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Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1918

Page

5

Wilson Arrives in Paris in Greatest Ovation Ever

President Wilson was welcomed with the greatest ovation Paris had ever accorded as he arrived at three o’clock. Paris awarded him citizen status. Mrs Wilson received a gold brooch. Labor leaders were kept from public dress by Premier Clemenceau's refusal to permit an address. French admiration for Wilson's wartime leadership and push for a league of nations framed the ceremonies.

Paris Wilson Clemenceau General Labor Federation Bourgeois Leon Bourgeois French Association For A Society of Nations Petit Parisien America Old France Lafayette Rochambeau New World League League of Nations Rights of Man Free Nations Les Etats Unis la Ligue Des Nations Brest Europe George Washington Pennsylvania Wyoming Admiral Mayo Atlantic Sims Arkansas Florida Utah Nevada Oklahoma New York Texas Arizona

Wilson vows to settle war issues for world peace

Paris December 14 President Wilson spoke at a dinner hosted by President Poincare at the Elysee palace. He urged the war questions be settled to ensure future peace and condemned the Central Powers for war outrages with a pledge of punishment for such acts.

Paris Wilson Poincare France Palace de la Elysee

Armistice Extended to January Seventeen

London reports that the armistice has been extended until January seventeenth. This announcement was made today and confirms the new end date for the ceasefire.

London

Bolsheviki Troops March Toward Central Europe

Paris reports thousands of Bolsheviki troops advancing toward Central Europe along a four hundred mile front. The advance began in November, with returning German soldiers joining the Bolsheviki as they destroy grounds and seize material left by the Germans in withdrawal.

Europe Central

American Army Crosses the Rhine Reported

With the American Army of Occupation, dated December 14, forces have advanced across the Rhine. The movement marks a significant step in the Allied campaign as troops push beyond the river into German territory.

The Rhine River Rhine

President's Visit Draws Wide Breton Gala in Brest

Suppressed German prisoners lingered in the background as a vast crowd packed the town. Delegations from patriotic societies and locals in Breton dress lined the route to the station. The first greeters included Andre Tardieu, the French high commissioner to the United States, Brest mayor, Ambassador Sharp, Col. F. H. M. House, Gen. John J. Pershing, and Gen. Tasker H. Bliss.

France Jules Jusserand United States Brest Anchorage Cour Dajot Wilson Andre Tardieu

German Plot to Start World War Revealed in Berlin Conference

testimony before the senate committee on German propaganda said the German government informed on July 10, 1914, that 180 civilian employees would spark a world war. about 200000 to 800000 pro German sympathizers volunteered to aid espionage in the United States. propagandists arrived in August 1914 to form the nucleus of German propaganda networks.

Kaiser Berlin Washington G. B. Lester Army Intelligence Service Senate United States Lester F. Hl. Albert Viereck J.J. Dickinson

OUST HUNS AT ODESSA AND SEBASTOPOL CLEARED

Paris dispatch reports French marines in Odessa welcomed by locals after occupying the wireless station and driving German troops from posts. The fortress city of Sebastopol is said to be cleared of Germans allied with Bolsheviks. Washington says plans to resume general trade with Russia and Finland include import licenses for platinum hides fuel sulfur and seeds.

Paris Odessa Russia Mafin Sebastopol Washington Finland War Trade Board

Japanese Prince and German Propaganda Ties Spun

Narrative recounts Fushima Prince Yorihito Higashi Fushinma visiting America as a naval commander and a cousin to the emperor while detailing alleged German propaganda links via Captain Lester. It covers Viereck and Hearst connections, censorship of Patria, and Fox’s testimony of German instructions, ending with Allied advances and Rhine crossing reports near Coblenz Ehrenbreitstein.

Yorihito Higashi Fushinma America Japan Wing George

Sailors Sing for President on USS George Washington

On December 14 aboard the US George Washington a farewell ceremony for President Wilson featured a moving chorus of sailors singing God Be With You Till We Meet Again. After the film show the crew joined in Auld Lang Syne as the ship’s orchestra played.

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