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Newspaper
Outlook
Location
Outlook, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Nov 21, 1918
Page
2
War diary notes Italians marching toward Rovereto and Trent amid destroyed roads and starving Austrian troops. Soldiers eat dead horses as they await food, while Italian gunners rush supplies and civilians express fatigue. Officers attempt orders as armies drift toward uneasy armistice talks.
The Belgian king and queen visited Courtrai after its liberation by the British Second Army. They entered quietly as thousands of Belgians cheered in steady rain. The royal party met the British corps commander and staff before greeting U S correspondents.
The Canada food board chairman warns that peace will not increase food for the hungry world. He cites the supreme war council resolution to aid Austria Turkey and Bulgaria and notes Bulgaria adds 4,000,000 and 15,000,000 are affected. It is estimated over 250,000,000 months will need feeding from this side of the Atlantic.
Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden will depart soon for Britain to take part in preliminary peace discussions and to represent Canada at the peace conference. He will be joined by Sir George Foster Hon Arthur L. dilton and later C. J. Doherty with labor and trade officials following.
Russian gold valued at 800 million rubles, taken from Petrograd by Bolsheviks, saved at Kazan by the Oms government and sent toward Omsk. Announcement by A J Sack for the Russian information bureau on authority of the Russian embassy in Washington.
The crossing of the Meuse and the capture of Dun by American forces may rank with the most gallant feats of Verdun operations. When full details are known it will stand among the bravest deeds of the campaign amid the defenses and obstacles along the river.
A Sunday School lesson recounts Jacob fleeing Esau to Haran, sleeping with a stone for a pillow at Bethel, and receiving divine revelation. It details the ladder between earth and heaven, angels ascending and descending, and the Lord’s promises of kin, land, and blessing through Jacob’s line.
Nome Alaska reports influenza sweeping the area with about 300 white residents affected and Eskimos in nearby camps said to be dying by scores. Relief workers broke into cabins as freezing conditions persisted with subzero weather.
Fragmentary wartime note describes Belgians near a front in Belgium and German troop movements. The terse phrasing mentions hunger and unspecified orders as fighting continues along the line.
The captain and seven crewmen survived twenty one days of harsh conditions after their U boat abandonment. They attempted to reach Halifax but capsized, dumping most provisions. In extreme cold they aimed for Bermuda, then island survival followed by a final voyage. The rest of the crew reached New York last week after being rescued.
The convoy system reduced food ship losses from about ten percent to one percent. In 1917–18 convoys carried 14,968 ships with 118 losses. This season 307 ships totaling 1,466,000 tons of Argentine wheat arrived with only one ship lost. US troops and British ships carried 30,000 men. Overall merchant losses were minimal compared with prior peak.
Amsterdam reports that an American consul and seven British war prisoners died in a bombardment near Charleroi, southeast of Namur in Belgium. The Berlin despatches name Eugene Davenport as the consul, while U.S. officials say no consular agent was stationed at Charleroi when the war began.
Warsaw despatch reports all Polish cabinet members signed a manifesto calling for a national government. The plan would place a majority of bench class representatives in power and take over authority until a legislative body convenes.
The Belgian legation cites an eye witness that German forces, during retreat from Belgium, bombarded villages with gas shells, killing civilians and leaving towns ruined. Reports also say a German naval mutiny spread from Kiel to Wilhelmshaven, with workers and sailors striking and seizing ships and bases.
A US training ship motor launch and a plane returned to base after a futile search for a military dirigible balloon with six aviation students. The craft drifted control over Lake Erie between Akron and Cleveland, with the occupants and exact fate unclear.
Official data for the British mission shows Japan extended 1 186 billion yen in aid to allies since the war began up to April 1918. Britain received 742 298 million yen, Russia 254 168 million, and France 155 569 million yen. The aid helped stabilize dollar exchanges between the United States and Britain.
Amsterdam reports thousands of workers from factories marching in the streets. The despatch from Stuttgart notes the formation of workers and soldiers councils amid the unrest.
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