London Greets Great Leader in Warm Reception
The procession welcomed Marshal Foch and French Premier Clemenceau along with Italian leaders as they arrived in London for peace talks. Crowds cheered Foch, Clemenceau, and Orlando. officials and Americans on leave joined the celebration amid talks of a permanent Inter Allied Commission to handle maritime, financial, and food issues.
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President Wilson to Address Congress Before Paris Peace Conference
Washington reports say President Wilson will address the Sixty-fifth Congress on opening day of the final session before sailing for France. Delegates in Paris prompt debate is anticipated and lawmakers prepare resolutions to monitor European events.
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Treasury plans tight ban on fraudulent Liberty Bond schemes
The Treasury proposes a national blue sky style safeguard to curb stock promoters trading securities for Liberty Bonds. Under the Fourth Liberty Loan act the President could license or bar promoters suspected of fraud from handling bonds for two years after peace. The plan targets Liberty Bond transactions only, not cash sales of securities.
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Weather Forecast For Regions And Temperatures
Ohio northern areas expect rain or snow with Monday and Tuesday fair turns. Indiana southern part fair with central and northern mixed precipitation, Tuesday fair. Kentucky fair Monday and Tuesday. West Virginia snow or rain Monday afternoon or night, then fair Tuesday with extreme east snow. Temperatures and precipitation listed for stations including Boston, Kansas City, New Orleans, Omaha, Galveston, Nashville, Winnipes Cincinnati, and others.
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Difficulties Mount as German Troops Return from Russia
A Copenhagen dispatch reports German forces retreating from Russia face harsh winter travel. A 1500 man detachment from Lodz was attacked by Poles and only reached the border after severe hardship. The 500,000 strong German army must march home through snow and rain, unable to use railways as Russians reclaim rolling stock while civilians flee villages ahead of pillaging troops.
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World Conscience Call Arouses American Food Aid
Food Administrator Hoover urges a World Conscience pledge to feed 300 million people in Europe and the liberated regions. He notes America must continue aid beyond the war to Belgium France Serbia Poland Russia Armenia and Austria and emphasizes self denial and widespread community obligation.
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Four Yanks Quell Mob in Esch Destruction of Shops
Four American soldiers dispersed a thousands strong mob in Esch after shops were wrecked in retaliation for overcharging Americans. Losses reached 4 to 5 billion francs, mainly German run stores. Mob violence expanded to Luxemburgers shops as anti German sentiment rose amid the chaos.
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Germans to Preserve Big Bertha Secrets
With the American army of occupation reports indicate that heavy calibers including Big Bertha have been moved inland by flatcars. German officials deny knowledge of current locations and say parts of gun emplacements are also being shipped inland.
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Chilean City Demonstration Against Peruvians Draws Massive Turnout
In Santiago on December 1 a patriotic demonstration packed the streets, the largest yet, with citizens aged 16 to 60. Resolutions urged incorporation of Tacna and Arica into Chile and immediate military increases. Veterans of 1879 led portions, while Argentina flags appeared in the parade.
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Yanks in Prussia as Occupation Advances Across Frontiers
American troops crossed into Prussia at daylight behind German rear guards with Treves as the first major occupied city. General Pershing observes operations while Brown and Smith assume military governor and civil affairs roles. The advance covered about twelve miles, with Treves on the Moselle River sixty miles from Coblenz.
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Hindenburg Triumphs Boss? Propaganda and Claims
British and American readers are presented with a mixed dispatch on Hindenburg and German politics. The piece cites a Munich German Peace Society appeal to Swiss press against armistice terms and quotes von Hindenburg’s stance in Amsterdam and Breslau on council influence, urging peaceful self determination amid postwar chaos.
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Austria Now Hegkong With The Whirlwind
Dr. Alfred Treichl of the Anglo-Austrian Bank, with $50,000,000 working capital, predicts a pivotal choice between free trade and high tariffs shaping postwar prosperity. He warns Austria faces war debts, needs food and raw materials, and urges US loaned aid and raw material shipments to aid recovery.
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Bucharest Burns as Peasant Revolts surge in Romania
Berlin reports received in Copenhagen say Bucharest is burning and peasant revolts have broken out across Romania. The Associated Press notes widespread unrest and disorder throughout the country.
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Mauretania Brings First Large U S Troop Convoy Home
The British liner Mauretania arrived at Gravesend Bay with thousands of American troops, including Air Service personnel, bound for Hoboken. Admiral Mayo and a high ranking Army officer were to go ashore by navy and army tugs. New York officials sought a Fifth Avenue parade and a dinner, while demobilization camps awaited boarding soldiers. Barracks at Camp Mills prepared to house them.
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Ex Kaiser Williams blamed for war in Cologne interview
Dr Georg Wegener cites an interview with former Emperor Wilhelm II in The Cologne Gazette alleging he was pressured to travel to Norway to avert blame, while German leaders allegedly planned mobilization. The Kaiser claims Russian forces moved closer to war and that Russian troops were already beyond the frontier before hostilities began.
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Russo American forces capture Karpagorskoi in Archangel region
Archangel reports Russo American troops push along the Pinega River and seize Karpagorskoi, a former Bolshevik depot, after heavy fighting. A separate American patrol near Shenkursk encountered a larger Bolshevik force, was surrounded, but broke through with casualties among the enemy.
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Passing of Crown Prince Reconsidered Ad
London dispatch reports the formal abdication of the German Emperor is being reconsidered as of November 30. Debate centers on whether the crown prince’s death alters the succession and political implications for Germany and its allies.
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