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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1918
Page
2
The Bolshiviki government of Russia declined to respond to peace proposals relayed by MM Litvinov through Norway in November. Allies do not recognize that government, and the entire Russian question remains under discussion among allied governments.
Reports from Bucharest cited by the state department state the Bolshevik main force in Russia includes Austro Hungarian prisoners 46000 Chinese laborers 50000 Russian citizens conscripted under fear of famine. Descriptions of famine in Moscow and fear of uprisings in Odessa and Kiev appear with a Swedish steamship captain noting emaciated Petrograd laborers unable to work full days and scavenging for food.
The Paris Temps denounces the entente policy of avoiding immediate military intervention in Russia. It argues allies aid Bolsheviks with German help to ravage anti Bolshevik areas and hinder future reconstruction. The paper notes Bolshevik gains at Riga and in Poland and Ukraine, claiming the allies allow German victory over them.
Rear Admiral Victor Blue arrives to assume the Bureau of Navigation while Admiral Mayo and nine rear admirals of the naval board of selection travel to Washington. They will meet in December to consider promotions for higher grade officers and discuss plans to station officers more permanently on fleet ships beyond the wartime emergency.
Representative Britten of Illinois introduces a resolution urging the peace conference to adopt Wilson’s plan for a League of Nations. He argues a world navy could arise from German naval units and calls for a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.
The Belgian cabinet met under the king and adopted a plan to hold an electoral referendum to establish universal suffrage for the next elections, according to an official Brussels dispatch received in Washington D C.
President Wilson spent hours at Buckingham Palace with Prime Minister Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary Balfour discussing aspects of the 14 points and naval supremacy. The informal session aimed to map differences on freedom of the seas, the league of nations, and armament reductions without specific decisions.
The Swiss government received a telegram from the American state department stating President Wilson thanks Switzerland for the invitation to visit. The president has not decided if he can accept but values the gesture as proof of friendship between the two nations.
Paris December 27 President Wilson's schedule after returning to Paris on New Year’s Day has been revised. He will depart for Italy twenty four hours after his arrival in Paris and proceed with the planned foreign trip.
German ambassador to Turkey departed Constantinople today amid Entente pressure, according to a wireless dispatch received in London.
The United States Shipping Board proposes a permanent World Trade Organization to coordinate global operations with offices in London Paris and Rome and additional centers in Shanghai Yokohama Bombay Genoa Buenos Aires Valparaiso Rio Janeiro Rotterdam and Antwerp. Edward N Hurley says centers will direct the national fleet and re route ships quickly without war department interference. Director General Rossiter orders immediate implementation and allied governments expect to welcome the plan.
Thirty five sailors on leave from warships in New York harbor were robbed of their money at Christmas night resorts. Twenty victims in one location. police lack concrete evidence. Navy intelligence watches resorts as 3,000 Army and Navy patrol guards warn service members.
Ottawa reports that before the Canadian Northern railway, now government property, can run adequately an expenditure of 2500 must be spent on tracks bridges and roadbed. An operating deficit of 8 0 in 2088 on Canadian railways will be announced soon.
Secretary Redfield criticized Alaska salmon fishing practices as detrimental to supply. In southeastern Alaska near Cape Spencer, fixed fishing appliances at river mouths were nearly forbidden to limit catch.
Japan's envoy group led by Baron Nobuaki Makino, arrived in San Francisco, departed eastward today for New York. The party travels by special state department train across the continent and will leave New York for France on January 4.
General Pershing telegraphs E. C. Carter in Paris praising the Y M C A for its moral and physical welfare work with the American army. He extends Christmas greetings and New Year wishes to all ranks.
Copper producers and sellers quoted 22 cents a pound for the first quarter of 1919 as the 26 cent war time price nears expiration. Domestic orders were being booked with no inquiries for deliveries after March. An order for about one million pounds was included.
Deputy sheriffs detained Arthur N. Bostron a Phoenix banker on a telegraphic alert from Arizona. He is said to be charged with embezzlement and offered no statement.
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