout the of a single life, that has n known In marine history 2,459 ''Miens and 17 Red Cross nurses. After all of the wounded taken off yes- terday had made comfortable aboard the Solace she stood out to sea at 1 30 o'clock, writing finis In the chum of her wake the. United States Navy' ifhlevement then the tmslnees of saving the transport began Jn earnest The wreck- ing tugs that had been standing by holding lines on her began moving In closer, shortening their lines and draw- ing them taut Two of the powerful v.jseis dragged at the ship, but did not budge her. It Is behaved that the were being tested. A few minutes ater crew of the bar climbing ship 'ean to pile over her slds and all were akin oft except 2S0 men, skeleton Tew to assist the ship out of her berth. Two other moved closer in and riught lines upon the port side. Liner's Steam Up for Kscape. The transport had good of \team up and all appeared to'be making ready to pull with the flood tide that \s due In the night. Then the boats ly to, their lights winking In the dark-t.m- i, and apparently there was great activity aboard, judging by the moving l!hts and signals, A telephone cable had been laid rller from the Island the transport stav.ii.hin. . . i. nd the \Sand rnl..Ti\ nf h Tied Ctots continues. Great bonfires blazed CoHfbtueif on Birth Poet. I \M 829 Norwegian Ships. 1,155 Tars Lost in War QHRISTIANIA, Jan. 4. Naval statistics show the losses to Norway's commercial shipping through the war were 829 ships of a total gToss tonnage of , The number of sailors who lost their lives was 1,155. YANKEES AGAIN POSH BACK REDS Outnumbered 8 to 1 Amcri- - cans Advance Their Artillery Around Kadish Village. IN BATTLE FIVE DAYS Bolshevists Try to Outflank U. S. Troops Test of En- durance Is On. By the Aociate4 Prem. Archangel, Jan. 3 (delayed). Fight- ing about the village of Kadish, which was recaptured by the American forces on December 30, Is continuing. The American artillery has moved up slightly and Is almost continually shelling the enemy. There have been numerous outpost encounters In the thick woods bordering on the I'etrc-gr- ad road. The Bolshevik force outnumbers the Americans nearly three to one and is seeking to outflank them, but the American though tired after five days and nights of fighting activ- ity In the extreme cold, are bearing up splendidly. The battle is largely question of endurance In the, Arctic weather. Now and then in the course of the fighting the Americans encountered hid- den machine gun positions In the woods or along the One of held out for five hours until the Americans, advancing step by step or crawling In \'\' er ls resp t. with darkness, WhlC .'T' V,,. i\ !\00.n'ut'he hellnc 'nleht-1- maJJln perilous the matter of the nmona ftna provl!(lons aIoml the highaoad In sleighs or on men's backs through the forest The . Russian peasant drivers of these, stricken with fear, In some Instances turned and ooiiea in tne wrong airection, only to te forced to proceed by American soldiers The American trench mortars ate do- - \ . r.'- -, '' v. - -- V -- i tlr.ues. American patrols are encoun- -' terlng the enemy In the Onoga sector, where It Is considered probable that the American forces may withdraw from the exposed positions to one of the captured villages. Three Americans have been dvorated with British orders as a rerwartl for gal lantry In thfl fighting on the Dvlna River duri,e the Bolshevik attack on Tubras In November. They are Capt. Robert P. Boyd, of B.iu Claire, Wis., who received the Distinguished Service Order ; Lieut Albert M, Smith of Kalamazoo, ftTZrX Mnmilshed Service Medal. 1918 A BAD DREAM. SAYS GERMAN PAPER MUery Will Not Be Under-stoo- d Until Later. Special Cable DttpateK to Th Bus from tfie London Times Service. Copyright, 131; all Hahte reserved. Tub Hac.uk. Jan. 3. The Koelnlsche Zeitunp reviewing the year 1918 says had Germany been successful, VVUhelm II have sat secure on his hn lie ar.d niu'd hive been neither a better nor a worse man than ha ls y, rugl- - ilv l'i a fnieltjn country. knowledge and Judgments were. A half modern made, half medlieml romanticist oscillating between exaggerated egotltm and pusillanimity; between the Iron hand and the velvet glove ; far too much ircllned to momentary oratorical effort, he had acquired abroad, despite his sin- - cere love of peace, a reputation as a disagreeable disturber of the peace. hi. mtvo mltnle In his rholeo of men represent the empire abroad caused aamaging eneci upon nis per- sonal actions. The paper says whllo the small nations are sharpenl ng their knives to cut pieces from the de fenceless body of the once mighty em It remlndB one of Marc Antony's words over Ciesar's body: But yeaUrday the word ot Caetar might Hava stood aralnat the world; now Ilea he there. And none so poor to do him rvrence. \When one thinks of the events of the past year,\ It adds \one Is tempted to draw the hand over forehead to dispel the evil, horrible dream. That there is still a laugh and a cheery word In present day Germany; that farco In short petticoats whirls over the boards of theatres filled to overflowing; that picture palaces nr crammed vith Clnis' mas candles and women discussing tha cut of new blouse; that men Btlll ha- rangue over their cigars, all things will be aa little understood by a later and happier generation as the Joy In life of mortally dying men ls un- der stood by one perfectly well.\ FLOOD SURROUNDS R nhlne Overflows Bnnka He From Illness. By the Associated Trese. Amebongen, Jan. 3 (delayed). The former Getman Emperor apparently has halten off the effects of his recent and was able to loin tho family clr- - cle of the Von entlncks yesterday. He aid not vemuru imw e The Rhine Is rising rapidly, and In Its lower reaches lias overnowea us oan, .nveHnscores of square nines, ine ! of the CAsO WOllB, Many ffrmhouses are cut oft from communication with jfhe adjacent xeaf4 by mean of boats. a- - and made orr to the hospital ship The paper uencnuca mm as an maus-fc'olac- e. ' lying a mile or more off shore. highly gifted dilettante who Repeatedly trips were made by the gathwed considerable knowledge, not chasers, and at o'clock wigwag signals enough to know how patohworky his all m a been one aground. the army, sincere admiration the loss been to And IneB the a tugs a head to soldiers, a road. theso to a pire. one's a these sick, , A unci, v'iiii(7.m'ii nail liir . rt of embarkation headquarters, at Uow lyln meadow land around Arneron-Hoboke- n. A guard of soldiers was re- - gen Castle now looks like an Immense alned and n number of medical officers . sea. The-yat- er runs directly to the foot ECONOMIC AID ' BOCHES' HOPE IS FOR GERMANY I WILSON PEACE IS NOW URGED ON '14 POINTS' Peace Commissioners See New Foreign Minister Re-Dang- er of Anarchy if Out- - fuses to Yield to Further side Help Is Delayed. Demands. MAY LIFT THE BLOCKADE pId Growth of Bolshevism Causing Much Concern to American Delegates. Special Cable Despatch to Tns Sett. Copyright, 1W: all rights reserved. Paris, Jan. 4. Economic help as well as food for Germany, to prevent col- lapse Into a state of anarchy, Is an Idea that Is dally gaining ground with the peace commissioners. Information received from Germany Indicates that unless that country receives more help Bolshevism will spread, which would prevent the arrangement of peace without occupying the whole of that country with military forces. This would be an expensive under- taking and greatly would delay the homecoming of two million Am'erlcnn soldiers now In Europe. It might even cause the war to flare up again. It Is known that the American Government will do everything possible to prevent the employment of American troops as a police force one minute longer than necessary, and to prevent this use of our men the Government. It Is suggested here, will urge the reopen Ing of German ports, along with other measures, to give work to Idle German hands. Mnntlon Acute In Derltn. The growing power or me ltB territories, Germany Throne Room the Vatican. Papal In s calling grave n rontJnuoug ,mpo..,pomp ani, preceded en-t- o the American tenc8 trance Qf tne Pre8dent- - Tno conversa- - lcans have been sltua-- , reKard a urKently necessary Hon an enlargement of Herman capital Is Germany should the world sentiments expressed by the Pontiff worse, and that the Germans.!,,. ... . ,..,, , ii- - Her ,n imrirn nrvj. being better organized than the Russian TO Berlin concern uoianev.Ki, are mr murr uaiiKiu\. ccpt any other, especially that of Pre- - Karl Llebknecht and followers aremer ciemenceau. Minister Brockdorff- - reported to be gaining convert every , RantIau j,a BaM th!s n.h a plainness j day, and to have plenty of money with i nnd a wt,!ch the German pol- - whVch to carry on their operation. t )cy too lonc ha, bf(,n iackine. He re- - There is some also among the jectJi a peace of violence, destruction and allied statesmen whether allied lnten-- , subjection despite serious crisis In tlons toward Germany should not be j Germany. The people will back him up.\ made known within the next few days.! ' for the good effect It would have on the . BAVARIANS SEIZED for the constituent assembly! elections -- t fll A DfV scheduled for the 17th of thta month. VV I \Until thon, In Berlin will be . , i ,. . v. wicneu un on Hotel Crillon. It is believed the majority of peo ple of Germany will support Mndcr-- i. .wtiLil.t. if the nnnoriunltv to do so Is piesented to them. TheSpartncus group, fearing this, will do everything possible to seize power before the seventeenth. wlth the result that the next two weeks , may see some bloody fighting In Berlin, and perhaps In Kssen, and other In- dustrial cities, ending In the overthrow of the last semblance of orderly govern- ment from which the Allies can hope to get satisfaction. of War Would Itrtilrn. The first step of the I.lebkneeht parti- sans would be to refuse any compensa- tion to the Allies and to abrogate terms of armistice, whereupon a state war automatically would return. The German delegates who the armistice negotiations say .they have been warned the moment Llob-knee- comes Into power the props will be from under them and that the German part of the execution of the armistice terms will be stopped and tho Allies \virtually defied to compel Its ob- servance. The Americans to avoid at nl' most cost situation that would i make It necessary to send a large army Into Oermany, not only because wouldn't be In harmony with President Wilson's pollry, but also because they realize tho intense desire of the soldiers! to return to their homes and of people at home to have them back The American leaders might even go to the extreme of deciding thi question moe pendently of Marshal Foch. All manner or appeals nave uoen mane to send American troops to practically every part of Europo and even to Asia. but it has been determined resolutely 'not to make a police force out of then I troops, and army commanders are i.vinr to ai ihe niairs hnm. , a quickly as possible. From the same United States with one divl- - slon which earlier plans called for. Has Nnpport of Wealthy. One of the reasons why German shevism ls more dangerous than Russian branc Is that it has more braln I Conflnricd on Sirth Page. ' ( Smoking by a Fire, I I Soldiers Thank Fund \I just opened tho package cigarettes sent to us by THE SUN Tobacco Fund and quite n number us have been sitting the (ire smoking and singing the praises of THE SUN Tnbncco Fund. You may be sure we ap- preciate your gifts and will remember your kindness.\ D. Powell Medical De- tachment 151st Field Artillery sends back this acknowledgment. Tobacco received by the sol- diers they waited for orders to march into Germany ap- parently made as big a hit nt nny time of the war. They enn write letters now, and theso are drawn on to show their feeling on page 1, section 4. WARNINO! THE SUN TO- BACCO FUND has no connection with any other fund, organiza- tion or publication. It employs agents or solicitors. NOT ACCETT - YOKE, question KtLAjUn conducted Berlin Xcwspnpcrs Applaud Stand for Saving Coun try's Face. Copenhagen, Jan. 4. Count von Brockdorff-Rantza- u, tho new German Foreign Minister, has Issued a state- ment outlining his policy but It has not yet reached Copenhagen. From comment the Tapeblatt of Berlin It appears he declared that Germany must not yield to every peace condition her opponents may wish to The Tapeblatt adheres to the Min- ister's point of view and says: \No peace must be which differs by the breadth of a hair from tho principles of President Wilson's fourteen points which Germany has accepted the willingly or unwillingly has signed.\ Tapeblatt then discusses Ger- many's delusions before the war and these were by a \fatal propa- ganda which drove America Into the war and led to Inevitable catastrophe.\ \It Is necessary,\ the paper continues, avoid which the Minister speaks, but It Is not neces- sary to plunge madly Continuous lamentations and half- hearted weakness must leave the En- tente see that tho German people have no will of their own and may bend un der any yoke of silvery Thus, bereft of president Wilson s peace' .but not to ac- - D I f r L I 1 r r it uuneccr una ruauaiicr neia by Premier's Order. i . , . , .. Hjvrin pr.m... h- - rest of a large number of officers In Munich answer charges of high treason against the Bavarian Repuhllr. ' ' ' \YIL patch f i om Amsterdam. officers Include five Colonel, and seventeen Cap- - tains. Hey will be tried by a social ronrt Th. r . , vrri mail wu.cillllirill lliiM in- - structed Its armistice commission at op 10 request ine Allien to release all iiuerneu Hermans, accoruing to an Kx- - cnange leiegrapn from Am- - sterdam. i An Associated Preso despatch from ' Munich\ undor dnte of Doce-nbe- r 30 re- - norted seventeen nromlnent men Including one Duke, were arrested last evening by police while engaged In a conference at detained a few hours, all except two of men were released. The two were publisher and a banker They wero ac- cused of organizing a force against (lovernment. A Berlin despatch on Frl-da- y reported that there had been me shooting In tho streets of Munich mi New Year's eve. nine persons being wounded. U YS ALLIES HAVE NEW GERMAN PLAN Programme ' Agreed Upon, Declares Masaryk. Uptcial Cable Despatch to Tiiz Sis ; dormant. 191: an no'iis resent. Lonpo.n. Jan. i Professor Masaryk,, president of Czeobo-Slovik- Announced recently at accord- - ing a dop.it.'h recflved here from Vienna, that Preside it Wilson, Premier j vnL, I of Prussian Tho destruction suprem icy. separation of Posen, the province of Silesia und Rhine provinces: de- - ' structlon of Hungarian supremacy by tho separation of all lands where the , ,.op ,j0'not speak Hungarl.ni, mid tli establishment of a Danube confederal. tlon under the of tho I'zeeho Slovaks with adhesion of tho Austro ucrmans , DANIELS DEFENDS FORD, .Nary Chief Drnlr. l'ronterrlK f hnrue on \Kimlr acceptance. m So all thLrmachlnes offered have been accepted. 11 new. i I POPE ASSURES WILSON OF SUPPORT; VISIT TO VATICAN IS WITHOUT HITCH; AGREEMENT REACHED WITH QUIRINAL PAPAL COURT HONORS GUEST Wilson Bcceivcd With Great Pomp and Is Greeted Most Cordially. PONTIFF EXCOUBAGES HIM Predicts America Will In- crease Her Leadership Time Goes On. By the Associated Prut. Rome, Jan. 4. Carrying with him Pope Benedict's personal assurances of his appreciation of the part America is playing In the efforts to achieve a lasting peace. President Wilson Is on his way to Genoa whence he will return to Paris by way of Milan and Turin. The meeting between the Pope and the President was most cordial. It had been looked forward to with deep In- terest all official circles, in view of the President's rejection, sovcra.1 momns ago, or tne l'apal peace over- tures. The warm greetings exchanged by President Wilson and the Pope, the latter robed entirely In white, were commented upon with much satisfac- tion as the lresldent prepared to leave tho city after a visit of two days. The nudlenr In Ih. The Holy Father expressed the j greatest hopes for a lasting peace and his appreciation of the part America was playtng tow ard that end. He also voiced his confidence In the continuing and In- - creanlng Influence of the United States In world affairs, DUrmiei Italy's Claims, Although the demonstration accorded President In Rome was perhaps gr'atest popular tribute he has received snco arriving In Kurope. It may be said that the measure of American support to . , . . . . . \ s'r\ t t 1 ..... i i k . the peace conference has not yet been fully developed. Tho President con- - tlnued v discussions of those claims. oPan.u, mo9t vallmble of group mlgn held down Cfremony the commission. The Amer- - , Informed that the ,.We , was Identlral Hon In the steadily that convince h ..n.nn nf his the eventa the the Kiel State the the of that knocked wh any that the the of of by of of in dictate. signed and Entente The says fed \to of Into The despatch that Sunday a the Ihe new Prague, the the direction the were as In ents. the It does not seem likely that tliei'Otno vassal of any nation, .she question can be settled without further conferences. Almost nothing has been permitted to become Known o: tne political \'-- i menta H nce the President's arrival here. \ bame known ta a' ! ,S the abandonment yesterday of tn '...-...- . V.a,.A Mr Wllann ........ . ndrtress the DOOUlaCe of Rome ln a public square, where more than 60,000 persons vainly waiieu w him to appear, was based partly upon ,ho hi,f ,j th, Italian Government that the address would be Inadvisable. vlrw was lRKen Dcca\se 01 \lr of sufficient notice and the Government's ponseuuent Inability to make suitable arrangements for handling the crowd, The President, It has been explained authoritatively, was willing to go This undoubtedly ha.s neen the Presi dent's buMle.st day smco he uieppea . nsnore irom tne irar-spo- \rul\ V, . lnirton. into ine n.iyiiKiu nuuio crowded a multiplicity of activities of which most Important, which was the audience with Pope Benedict, was re- served for virtually last Beforo going to the Vatican Prei-dfn- t obtained his llrt real view of the Internal City In the first burst of sun- shine to follow nearly a month of rain nnd sombre skies. The President and his party went early to the Pantheon, hem with uuicklv effectfd ceremony wreaths were placed upon the tombs of King V'.ctor Kmmamiel II. nnd King Humbert. From there the party mo- tored up the big hill which overlooks Rome and where stands the great mo\-ume- to Garibaldi. Gets View of PJome. There the President left his autrmohlle the crowning dome or m Titers and Immense Vatican gai rdeus encom- - ltlf(P(i in j,ls view. Hevonn lie cou l plainly the broken columns of the old 'Kontm and crumbling walls of the ool fMim The President tood silently ..,.,! ,ments as Ills eyes swept tho wonderful vista. H\ then turned and renewed the round of his day's activities. These Included his attendance at a 'meeting of the Royal Academv of Scl- -' and luncheon at the Amerlc in i:m- - i t. .1 iu while fheRe earlier for- - Imaliiles were being carried out that Pope Benedict was\ giving his audience to the ;roup of American newspaper m\\- U ,vas fommc\\d u'Mn ,hat Wilson chose to accept view-poin- t the reduction of the American i\11 Oeorge and Premier Clemenceau standing bareheaded beside the Garl-\- t bridgehead at Coblcnx was not unwel-- ! a? reed to tho following programme i.aldl statue and surrounded by historic come for the reason that It enabled the or. the creation of a new i.ermni runs ne lod down upon Home, with to Bol the HAVE boys S. as as no the the to to the the the to the the the the the 'he the the Washington, Jan. 4 Commenting to- - invitation of the Protestant Episcopal day on reports of high profits pa.nl for Church, of which Mrs. Wilson Is a mem- - construction of Eigle heats by the Ford ber to receive th Prntewtnnt bodies, plant, Secretary Innlels said profits on jk, adoption of this course was made these craft were smaller than for any A(t(,1. the President had taken counsel other class of naval construction and w(tj, bis advisers. He planned not to small in eomparlson with what tho Navy vlslt the Methodist College, the visit to ncpartment was prewired to allow. whlch bv former President Roosevelt No new type of to:it ever bad loallzed PCVPral v'ears ago gave rls to such ex- - the hopes pinned on It, he added, but otll-- 1 tpndp(1 discussion. clal reports of trials of the first Eagle Upon th( iresldent reaching the they were satisfactory lf,an ha nITVa was announced to the \ Pope by the Master of the Chamber 60 MORE PLANES ACCEPTED. The Pope was awaiting the President in . the Throne Room, where two glided Hundred Others lleliin Tried Out chairs had been placed. The President w'ts admitted immediately to thn pres- - llefore Amerlciu... gncn of , r,ope whow Kar,, , wh,() Dy the AK'onalrd Vrtte. was commented upon generally as em- - Cohiknz. Jan 2 (delayed). Sixty phaslzlng his appreciation that the more German airplanes wero accepted President's mission abroad was one of y by the Americans. One bun- - peace. dred more, whlrli will bo turned over President's K.eort. to tho Americans, have arrived here and aio being given trial lllghts tiy A rroceaslon nf Vatican servants ac- - German aviators, preparatory to their companled tho President on his way to far, inrono noom, ino way leu . J Continued on Second Paffs. Pope Gives Wilson $40,000 Mosaic Replica of Guido Reni's Famous Picture of St. Peter By the Astodstei Pre. JJOME, Jan.. 4. Pope Benedict to-d- ay presented to President Wilson a handsome mosaic reproducing Guido Reni's famous picture of St. Peter. The mosaic was made In the Vatican grounds by the ancient mosaic factory of tho Vatican and is a yard square. The mosaic has been valued at $40,000. Cardinal Gasparri, the Papal Secretary of State, presented Presi- dent Wilson with two copies of the Modification of the Canon Law compiled by Cardinal Gasparri. One copy is bound in white parchment and contains an autographed dedication to President Wilson. The other is in red leather and bears the following autograph: \Homage Princeton University From Pietro Cardinal Gasparri, Vatican, Rome.\ President Wilson thanked the Pope and Cardinal Gasparri heartily for their gifts. \The Crucifixion of St. Teter\ ts one of Outdo Rent's beat known paint- ings. Lilke all of his earlier work. It Is noted for Its purity of coloring and Its dramatic force. Renl. who was born In Calvenxano, near Bologne, In 1675, first studied under Denis Calvaert and then with tho Carraccl, going to Rome with one of the latter. He Immediately began studying the works of Raphael and painting marvellous composition of.hta own. \Aurora\ was one of his earliest canvases. Then came the 'Chariot of Apollo,\ considered by many his master- piece. \St- - Cecilia\ and \Ariadne and fortune\ are of widely recognised merit During tho later years of his life he worked hastily and his pictures lost In artistic value as a result Ho died In 1C4Z. but tno enre con- - tno to SERBS TO FIGHT AGAIN IF BALKED v.. Envoy Gives Notice East Coast of Adriatic Must Not Be Given to Italy. THREAT TO RENEW WAR I Nation Hopes America Will Help to Override Secret 1915 Treaty of Allies. Sir the Atiociatet Preei. Paris, Jan. 4. \Should the treaty secretly signed by England. France. Russia and Italy In 1916, whereby Italy wan to come Into possession of the eastern coast of the. Adriatic after tho war. be confirmed by the coming prnce conference, then Serbia would fight again, ar.d light to tho finish. Serbia did not enter this war to be- - cannot ngioe to have Italy control the territory In question.\ Ruch was tns 5tralghtforwHrd state- - tneiit ven to tho Astilated Press by Dr M. K. esnltch the Serbian Mln- - er to France. ln ' an interview to- - day. Dr. Vesnltch added however, , . . , ,. , , otneea me or tne . ....v wim-- iiuu itirtMuy ue- - ciaron against secret treaties and In favor of the rleht.s nf m,.u assured \fair p'.ay.\ far as the Jugo-Sla- vs were cerned, he said, they did not recocntzr me existence of compacts made nntong certain of the Ponere after the begin- ning of the war. \Serbia goes to the conference be- lieving that affairs will be directed there In accordance with the public announce ments or the ureat Pouers, especially those of President Wilson,\ continued the Minister. \We feel that America will look after the righ's of small na- tions. The position of Serbia and the Jugo-Slav- s would be desperate If their hope.s did not rest In the principles laid down by America. They would be des- perate because certain of the great allied Powers while announcing theo prln - i clples have entered Into opposing con - ventions and understandings. Oi these understandings were directed against Serbia. \Serbia is the only nation In Europe which has mado no treaty of any kind \\ from the tm with Justice as her onlv weapon. i HOUSE MAY WORK NIGHTS. j Chnlrmrn or Committee Told by Chirk to Get lllisy. Wafiiinoton. Jan. 4 -- Chairmen of the House committees having charge of the framing of appropriation bills met today nt tho ll of Seaker Clark and Democratic leader Kltchln to plan ifulck action on the 1?20 appropriation meas- ures. It was pointed out that delay might mean a special Besslon of Congress after March I. It was decided that If necessary ses- sions of the House would begin an hour earlier each day, with night sessions. U. S. SHIP DEAL MAY COLLAPSE Xmttaloii for I'urrhaar of White Star Line Halted. I.onpon, Jan 4. The Press Associa- tion sajs It learns that a sudden Mop, which Is likely to lead to the collapse of the plans has occurred In the negotla-- 1 Hons for the American purchase of thai White Star Mne inn vessels or tno line torm a part of the International Mercantile Marine and fly the British flag, POILUS ENTER CETTINJE, French Troops Ilrnehed Montrnr. grrln Capital December 22, Pai:ir, Jan. 4. French troops entered Ccttlnje, the capital of Montenejro, on December 22, It Is announced. They wero greeted enthusiastically and found that good order prevailed. Five members of the National Assem- bly have been charged with the manage, meht of the country's affairs until the uAon of Montenegro nnd Serbia under tht Kirageorgovitch dynasty has been completed. t SCRAP OF PAPER AT PEACE TABLE Versailles Congress Will Dis- cuss Treaty Guaranteeing Belgium's Neutrality. END IT, ALBERT'S PLEA Polish Delegates Arrive in Paris to Ask Military Aid and Food. I'Ar.is, Jan. 4. Thn famous treaty which Germany designated as a \scrap of paper\ will come up for early before the peace congress. This is the treaty made In 1830, when f'o grcnt Powers of Kurope recognized Belgium as being separate from Hol-irn- d and guaranteed the neutrality of It was the disregard of this neutr.il-!- 1 and the invasion of Belgium by the Herman troops which brought Great I ritaln Into the war. The Belgian Parliament recently rtopted unanimously n resolution nsk- - liiR for thn establishment of the Inde pendent sovereignty of Belgium and uhnmlnnment if thr iriui rnnt,-- e of n .utntllty. Tho reso'.utlon adopted by tj, v J'jrllament was ln response to the speech from the throne made by King Albert when he reentered Brussels. After expressing gratitude to the na- tions aiding In the deliverance of Bel-glu- m the resolution says: \The tragic and glorious hours which Belgium has experienced glvo It the right to free itself from the ties which in the past limited Its sovereignly and enervated Its International action. Bel-glu- will thus pass to the rank of the great Powers, which are mistresses of their destinies.\ Incidentally Germany's designation of the treaty as n \rap of paper\ the general question of establish- ing some means of guaranteeing the In- violability of treatlCH Four delesutes, representing Gen. the mlllt.irv head of the Polish r.nvemm.nt have mr.H v,.r i. i announced that the principal object of their visit Is to obtain recognition of te Polish State nnd to secure mllitarj assistance unu rood, which, they assert, are urgently needed. The Czecho-Slova- k delegation to the peace conference wilt leave Prague for , , ... ,, I til m iiiuiu.ij v , lului WIHK in it liaej despatch The Bolj-hevl- Government of ltiss1a Intends to send Adolph JrTe, the forniei BoIhevlk Ambassador nt Bo\lln is Its delegate to Paris to claim admlsHon to the peace conference, according to the t'i'hn de I'ana The ptav conference, according to the Petit PrirtJicn will proceed an follows: First. A conference of the four great Powers. Second. Reirescntitlves of lUlgiuni and tierhla to be admitted for a study of the general situation. Third. Admission of the other Allies for conferences on the problems In- teresting them. Fourth. Presentation of conditions successUely to Germany, Bulgaria, Turkey, German-Austri- a and Hun- gary and the sl'tnlng of the peace preliminaries. Fifth. A general conference con- cerning the question of a league of nations, freedom of the seas, limita- tion of armaments and related topics TYPHUS SPREADS IN RUSSIA American lied t'roaa Nurse Anions; Thoae Who Succumbed. Wahiiinoton, Jan. 4 Typhus is spreading In Rusla, according to y to the State Department Two hundred and sixty cases lire re- ported from Ekaterinburg, 700 at Chlla. blnsk and 200 deaths In Tomsk during December Irkutsk reports 450 cases. The disease Is prevalent a'mong the civilian n well as the military popula- tion. It Is also prevalent In the Bolshe- vik prison camps nnd to an extent In the Austro-Geima- n fainps, A report from Tumen says that a Miss Mclirlde, an American Red Cross nurse, died of the disease there loj't wesk. IrfnMtMlAn TTnlnwilnnlttlfV AH League of Nations Said to Be Reached. E0ME WILD OVER HEff President Wanted to Speak to Populace, but Arrange- ments Interfered. BEGINS IiETUBN TO PABI8 Eager Now for Pcaco Confer- ence to Open Not Over sanguine ny I.AIjnKNCK HILLS. fitaff Correspondent of Tim Bow. CopyrioM, 1; oil riohtt reserved. IIoiik, Jnu. 4. President Wilson's) vlelt to Pope Benedict y was without nny suRcestlon of the embar- rassments which it had been fcarad In some quartern might develop out of this, the most dellcato political situation In Italy mid which other distinguished visitors have found k-s- et with thorns. His two days here hnve been ceedlngly buwy and so far aa can ho Judged hlRhly successful. It ts that a complete understand- ing has been reached with the Italian Government ln regard to the league of nations. The President left to- night for Paris, with the Intention f making brief stops at Gnoa ss Turin. Prealdrnt Greatly Impressed Tho President has been greatly lav pressi'd by the warmth nnd cordiality of Hie demonstrations which haTo marked lil visit, which, necordlng to his own simile, seemed like one peo- ple speaking to another, as they vrero the counterparts of the greetings ho received In Paris nnd Ixmdon. He Intimates that he Is unable yet to gauge the effects upon the peaco conference of these remarknhle dem- - t ontnition of public opinion as they are too near nnd too recent, but hero and elsewhere he has tried to catch '.lie voices of the croud and hn been surprised by the unanimity with which ihe-- e voices acclaim the league of nations. The crent problem now 1 how this can be translated Into def- inite notion at the pence table. There will he no more visits before, the pence conference, according to the understanding, here, that to Brussels coining nt n later date. The Presi- dent Is eager to get down to business: he gives the Impression that he Is not oversnnguliie of Immediate results, an lie realizes fully the difficulties ln the way. hut he ls hopeful that the conference will produce something1 that will meet the popular desires. He N strongly opposed to anything favoring of the former \balnnco of power\ or the 'lemenceau proposal and Is enger, therefore, to get tho statesmen on record around the peaeei table In order to determine what rial effects his visits have had. Untied by the People, Past the monuments of ancient Home the President rode hailed by the people of the Eternal City aa the foremost champion of democracy. The spirit animating Hie populace was one of expeeianey. Home has hailed, many eoniiuerors, but y Its ac- claim whs for one who promised flic preacher of a new gos- pel come from the new world, from which so many of Itnly's sons had re- turned, to lay the foundation of s new Pax Itoiiiiitin that was to Ml?. from them the haunting fear of fu- ture xvi, r. Curiosity nrniised by the new Mes--lul- l was mingled with the war spirit. Italian nationalism, ihe pride of Italy In her military achievement\ thi Hipiilar desire fur recognition of Ital- ian claims by the distinguished visitor On his ride to the fjulrlnal the Presi- dent passed In the Via Nnzlonalo many banners with the names of con qucred territories, including Flume, which U claimed also by the Slnvs. It is the spirit of democracy with which all Italy is vibrating now and which the people feel links: them closely with America. It Is thW democratic spirit that caued the pec pie (n greel President Wilson not a ruler or conqueror but as the lender nf di'inocrncy. Larger crowds cheered I in in Paris and Nuul'm, hut here where the centuries looked down upon blin, ilie demonstration seemed to spring more than In those other cnpltals from devotion to a eatiso. and the champion of democracy wan ac- claimed with vivas along tho wholn route. If the hopes of the people nro not reall7tsl the disappointment heM will he profound. I'letures.iie Pent urea. It was a picturesque progres through ihe ancient world capita' with picturesque niedlirval listnme' mingling with tlioo of to da) undo\
