08 May 1919
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Newspaper
Brunswick News
Location
Brunswick, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1919
Page
1
At Versailles on May 7 the German plenipotentiaries presented a mixed stance while Premier Clemenceau pressed for a strict settlement. The treaty imposes vast military limits and territorial losses, demanding Germany accept full responsibility, pay twenty billion marks, and surrender key assets including fleets, fortifications, and cable lines.
Paris May 7 the official summary of the peace treaty was delivered to the Germans at Versailles and has been made public. The treaty excludes questions involving Austria Bulgaria and Turkey except as Germany is bound by agreements reached with former allies.
Germany agrees under the treaty to fully restore Alsace Lorraine to France and to internationalize the Saar basin temporarily. Danzig becomes permanent and territorial changes are required toward Belgium Denmark and East Prussia with most of Upper Silesia ceded to Poland.
Under the treaty Germany accepts trial of the ex Kaiser by an international high court for offenses against international morality. Holland is to extradite the former Kaiser with Germany responsible for delivering others to be tried. The League of Nations is accepted in principle but without membership, and the International Labour Board is created with a permanent office and annual conferences. Details on German fleet, cables, colonies, reparations, and other postwar issues are left for future action.
Paris May 7 German delegates to the peace congress say they will sign the peace treaty but Germany will not pay any indemnity. they insist the payment demand is not acceptable.
At the May meeting of the board of county commissioners Judge C B Conyers was elected county attorney succeeding the late Judge A Gale. The new official is recognized as an able lawyer with long service as judge of the Superior Court of the Brunswick circuit and a prominent local bar figure.
The U S S Mobile and S S Manchuria brought back the main portion of Kansas boys from overseas. Governor Allen and a party of parents and officials greeted the heroes from the harbor aboard a tug. Major H Rumsey led officers of the First Battalion A and PR batteries.
Glynn county moves into the last lap of the Victory Loan drive with a target of 498000 dollars. Officials expect to surpass half a million as committees promote subscriptions and publish a roll of contributors beginning tomorrow. Two destroyers docked at Mansfield Street offer public inspection while literature drops from Naval Air Station planes.
Frank J. Clark of Augusta heads Georgia Vitrified Brick and Clay Company visits Brunswick. He recalls first brick street paving here and predicts Brunswick will rise as a major southern port with Atlantic Refining’s arrival signaling more manufacturing plants. The Augusta firm may bid on the Paral Brunswick contract.
A Martin bombing plane completed a 659 mile nonstop trip from Macon to Washington in six hours and 15 minutes. Washington hosts L. Phillips and Elliot W. Butts as guests of Capt. House, with a dance at the Oglethorpe and planes over the city dropping loan drive circulars. Glynn County shows strong support for the Victory Loan.
Alton Packard, famed cartoonist and performer, wowed Brunswick audiences at the Redpath chautauqua with Uncle Sam’s Folks. His eight foot square cartoons and rapid impersonations drew rounds of applause as Sept Blackwood introduced the event and the program branded it a joy night.
Over three days prize winners from last Monday’s ad contest have collected rewards at the News office. Mrs K Hine received a five dollar bill after winning first for a Downing company ad. Second prize winners get Vijou theatre tickets, and big prizes like a Sonora loom as the contest grows daily with new ads and entrants.
J Grady Gay and Sam J Overstreet purchase the Heath Motor battery department and move to 1516 Grant Street in the Woods Plumpine building. The new firm Bruns wick Battery Company will open around the fifteenth with Gay and Overstreet as experienced partners.
May 7 report from New York cites a committee on information summarizing terms to Germany. Germany must surrender colonies, cede Alsace Lorraine, pay reparations, and accept military limits and territorial changes. Germany would be patriated with Allied occupation until payments clear. German officers may be held as hostages for crimes.
Paris May 7 Premier Orlando accepted a plan to govern Fiume as League of Nations mandatory until 1923, after which it reverts to Italian sovereignty. During four years of administration a harbor for Jugoslavs will be built nearby along the Adriatic coast.
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