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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1918
Page
4
The piece argues that after President Wilson and Allied leaders addressed war aims, Americans must reject excuses for continuing the fight, calling for open covenants and a durable peace. It condemns German and Austro Hungarian aggression and asserts a shared war aim with the Allies for justice and world righteousness.
A historic 1914-style threat cycle is rebuked as open frank diplomacy is urged. President Wilson and Lloyd George advocate justice through reparation and frontier readjustment while Germany and Austria are pressured to purge autocratic rulers and join a world alliance. Strong allies vow to stand with France Belgium Romania and Italy until justice prevails.
A caustic critique contrasts Prussian “kultur” with American valor after a German U boat sinks its own captives. It praises American sailors who saved a drowning German on a destroyer and mocks German leadership, censorship, and the Kaiser as war ends loom.
Excerpts from wartime correspondence reveal German aims to dominate the Americas after the war and to force indemnities on the United States. James W. Gerard recalls Kaiser Wilhelm II warning America to beware after the conflict. German officers boast of keeping a ledger of grievances to settle with America. The piece, labeled To Be Continued, notes spy concerns and official reporting limits.
Washington January 8 The United States will limit coal exports to shipments for war purposes and for exchanges of commodities the country must obtain. Fuel Administrator Garfield announced that exports will not reach the volume of the previous year and will be strictly controlled to essentials.
Excerpts reflect early 20th century German and American views on war, empire, and prophecy. Kellogg warns Germans believe their rhetoric. Hettner argues US interests clash with Europe while admitting expansionist talk. A German attache predicts a future war moving toward Paris and England, seen as clockwork inevitability.
A German paper satire imagines Reichstag deputies pressuring the Kaiser to remove the Hohenzollerns as a path to peace. In the dream, Deputy Erzberger urges the monarch to act, while the Kaiser responds that he only awoke at the crucial moment. The piece reflects wartime comments on terms with Germany’s leadership and pacific desires.
The War Department plans several battalions of United States guards to protect docks bridges government buildings shipyards and munition plants along the Pacific coast. Applicants aged 15 to 21 and over 31 may enlist with pay from 30 dollars monthly plus allowances for wife and dependents. Enlistments offered at army posts with no overseas deployment expected.
Riverton Wyo Jan 8 Fire officials report a defective flue caused a small blaze near the furnace at Riverton State Bank. The fire was discovered quickly and extinguished with no damage.
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Brown of 1600 Carey avenue ends twenty two years in Cheyenne to join railroad service as telegraph operator and stenographer. She is a music teacher singer and artist active in charity and hospital work. Lealies under quarantine the home of A Leslie was placed in quarantine yesterday by city officer. Prom Lookout John Ostrum of Lookout was here yesterday.
Pat resists understanding a woman's loyalty to a dead love and contemplates ending a man’s life to protect Alice. The narrator explains Alice aided a dying man in hopes of easing his decline, while masking the truth to spare Pat’s pain and keep the couple united. Pat and Alice still seek a way to resolve the crisis.
Hynds, manager of the Plains hotel, traveled to Kemmerer to investigate reports of a large oil well being brought into the area and under construction.
C. A Paige, a Wheatland resident, spent yesterday as a guest in Cheyenne visiting local contacts and touring the area.
ABE MARTIN remarks that Belgians in wartime are not strong and that most people are tightfisted and reluctant to work or beg. He says occasional men are too honest to steal, too proud to beg, and too tired to work.
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