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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1918
Page
1
Berlin reports of a Bulgaria revolution and a German workers congress show Spartacus opposition, 250000 outside the Reichstag, Liebknecht’s entry, and Anhalt election gains for majority Socialists. Pending national assembly debates loom amid protests and agitated crowds.
Copenhagen reports the Mecklenburg national assembly results: Socialists 2, Liberals 16, Handicraftmen 3, Peasant party 1. The note adds that the outcome reflects broader wartime pressure and clashes, with the speaker citing insufficient alternatives.
Washington lawmakers insist on reparations covering not only noncombatant deaths and ship destruction but US war conduct expenses. Senator Simmons cites 10 billion dollars advanced to the Allies and salvage from war contracts as tax relief, plus assets from marketable bonds to offset future taxes. He warns central powers should not escape reimbursement for losses.
Washington reports a 6,726,000 acre rise in winter wheat area up 16 percent from 1917. Forecasts predict 765,000,000 bushels, a gain of 210,275,000 from the prior high. Illinois expects a 13,456,628 bushel increase based on 1917 yields.
Dispatches report Bolshivik forces losing 1100 prisoners and 20 cannons to Don Cossacks in Voronezh while an English squadron shells bolshevik lines on the Gulf of Finland and allied fleets bombard bands around Smyrna as Petrograd reportedly evacuates to Nijni Novgorod amid looming allied advances.
Chile's foreign minister told the chamber that the United States offer of help in the Peru dispute is friendly and appropriate to American diplomacy. He stressed the US did not seek mediation, only assistance, and cited past effective impartial help and long standing US policy of noninterference.
Passengers on the French steamship La Lorraine include Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Mrs. Vincent Astor and Mary Gurden. Also aboard Commander W. 385 S. Cressley the naval attaché at Madrid Tec Ford an American aviator formerly with the Lafayette Escadrille and Van Duzer Burton a French aviator.
Chicago December 17 farmers formed a price pact to sustain Chicago milk production were tried before Judge Frank Crowe on charges of criminal conspiracy in restraint of trade.
The nation reduced four month sugar use by over half a million tons, saving it from famine during shortages. Lower consumption in July to October kept supplies above crisis, enabling a return to normal domestic use while supporting allied needs through restrained consumption.
In July 1917 amid early U.S. involvement and German advances, the U.S. Food Administrator expressed firm confidence that democracy would defend the United States, stating no fear of defeat given progress already achieved.
Americans endure sugar rationing with four pounds a month dropping to three and then two as long as needed for loyalty.
The Third army occupies a German strip over 4.50 square miles supervising hundreds of villages and miles of rail and streetcar lines. The occupation, finished with minimal clashes, followed a 200 mile march and involved 250000 troops. German accounts note the smooth occupation method.
Several hundred boys and girls marched to the reichstag where the soldiers and workers congress met. They urged votes for eighteen year olds, an end to corporal punishment in schools, and child participation in government and school administration. A 17 year old warned of consequences if the juvenile program failed. The executive committee chair expressed sympathy with the demands.
A concise wartime sentiment argues that US generosity during conflict earned global gratitude and that peace should continue shared food to keep goodwill with allied nations. The piece emphasizes charity as a tool of postwar influence and international harmony.
Washington reports a staged surrender of German transport equipment starting December 18. Over the first two weeks the Germans will hand over 110 engines and 4200 cars daily for days 18 to 25, then 150 engines and 1200 cars for the following 20 days.
President Wilson backs Nedfield's plan to attach business advisers to American legations and embassies. The move aims to aid American manufacturers and merchants in foreign trade efforts after the war, announced alongside other executive dispatches from Paris.
An aviator believed to be Carl Smith of Brockton Massachusetts was killed instantly when his aircraft plunged 500 feet at the Standard Aircraft field in Elizabeth New Jersey on December 19.
Amsterdam dispatch reports Kiev, capital of the Ukraine, occupied by troops of the directory. The hetman has abdicated and the cabinet resigned as the political structure collapsed in the city.
President Wilson met with Edward N. Hurley to secure ships for returning U S troops as foreign charters are canceled. The talks touched on Hoover heading relief for allies, allied control of raw materials, and future interallied economic policy ahead of the peace congress.
A crowd of Amsterdam women confronted the former German crown prince interned on the island of Wieringen. They hostilely demonstrated, and Frederick William is alleged to have fled to escape the women. Police later cleared the island and the women departed.
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