THE STATES REVISITED.
THE MIDDLE WEST.
HOME OF PEACE DEALISM.
[FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT TO “* THE
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CHICAGO, November. What is called the Middle West in the United States comprises the States on either side of the gat central valley which is drained by the Mississippi Biter. It is considered to be politically possibly the most important section of the country. It makes public opinion. This is rather unfortunate at the present time because its people have no means of con-
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KING OF HUNGARY CROWNED,
CEREMONY CURTAILED OWING
TO THE WAR.
A message from Budapest states that the coronation of King Charles and Queen Zita took place in Budapest or December 30th. Several portions of the ordinary coronation oxremony had to be omitted owing to the war, but the town was lavishly decorated,
The King and Queen left the Castle as 9.30 am. for the Cathedral, where the King was robod, in the mantle and girded with the word of St. Stephen. The pain prehending Europe. They are an inland then went to the higher altar, where people and out of touch of the sen and they sat on the throne surrounded the problems of the set. The Alleghenies Barons of the Empire, nad the celebra and Rocky Mountains are natural barriortion of High Mass was begun.
to the consts. The people of the Middle West occupy an enormous tract of rich and fertile territory. The soil has yield ed large returns to the men who till it, The northernmost States of this section rich fa timbers and mizerale, Maut and industries have been develop ed. In considering the attitude of the United States on any national policy or national problems, it is highly important to know what the Middle West thinks. On domestic problems and in domestic affairs do section has thought sanely and to the advantage of the country as a whole
The Palatine, Count Tisso, placed the crown on the head of the Bing, and the crown was held over the shoulder of the Queen, who then arose with her suite and left for the Castle The King, while on the throne, knighted several officers who had specially distinguished them selves at the front. While the guns were firing the salute and the church bells were ringing, the King stepped on the dais in front of the Cathedral before the assembled people, carrying the gross in is left hand, with his right hand raised to take the oath. The procession then
ALLIES REPLY TO GERMANY
The following is the official translation of the Allies, reply to the German Peace Note communicated by the French Gov ernment, on behalf of the Allied Powers, the United States Ambassador in Paris, December 30th
The Allied Governments of Russia, France, Great Britain Japan, Italy Serbia, Belgium, Montenegro, Portugal and Roumania, united for the defence of the freedom of nations and faithful to their undertakings not to lay down their arms except in common accord, have decided to return a joint answer to the illusory peace proposals which have been addressed to them by the Governments of the enemy Powers through the interme diary of the United States, Spain, Swit zerland, and the Netherlands
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 'TH, 1917.
PRO-GERMAN INTRIGUE IN CUTLER PALMER & CON.
PORTUGAL.
REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT
SUPPRESSED,
revolutionary movement under the leadership of Senhor Machado Santos has been suppressed (writer The Times Correspondent at Lisbon on December 15th) Santos himself was arrested no Abrantes as he was entering that town with a small following
"At last night's sitting of Parliament a motion was passed sanctioning the con- tintance under arrest of the members suspected of participating in the move
out a Senhor Machado Santos, who led the Republican troops in October, 1910, in Lisbon, in sometintes called the Founder of the Republic. He was born in Lisson As a prelude to any reply, the Allied in 1876, and was a lieutenant in the Navy Powers feel bound to protest strongly at the time of the revolution in the pre- against the two material assertions made paration of which he had taken a prin in the Note from the enemy Powers, the cipal part by organising the Carbonarios, ones professing to throw upon the Allies for secret revolutionary lodges For his the responsibility of the war and the services he was given the rank of captain other proclaining the victory of the Cen and a pension of £600 a year. After the tral Powers se revolution Senhor Santos constituted The Allies cannot admit a claim which himself the candid critic of the Govern- is thus untrue in each particular, and ment and of Republican political tenden- is suficient alone to render sterile all atcies, and gathered round him a smal tempt at negotiations
group of Independents or Reformistas In his newspaper O Intrantigente in 1011 he wrote that the Republic was very different from what people had imagine ed, and in 14 months it had done more harm than 14 years of Monarchy
The Allied nations have for 30 months been engaged in subissent-have had to endure a war which they had done every thing to avoid. They have shown by their actions: their devotion to peace. This devotion is as strong to-day as it was in 1014; and after the violation by Germany of her solenn engagements, Germany promise is no sufficient foundation on
It has not attacked the European prob lom so resolutely or with as much insight,
and to re-establish the peace which she shown in considering internal problems, which had been formed of earth obtained broke So far no one can judge, after travelling about through the States of the Middle West and coming into contact with many types, these people have clearly made up heir minds that they do not went to have anything to do with this was exccpt extreme provocation, and op- their minds parently have not mada up that they do want to have any closer ro Iations with Europe after the war than
from all the counties of the kingdom. The King necended the mound and waved the sword of St. Stephen towards the four corners of the earth, in order to symbolize that he will protect it against all its foes. After this ceremony the King returned to the Castle for the coronation banquet.
The whole of the Opposition then de monstratively left the building.
A more suggestion, without statement of terms, that negotiaions should be open- ed, is not an offer of peace. The putting forward by the Imperial Government of sham (prétendue pretended proposal lacking all substanes and precision, would appear to be less an offer
of peats than a
war mangavre
It is founded on a calculated misinter pretation of the character of the struggle in the past, the present, and the future
no nocount of the facts, dates, and figures As for the past, the German Note takes which establish that the war was desired, provoked, and declared by Germany and Austria-Hungary/de
The Portuguese Legation informs The Times that some pro-German elements of the population endeavoured to make trouble in order to create discord on the subject of the dispatch of a Portugueso was aware of the designs of this small expedition to France, The Government group of malcontents, and suppressed them very easy. Throughout the country perfect order now reigns, All the troops have remained on the side of the Govern
ment
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SOUTHERN (ALAY NEPUBAL TO ATTEND._=" they now and one of the minor contri- December and the President rend a
now have. For one thing, and this
At a sitting of the Dict of Croatia on butary causes, they are rather suspicious of the strong pro-Ally attitude shown by message from the Ban of Croatia inviting New York and the East. Generally they the Dict to dect a deputation to attend view with some apprehension any decided the cormation at Budapest. The Leader attitude that is taken by New York and of the Opposition; Herr Puvelitch, speak At The Hague Conference it was the At the Hempstead police court last the eastern States which involves the othering for the three Southern Slay parties German delegate who refused all promonti Eraser Bloxham, aged nineteen, a posals for disarmament. In July, 1914, Daval fireman was charged with being a parts of the country. For the eastern comprising the Opposition, said:
it was Austria-Hungary who, after hav person amenable to the Military Service States, be it known, are the home of plate. We respect the invitation. Hungarying addressed to Serbia an unprecedented Act and failing to report in South cracy, and, so far as the West and the oppresses her Slay subjects Hungary to declared war upon her in The prisoner was arrested in Middle West are concerned, the plutocrat is the cruellest oppressor of small spite of the satisfaction which had at lampton-road, Hampstead, where he tried is always fair game
nationalities The Hungarian Governance been accorded The Central Empires to escape from a third-floor bedroom mont is corrupt and brutal The corona then rejected all attempts made by the window By the time I had travelled through tion of the King of Hungary thus repre Entente to bring about a pacific solution Prisoner said he joined the Navy as some of these middle western States, 1ent for us the enthronement of that of a purely local conflict. Great Britain suggested a Conference, Franse proposed had talked with some hundreds of men tyranny who could, each in his own way, more or
an International Commission, the Em Em peror of Russia asked the German less reflect representative public opinion.
peror to go to arbitration, and Russia Some of them had voted for Hughes and
and Austria-Hungary ceme so an under Without a some had voted for Wilson
standing on the eve of the conflies; but single exception, I think, I found that
ior, to all these efforts Germany gave neither each of them had voted for the man of Wilson's foreign policy, in his opinion, to his choice reluctantly, and had only made had played no controlling part in the answer ner effect. Belgium was invaded up his mind at the last moment before slection. It had been considered by the by an Empire which had guaranteed her election. Oddly enough, some had voted voters as a whole and as a part of his neutrality and which has had the assur
that treaties were for Hughes and some had voted for Wil done record. He would be puzzled ance to proclaim same reasons. That to explain clearly why he had voted for sout for precisely the sawit had voted for Wilson, and he thought, many others were Hughes because they thought he could be in effect in the same state of mind. Mr. better trusted to keep the country out Wilson seems to have got all these drift of war than could Wilson. Others hiding votes, or the greater number of them. voted for Wilson for the same reason. In Moat of the women voters, he thought, another
of persons, strangly pro supported Wilson because he kept us group Ally in their sentiments, might be found out of war. That was all they had who had voted for Wilson, because asked regardless of any provocation or they thought he would be quicker to cause for fighting. sever relations with Germany in the event of another Lusitania incident. For the saxic reason men in the same group had voter for Hughes. Nothing shows more clearly than this difference the lack of avy crystallization of sentiment in the
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When war broke out he was on one of H.M. orpedo destroyers, and left it two days before it was sunk. He waɛ in tho North Ses all the winter, and was after words taken sick and seat home to Hadar Hospital Soon after re-joining he was discharged for striking a superior officer.
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known of paper and that "necessity At the present moment these sham prelendas pretended] offers on the
He then joined the merchant service, part of Germany rest on a War Map of Europe alone, which represents and was placed on a transport. He was nothing more than a superficial and pass at the landing at Suvla Bay, and also at ing phase of the situation, and not the the subsequent evacuation of Gallipoli. real strength of the belligerents. A peace. Ha, was afterwards taken sick again, and concluded upon these terms would be only had since been unable to get another to the advantage of the aggressors, who, ship. He was willing to join up, and after imagining that they would reach would go to France to-day, if neccatúry. their goal in two months, discovered after My informant added that the whole
The police-sergeant who arrested the actual aspect of the war and its meating two years that they could never attain itroner said that in addition to these was so remote as entirely to elude the As for the future, the disasters caused numerous adventures ho was also a boxer imagination and grasp of this Middle by the German declaration of war the in of stime repute, and had fought several
committed by Ger his acquaintance out here, he said, could any and, ber not see how w the
affected him, or feel gerents and neutrals demand penalties and at the Ring in the name of Seaman
He simply
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Enemy: One very intelligent publicist with in any sense it was his war.
HE Homeward Mail Steamer, carrying It is the same with Ebsumatism, the long delay in making up his mind, be people in Great Britain and France of any of these be handed over to a military escort.
In reality these overtures made by the
dread foe of mankind, which raske fored from this port as usual, taking Passengers cause he thought on the whole the Presi- meant when they said they were fight128. Central Powers are nothing more than a
most in stubbornness, To eradicate it and Cargo for the abars Porte, Passengers' dent had done fairly well and at any the battles of the United States calculated attempt to influence the future guarantees for the loture security of the from the system, you must use the right accommodation in the connecting vessel, secured. rate promised better thais Hughes Ha
Through the people of this part of the course of the war, and to end it by 121 world.de
weapon. LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM before departure from Hongkong did not pretend to be enthusiastic about country there runs a strong strain of every one else, that the United States ha idealism. They want to make the world posing a German peace. In conclusion, the Allied Powers think is the only reinesy that can overpowered 911 and Valuables and Tea and Cargo for Wilson, but was glad in common with
The object of these overtures is to create it necessary to put forward the following It has cured helpless, orippled sufferere Italy, France and London (under arrangement) a better place to live in They suck to dissension in public opinion troubler considerations, which show the special who have been discharged from the hos will be conveyed by this Steamer proceeding
vin Bombay to Marseilles and London, been kept out of war. He thought us is on build good houses for themselves, and amnion-disturb option) in Allied situation of Belgium affer two and a pia nies, Totterdown, Bristol, had maintained peace with honour on schools for their children. They want to countries. But that public opinion has, half years of war
Mr. W. Williams,
Parcels will be received at the Ofoe qutil 3 whole. He did not think the United be friends with their neighbours. They in spite of all the sacrifices endured by States was prepared to pay too high are peaceful. The aggressive peace pro the Allies, already given its answer with In virtue of international treat writes Fears 1 bare boon P.M. the day before sailing, the contents and price were made of American ships, the paganda which has been conducted in the admirable firmness, and his denounceded by five great Eurogénn Powers, of rendered unit for work by Rheumatism alue of all pickages are required. attacks were made on American ships, the United States for the past half-dozen the empty pretence vide emptiness whom Germany was one, Belgium enjoy- Ah night terrible shooting pains kept me For further particulars, sailing daten eto, Americans throughout the country
He years, has fallen on fertile ground, and the declaration of the Enemy Powersed, before the war, a special status, renin agony I could not sleep ce use my apply to and should
Be participate in
it is now bearing frait. I venture to
have the further object of stiffendering her territory, inviolable and plac-arms. Two bottles of that wonderful
ing her, under the
all European coICS:
conflicts, pured me completely. I can recommend was no present sentiment in the Middle out of war is not due to materialism, countries led to herons and all. She was, however, in spite of these trea-it with utmost confidence," West for any alliance or agreement after
ter cowardice, sloth, or any mean and unwar already severely tried by their losses ties, the first to suffer the aggression of motive, but to this idealism and good worn out by economic pressure and crush Germsay For this reason the Belgian belligerent. sentiment of the Middle world. To these people the war is a bad imposed upon their inhabitants the which Belgium had never ceased West was all in favour of continued dream. They won't, or they are slow. to, They endeavour to deceive and intimi to pursue while fighting side by side with isolation of the United States from Euro understand that this is a real
and terrible
opinion in neutral countries the Entente Powers for right and Justice pean affairs. To his knowledge the people world, and that a nation's character in whose inhabitants have long since made Belgium has always scrupulously fal ion's character date public opinio here had given no thought to the effect of formed as a man's character, through up their minds where the initial respon filled the dunes which her neutrality m the outcome of the war on the United contact and conflict with the world's sibility rests have recognized existing
the Admini-
posed P
upon her. She has taken up arms. States and were not asking
rough hand. A decade of preaching uni-resicles and are far too en to defend her independence and her stration to do anything sentiment had verant pesce has brought them toward the
to favour the designs of Ger- not been formulated or crystallized. He
state of mind that induced Henry Ford many by "abandoning thought that if this country was faced to start his peace ship to Europe last human freedomain. Some of neutrality violated by Germany, and toagazuat the illa of Constipation by the after the war with the choice of an agree winter to get the boys out of the Finally, these overtures attemptorester file and to be true to her in men, or an understanding the self trenches before Christmas justly in advance in the eyes of the 40th
two groups of belligerents, it would
whom I talked had votedreluctantly, after did not understand in the least what the guarantees: Germany avoids the mention Prisoner was fined £), and ordered to requires persistency and perseveraDO 4 Majesty's Mails, will be despatch-
the
would
hostilities.
trongly expressed his belief that there believe that the present desire to keep public opinion in Germany and in the Powers outside guarantee of the remedy LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM:
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ally had given some thought to our trade people whom one encorection without closely united to one another and in the country ruined its industries, der Szeongea Hoad Shanghai, 60 cents the tion of the Korces at the battle of Kwel
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prefer to chooss neither until the people
ple That was but an extreme manifestation world a new series of crimes gubmarino 1914, in the Reichstag, the German, Chan- cellor admitted that this aggression con- rivalries of an ardent spirit basing his action on warfare, deportations, forced labour and stituted an injustice contrary to the laws worked out, lind seen how the felt strongly that, as grotesque ignorance of present Burorenu torved enlistment of inhabitants against of nations and pledged himself in the
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and violations. of long as this country had commodities to conditions There are very few of these their own countries,
name of Germany to repair it. peace at any price and at all hazards" mentality
During two and a half years this in soll and the desire and the capacity to
the
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which is e been responsible for ble man and thought he would prefer to see first going so far. Their hearts incline toward fect sympathy with their peoples, refusa
to consider a proposal which i what would happen in * any clash between peace and they as yet see we reason why
sacres, executions, and Imprisonments. the Allies working under a trade agree the United States should become a bel and insincere.
Once again the Allies declare that po ment against th
the Central Empires such ligorent. They would fight if the reason as was proposed by this Paris Economic were made plain, to them why they should, pesce is possible so long as they have not Af this very moment while Germany is Conference
man's and if they felt that the country's rights cured reparation of violated rights and Proolaiming peace and humanity to the This representative man's
reducing them to attitude was cool, detached, and aloo were affected. It is easy enough to find. liberties recognition of the principle of world, she is deporting Belgian citizens He professed to be a partisau of the Allies, however, in casual conversation, plenty of nationalities, and of the free existence by thousands and
fore the wa
war asked for the war would end in a draw. men who are of the belief that Americas of small States; so long as they have not all before but thought He interpreted the result of the Presi- citizens should not travel at this time in brought about a cettlement calculated to nothing but to live in harmony with all dential election to mear that the country any of the ships of the belligerenta. Só end, once and for all force [cause her sighbours. Her King and her Dov ors on a dead contre and had no decided. far as one can discover, after inquiries causes which have constituted a per ernment have but one aim the re-estab drife or tendency in any direction, and covering now nearly three weeks, more petual menace to the nations que em 1shment of peace and justice [ that the people manifested no dominart people of this section of the country are a longtemps ont menacé les nation right) But the only desire desire Inaning or thrust toward any desired end. inclined to accept Mr. Bryan's views as which have so long threatened the a-orlls pesce which would assure to their to Americans in belligerent ships than to tions], and to afford the only effective country legitimate * reparation,« guar- Continued at foot of next Column.) accept Mr. Roosevelt's.
anters, and safeguards for the future
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