Wilson Arrives in Paris Amid Great Ovation
Paris welcomed President Wilson with the largest ovation for any visitor, the Paris municipal council naming him a citizen of Paris. Mrs. Wilson received a gold brooch as he and his wife toured the city, while French leaders and workers debated the league of nations and praised America’s war role and pursuit of lasting peace.
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Wilson outlines postwar settlement aims in Paris dinner speech
President Wilson, at a Paris dinner hosted by President Poincare, says war issues must be settled to secure future world peace. He pledges to confront the Central Powers’ ruinous actions with firm punishment and joint resolve with France and Belgium.
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Armistice Extended to January Seventeenth
London announces that the armistice has been extended until January seventeenth confirming a new deadline.
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Americans Enter Coblenz and Ehrenbreitstein Amid Allied Advance
Dispatches describe American forces crossing the Rhine frontier from Coblenz toward Ehrenbreitstein as part of a broader incursion. Reports note a cautious, increasingly independent civilian mood toward American troops, with light hostility and steady Allied positions along the river. The Rainbow division and other units are cited advancing with bridgehead plans and river crossings using available ferries or tugs.
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Army Crosses Rhine In Occupation Advance
With the American Army of Occupation, the force announced on December 14 that it has advanced across the Rhine, signaling a significant river crossing in the Allied push.
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President greeted by dignitaries at Brest arrival
The president toured Brest with a large crowd and German prisoners kept in the background. Delegations from patriotic societies and locals in gala Breton dress lined the route to the station. Among those greeting him were Andre Tardieu the French high commissioner to the United States the mayor of Brest Ambassador Sharp Col FE M House Gen John J Pershing and Gen Tasker HL Bliss.
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Bares Hun Plot to Start War. Berlin Conference Report
Senate testimony recounts a July 10 1914 Berlin conference where about 130 German civilians were told a world war would start soon. Capt G L Lester said 31 would spring to the United States to push pan German propaganda and 200000 to 800000 Germans and Americans volunteered to aid German espionage.
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OUST HUNS AT ODESSA
Paris reports French marines enter Odessa and win welcome from locals. Detachments seize wireless station and drive German soldiers from posts. Fortress Sebastopol said cleared of German troops amid alleged Bolshevik complicity. Washington says Russia Finland trade resumes with import licenses planned for platinum hides fuel sulfur and seeds.
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Sailors Sing for President Aboard U1 & Co
A farewell on the USS George Washington ends with a chorus of bluejackets singing God Be With You Till We Meet Again after motion pictures. The president is deeply affected as the ship’s orchestra joins in Auld Lang Syne.
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