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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
1
A presidential pledge promises peace by Christmas Day as ten American soldiers are honored. The message emphasizes preserving sacrifices made by fighters and aims to attain lasting peace through this pledge.
President Wilson pledges to protect wartime sacrifices as American troops and French civilians line Chaumont in a Christmas Day welcome. He reviews six divisions near Langres with Pershing and officials, exchanging greetings with a mud-splashed crowd and a bouquet for an elderly Parisian woman.
The Kaiser and Hindenburg reportedly hid in dugouts near their villa rather than command from the front. Spreading from a distant position, the pair allegedly used a trench system for motion picture parades, with air raid alarms prompting swift shelter. The Crown Prince was described as devoted to amusements.
In Berlin on December 26 the Spartacus faction still controls the socialist paper Verwartz after a forcible seizure by group members. A Wednesday demonstration at the palace featured speeches by Lieb kneicht and others. An eleventh hour compromise with the Ebert Scheideman government kept sailors in Berlin as part of the Republican Soldiers guard and forestalled further revolts.
Amsterdam, Dec 27. The British admiralty plans drastic measures against Bolshevik propaganda in the German fleet remnants. Sinking vessels and executing crews have been threatened, according to a German dispatch.
Representative Britten of Illinois urged the peace conference to adopt President Wilsons league of nations plan. He warned that without a league the world would drop the idea that America entered the war to make the world safe for democracy. The measure was referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Paris reports say President Wilson’s Christmas message signals favorable progress at the peace congress. The reference to the American chart of peace and fourteen points is viewed as advancing unity among nations. Analysts note the next stage focuses on shaping concrete terms of the peace treaty.
London dispatch reports in Berlin that riotous German soldiers tell a Daily Express correspondent that no peace will come until English and American troops arrive to restore order. Dozen others echo the demand.
The Badische Landes Zeitung reports a battalion occupied Mannheim by order of Marshal Foch to guard a prison camp holding 10,000 Allied prisoners awaiting liberation. The move followed reports of bad treatment and several murders of prisoners.
Washington reports that 68 thousand American troops returned from overseas by December 21 and slightly over 500 thousand in the United States have been mustered out of service, according to the military committee of the House.
London reports show President Wilson had a lengthy three hour meeting with Prime Minister Lloyd George and Mr. Balfour at Buckingham Palace. They discussed the general aspect of Allied war aims and relations at the close of a productive conference.
Report of a shooting affray near Croton Grove plantation on Christmas Day results in Jim McGowan dead and Andy Mahus fatally wounded. Conflicting early reports say Mathis fired first, McGowan returned fire, and Columbus Lee, a peg leg, allegedly killed McGowan. sheriff's office investigates with no arrests yet.
The report notes fourteen points of his peace program and describes progress on naval supremacy issues. No official conference results announced yet though Wilson’s Guild Hall address tomorrow and Manchester speech Monday are watched for clues. US sources say the president found spirit of accommodation and open minded consideration as talks continue.
The American peace commission said it is in telephonic contact with Wilson's London entourage and has been advised that political aspects of the president's visit are progressing as satisfactorily as the public reception.
London December 27 Allied governments since Christmas have again been approached by the Bolshevik government in Russia regarding terms of peace. The proposals differ from those put forward through the Norwegian government last November and met with no response as they emanate from a government not recognized.
A correspondent, Michel Tehisatchof, claims Czar Nicholas and his family survived the attempted murder and remain in a neutral country. He asserts the czar avoids disclosure, with Allied knowledge and Trotsky Lenine propaganda cited as background. Counts and officers linked to the escape are referenced.
Deputy Sheriff John M Brothers in Lake Village Arkansas awaits requisition papers to return Ben Harris white to Louisiana on a family mistreatment charge. Harris from Elliott Wall place near Walls Lake Louisiana was indicted by a grand jury on information from his daughter Cora Lee Harris and was arrested in Lake Village after fleeing Louisiana.
New York December 27 The most important annual convention of the National Collegiate Athletic Association opens at the Hotel Astor. With peace in sight after wartime emphasis on military training college athletics seek a postwar revival and a new role. The issues to be discussed center on redefining priorities and policies for the coming era.
Paris reports a fresh issue in the Far East after Allied occupation of Hungary, Turkey, Russia, and Bursa. The French government summoned General Desperey, commander of Allied forces in Macdonia, to Paris for a conference, according to Echo de Paris.
A group of American citizens born in Germany who have remained in Munich through the war met last night and drafted a petition to President Wilson. They seek swift action to obtain United States passports and to facilitate communication with friends and relatives in the United States.
United Daughters of the Confederacy complete endowment of their seventh ward of ten beds at the American Military Hospital Newally France.
Rev. Flournoy Shepperson of Monticello Arkansas will fill the pulpit at the Presbyterian church Sunday December 29 at both the morning and evening hours. Friends of the congregation are invited to hear him.
Unconfirmed reports spread in Paris as a possible assassination of the former German emperor was discussed in the chamber of deputies. No confirmation was available at the time.
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