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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1918
Page
5
A condensed report notes that the peace terms imposed on Germany were severe and left the nation weakened and politically powerless. The article suggests the terms imposed strict reparations and territorial concessions, shaping a fragile postwar landscape.
President Wilson presented the full armistice terms to Congress detailing military clauses, evacuation and repatriation timelines, surrender of weapons and equipment, occupation rules along the Rhine, and naval conditions. The plan covers territorial withdrawals, neutral zones, reparations, and future access to evacuated areas, with explicit schedules and safeguards for civilians and infrastructure.
Y Simiteh charge d affaires of the Serbian revation in Washington declares that many of the million Serbs killed in the war were deliberately murdered. He asks America to judge between Serbia and the Bulgars who defeated Serbia by breaking faith with Russia and England.
London dispatch reports Emperor Charles of Austria has abdicated to Copenhagen. Austro Hungarian internal affairs thin on news outside. Hungary Jugo Slavs and Czechs declare independence and Austria is announced as a German state.
A wireless dispatch from the French Commission indicates Versailles is preferred for the upcoming peace conference seat. Allied premiers will gather there soon. Speculation centers on U S representation with Secretary Lansing or Col. House. Some expect President Wilson to attend and chair the talks.
Government sets fund target at 170.5 million for care of the new in service. It urges Americans to donate double previous totals to support soldiers and sailors in 1919, promising expanded recreation buildings, films, stage stars, athletic directors, libraries, hostess houses, and home comforts.
The document outlines allied demands for Germany to concentrate and immobilize naval aircraft, evacuate Belgian coasts, hand over captured Black Sea war vessels, restore merchant ships, cancel trade restrictions, and set a 30 day armistice with 72 hour Germany acceptance. It proclaims the war ended and notes ongoing assessment of consequences.
Victor Adler Austrian socialist leader and former foreign secretary is dead in Copenhagen. Early reports gave no cause of death.
Amsterdam reports good authority that William Hohenzollern will be interned in Holling after attempting to surrender to British lines. Dutch officials and the German minister travel to Mysden frontier to meet him, with Hindenburg and 12 German staff officers nearby awaiting Dutch decision.
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