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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1919
Page
2
London reports President Wilson's Guildhall address praising allied unity to stop war and establish lasting peace. He lauds France Belgium and the United States, urges a postwar league of nations, and cites breaking past precedents to push a permanent concert of power for peace.
President Wilson travels through rain and mist to Carlisle to see his mother’s likely birthplace. He visits Annerwell Street where his grandfather’s chapel stood and Cavendish Place once home to his grandfather. Local greetings warm the dreary day.
London reports a clash between Polish and German forces near Warsaw after a German officer fired on an allied car carrying the American flag. About thirty eight women and children and around one hundred Poles and Germans died in hours of fighting.
Five million dollars in payments were mailed to sugar beet growers across Utah, Idaho, and Washington. Six sugar manufacturing companies settled this year’s crop, with twenty three shear factories involved. A few thousand tons may still be in the ground as of mid December.
Ventere Newspaper reports President Wilson and British Premier Lloyd George say unity exists among Entente powers on core principles for the peace conference. Wilson has been briefed on French and Italian views and expects Anglo American harmony. End of week for British delegation timing discussed with Balfour, with only two members named.
Dec 30 Berlin reports the Ebert cabinet toppled and a Liebknecht Ledobour Kiehorn coalition to form. Norwegian dispatches from Vilna display a Bolshevik proclamation signed by Lenin and Sverdlov urging workers to shape postwar peace and destinies, while declaring treaties void and capitalism to be penalized.
Washington reports that over 1,100,000 American soldiers have been designated for demobilization since the armistice was argued. General March gave the numbers on December 28, listing 927,000 men in home units to be discharged and 168,000 men with 6,800 officers assigned by General Pershing for sailing home from France. To date, 633,334 men and 45,409 officers have been discharged.
Lloyd George wins a sweeping London result with 619 coalition seats out of 107. Sinn Felners gain about seventy members, Anguithians, pacifists, and women candidates suffer routs. overall Sinn Felners win across the line.
The nation marks a Christmas of triumph and return as Yankee soldiers and sailors help celebrate at home and abroad. President Wilson spends Christmas in France with troops, reviewing units and sending a message of hope for a just, lasting peace amid postwar celebrations and civic unity.
The Attorney General has removed most restrictions on German enemy aliens in the United States including those applying for departure and those concerning internment, affecting about 600,000 people. Reports suggest Berlin and Turkey face national bankruptcy declarations amid wartime tensions.
The Western Newspaper Union reports that President Wilson, Premier Lloyd George, and Foreign Secretary Balfour met at Buckingham Palace for about ninety minutes to discuss peace preliminaries, including the League of Nations, freedom of the seas, and the Russian situation. The mood was amicable as they walked to Downing Street for lunch with American Ambassador Davis, with cheers from a large crowd.
A historical roundup reports total World War losses at about 31.6 million with 7.9 million deaths in battle or disease. Germany, Austria, Russia, France, Britain, and America are cited with varied death tallies. A Bolshevik advance toward Germany from Mita is noted along with Berlin cabinet tensions and rumors of a Groener power move.
London dispatch reports mutinous German sailors and their wives firing and fighting civil guards to defend the royal palace while remaining in Berlin. They back Chancellor Ebert, refuse to leave, and demand Allied troops to restore order as Spartacists undermine the government. In Essen Bolsheviks seize courts amid rising pessimism in German press.
Paris rumors say former German emperor was assassinated, but no confirmation exists. The chatter surfaced in the Chamber of Deputies Thursday evening with no solid evidence or official statement to support it.
London crowds greet the American president as he and Queen Mary arrive at Buckingham Palace after a swift journey from Calais. The royal progress draws vast cheers, flags, and a holiday mood with street scenes along Trafalgar, Pall Mall, Piccadilly, and Green Park. Hoover rejects food talks with Germans and Turks sever relations. Italy reports war losses and bank resources hit a peak.
Washington ends the wheatless and meatless ban as restrictions on food usage ease. The move marks a shift toward normalcy for households and industries affected by wartime conservation measures.
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