The Mexican first chief in his lat
est reply to the insistent American de
mand that the protocol be signed at At
lantic City be ratified, failed to accede
to the demand, but refrained from
anything that could be construed a3
a flat repudiation.
His latest suggestions will be con
sidered by the three American repre
sentatives whom Secretary Lane has
called together for an immediate con
ference.
Noted London Publisher Dies.
London, Dec. 29. Reginald John
Smith, head of a London publishing
house and editor of the Cornhill mag
azine, is dead in London.
Swiss Thank President Wilson.
Geneva, Dec. 27.The Journal De
Geneve, discussing the note sent by
President Wilson to the belligerent
powers, gives warm praise to the
President.
"Whatever results President Wil
son obtains," the Journal says, "we
Swiss and other neutrals must thank
this good Republican and salute him
with respect. President Wilson ha*
dared to propose something precise
in order to realize his specific as
pirations. He has caused during this
dark Christmas a gleam of hope."
ANDOILCENTERIS
N ET OF INVADERS FAST CLOSING
IN UPON RICH PRIZE ON
DANUBERIIVINIK-SARAT
CAPTURED.
GREECE DEMOBILIZES ARMY,
SAYS BRITISH WAR OFFICE
Fighting on Front in France Featured
by Artillery Engagements and Sap-
ping Operations Bombard-
ment in Progress in Austro-
Italian Theater.
London, Dec. 2S. The net of the
Teutonic Allies apparently is fast cloa*
ing in upon Braila, Roumania's oil and
grain center on the Danube.
Having taken Filipechti, 30 miles
to the southwest, Field Marshal v*
Mackensen's troops have now caption
ed the railroad town of Rimnik-Sara
at relatively the same distance to the
east, while the gun} of the Dobrudja
army are still hammering, with some
success, the Russo-Roumanians at the
Bridgehead of Matchin, on the east
bank of the Danube, opposite Braila.
