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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1918
Page
9
Washington November 15 morale among American troops sinks after news of the armistice. Officers report anxious attitudes and a rise in absent without leave cases as soldiers fear early release. Relatives may be enlisted to help recall absentees to camp and avoid harsher penalties.
London reports extremists in Holland demand abdication of Queen Wilhelmina causing anxiety at The Hague. Dutch government urges citizen cooperation in a grave crisis as minority threatens to seize power. Queen haters label her Mevrouw Mecklenburg due to marriage to Prince Henry of Mecklenburg Schwerin.
Secretary Baker urged support for the United War Work Campaign to aid American troops overseas and at home as they transition from war to peace. Provost Crowder stressed continued welfare needs, noting soldiers will stay in service for months as new governments form and reorganization proceeds. Secretary Hougton called on farmers to donate to raise 170,600,000 for seven welfare organizations assisting troops abroad and in the United States.
Camp Travis reports no relaxation of discipline after the armistice signing. Officers say there is no insubordination or desertion, though celebration occurred with improvised entertainment and music under military oversight. Visitors note the same steady program and strong sense of duty, with quarantine lifted and orderly behavior during city celebrations. A separate note records Irving Morgan’s second degree murder conviction in Shelby County, with a 20 year sentence after a six hour trial.
Washington reports a November 40 timetable for Christmas parcel mail to American troops in France with urged early mailing for guaranteed delivery. London cites Norway’s wartime losses totaling 81 ships and about 1.25 million tons, plus 333 damaged vessels and 1120 lives lost in submarine attacks.
Rainy and cloudy conditions across regions with varying wind directions. San Antonio expects 64 to 66 degree highs with southerly winds. East Texas, Chicago, Kansas City, New York and Washington report highs between 60 and 66 with mixed cloud cover and moderate to brisk breezes.
Paris dispatches say an inter allied peace terms conference will convene within ten days, possibly the most pivotal event before the final negotiations. Versailles is deemed the meeting place for the signing and Paris the central hub for delegations and plenary sessions.
Washington reports indicate President Wilson will name a four man delegation led by Robert Lansing with Colonel K M House, Felix Frankfurter or Louis D Brandeis as possible associates to attend the Inter Allied Conference discussions. The opening sessions may see Wilson present but not as a delegate at the Hague talks.
Special Cable from The New York Times describes Ghent's joyous liberation as German forces retreat at dawn. Belgian soldiers enter first, crowds flood the streets, lamps blaze after five winters of war, and residents celebrate with songs, bonfires, and revelry amid reflections on past revolutions.
New York and New Orleans report cotton futures surging by as much as 200 points after the market opens, amid hopes that export restrictions will be lifted. The drive comes as Allied naval terms of the armistice are implemented, with American officers appointed to naval commissions and operations underway in Pola and the Adriatic.
London reports German Socialists gain influence in Berlin while the nation remains unusually calm. Moderate currents spread in South Germany with calls to assemble constituent bodies in Bavaria Wurtemberg Hesse and Baden. Armistice terms proceed with Belgian Dutch and Alsace Lorraine evacuations begun Tuesday. Americans push toward Metz and Strasbourg with King Albert expected in Brussels soon.
Copenhagen reports British military attache Colonel Wade said Germany omitted six or seven armistice articles, including food provisions for allies. The note suggests German appeals for revising terms amid feared starvation. US and allies vow aid to ease the food crisis, with a German women's appeal to Mrs. Wilson and Jane Addams cited.
London reports a British foreign office statement saying reports of a pogrom at Warsaw would signal a serious situation as violence and disorder already threaten populations from the Rhine to the Volga. The allies and United States pledge full support to restore orderly civilized life and demonstrate by their actions their desire for order.
Geneva reports Basel sources say French and American forces occupy parts of Alsace Lorraine and Germans evacuate rapidly. Locals warmly greet allies. liberated prisoners feted. German officers reportedly shot when trying to domineer. Paris says Strassburg entry planned for Nov 25 with ceremonies.
Washington officials state relief for Bolshevik controlled Central Russia will be impossible to deliver this winter. Food scarcity and famine threaten about 40 million people, with no ready method to reach them while Bolshevik rule persists. Routes via Germany are needed, and no plan exists for sending additional forces into Central Russia or expanding Siberian and Northern Russia missions at this time.
Messages from German women asking Miss Addams and Mrs. Wilson to seek modified armistice terms to avert starvation and ruin. Reports indicate the appeals were picked up by a U.S. signals station and released by the War Department. The text argues Germany must feed its people and use rolling stock to move food from former fronts to cities, warning of millions starving.
A U S mission under Major General Rhodes departs Saturday for Gorman with six officers and ten soldiers. The dispatch to the German high command requests instructions to permit the mission to pose. American airmen have landed at Cologne.
Washington reports a military mission led by Major General Charles D Rhodes to Spa Belgium next Saturday. Washington has no official word on the mission’s purpose but speculation centers on arranging with German high command for occupation of Alsace Lorraine fortresses near the American front.
Secretary Baker cabled congratulations to General Pershing and expressed U S pride in the American army in France He promised the War Department will do all in its power to speed the early return of the expeditionary force so the country may welcome its soldiers home
Washington announces that development battalions will be the first army units demobilized. About 50,000 men in these battalions will be discharged as soon as they pass physical exams. Roughly 2,500 men in development battalions are stationed at Cau, with numbers varying from time to time.
A Copenhagen dispatch via the German press agency says Voland’s evacuation has begun. The report says German forces in Warsaw have been disarmed and detained, and all German villages near the Polish capital are involved in the行动.
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