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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
2
Governor Edge led a conference with department heads to craft a postwar program for veterans employment and welfare. They discussed state federal cooperation on land for returning servicemen, land purchases likely needing federal funding, and a role for the Education Department in community information boards.
Secretary Glass calls for a new Liberty loan in short term bonds to cover heavy war costs and demobilization expenses. He warns against selling or losing existing bonds, praising wartime savings and detailing past bond sales and extensive government outlays through December 1918.
Reports from Paris London Washington and New York outline a proposed air warfare ban amid a Wright monument ceremony in Le Mans. Tensions over conscription surface in Britain as Lloyd George faces political peril. The U S employment service aids women on farms in a Wilson backed plan. A Bolshevik push threatens Estonia and Lithuania while demobilization targets are met. Bartlett plans a polar flight next summer backed by the Aero Club of America with $250,000 funding.
A Berlin conference outlines a seven republic structure modeled on the United States with provinces grouped into Upper Saxony Lower Saxony Rhineland Swabia Bavaria and German Austria plus Brandenburg Prussia. An elected president would lead a federal Statenhaus with 14 or 15 republics and strong cabinet powers while preserving state independence. Notables at the talks include Hugo Preuss Professor Max Weber and Austrian minister Hartman.
Turxemburg reports K von Buch the German minister to Luxemburg since March 1914 along with his advisers have been expelled by the grand ducal government. Three Luxembourg ministers have left for Paris.
Walter Hines Page former ambassador to Great Britain died in Pinehurst North Carolina after more than a year of failing health. He resigned his post due to illness and had traveled to the Carolina mountains seeking cure. Death was attributed to pulmonary trouble.
Secretary Baker urged Congress to pass immediate war department pay legislation for soldiers returning from overseas hospital treatment. He noted 7 percent arrive without service records or papers showing last payment date, creating delays in settlement.
Paris reports from the Cologne Gazette and French socialist Lucien Voilin reveal German casualties total about 6 066 769 up to October 25 with 44 700 officers killed and 70 509 naval losses. French dead exceed 1 400 000 and Germany faces large wounded and missing figures across Prussia Bavaria Saxony and Württemberg.
President Wilson spends four hours at a Neuilly hospital talking with 1,200 wounded American soldiers, praising their spirit and the care given to them. He notes the heroes of Chateau Thierry and expresses admiration for their resilience.
H T Greenwall quotes Dr. Rathenau head of the German General Electrical Company predicting Germany’s ruin for generations and a Balkanization of Europe as indemnities, colonies, and industry suffer. He warns 70 million people face food shortages and heavy dependence on ships to feed Germany.
Copenhagen dispatch reports Germany accepts Field Marshal von Hindenburg's plan to form a people's guard national army. The force will be stronger than before with officers ordered to keep details secret. Women will serve in auxiliary roles.
Representative Sherley of Kentucky, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said more than 16 billion dollars of war appropriations will remain unexpended. He noted total wartime appropriations and authorizations reached about 57 billion dollars, including 10 billion for wartime loans to foreign governments.
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