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WEATHER.Cloudy today, probably light rain.
.Tomorrow fair and somewhat colder.Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending 10 p.m. last night: Highest, 65;lowest, 38.Full report on page 4.
NEWSDEALER'S COPY
No. fl2-No. 27,235. 17, 1918. . F1YB CENTS, J
IN ALLIED TERMSMany Vessels Sunk DuringRevolution.Discipline in
Navy Demanded.
ERZBERQER TO CONDUCTPEACE PRELIMINARIES
Departments of State in New Gov¬
ernment Selected.Rich TeutonsShift War's Burdens.
the A^ociatcd Press.
COPENHAGEN, November 16.. A large number ot ships de-jmanded by the allies under thenaval terms of the armistice¦were hunk by their German. reu s during ttye revolution, ac¬
cording to Gcrmania of Berlin.. Clause 30of the armistice prO-
^ ides that all merchant vessels in< icrman hands belonging to the; ,'Iicd and associated powers arc
1>> be restored in ports to bespecified by the allies and the
f United States.)Reward for TJ-Boat Crews.
The life of each member of thecrews of the submarines to be sur-
. rendered to the allies will be insuredfr»r Ift.Afto marks by the German gov-. rnmeiit and each will receive a dona¬tion of 500 marks. This informationi; contained in a dispatch received herefrom Berlin.
Demands Navy Discipline.AMSTERDAM, November 16..The
Herman government, according.todispatch from Berlin, has telegraph-
'..] to the secretary of the navy to seethat complete discipline is observed inthe German fleet. The telegram con-. hilled:"We will only get peace if we loyal¬
ly fulfill the conditions of the armis¬tice."
Appeal to Submarine Hen.BASKU Switzerland, November 1.
(Hava*)..The new German govern-wieftt har addressed aji appeal to thesubmarine crews, explaining that itis indispensable that the armisticeconditions be carried out rapidly.
Guarantees, it is stated, will be giv-that the. crews will be repatriated
after their arrival in England and willhe discharged as soon as they returnto Germany.
Erzberger is Selectedfor High Peace Post;
New State OfficialsBy thr Assnriafcd Press.BERLIN, November IS (by wireless to
, J.ondon, 4:32 p.m.)..Mathias Ert-berger. chief of the German armistice?lelegatior:, will conduct the prelimi¬naries of the peace negotiations inconjunction with the foreign office.
in accordance with the decision ofI lie council of national plenipoten¬tiaries. the departments of state in1 lie new government have been filled;is follows:Foreign office. Dr. W. S. Solf; treas-
ury. Dr. Srhiffer; economics, Dr.August Mueller; industrial derao-
j t-ilization. Dr. Koth; war food, Eman-I m»l Wurm; labor. Dr. Bauer; war.Maj. <ien. Scheuch: admiralty. ViceAdmiral Mann; justice. Dr. Krause;post oflice, Dr. Ruedlin.
Coalition Cabinet Likely.Announcement was made through
Copenhagen early in the week of theiormation of a German cabinet of six
| members, three majority socialists and< three independent socialists. It wouldappear from the Berlin wireless dis-
i patch that a coalition cabiifet now hasbeen formed, perhaps subsidiary toChancellor Ebert and his socialist col-
, leagues. .Dr Solf has been German foreign
secretary since the retirembent of Sec-J retary von Kuehlmann. .Dr. Schiffer isI /> leader of the national liberty party andi formerly was undersecretary of the im-I perial finance ministry. Dr. Mueller is1 a social democrat, and formerly was
J vnderyecretary of the war bureau. Gen.¦ Srehouch has been Prussian minister of» war.
There have been no previous advicesfrom Berlin mentioning a council of na¬tional plenipotentiaries. '
Kmanuel Wurm is a social demo-rratir deputy in the reichstag. He isa chemist, a writer, and was born inBavaria.
Dr. Bauer is a socialist member ofthe reichstag and was appointed sec¬retary of state for the imperial laboroffice on October 6.
Vice Admiral Mann was appointed.secretary of the navy early in Octo¬ber. Previously he had been head of
.<t_h. U-boat department of the navy.Dr. Paul Krause, a national liberal.
Pwas appointed secretary of Justice in[the Prussian cabinet in August. 1>17.
kHe is second vice president of the.Prussian lower house.
Dr. Ruedlin has been director of^railway and post in the Prussian cab¬inet since August. 1917.
Wealthy Germans Seekto Evade War Costs
Facing Their CountryQtr the Associated Press. '
L.ON DON. November H..{Britishtireless Service)..British newspa¬pers say German capitalist classes areendeavoring to evade the war chargesfacing their country. The wealthier'iermans are said to be transferringlarge amounts of money to neutral. .ountr>e.s. The result of this policy,it is pointed out. would naturally beto bhift the burdens of the war on tothe thoulders of the poorer classes.The Times and other London papers
declare that the allied governmentswill not allow chicanery of this sort'
ytn interfere with any rightful demands^-which they may make upon GermanIVreaourceSL This is declared to be real¬ised by teaselers In aautial countries,
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FOCHLAUDS ARMIESSAYING LIBERTY ISSAVED TO WORLDPARIS, November 16. Mir-
.hal Foefc, commander-in-chief,addressed the following
message to the allied armies:"OBeera, bob- eommlaaloBed
oflleera aad soldiers of the al¬lied armies: After havlag%eao-lately stopped the enemy, 70ahave for months fought himwith faith and Indefatigableenergy, without respite. Yonhave wob the greatest battle 1bhistory aad saved the mostsacred cause.the liberty of theworld."Be proud. Yon have adorned
your flags with immortal glory.Posterity preserve* 'for you Itsrecognition."
YANKEES ADVANCEWITH ALL ALLIESTOWARD GERMANY
Americans Get Honor ofForming First Big Unit ofOccupational Forces.
By the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICANARMIES IN FRANCE, Novem¬ber 16..The American Armywill begin to move toward Ger¬many at 5:30 o'clock Sundaymorning. The Army will travelabout twelve miles each day.To the Army just organized
has fallen the honor of headingthe first big unit of the alliedoccupational forces. The ad¬vance will be made in columnsand not in the order of battle so
long followed. But it is not for¬gotten that, technically at least,there is still ^ state of war.
Nothing will be left to chanceand every precaution will betaken to guard against surprises,notwithstanding none are ex¬
pected.Care will be taken to have the
force well echeloned. The advanceguard, well in advance of the mainforcc. -will be followed by engineers,who have been instructed not only torepair roads, reconstruct bridges andclear the way generally, but to in¬spect keenly every object and posi¬tion that might be a trap. Mines willbe. sought carefully and, it found, ex¬ploded. The Germans have sent wordthat the way is open and the minesremoved, except in cases which theyhave designated. Water also will beinspected carefully and none permit¬ted to be used until pronounced pure.The arrangements in force are such
that, although advancing much as itmight along the country roads of theUnited States, the entire formationCould be altered almost in minutes tobattle formation. Divisions movingon the front will have others in sup¬port and the flanks will be carefullycovered. In addition, a long line ofobservation balloons will be up be¬hind the lines, and they, toov will bomoving slowly forward, observing the,movements of the retreating Ger¬mans. The aviators, however, willhave little to do. They will move upsomewhat later, unless an unexpectedbreak comes, in which case they, too,will bo ready for immediate action.
Flanked by French Armies.The advancing Americans wiir be
flanked by the armies of France, andby Sunday evening it is expected thatthe advanced elements -of the Arnferi-cans will cross the Belgian border.The 5th French Army, on the left,and the 10th French Army, on theright, will advance abreast the Amer¬icans. while far along the line tothe left and right the allied troopswill continue to march toward theline agreed upon in the armistice.Wonderfully rested by the few days
of inactivity and their pride touchedby the honor conferred upon them, thedivisions of the new American Armyawaited eagerly Saturday night theorder to advance. Many of them werenewly equipped with uniforms. Weak¬ened by hard fighting and schooled indiscipline, the men won the praise ofofficers who looked them over in theafternoon.The weather, since hostilities ceased,
has turned much colder, ice formingon the brooks and thinly crusting themuddy' roads, but the men appearedto regard this as a slight discomfortcompared with what they have beenthrough. They looked forward to thesteady march along the highwayswith keen pleasure.The American advance will begin
front from Mouzon to Thiancourt. theextending lines embracing Luxemburgand Briey, up the valley or theMobile. Besides Luxemburg the moreimportant towns falling to the lot ofthe Americans are Longwy and Briey.The occupation of the territory
which is being steadily evacuated bythe Germans according to the termsof the armistice will not be carelesslyhastened. It will be some days be¬fore German soil is reached, but inl^ss time the Duchy of Luxemburgwill be penetrated, perhaps even toits capital.
FEARHUM BitCANNOT BE PREVENTEDLONDON, November 16..The crisis
in Holland is becoming very threaten¬ing, according to private advices re¬ceived in London Friday, says the Tele¬graph. The newspaper adds that un¬less the government is able to speed¬ily allay the agitation of Pleter J.Troelstra and other socialists, whoare believed to be supported by alarge section of the workers, a revo¬lution may be expected.
All measures have been taken topreserve order, but in view of the deep,discontent, 'Vhich is shared by thearmy and police, apprehensions arefelt that events at any moment maytake "a German turn."AMSTERDAM, November 16.The
Dutch volunteer I&ndsturm, consistingof men who offerod their services In1914. but who were not obliged to under¬take military datiea, have been calledto the colors.
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"Pity" Propaganda Is Seenin Frantic Appeals to
Americans.
HOPE TO INFLUENCEFINAL PEACE TERMS
Mr. Lansing Advises Germans to. Appeal to Entente Al¬
lies as "Well.
Food supplies in Germany, availablefor immediate diitributon, are amplefor the needs of-the civil populationat this time, to the certain knowledgeof the United States government.No immediate need exists for rush¬
ing supplies of foodstuffs to Germany,it was stated last night.Further, the supreme war council is
perfecting plans to supply food forthe German people in the future be¬fore supplies known officially to beavailable are exhausted.
Scent Pity Propaganda.In view of these officially known
facts, it was stated,<the succession ofalmost hysterical appeals from theGerman provisional government forsupplies of food and for permission toaddress itself directly, through a com¬mission, to the American public, offi¬cials here see a plain purpose to excitethe sympathies, if possible, of a largeelement of the American populationmore or less connected by blood tieswith Germany. With such sympathiesaroused, the German government, itwas declaredv undoubtedly hopes to:inhuence the approaching peace con-ference toward leniency. .
White President Wilson himself hasnot yet had the matter brought to hisattention, officials regard it as whollyunlikely that any commission of Ger¬mans will be permitted to come tothis country at this time, under anycircumstances or for any purpose.
Mr. Lansing Gives Advice.Addressing direct by wifeless to the
goverirtnent of the United States bythe provisional German . ggyerffmentof appeals for amelioration of theterms of the armistice and appeals,designed to work upon Americansympathies, for food for.the so-calledstarving civilian population of Ger¬many also was discouraged by sec¬retary Lansing yesterday, when herequested Hans Sulzer, Swiss minis¬ter, to inform the German govern-1ment that all such appeals sbouM besent to all of the allied governments,instead of to this government alone,and that tlte regular diplomatic chan-nels should be used, instead of send¬ing appeals broadcast by wifeless.
Solf's Plea on Deaf Ears.Such appeals a3 those which have
been sent by wireless by Dr. Solf,German foreign secretary, to Secre¬tary Lansing were said to be quiteunnecessary and not likely to haveany beneficial results.President Wilson already has prom-,
ised to d» everything possible to pre¬vent suffering among the civil popu¬lation of the conquered states. Theentente powers have indorsed this at¬titude, not so much from considera¬tions of mercy or sympathy with thefoe as from a genuine convictionthat a starving and desperate peoplewould make dangerous neighbors,render any satisfactory peace impos¬sible and by appeals to the interna¬tionalist spirit endanger the securityof the entente countries themselves.The design" of the conservative ele¬ments in the entente states is under¬stood to be to avoid raising any newissues that would aggravate theseconditions.
Former Foes Must Pay.To correct what appears to be a
general public misunderstanding onthe subject, it may be authoritativelystated that none of the food to besent from America to Germany orAustria will be given away. It mustbe paid for by the governments ofthese countries. -Possibly that can¬not be done in German cash, for it isbelieved that the store of gold in thereichsbank has been practically ex¬hausted through the heavy purchaseswhich Germany has been obliged tomake from neutral countries, forwhich she has had to pay in coinfor the most part. That situationmay-make it necessary to establish aGerman credit, but if this is done itwill be the act of the suprerpe war Jcouncil, as part of its function incarrying out the terms and spirit ofthe armistices. America will not haveto bear these burdens or assume therisk alone.
No Word of German Visitors.The latest note of Foreign Minister
Solf addressed to Secretary Lansing,asking President Wilson's permissionfor a German commission to visit th*United States to explain the foodHituation. had not been received atthe State Department. The AssociatedPress announcement of. its comingwas read with interest.
It was pointed out that the Uniteddtates and Germany are still at war,although the armistice has beensfened and consequently it Is regard¬ed as inconceivable that any Germandelegation could come to-America.
Mr. Lansing's Reply.Secretary Lansing's reply to the last
f-erman note, addressed to MinisterRulxer of Switserland. follows:"l should be gratified if yon shouldbe «ood enough to convey the follow¬ing communication to the secretaryof foreign affairs of the German *ov-
e*2rhtn government of the UnitedQt&tes has received the radio mes¬sages addressed to the President of
TTnited States by the German gov-^nment relative to relief from cer-ta?n^ requirements Imposd in thearmistice with the Ottoman govern¬ment and the armistice with the Ger-
"'"'-rhe "communications which havebeen received will be forthwith com¬municated to the other governmentswith which the government of theUnited States Is associated, andalsoto the Bupreme war council In Paris..The government of the United
States takes this opportunity to «n«r-«Mt to the Gorman gprrerameat that
"(Conttnued on Worth. Page.)
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of Washington is $800,000, or approximately $2 for every'; man,;woman and child in the District of Columbia.
If the readers of The Star will each of them see that for '
every member of each household at least $2 is subscribed, thefund will be raised, for the larger subscriptions already made,or which will be made, will offset, those others who are too poorto help. .'
,
This money is to be used to makt life happier and safer Vfor the boys who h?vc offered their lives that our-lives andliberties might be safeguarded. ,*
How many of the\100,000 Washingtonians who daily buy a
Star will answer this appeal? Subscriptions may be sen* to
1224 F Street, or will be> received at The Star office, or. at anybank in the city.
WERE YOU WORTH DYING FOR?
Great .Quantities CarriedBack, According to Ameri¬
can Fliers Just Freed.,
By the As»wia4d Ptcm.WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN
PRANCE, November 16, 5 p.m..Greatquantities of civilian property ire be¬ing carried away by the retiring Ger¬mans, according to Lieut. M. E. Lock-wood and Lieut. D. C. Bebe of the50th Aero Squadron, who returned tothe American front today after beingprisoners in the hands of the Germansfor ten days.The aviators were shot down No¬
vember 4 in the region of Tannay,east of Rethel, and were released bythe Germans on Thursday.
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Walking toward the American lines,Lieuts. Lockwood and Bebe passedgreat numbers of motor trucks andoccasional gun3- and caissons aban¬doned here'and there in the mud, butin every instance the value of thetruck or gun appeared to have beendestroyed deliberately. The aviatorssaid the Germans were taking hemsof cattle, crates of chickens and wag¬ons loaded with household articles.Buring the v-st few days the Ger¬
mans billeted the aviators in Baden.Mater removing them farther back.The lieutenants said their guards hadtheir attention centered on the upris¬ing in Germany and fretted becauseof the meagerness of news from Ber¬lin. Two days after their capture,the aviators said, they heard soldiers"boo"- their officers, and the guardsrepeatedly spoke disparagingly of thekThe German soldiers heard little
news from Berlin and other cities, asthe wires had been tampered with bysome element desiring to keep news
developments from the army at the
**The aviators had plenty to eat, butthe food was of poor quality.
SWITZERLAND STRIKERSCAPITULATE COMPLETELY
BERN, Switzerland, Friday, Novem¬ber 15..The general strike in Switz¬erland, after lasting three days, hasbeen settled by the absolute capitula-tion of the strikers. Work has beenresumed everywhere.
MACXENSEN IS INSISTENT.
Still Demands Hungarian BoilingStock to Convey Troops to GermanyBERN, Switzerland, Friday,' Novem¬
ber 15..Field Marshal von Macken-sen, who commanded the Germantroops occupying Rumania, has \ ar¬rived with his staff and a thousandmen at Hermannstad^ In Transyl-vania.He has reiterated his requestto the
Hungarian government for rollingstock to convey his force to Germany.;
For laity Eights to Women.ATLANTA. Ga.. November 1«..The
North Georgia Methodist conference*meeting here, went on record today.218 to 37, as favoring the granting offull laity rights to women of tho church.This question, which is going tho roundsof the «*"¦«"»' conferences by order oftho last general conference, becomes ef¬fective when threa-foorths of th«k lniraalconferences have approved It.
Ka :u A
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Colleges May Disband Qorpsor Retain Them tbxErid
, of Nine Months.
Demobilization of* the Students'Army Training Corps, comprisingmore than 175,000 men in various col-legre^ in tlie country,-has, partiallybeen planned. The first steps takenby Secretary Baker in the accom¬
plishment of this task give studentsopportunity to be honqrably dis¬charged immediately upon makingknown their desires to 'their com¬
manding officer.Inasmuch as the complete demobili¬
zation cannot be effected till all thecolleges are consulted as to the ef¬fect upon their respective organiza¬tions, final orders cannot be issuedat this time.
Makes It Optional..Provision is made, in the statement
issued by Secretary Baker last even¬
ing, whereby colleges may, if agree¬able to the War Department, abolishthe corps as soon as they desire. Sev¬eral colleges opposing universal mili¬tary training are expected to soon
abolish, the corps, and others, whosefinancial condition precludes a changein the program for the year, will bepermitted to maintain the corps fornine months, as called for In their con¬
tract for Instruction and tuition.Secretary Baker said:"A study of the Students" Army
Training. Corps is being made by Dr.Mann and Dean Syhder, who are theprincipal representatives here, withthe thought in mind that the mem¬bers of the corps who have left busi¬ness to which they desire 'to returnor who-desire- to switch over into aregular academic course or who haveany other reason, personal to them¬selves, for-, desiring to leave, will bepermitted to leave."We are trying to do this in a way
that will enable the colleges to go backas rapidly as they can to their normalacademic curricula, so that whenevera-college has a sufficient student bodyto enable it-- to establish a regularacademic course, we will relieve it fromobligation in the Students' Array Train¬ing Corps, and wherever a college hasso far turned over its facilities to usthat it is without other bodies of stu¬dents and resourcee, we will' continueto work -with it for the present so asto enable it to turn back to its academiccourse." V
Leaves It to Colleges. '
The nature of the situation-leavesthe matter largely with the collepe au¬thorities concerning the date when thedemobilisation, will-take place.George Washington and Georgetown
Universities will soon .announce- theirsituation .to the War Department, andIf conditions permit demobilisation islikely to take place within the ensuingmonth.
HONORS FOR*PRESIDENTSHOULD HE VISIT FRANCEPARIS, November 16..The Paris mu¬
nicipal cohndl yesterday adopted a res¬olution to th£ effect that In the event ofPresident Wilson coming to France adeputation will be sent to greet him onhis arrival on French soil and he will bereceived at a sitting of the council inthe Hotel dm VlDe. -
A M* will-be miaufaed'tn PresidentWilson's honor by the municipality.
CITES BIG ISSUES
Lloyd George Declares Na¬tion Never Can Return to
Old Conditions.
By the Associated Press.LONDON, November 16 (British
Wireless Service)..Premier LloydGeorge, Chancellor of the ExchequerBonar Law and George M. Barnes,member of the war cabinet, the lead¬ers of the coalition government. open¬ed the general election campaign thismorning by addressing a large andenthusiastic meeting in Central Hall,Westminster. The premier presided,
[r. Lloyd George saidJJhe new par¬tus.! TfetM h'tk, most important!
Elected la the history of theiefihtry. Continuing, he said-
JT?0 ***«*!'* the defectsto ti!JL .*?yBtJrn and we will be wise
.of and remedy them. We^55- °.'urn to the old conditions.
of^ts rises to the le»el°'J pa. £j"®atopportunities then the2r»FvTi? ? j
the throne will be firmlythiS f on the only solid basis.that of a contented and happy ^eo-
Must Have Authority.°ld ParIiament has served its
2?!Lf!Pd, there is no time to lose assomebody muBt go to the n«!f A.-ference with the authority of tht
b%hind him. There Vs no us^tafkl5S&.-£££.,That is °"»j
.s ISTnSr'seTtl'e-th^^oSKfTe"*??? -saiS
sbSktSSSS*?Hopes to Settle Men on Land.
ti,rL-?JTiZJoped that many ofsoldiers on their wtnmwould be settled on the land Edevelopment of transport and *7Jltricity would have to be t«k«S £hand, he said. All the problem" ofreconstruction must be' faced by Britishers as patriots and not as parti¬sans. Every party, he declared hadnk«5°f traditions and those it wouldlike- to forget. For the n.,t Z .
hedwant»if 4ycars' the premier said,ne wanted to see all Darti#»swith the best traditions of all
aoldlere'eparty't ab°Ut the disc"arged
chl^l. remark was Srreeted with
topposition, the premier con-
Iorganized for fault find¬ing and made for delay. For or-
iu? labor to withdraw from the.? at tht pre8ent moment, hedeclared, was the height of folly. Hehad not the slightest doubt that the
2e. of the country would con!Wn I?8*! .°n' /The oo^'ition hadbeen in office two years and the na¬tion could-see what it had done Heonly claimed for it that it had 'donleverything possible "to help our so
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?"?? sailors and our allies towin the war by finance, transport,food^ organization and munitions of
Will Aid, Though Beaten.If the nation decided that a new
fovernment was to take the placethat
C i1'?."' th1 Premier said,an.d, J"8 colleagues wouldpromise it their -unflagging: sunnnrt
even to feeing hodsmen in theTon-struction of the, new edifice. In con-1 elusion he said:"Timidity, is fatal to great action.
Let us- approach our taak as men
mlay a,e *°«ndation of
the new world -on a sure oasis "
Chancellor Bonar Law said if theI- election was delayed till next year theP**ter pwt of the session would be
I [o»t- He declared his party believedr that the nation was wholeheartedlyI behind the prime minister.
Peoples of England. Desire to Know What
Will Be Done for ThemBT EDWARD PRICE BELL.
CUI^cru to The Suday Star ¦
Cklrafs Dally 7Tews. Copyright, 1818.LONDON", November 15..As the
general election-drav/s near the opin¬ion becomes more settled that LloydGeorge. and his liberal and unionistsupporters will win through withtheir national program of recon¬struction. It ia evident- that the newelectorate ia on the alert. It has flar(shod with the old shibboleths andaewnl to know what the future¦siauneat will do respecting thevital needs of-Hie-general population.
UNE UP ON ISSUES
Leading Republicans andDemocrats Agitated Over
Changed Conditions.
TARIFF MAY GIVE WAYTO NEW PROBLEMS OF DAY
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Experiments in Paternalism, near-Socialism and XJ". S. Control Like¬
ly to Figure in Platforms.
BY N. O. MESSENGER.How will problems of reconstruction
in this country affect the alignment ofthe old political parties for the fu¬ture?This question is agitating leading
men of both parties in Congress andin the national political managementat large. It is induced by the thoughtthat it is inevitable that markedlychanged conditions, economic and in¬dustrial, must result after the war.
Commerce and industry will have
changcd. A greater future in both is
opened out for America. Politics, itwould seem, must in a measure reflectthe alterations.An influence passing these consid¬
erations is thought to exist in the^xneriments in paternalism, nearsocialism, centralized tederal contTOlto which the country va.a *°r"dthe exigencies of War. How far wni
that influence extend into p.e""a"®££law and policies? In the last yearand a half the United^tatea mademarvelous innovations in its policte^wide departures from
. !from supposedly fi^d comictiorisrooted in a hundred yea. and moreof governmental operation. Jincountry was forced to these changand had no choice. It was in
preservation that they were made."For the period of the war onlywas written in the letter of the lawas well as breathed in the spirit.
What WU1 Big Parties Do?^
But is that breath evanescent, tovanish when the letter of the law isrevised? Or will it take form insimilar though modified statutory#»xnression hereafter? And if lt.aoes,which of the two great political par-ties will lead the advance and which
a¥natiwh0lMEak4'5t? ,y*ir5B0|nnig9«'SS'tK.*." *.nS°iuVS;grapple between the democratsartdthe republicans over Bound mone>_and-the standard of value, and afterthe war with Spain over the ratheracademic issue of so-called imperial-ism, in which the republicans hadthe popular and winning side botl-times, the issue between the two par¬ties has been the tariff.
Democrats Oppose Pree Trade.^
The majority thought of the demo¬cratic party is now belleved to beopposed to downright free tnule. Itis demonstrated in their adoptionfrom the republicans of the Plan fora tariff commission which shall decidewhat customs duties are necertsary toraise revenue, the dertiocrats dilutingthe idea to make protection to homeindustries secondary. No one serious¬ly contemplates any political partytoeing able to survive on a principleof absolute free trade.The bulk of the republicans are.
committed, it is believed, to makingprotection march in the lead of reve¬nue raising and not side by side, al¬though a large element jn the partywill never consent to j?oing back tothe prohibitory tariffs of some pastdays, it is declared. Is it not prob*able, therefore, that in the future, the'tariff issue will finally settle down tosome method of determining whatrates will protect American indus¬tries raise revenue in this manner in¬stead of bv more direct taxation, andyet not build up a favored class ofmanufacturers intrenched behind anunassailable wall of prohibitive rates?Income taxes have come to stay, or
course, and their imposition cannotbe claimed by either party as a strict¬ly party asset and policy. But thepublic, it is urged, has had practicalexperience with direct taxation otherthan on incomes. Is the publicenamored of the plan to a degree tomake it the chief source of revenue?The belief obtains widely amongthoughtful men in both parties inCongress that eventually the tariffand revenue raising will become pure¬ly business propositions, to be dealtwith along business' lines, accordingto individual idea% and t)hat it willbe increasingly difficult to drawsharply defined lines of demarcationbetw.een mere party issues.
Federal Control Issue Seen.Leading men in Congress are look-
ing forward to more pronounced partydivisions over the subject of federalcontrol of great public utilities as
against outright government owner¬ship of them; over more paternalisticgeneral laws; over possible insidiousapproaches to socialism.The issues will probably be crystal-
ired by the Presidential campaign of1920 it is thought at the Capitol. Atpresent the two parties are operatingpolitically under the charter of theirnational platforms adopted in 1916.State platforms adopted in ISIS threwstraws in the wind to indicate in ameasure the drift of sentiment on cer¬tain questions. The two parties inthe summer of 1920 will meet in form¬al conclave and draft their new plat¬forms upon which the voters will goto the polls for the Presidency andCongress in the following November.
Ownership of Bailroads.It may not be feasible for either
party to adopt or oppose governmentownership of railroads as a partypolicy, since there is divided opinionin both parties upon that question. Ifthe democratic party should incorpor¬ate government ownership of trans¬portation Tacllities as a party plat¬form. it would attract some republi¬cans and lose them Some democrats.The general fmpresslon exists withthe public that the democrats are
"saulnting" toward public ownership,with thi republicans frowning uponit. but there has been no downrightparty declaration by-*ither side.The nearest approach to expression
t-Don federal ownership was in the plat¬form of the Indiana republican stateconvention, later tacitly indorse*! by thenational committee, which said: "Wewill bring the government back to thelimitations and principles of the Con¬stitution In time of peace and establishnollcies which . . * will preventff"<urther spread of the socialistic t^¦ (.Continued en f
Washington Will RedoubleEfforts to Raise Quota
for War Work.
CAMPAIGN IS EXTENDED :UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
Churches and Sunday Schools WillAid Today.$401,806.33 RaisedUp to 6 O'Clock Last Night. -
With the united war work campaignon the wane, Washington has barelypassed the half-way mark. If thecity is to maintain its record in pastliberty loan and Red Cross drives Itmust raise almost $400,000 betweennow and closing time Wednesdaynight. - IIt was originally intended to con¬
clude the drive temorrow,' but"an ex¬tension of two days was decided uponby the managers of the national drivelast night.According to official figures made
public by the local campaign com¬
mittee, subscriptions amounting to
exactly $401,806.23 had been raised upto fi o'clock last night, which make*it necessary to round up a trifle more
than $398,000 in this remaining shortperiod.
Committee Redoubles Effort.As disappointing as theSe figures
appear and as tremendous as may bethe task of raising the needed amount,the local committee is by no meansdiscouraged. It has simply redoubledits efforts, and with the greatest en¬thusiasm and determination is nowreaching out to attain success.The committee and the several hun¬
dred patriotic man and woman volun¬teer workers who have been laboringin the interest of tljis cause for morethan a week feel confident that thepublic of the National Capital willnot hesitate longer in making its re¬sponse; they feel confident thatWashington will come off with'flyingcolors in thiB drive just as it has inthe memorable and historic war-timedrives of the past.The workers will not remain idle
today.Sunday. On the contrary, theyare working the city from every pos¬sible angle in their effort to raisethe ncceseary amount.
Church a^d Sunday School to Help.In many of the pulpits' of tfca city
pastors will make strong appeals fromthe pulpits urging the members ottheir congregations to respond to thecall,' Pyertlr aAtasl classes, too, willbe a|^t>*alfc#~to In the same cause. Allare being asked to support withoutstint or qualification the united warwork Campaign. In many of thechurches speakers from the war workcampaign headquarters will todayspeak in advocacy of the fund for thesevtn relief organizations.Appeal* of this nature will be made
at the following churches: SecondBaptist Chureh. Takoma Park Pres¬byterian Church; Temple BaptistChurch. Mount Vernon M. E. Church.Brookland M. E. Church, Church of theCovenant, Perk Memorial Chapel.Union M. E. Church. Anbury M. 15.Church, Otfncordia Church and prob¬ably many others not yet witn speak¬ers assigned.
Message to Be Bead in Church.The following message will be reail
In the churches of Washington thismorning:"The united war work campaign, in
which at the request of President Wil¬son the seven welfare organizationshave united, will close tomorrow. Re¬ports trom all parts of the nation showthat the American people are co¬operating with a splendid patrioticspirit, but it is clear that a large ad¬ditional sum is required toeircure thiscity's minimum quota of $800.00". Mili¬tary and naval advisers -are agreedthat since the cessation of hostilitiesthis work has assumed added im¬portance because the powerful warmotive is removed. lJiscipline is re¬laxed, hours of idleness multiplied andtemptations greatly increased and in¬tensified. It will cost much more tj>serve our soWiers^and sailors"It is supremely important to make
the long period of demobilization nota period of physical, mental andmoral weakening or deterioration, butrather one of character building: ofgrowth in useful knowledge; of In¬crease in working efficiency and ofearnest preparation for assuming thelarge responsibilities of citizenshipand service which await them ontheir return to their native land. Uetall our people who hear this message.show our reverent and profoundgratitude to Almighty God for usher-ing in the day of what we trust willbe enduring peace, and likewise toour young men, who at the rail ofpatriotic duty went forth withsupreme devotion to represent us ^ygenerous and sacrificial gifts on theirbehalf."It is important that during the
balance of the campaign all contribute /
freely and largely, who may not al-ready have done so. and that thos»-
' who have already subscribed further! increase their gifts to the extent oftheir ability. To achieve the greatsuccAs desired it will be necessarythat we cut into our principal Justas every soldier and sailor- who hasgone overseas has shown his wllllng-ness to do, because each one of themhas been willing to give his life, andtens of thousands did so. Therefore, intheir name and tn their memory, let,us Show forth the same spirit whichhas enabled them and their allies tomake forever secure the priceless .
liberties of the world."JOHN* R. MOTT."Director General."
President Wilson's Appeal.President Wilson yesterday address¬
ed to John R. Mott, director general ofthe campaign, the following letterrelative to the support of the Ameri¬can people in the drive and urg«Sgreater efforts in order to bring thedesired oversubscription to an accom¬
plished fact:"I am sure that the entire Amerioan
people are following with eager andresponsive Interest the progress of theunited war work campaign. Now thatthe cessation of hostilities has come
we have entered upon a period Inwhich the work of the seven welfareagencies assumes if possible aa added1importance. The excitement underwhich our soldiers and sailors havebeen laboring is withdrawn. Theirhours of leisure are much more nu-
merous: their temptations are greatlymultiplied and Intensified. It is clear
I that to minister to them for all oftheir time is going to require a largea
I financial outlay thin when they were
j being served for but a small fractionof their time«Vaiy much more money w*» m
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