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Newspaper
Lemberg Star
Location
Lemberg, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Nov 29, 1918
Page
7
Crowds greet Allied advance after German retreat. Burgomaster proclaims liberation from ruins of the Grand Palace. Citizens, formerly confined by austere prisons, watch from streets as the Belgian flag rises over Hotel de Ville and a Brabançonne chorus fills the air.
General Rawlinson addressed soldiers joining the Rhine occupation force urging restraint toward civilians and to show British troops do not harm women and children. A separate note on postwar food shortages in Berlin describes aristocrats subsisting on little as Kaiser’s castle yielded delicacies.
The commercial travellers of Manitoba through their organization petition the Government to withdraw the ban on spirituous liquor in country districts amid the influenza epidemic.
Siberia faces extreme malnutrition as rail lines fail to distribute supplies. The Stevens commission proposed a reorganization over a year ago and overseas experts are ready to implement it to save lives, though international diplomacy hinders progress.
The piece lauds Britain's naval power and its role in victory, calling the navy the wardens of the seas. It recalls ancient sea kings and Viking boldness while praising wartime leadership, discipline, and sea service that secured the Allied win. It describes a scene off the Scottish coast of a victorious fleet surrender.
Max the patriotic Brussels burgomaster, prisoner in Germany for four years, returned home to cheers. Brand Whitelock, US representative in Belgium during the invasion, writes a tribute to these troubled times. A bomb found under a Regina home sparks speculation as to its use in warfare. Lemberg, Galicia’s capital, fell to Ukrainian forces from Russia.
A Canadian financial authority states Canada will push at the Peace Conference to earmark one billion dollars of Germany indemnity for Dominion use. Canada will not seek compensation for its war expenditures and offers raw materials for reconstruction of France and Belgium. A Mayor Dead in Nelon BC due to influenza. Admiral Beattie commends Grand Fleet officers and men for loyalty after the war.
The report covers Britain’s 600000 pound value purchases from Canada in the year to Sept 28 2018 including meat dairy and wheat. It notes duties by the Dairy Produce Commission and British purchase trends for horses land and farm equipment, plus farm conditions across provinces and farmer plans postwar.
Mr. Pratt the Paris representative for P Burns and Company Calgary says demand for Canadian meats in Prance will be enormous for some time. He urges credits to preserve the business for Canada. He notes France needs a million ploughs to till war devastated areas.
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