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Minneapolis, DM. 12.-4P&UI Flinn, the speedy end pn th* "Qii^nrity of Mlnneiidta footl^U eleven; li going to join the njitlon'e fighting force; Be-tore'leavliig the 'university/ Fllnn told friends, that he . planned to; e'nllst . ln the Artillery at > putuW, \.%ls home< Fllnn was drafted, but tils name was ao far down In: the .Hat -that he was not called. He va«i>pl&lced *>V eome critics for a. placc on thk All-Weitern, eleven this season an'd /was regarded as the-loglcal cholce af captaln on the ,1918 Minnesota team, '

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. Paul; Minn., Dec. 12.—Railroad shopmen on tran8-coiitlne»tal lines thr^uljrhout the northwest as well as inenttters of local unions voted' today on- the; proposal to accede to' the ^call for a generai walkout of unlOn men

iV'tomoirow In 8upt)9r.t of the dUsatlp-" Aed traction employes.' it wan said by

local labor- leaders that shops from St. .Paul to the coast might be closed in the event of ji decision farorable to their plan. Coritraqts and wage agreem/>n.t«. with; .the' railroads, they declared, .wpu)d .be .disregarded on the ground that ' constitutional. right* of labor unionists, are .lnvolved.. in. the, traction controversy;' The result of the vote Will not be^announced until' midnight: • j

Ofjlcera of'local: Unions declared In­dications • were thai their call would

. be obeyed by a large proportion of union -men;, but employers were doubtful. Whether all unions, especial­ly'those working. under contracts,' would go ont.- "

• Jtaltrpad shopmen were influential in'bringlng about the postponement of the' walkout, planned for last week.

• -a crisis as now exists.' Importance of the shopmen's de­

cision is pointed out by both labor leaders and employers, as military traffic of all kinds might be seriously affected In the event of their quit-

, ting work.

Defease Coancil Acting. Wuhington, Dec. 12.—Industrial

unrest 1n Minneapolis where a general strike of 28.000 men .is threatened, was discussed .' today • at conferences' between Samuel • Gompers. president of the 'American Federation of Labor and a memSer of the advisory com-miesion of the councll of national de-

, fense and two representatives of the Minneapolis ynlene. George W. Law-

? sop.f secretary of thj? Minnesota Fed-' eratloii of X*bor. <nd J. C. Colgan.

Government officials are keeping themselves informed' of the progress

DEVI 'U,VV

Red River

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Gtozier Tells. C^ng^esistpns^

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WAAKINGT^

FIVE YEARS WORK CROWDED INTO ONE

to -avert a' walkout, but it tHat 4ti

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(By Staff Correspondent.) • Crookston, Minn.,' Dec. • li.-^The

winter session of the Minnesota Red River 'Vkllisy Development associa­tion opened, .with .a[smoker and in­formal. dlecu68lon at the Crookston Commercial club; rooms yesterday eyeing. President '8.' "Mr Sivertson of the' association. ind .C. H. Zealand, secretary of the Commercial club, made the arrangements and supervis­ed the session; A 'number of matters of general interest to the development of the' Red River valley, were dis­cussed following' a' buffet luncheon.

The, formal program' at the Com-mercfal club rooms begarl at 10 a. m. today with a discussion of "Practical Aids to ' Increased '1918 ' Production." This topic relates to financial assis­tance wherever necessary in the se­curing' of' seed- grains- and In other ways. • •'•••

"Practical Means of Effecting Pro­ductive -UtiHiuition of -Wild Lands" was taken up Informally for general consideration. •

The .formal'set speeches of the day include - ah- address, .by . Prof. H. L. Bolley of. the North Dakota Agricul­tural college on 'The Barberry Bush Scourge and Noxious Weeds*" and. One by, A. fcfl. 5fvrrlttion of U»e Federal tdind' Bank :Of St! 'Paul ois' the work-

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Congress' Delay in Making

Appropriations^Caus<f^f

f3S|if£ v~ Washington, Dec. 12.—Inquiry • by-

congress Into the general conduct of the war was begUn today with inves-tigation • by the" senate military com­mittee of the war department's work in arming and equipping the Amerl* cat^ forces.

Major General Crosier, chief of ord­nance, said an obstacle in the early work was that the .military policy de­fined in the national defense act of 1916 contemplated a force of one mil­lion men to be raised in Ave years; •

"It is apparent," he said, "that the original program for one million men did not contemplate our participation in the war. We compressed the five year program into one year when it immediately became apparent that the one million program would not do."

Preparation of estimates and ac-.tual appropriation by congress, the general. Baid, caused further delay.

"We did everything we could,' he. continued, "to get the manufacturing establishments of the: country going on orders" in. anticipation of appro­priations,. One obstacle was that many; manufacturers did not care. to spend money.-.dr.. could hot sec lire loans. in advance of actual appropria­tions. That caused very considerable •delay. There blip were delays under the abnormal, purchasing system nec­essary, without - time- for competitive hiddinc. - in many oases.".

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. . ic. 12,-^The fullest measures ot"- co-«peration in any de­cision' President Wileon may make in regard to the railroad problem, even though he. jjtaaMfc • choose operation was pledceff. |c^ {|ie president toda^ by the railrahd»\:*nipr board, composed' of a representaufe ^nunlttee of rall-r<wd|execujttvies.

,The -,railTO^ ftoecut|ves. told' the president < the^ dM (int ask a billion dollar;lou:m;K3nin«iikl«n of. the anti-truSt< • ahtHMotihg ' laws. They told .h|^'u.ey Ifeelievied *!».> rail­roads themselvei. IruM be able to cripe with thS tr^c^jbiige^pn if the governmentr^TWuld. ^m« ; a - federal trafltc dlli^^r.^tejCV^dlnate all gov­ernment sjhiptn^ts and have the gov­ernment appsoye railroad {credit for raising new t^^|ial. k :. •

Thousands,w iprlority orders, com­ing from tw. mtmy Miirces, the rail­road men deelftrfd, aire the principal cause of con#MU^>n. ;jCo-ordination of government ^uMjUneiits by a -federal traffic managerViUiey : said would meet the situation.

If. however,,v|he president, after, considering alf plans, decided to take over the railroads for government operation, the -rifcilfoad executives de­clared, he wouM1 receive their fullest co-operatlon.i^.' • j

After seelng.the railroad executives, President Wllsoh; had; an engagement with the heada^ of the four great rail­road men's brotherhoods. They op­pose governm$ntpperation.

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Against Austria Is : Fired On Lower Piave

B0LSHEV1KI CLAIM

VICTORY OVER

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1

Representative Tinkham, of

Boston, Pulls String that

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Italian Army' ' Headquarters in Northern Italy. Tuesday, Dec. 11.— (By The Associated press.)—The flrst American shot against Austria was fir­ed by Representative; Tinkham of Bos­ton on the lower Plave .when Mr. Tinkham pulled a string firing a large 149 jnllimeter guii aending ' a-'Shell hurtling Serosa the Plav«). to th'e 'Aus-trian posltiona A huge cloud of black smoke marked the place ^r< > the shell burst. The Italian b^tterymen gathered around the gun ahd Mised a cheer as the congressman fired.

- Representative Tinkham ; fired the shot by invitation of the colonel in coibmand near-Dona De Piave. th« shell was sent oh. its Journey during a heavy artillery • fire along the Piave and the northern front. The bombard­ment was especially concentrated back of Mount Grappa between the Plave and Brenta rivers. This may be an in­dication of another drive on the Ital­ian lines' from that dlrectioa.

Wilson's Latest Words Ex­

pressing Desires of Allies : ' ~ • Are Endorsed. V"" r -

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erfct KSiJ-voV v«—-,™. «^, ^^^Klon of (Striking ttf r,

ihorrdw in sympathy vmb. Twin, City, street car men . who. a«e .demanding permission to wear, their .union but­tons despite "a ruling ip tht> isontrary bvtthe state pubU.c ,'ssjCety.. coratmissloh h^ff h»Mt|n«s:todaty^,,t&ke aotion on the'matter. ' ' v.--

Meantime -big Industries were mak­ing plans to meet'tMi. tie-up: threaten­ed by the order for sym pathe^ic strlkes decided uboh hy representative? of the allied unions in the'T^n'Clties. Labpr leaders have' declared that every ef­fort will be made' to maintain order. Nevertheless the Authorities are tak­ing unusual precautionary measures and In addition to the Several hundred depttty sheriffs who have1 been sworn In'a number of home guard companies wilf be ptaced on duty at various pClnts In the city immediately after the Strtyce order: becomes effective. , Only federal: Intervention or revoca­tion of the safety commission's order, labor leaden " intimated,' would be deemed sufficient cause for rescinding the strike- order, ^tOch, they declaj-e^, wlll.aifect .40,000 men In this t^ro cities.

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$t» Paul, Minm, -J>ec. 12.—Salooiis In Bt. -fisui^ahd Mlnn^apMis will be closed tothorriOw'-in the eVent of a feen-eral' Walkout' of unio.n' labor In ajrih4

pathy with 3fl*satisfl«d carmerti Governor Burnquist indicated today. Saloop; men Voluntarily dosed their' places last week when a general strike4

wia threatened. Whether additional home guairds

will be called to ili^ Tw^ln Cities will h*.decided late today* Adjdt§nt Gen-: eral Rhlnftw, said.-

of Unknowii

bo tMSino try d

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I ons bf^hi moet dangerous ' of t& aheii Msdiag piMt of

grlcultuwl'wlhbpl. 4 dtar cussiort on,v*'Siinai* t^4ctng of the Prospective' Uve 'Stock Shortage" as a result of the feeding; costs. ; W^iHl^Th' Dietrich 'of' the Refl River Valley Stock ' Breeders' - sipSOclatlon will' discuss- "Increased- Bheepi- and Pdultry RaialtiC^V^n-idew-.of.iw con-dttionsi-.t' • • ' -Herbeirt -A. • Hard , of- Fargo- vof the states engineering;' drainage , bureau of North -Dakota- will- -t*lk- -on . "Flood and .Drainage- Problems.> ..

Superintendent t-Selvjg wilU follow vflth a- consideration , of '"Potato Stor^ age" and "Seed Corn." •..<

"The Labor Problem" will be taken up by. & . M., Sivertson, secretary of the CrookBton Milling company.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon Mar­tin O'Brien, .president of th? Com­mercial club and .'member of the dis­trict- exemption aboard', will make an address 'along patriotic' lines,

DUTCH STEAMER IS->:;

HEJLD AT HAliFAX; HAS BELGIAN CARGO

The ' Hague, IJetherlands, Tuesday, liec.. 11.—The Netherlahdf pversea* trust was inform^ today by the Brit­ish legation that the ;DQtch,$teamsbip.. Nieuw AmsterdamrWlth a cargo rfor Belgian; relief vis being detained *t Halifax. having.Jbeen provided no safe conduct ;or disitingui^hPiiB mark., .

The Nleuw Amsterdam,L. the crack Steamship • of the/ Ho|lahd-American line.v-was' the; first DutQh:- v«S»el to leave," New ifor* ,after *he emt»r«o was-' Imposed, peveral months 1*0=on the Dutch -.-sttotnsMp*. vShe put in^st Halifax ' some time- S8<> - and . , ther*-wore fears, for .ho* safety; .s^;. the tlrpe of the: explosion; ,\r EAra~!tAd/>0n/ bpard-300 passengers,- In^udlM. 10 ^merj^ cans, an# 10,000 tpt -U»*> Belgians.' V'.jsi'-.

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"Bu^,;it,,ia not aa good . as when prices aro v-^fefinlteiy- fixed,"- he\mtl •'It ,1s better ^Se that only in of emergency."' -ili- "Some manufacturers would not take fiied i priCe ' contracts- at all," General. Crozier , Said. ''They would net take the risk except with a prof­it on a percentage basis. They had had their fingers burned. No orders for rifles were m^de .at a fixed price; ttfcnuftaturar* wouldn't take the or­ders.'-' . . . 7

Upon - inquiry: by > Senator Wads-worth, General Croaler said that early in the War the president had allot­ted $35,000,000 .of his $100,000,000 emergency fund to the war depart-, ment and that .emergency orders for material had ~beep -given.

Law Introduces Vote " Of Credit In House 1

Of Commons In London

. ' -London Timi

Britfalr

Askslnvesti-

linden. Def. l The TliAsS this momlag prints conspicuously an- edl-torial -demanding k prompt and searching inquiry into: the battle dnL the southern end of the Cambrai sali­ent on November 30 and on the fol-lowing-day, owing. It says, to disquiet­ing il?st hand arapttfleations of cen­sored >accounts. Theae^are said to. in-cludetcharges of blundering and aa-seitioMs that the British'were caught unready*

NON-COMBATANT V ATTACKING ENEMY.

-Washington, Dec. 12.—Congressman Tinkham,' by firing an Italian gun at the Austrian positions, has taken on the status of a non-combatant attack­ing troops r/td, according to the rules of war, laid nimeelf liable to' execution by the Austrians should be by any chance fall into their hands. Under the laws of war. a civilian may never-en-' gage in hostilities.

The temper of the German govern­ment toward such incidents was plain­ly displayed early In the war when or­ders were issued to the German troops to - promptly execute any Americans found fighting with the British or French. The' -orders describes them as with arms in their hands from a coun­try with which Germany was at peace. •The fact that war. has heen declar­

ed dees not alter the situation, and any American engaging In hostilities, regardless of his' posltiop in civil life, Js regf rded as ••FW«le-TlSp^iff.?&. ^ k'

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London, Dec. 12.—The ungrudging sacrifice made 'by the British people, former Premier Asquith declared in an address, at Birmingham yesterday, proved that the ancient and ingrain­ed spirit/ of the British people had not been sapped by luxury or staled and withered by dotage.

"We look to the end," he said, "'with the assured and ever-growing belief that both in the council chamber of peace-and in the ordering of our own household a new era of liberty and Justice will be opened."

The former premier said that he had had a large part in Great Brit­ain's entering into the war and he un­hesitatingly believed it had heen worth while if the war ends in a peace of security and permanency.

He indorsed President Wilson's lat-est words as expressing clearly, the intentions'and desires of the allies.

Mr. Asquith said theta was abun­dant evidence that the enemy peo­ples are .-misinformed of the allies ob­jects which are not to annihilate the German people but to destroy the mil­itary-domination of Prussia. He said that Germany must learn,.that the en­thronement of force Is bad business.

Radicals Expect Germaiwto s

Make More Reasonable"

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C»penhagen, Dec. J2.— The semi-official Gei^naii news agency says zation of the Russian, fbfie^s, already has begun and ili&t peace negotiations, restrict­ed to the Russian firbnt, |i^.ve been authorized. f

The' news agency's - {lis-

patch says that GeneralfjDb^ erbatchoff has been appoint­ed commander in chief, '-witli-the assistance of the alHes^ (Teutonic) and that he has been1 authorized to open -J30 qiiM suoijcpoSau dbBsd

many.

MICHIGAN PAPER MAKERS COMPLAIN

OF FREIGHT RATES ' - ,'*d- j—''' ^

London, "Daii;.' 12.—Andrew Bonar, Law,' chancellor-'-of the exchequer, introducing 'tt vote of r credit In the' house 'of; commons today; Baid h-i "es­timated'that the present vote wbuld carry the - expenditures to the 'ind oT March, -l?18'N,"He;' declared that'the aVerafis -dally eifpediture in the - last" three days was £8;794,000 and fo¥ fhe?

.period sfnce .thfe end of the last'^flh-" apcial yeaTr I6,«86,000. > :

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*— 5«; 1 - v' fs fy&s&t Win" :. Washington^ -f. Dec. 1S.—r" paper manufacturers today .cempia! ed-.to the Jnter-atate oommercs CP«?:

iniMriod that rates on paper - from Michigan points to Illinois and Wls-Consu jn-.so' much higher than rites from ;Wisconsin production centers as to dlseriminate eerloualy against the Michigan interest*. - . .The - Michigan ratetc It U :saide are from .fifty to one hundred percent hlgher. .t-.;

Pittsburgh Police Believe

Teuton Agents are Work-.

i-'-P; ing Near City.

Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. li.—German agents,- ia the opinion of Pittsburgh. pollce«-stabbed to death- late yester­day Mrs.- 4Smma Beyers, wife of Hugo Beyers, -a German electrical engineer and' d£Mightsma,h and then -wrecked by an explosion the' Beyers' home in Edgewood, a suburb. Beyers and-his wife were in Germany at the out­break .of.Jthe war, and it Is' said -that;' Beyers was forced into military serv­ice and iserved- under compulsion as a member of a submarine crew. Later' they ghialned passports and came to this. ceujatry. According to neighbored

who waa a jcative born American, was extremely vehement in' h*r djammeiation pf Germany and of the jtrsatsnent aceorded her. husband in that "-country. /"

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IMi ln re-estabflshlng order 'a2n(r'ai ld^flflMhi'^mntvacynst the' ssnttnl r TOreits ai*inst «»e 8mold^ fnstl-r

Thick Ice Makes. Shipping

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possible., 4

Duluth, - Minn., Dec. 12.—With all Hanna boats ordered to lay' up for

. the winter, only four grain boats, one ore boat and two package freighters yet to leave the Duluth-8uperior har­bor for the lower - lakes, only 12 cargoes of coal yet to arrive, the close of navigation from the-head of the lakes is near. ' Ice on the bay here has. gained a thickness of a foot.

- The S.taekhduse, Town send and Turner of the Hanna line, now at .Ashland, have been .ordered to lay up there .for the winter, -it.being deemed unwias to take a large icebreaker there when it is needed . elsewhere.

• All boat* at the- Allouei - docks save on« have been, ordered to take winter berths, the; one. being ,;the Wilkee-barre, which' is- now loading ..and will clear before midaight tonight. This will be the last onar cargo to leave, It la said. - '•••

Grain raen state there are four gnin ,boats yeC to leave, and-that they will get away before midnight.

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:;LiSlirti''^i^lftegal.®UsSdijfcf DSo.'" 'li.' —Dr. _-8|doijio -Paee. leader of the rev*

^lt»tlBn. :1tas -been made premler 'and rorelcm minister. Machado Santes, who led^ the uprising of a "year ago, has been appointed minister of the interior.

Detroit, irfich-.; "Dec. lJv—Approxi­mately 85 lake freighters,' imprison­ed. In the ic« in tfcfc Livingstone chan-nel betoW here amt 'near " Port Huron, were -evpeetsd ' tw resume thetr trip down" the* laJ(M»- today after having been releaeM by "powerful- ice bresdt-ers. They "wertF'-all th"' the Detroit river todas*. 'eraMaqr^ for a passage: to be opened ttttO' cleSr water in Lake Erie. ' ' •; ' . Ice' from iHk- tc*-eight 'Inches -thick.:

j is reported-tour Miia>'s rtver at Sault

Sidow Paes Made And bu<__ ,m. \ • _ . _ r t- \ w i«|iui wu-lu^Du^Hn^s rvwr ai o«ui

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' if&mjbiagtion. Doc. It.. .Oatwal . rmrHttdf today - reported that

.xWauaWfc Kfla. 1 a,~The Ama, lean, Society- pf £<&4tyv is holding iftS annual eeosion hen» <in4 srtll 'cimUhue thnraght' A vMaa.^qf eon-ebUdatlng, ^liifi w ««wHlies ottliie

. ^apcle^r, was^tp. jtf -discussed today by "l»e :t^.fe <Mecates .jpressnu ^Phe- tifrr.

pct|0U pf, bmder twjne of which the' >cietyuaes!<aular*e vamouii^^mattir-jjAn'otheir. tMoprttet' ttif sto hs iftsidered. There Ja some- adts^on.

-for .the efAabll^inaent of a eo-operate msAufacturing plant Uv malce' twine ai hemp which members of the society ha.ve raised raocessfnlly. The gov-emrient Mil' be asked to protect the Industry againKt siaal oomi>etition by

Bowraian, N. D., Dec. 12.—A feud existing for years is believed by of­ficials of Harding county, South Da­kota, as the cause for the shooting, of F. W. Titteringtoi. a farmer liv­ing near Gallup, S.- ft., by his neigh­bor.-A. W. Faces'.

Titterington's condition- is eerioua Facey, who returned to his home aft­er the shootiig, surrendered himself to the sheriff from Buffalo, immedi­ately sent to Belle Fourche, B. D., for an attorney and since then has re­fused to talk about the .alleged shoot­ing.

The scene of the shooting was about 43 miles south of this city. Particu­lars coming from a round-about way say that Titteringten and Facey had trouble for some time and up to the last term of court in Harding county, South Dakota, both men were under bonds to keep the peace. At that time. It - is said, Facey made a showing to the court that resulted in his bond Dcing lifted.

r'ai fy, it is said,, was driving home last Friday from a mine with a load of coal, and drove through a pasture on whatsis known as the Monroe land, a road which travelers have been ac­customed to use instead of the sec­tion line which goes over a steep hill; Titter inglon has leased this portion of hit land and it is said Facey did not know it.

' When Facey arrived at the pasture with his load he was met by Tltter-lngton. The latter was riding'horse­back; and told Facey he could not go through, but go around by the section line road.' Words are believed to have passed between the two.

TittR-ington Was\shot in the-region of the abdo:nen,N the bullet taking ah upward course. The shooting hap­pened a short distance from Tittering-ton's farm home.

CHICAGO SOCIETY IS MORE PURITANICAL

THAN OTHER CITIES S SAYS NOTED AUTHOR

"Chicago, Dec. 12.—Chicago society Is declared to be more ,Puritanicai than that of any large city in the world, by Hoban C- Chktfleld-Taylor, author and clubman, in a book out today on the territorial.' bu*in6Ss"£rid social development of the dtyr -

"Chicago is socially a New Eng-7 land town as strait-laced fee Boston," Mr.' Chatfield-Taylor writes. ."The reader, whose- opinion of us hap been formed from the lurid tales of qur depravity which ai.ppear in magasines and aaWtpapen or from jar sojouni'of .ffi-dsjr or two at some hotM «n»l smile lAcredulously *t the coi&Miiiijii3K:, ; -v MRiskliig martyrdom at^U»est*kl» of popular opirion. i/bpldly declans the sodely of Chicago to: be more Puri­tanical <thaii that of any great, city In the world." '; ..T.

-Mr, Cfcat f le ld-Taylor waa born and rearsd la - Chicago.

RITSS DELEGATES T RESUME NEGOTIATIONS.

Petrograd, Monday,-Dec. 10.—Rep­resentatives of all the Russian fronts started tonight for Brest-Litovsk to resume the armistice' negotiations with the Germans. Lieutenant Col­onel Fokkeh, the general StSVf'jiMim-. ber of the armistice committed, :ih-formed the Associated Press that' the delegation would consist of. thirteen, members, including General 8ka)ok, one representative each' frpm, the northern, western, southwestern, . Ru­manian-Russian - and Rumulao armies, . M. Altflater. the nars! repre-; sentattve, and five pollUcaa dsIfit^S%

Lieut. Col. Fokkeh believes Gt^armans will make cphSideniMir cessions and will evea i liiissait; la leave" Moonv

have elimlnated the demahd iaiOllilf slan troops leave Macedonia, ana France, because the Russian dele­gates said these armies were not un­der their control.

At a preliminary meeting on Satur­day, organised by the representatives of the army and navjr; t6. dlscUSs ths armistice negotiations, the general trend of the remarks was that the Russians would fight to a finish If the Germans refused to conclude a peace on honorable terms. .

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BOLSHEV1KI BEATEN LONDON REPORT SAYS.

' London, Dec. 12.—Reports of-fight­ing at Mohilev, Russian general head­quarters, between troops newly ar­rived there and the Bolsheviki gar­rison were received in Petrograd Monday, according to, the correspond­ent of the Times in the Russian.. Capi­tal. It is also reported that 8heck battalions and Cossacks advancing on

•Mohilev clashed with the Bolsheviki, who were defeated. •

ALL AMBASSADORS DISMISSED BY TROTZKT. S%V'>BY'

Petrograd, Monday. Dee. io.— Leon Trotzky, the Boliahevikl foreign minister, has issued a decree dismiss­ing all Russian amb&ssadors and. their staffs because, they ignored the'^Bol­sheviki demand that they denounce the Kerensky government;'-. Jiv

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RUSSIAN HIGH . COURT DISPERSED.

Petrograd. Monday, Dec.-' 10.—The Bolsheviki have dispensed, the senate, tljpTiighest Russian court, ''and- sill the' other courts of Petrograd. in keeping with the recent decree of the' people's commissaries, substituting. new • revo­lutionary tribunals.: Th^ <only ^»p|pSi- . tion met wa» at ' the congress:: of county judges, who refused to ba> dia^* persed. They were arrested by the soldiers. ' ;.v.^ ^

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Petrograd, Dec; l.—StnsLh detach­ments of; Bolsheviki troops had \a battle ye«terd4^ twenty versts from. Bielgorod, near Kharkov, -south of Moscow. The Bolshevtkl authorities repbrt: th(K3Ae^..KdAA(M>. force was deetated and that two- So)* -sheviki soldiers were klUed aiid three -wounded.'

APPEAL TQ BELLIGERENtl to tTm^ AiulasTicE.

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