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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1918
Page
5
London Nov 5 via Montreal. Sir George Cave announced that the names of all enemy army corps commanders or others known to have been guilty of or encouraging cruelty to war prisoners will be included in the list of persons whose trial and punishment will be demanded by the allies.
Washington reports a plan to cooperate with the allies to provide food and essential supplies to demoralized civilians in former enemy countries. The idea comes from a message from Colonel E M House in Paris to President Wilson indicating the Versailles Supreme War Council has adopted the measure.
A resolution declares intent to cooperate with Austria Bulgaria and Turkey to furnish necessities of life for suffering peoples of those nations. The move reflects allied relief efforts and coordinated humanitarian aid across Europe.
Colonel House reports the council adopted a resolution to cooperate with Austria Turkey and Bulgaria to provide food and essentials for civilians. Hoover and the Food Administration plan rationing for Europe and possibly Germany Belgium and northern France with a survey of world supplies to set the program. The effort aims to ship tens of millions of tons of food next year and will depend on postwar production and routes.
Washington reports that Bolshevik efforts to negotiate an armistice for U S and allied forces in Russia receive no serious attention. The associated nations do not recognize Lenine and Trotzky and advise the Bolsheviks to address the Russian government at Omsk, the sole authority the Allies deal with.
Warsaw dispatch reports all Polish cabinet members have signed a manifesto announcing the formation of a national government. It will include a working class majority and assume undivided authority until a legislative body is convened.
Instructions outline how soldiers abroad receive a Christmas box via an official coupon presented at Red Cross stations. Free pasteboard boxes or purchasable sizes 9 by 4 by 3 inches are available at numerous branch headquarters and town offices across Massachusetts including Dorchester Dover East Boston Everett Malden Medford Melrose Norwood Quincy Revere Roxbury Somerville South Boston Watertown Weymouth Weston Winchester Winthrop Woburn and other locations. Each site lists its address or building name for obtaining or purchasing the packaging.
The Red Cross asks donors to prepare wrapped parcels under three pounds and mail only via Red Cross stations by November 20. More than 160 tons were distributed at Boston Metropolitan Chapter HQ with coupons from soldiers overseas. A list of parcel stations statewide follows from headquarters at 211 Columbus Avenue to towns including Allston Brighton Arlington Brookline Canton Chelsea Charlestown and Dedham.
The Society of the Sicilian Vespers will march from Deacon Halls to the State House City Hall and the Italian consulate to mark the Italian victory. Professor Henry Sartorio, just back from the Italian front, will speak at each stop alongside many Italian colony representatives.
London dispatch reports the Allied proposal on armistice terms for Germany following Paris correspondence. The Times notes Allied successes on the French front suggest Germany will accept the terms.
Vienna dispatch reports Emperor Charles of Austria rejects terms offered by the Allies as harsh and dishonorable and declines to exercise leadership as supreme commander. Field Marshal Arz von Strauss-Enburg signs the armistice. rumors of abdication and flight to Switzerland are denied.
More than three tons of bombs were dropped on Mouzon and Raucourt as enemy troops moved north near Verdun. Over 120 bombing and pursuit planes participated. 14 Fokkers were shot down and three American fliers are missing. Aerial photos show 36 shell and bomb holes in Conflans railway yards.
AMSTERDAM November 5. General von Winterfeldt formerly military attaché in Paris will conduct armistice negotiations for Germany on the western front as Germania of Berlin reports.
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