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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 23, 1919
Page
7
Paris reports the Allied food council approved importing supplies into Germany to avert famine and stabilize a government. Food imports would ease potential German upheaval, prevent further occupation, and ensure peace terms are enforceable under Marshal Foch.
The Ottawa Journal reports about 1500 Canadian soldiers listed as missing and presumed dead who were found alive in German camps after the armistice. Many wives remarried after years of waiting, causing potential legal measures to resolve fragile marriages and headlines in Ottawa.
Reports from Bromberg say Field Marshal von Hindenburg will soon command German troops opposing Polish forces in eastern Germany, with newspapers in the Posen province printing the information.
Bolsheviki government in Petrograd issues an ultimatum to Swiss authorities demanding release of thirty Bolsheviks two of whom are jailed in Savan tan fortress Valais canton. Swiss citizens in Petrograd to be shot without trial amid widespread indignation. Bolshevist influence grows in Rhine towns and North Switzerland as Madame Balonova returns with millions of rubles for propaganda. police search for her.
Marshal Foch faces a list of demand driven terms for the armistice. Reparation for murdered allied prisoners and loss of allied treatment, immediate return of machinery and goods stolen from France and Belgium, substantial German gold to be moved to a safe site, surrender of other property, transfer of German shipping to carry food to needy nations, and disposal or destruction of U boats with no new submarines built.
R M Ewart, the British Africa police superintendent en route to London, reports German forces in German East Africa trained natives to gather millions of wild bees in wooden hives. When British troops landed at Tanga they released the hives, sending swarms to disrupt soldiers and horses while German machine guns inflicted heavy casualties.
The treasury on January 13 reported total subscriptions to national war bonds since October 1, 1917, reached and surpassed £1,500,000,000. It called the milestone a unique achievement.
London reports the International Federation of Seafarers plans an international conference in London on February 24 to pressure the peace conference. British delegates may push a resolution forcing compensation before ships from enemy countries sail again. Leaders including J Havelock Wilson and Andrew Furuseth advocate a universal wage scale once the four-day seamen meeting ends, with engineers stewards and officers to join discussions.
Buenos Ayres slowly recovers from a general strike as shops reopen and street life returns. Authorities report about 300 strike agitators arrested in three days, most Russians among them, with some ring leaders resisting. Montevideo notes Bolshevik concerns and troops around Villa de Cerro to contain disorders near American packing houses.
Swedish correspondents in Berlin say the government holds overwhelming strength amid recent days of fighting. The police view the crisis as a police not political problem and Bolshieviks enjoy criminal jail support. More than half of Spartacists reportedly have jail records as Eichhorn remains at his post and strikes hit transit and rail workers. Battles near the foreign office and crown prince palace involve field guns and heavy damage.
Mitau dispatch to Vossische Zeitung says Riga is now completely in Russian hands. Bolsheviki push from Dvinsk to Neugut station, 31 miles from Mitau. Refugees flood Mitau as Riga burns and troops of Russians and Lefts loot and murder.
The supreme council of supply and relief has determined the minimum amount needed to feed liberated countries from Belgium to Poland and Armenia until next summer is 400 million dollars.
A pamphlet promoting Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and the Medical Adviser urges women to prepare for war duties at home or abroad. It cites Canada and the United States, claims cures for women’s ailments, and includes testimonials of improved strength and health after use.
An influential Irish association proposes a federal home rule plan allowing an Irish parliament to govern domestic affairs while Britain retains army navy and treaty powers. Ulster would receive a separate local parliament with Munster and the rest of Ireland forming other regional bodies, federated into an Irish commonwealth. Education funding would be divided among denominations.
The admiralty discloses details of British submarine cruisers built amid German claims of superior subs. These craft use steam and internal combustion power, reach 24 knots on the surface, carry eight to ten torpedo tubes, two to three four inch guns, and 2000 tons surfaced, 2708 submerged. A 12 inch gun submarine is reported with cushioning to absorb recoil, though it has not fought.
Andrew Bonar Law and a small party traveled from London to Paris for the peace conference by Hanley Page airplane. A two hour weather delay forced an early landing in France before reaching Paris, while the rest of the empire party rode a special train from Charing Cross with many newspaper correspondents.
Premier Clemenceau praised the supreme war council for finishing with the armistice and doing good work. He noted progress on conference procedures and small powers representation while confirming the conference was postponed due to Italian premier Orlando's absence.
A small British troop body arrived with a trainload of foodstuffs sent by the British army in Italy for Vienna’s women and children. Great crowds welcomed the convoy in the streets with cordial but reserved enthusiasm.
Lord Robert Cecil proposes that the league of nations take custody of difficult territories and cities such as Palestine and Constantinople, and act as receiver for bankrupt nations. The plan, adopted by Britain, aims to make the league a direct, powerful force in world affairs during peace conferences. Delegates may refer disputed cases to the league for speedy resolution.
Letti Buxton the governor general declared emphatically that neither the crown nor imperial government nor imperial parliament wished to interfere with South Africa. He said all parties resent attempts to influence the South African constitution from any source including the king Kaiser or U.S. president. He stressed the link between Africa and Great Britain and said the country is guided by liberty self government and non interference despite wartime strains.
Desperate crowds in Petrograd, 10000 strong, marched for bread and were fired upon by Bolshevik troops said to be Letts. Dispatches claim no bread exists, oats are ground to feed people, and Bolshevists allegedly sent propagandists as refugees into Finland. Police uncover groups plotting a new insurrection.
Baron Allardt von dem B Muench nephew of Count von Bernstorff received three months in county jail after pleading guilty to forging a passport to enter the United States. Co defendant Edward Michael Zacho a Danish national was sentenced to one year. Clemency was urged for Muench citing youth and past confinement after capture in 1914.
The British troopship Empress of Asia passed the Panama Canal from England toward Vancouver with 1400 discharged soldiers aboard. It is understood that allied troops living west of Winnipeg may be sent home via the canal.
Authorities curb sale of flavoring extracts due to rising popularity from high alcohol content. Vendors may sell only up to two ounces per purchaser.
The article notes end of war signs in London with government auctions selling large military assets including factories, airplanes, nearly two hundred ships, tents and boots. Canada leads with Ashford Camp store clearance on January 28 offering rubber boots and shoes, oilskins, bell tents, beds, handkerchiefs, timber, saddlery, tools, and wire netting.
Captain C Allan of Halifax warned in St John that Germany must be ground down to prevent a future resurgence. He spoke after arriving on the liner Scotian, recalling the torpedoing of the Strathcona on April 13, 1917, 147 miles from the Orkney Islands during a gale.
The South Wales Miners' Federation adopts a resolution calling for demobilization of miners in the British army. It demands that disabled workers receive wages they would have earned had they not been injured and that those unfit be retrained for other work at government expense.
The eight hour day becomes law in Europe’s newest republic Paris Czecho Slovakia and the nation also adopts unemployment insurance for workers and demobilized soldiers. These measures stabilize conditions and boost industry in northern Bohemia as production picks up.
London report from Central News notes post Paris talks on demobilization. Allies warn of renewed European conflict and say Britain must keep an occupation force on the Rhine as rapid demobilization could leave France unable to meet obligations.
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