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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1918
Page
2
Leading industrialists told the Associated Press that adequate food and employment would prevent Bolshevism in Berlin. A week of revolution has left the city calm, with streets resembling wartime Saturdays and a public mood weary of upheaval. News of American food relief temporarily eclipses interest in political drama as the middle classes show apathy.
A crowded account of revolutionary change in Germany notes the Social Democrats consolidating power in a chaotic Reich, while middle-class leaders push to form a new Democratic party. Industrialists warn of reconstruction needs and insist on peace orders to sustain 60,000 workers, with Bolshevism not feared if citizens have meals and work.
The article reviews the provisional authority under the people’s commissioners and the Ebert cabinet as they address urgent food and demobilization issues. It notes radicals avoid utopian moves, and leaders like Lansberg, Hanse, Dittmann, Barth, and House shape postwar strategy while awaiting a national assembly. The left seeks proletarian rule, while Ebert and Scheidemann favor elections. A party realignment begins as the National Liberals merge with another faction.
Advertisements offer powerful tonics and laxatives like Mentho-Laxene and Cadomene tablets to treat coughs dandruff hair loss kidney issues and fatigue. Letters praise dramatic improvements after using these formulas, with instructions to obtain sealed tubes and follow directions.
The city prepares to host delegates to the peace conference at the palace of Versailles. Tapestries and furnishings are being restored, the Grand Canal reopened, and the Hall of Mirrors readied for signing. Delegation sizes and voting strength are debated, with central powers to be summoned after preliminaries.
An old advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as quick relief for rheumatic, neuralgic, and musculoskeletal pain. It claims fast absorption, non staining liquid, and easy application without rubbing. The note urges buyers to obtain a generous bottle from their druggist.
Department of Justice agents monitor Bolshevik agitation spreading among foreign populations in New York and San Francisco. Officials say the movement promotes soviet committees and communal control of industry while retaining present industrial leaders. Prosecutions unlikely unless actions threaten orderly government function.
Report from El Paso details a kidnapping and murder of a Syrian peddler named Bling Rayesa. The sheriffs office cites information from Jose Guerre, a Serra Venea merchant, claiming Rayesa was overpowered and forced across the border into Mexico before his death.
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