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TRUMAN NATIONAL PRESS RECEIVED BY RADIO ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE" January 10, 1919. 777 INCH PRESS: FRENCH PRESS: The ri sing water of the Seino now seriously threatens to knock sky-high the plans to begin the pence prolininaries at the Foreign Office. The waters are still risinG, tho Great railway station of Quai d'Orsay, only a quartersof a mile away, from the Foreign Office, is inundated, the lower tracks are submerged. The tation within a stones throw of the Foroign Office is submorged and the sei- vice abandoned. It is understood today that the British Premior will not arrive beforeMondcy. This mokos it unlikoly that the meeting proparatory to tho poaco moliminarios will be hold before Monday night The opening prelimim.ries thouselves will be pushed into the middle of next weok, despite tho impationce of the pooples! dolo- gation to got started. Tho American Hoadquartors will be the scone of a conference Wednesdey. To the Acting Secretory of State, Washington: "Learning of the sad. news of the possing away of Colonol Theodore Roosevolt, I hasten to express to you for mym solf as woll as on boholf of my party since condolence for the loss of a Great man to your country. I requost you to convey our great sympathy to the fomily." (Signed) Tho Chinese Delegation. British Press: "Times" political corresponlent tolographing from Paris says: with the arrival of Lord Robert Cocil, the quostion is Siving concrote form to leaguo of nations, the ideal is becoming rominent. Thoro is a stealy Growth of conviction that a loague of notions is really procticable. The ostablishont of international nuthority, not only for prevention of war, but for control of cortain bronches of internat ti onal intercourse during poace, hes in fact bocome tho first object of noarly overy one. The second devolopmont is increasing, and scrutiny is civon to the economic si le of the problem of world reconstruction. It is boginning to be definitely roalizod that perhaps the greatest change that the war has wrought is indicated by the in- sistence which it is ofter, with demon's for establishment of now intermational fabric upon social and at loast as múch as upon sound political basis. Tho best sign of this is the agreement just roached botwoen the associated powers for rem construction of interallied vartimo machinery for victuclling of allies. It is to consist of two representatives from oreh of the Great associated powers. The undertaking will be interalliod, and must largely depend on the measure of sacri- fico that the Allies, and espocially Groat Britcin, are proparod to mako, notably in regard to tonnago for the bonefit of thoir loss fortunate frionds in wostern and still more in central Europe. Economy in tonnago will be noeded because it is not probable that GERMAN ships, which it is sincercly to bo hope 1 may soon be hobilizod from Gormon ports, will moarly rolieve the prosent stringency of freight space. "Times" emphasises the fact that by superior cenerolship, and the finor calibre of men the British defeated the Germens even at times whon the wore in large numorical superiority. "Times" says: "The fact that comos out vory onomy cloorly from iir Dou, las Haig 's dispitch is that British victorios were not victorios won by numbers. If we compare figures waged on ei ther sido in the Gorman offensives of the spring, and in British offensives of the summor and late in the outumn, we vould find that such success as the Germms cained, and oven at their hichest ito would find that such success moroly paved the way to subsequent cofcai, it von by ovorwholming superiority in numbers and that British successes woro goined in spite of en inferiori ty in numbers At tho beginning of the Gorman offensivo of tho Sommo of Morch 21st last, there wore 64 Gorman divisions 29 British, including those hold in reservo. Even e.t the and of this fichting, olds were coarly two to ono against us, - 73 against 37. In lys thore were 42 divisi cainst 25 British. In the whole German offensivo agcinst the British front it is oughly true to say that odds from boginning to ond were nearly two to ono. Whon line British attacked they wero not oven equal in number. In the battle of Bapaume, hich was in some respect tho most crushing of Gormon defeats, there woro only 15 ivisions against 20 Germn. What Germons failed to do with numborical suporiori by e accomplished with numerical inferiority. "Timos" clso points out that chourh he Gormm offensives were exceedingly vigorous, thoy wore on tho wholo short= nur I, nd that British soldiors had Greator stayin. power. It adds, "It is described these facts should bo realized for tyvo reasons. First, bec. use we have been