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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1918
Page
3
The piece discusses William Hohenzollern’s likely exile after World War I. It notes potential returns to Germany are unlikely due to opposition and fears of a political head of a revived imperial faction. It argues no nation wants him as a resident and questions where he and the former crown prince could live.
The article argues postwar France and Belgium will rebuild immediately after peace by removing barbed wire, filling trenches, and reclaiming land. It notes vast steel buried in northern France from four years of fighting, likely to enrich France through salvage and future sales.
A column argues that cows and pigs straying onto railroad rights of way cause 15000 stock deaths annually, due to fences and free grazing, urging landowners to monitor livestock to cut meat and leather losses and avoid clashes with railroad claim agents. It defends that railroad workers do not intend harm and that incidents hurt both animals and crews.
A fragmented passage discusses reclaiming projectile shapes by Germans and selling them to German dealers at a high market rate. Proceeds are meant to fund rebuilding homes, cathedrals, and monuments as German guns are described as battered and in pieces.
The article argues that America swiftly fed German civilians, proving sincerity in humanitarian aims. It praises Britain’s Lloyd George for a fair, principled stance toward an just peace, rejecting vengeance while demanding restitution and pursuing enduring peace. It notes the immense test faced by allied leaders and peoples after Germany’s defeat.
The piece argues that unjust treatment breeds retaliation and the allies must demand full restitution rather than spoils of war. It cites Lloyd George and William Pitt to support renewal of a just settlement, warns against predatory aims, and endorses united Allied stance in shaping peace. It also notes emigres seeking neutral havens and hints at ongoing postwar debates.
A collage of verse and reminiscence sweeps from sentimental songs to battlefield reflections. Denise Ayres Garnett laments lost Sue and memory, while Charlotte Becker and Toyeo Kilmer offer tranquil imagery of towns, lanterns, and perseverance amid war and travel.
Special Cable report argues postwar Europe faces radical reconstruction across politics, industry, and society. It stresses united U.S. leadership under President Wilson to stabilize Central and Eastern Europe and uphold the peace treaty amid upheaval and shifting governments.
Shattuck and ONeill headline a week at the Majestic with the act Punctuating Life's Manuscript and Toto the clown from New York Hippo drome. The program also includes Sandy Shaw in Some People I Have Met and other circus and vaudeville acts, plus Marion Munson in She Spy's Nest and Family Kol with the dog.
The Russo Japanese War saw Japan press a swift victory and Russia seek peace. Roosevelt mediated, Portsmouth hosted talks, and the 1905 treaty ceded Saghalin half, Port Arthur, and Manchuria influence to Japan with no indemnity.
A busy Princess week features The Burden of Proof with Marion Davies and a Christie comedy as audiences cheer Days and Neal in a high stepping program. The Terpsichorean Trio and four other acts keep crowds laughing as Hronehoe Billy returns to the screen in Red Blood and Yellow. In Washington the War Dept lifts most fraternity restrictions at ROTC schools allowing elections and initiations to resume.
The Light publishes letters only with signed names and rejects anonymous notes. Writers must sign typewritten signatures. unsigned and stamped letters are considered anonymous. Publication does not imply publisher endorsement of the letter's policy or views.
A taxpayer asks why the government imposes installation charges on telephones, arguing the fees mainly benefit the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company rather than the state. He notes $10 for unlimited service and $5 for limited service and calls for enlightenment on the public burden and fairness.
A collage of garbled clippings notes wartime bravery awards a seventeen year old governor hopeful a princess dream and a knight in a castle. It mentions Minnesota voting dry Illinois road money and a joking line about pencils and sharpening. The piece riffs on headlines and social mores of the day.
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