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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1918
Page
1
Reports from Prague and Berlin indicate a shifting mood as authorities in both cities restore order. Militants and revolutionaries faced renewed pressure with machine gun patrols and officials signaling cautious progress toward stability amid ongoing unrest.
Reports say premiers and foreign ministers may convene in Paris for the peace conference with preliminary meetings in Paris and allied capitals. Wilson expected in France, Italy’s Orlando detained, and Japanese and Serbian envoys likely to attend as delegates chosen amid electoral and travel delays.
Foreign Secretary Solf asked Secretary Lane to obtain President Wilsons permission for a German commission to travel to the United States to explain the food situation. Officials say it is unlikely any German delegation will be admitted while the two nations remain at war and armed hostilities continue.
Washington dispatch reports General March announced a plan to demobilize troops now in service. The order outlines phased discharge beginning with development battalions and all units in the first group, detailing specific steps and sequence of reentry into civilian life.
General March outlines orderly demobilization, with divisions to return to home localities and officers sorted into three classes. Troops to wear uniforms for three months post discharge, bonuses proposed, and ports from Boston to Charleston readied for troop flow.
The report notes Joseph Pilsudski announcing that a regent council has been entrusted with forming a national government and governing all Polish territories. The text mentions uprisings against German forces and plans to send troops to restore repopulation and security amid the chaos.
London dispatch says German Catholics appeal to Pope Benedict for relief from armistice conditions. The wireless report from Berlin states the appeal cites heavy burdens under the terms and seeks papal intervention.
Amsterdam dispatch reports William Hohenzollern not interned by the Netherlands. observers say he may travel freely though his suite is confined. Count von Bentheim notes the former prince and emperor have abdicated and are no longer soldiers. The ex-emperor was seen strolling the castle grounds with Count von Bentheims and the count’s son, wearing a dark military overcoat.
The city board of health met Saturday with Dr Meade Clyne to discuss the influenza situation and adopted three regulations to curb gatherings. Masks required for households with cases, one shopper per square foot of floor space in stores, no loitering in the streets, and no reopening of churches theaters or schools.
Matthias Erzberger of the German Armistice Delegation will lead preliminary negotiations with the Allied powers in Washington, as part of the ongoing effort following the ceasefire. President Wilson has proclaimed the Consolidated Express Company seized and its operations assigned under the government. Queen Maria Theresa of Austria died, and Field Marshal von Mackensen arrived with troops to discuss military movements in Romania. The U.S. Navy funding and planning for 1990 naval construction were debated in Congress as the House considered appropriations and a military bill.
Paris officials plan a deputation to greet President Wilson on French soil and an audience at the hotel de Ville. A municipality organized fete in his honor. Officials also hint Frank L Polk as secretary of state in the peace delegation appointment.
Washington November 16 The Senate judiciary substitute committee begins debate on the Overman bill creating a reconstruction commission to be appointed by the president. Senator Weeks proposes a joint congressional committee and Senator Cummins offers six joint committees to study different reconstruction branches. A Republican caucus will hear a report favoring Cummins plan.
In a message to Secretary of State Lansing President Wilson is urged to send peace delegates to The Hague. The German government proposes Herbert Hoover head the relief effort to avert starvation and anarchy and notes U S willingness to consider food aid for Germany.
November 16 reports bitter debate in the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament over food supplies from the United States. revolutionary socialist Durmid Warnkoor demanded queen abdication and a general strike, proposing demobilized troops surrender army control until food is assured. Troelstra and followers likened to Scheidemann and Ebert in Germany.
London reports Sir Albert H. Stanley, head of the board of trade, said measures to ease prohibition on trade will not cause shortages for allies. Germany requests fish as a pressing need, with Daily Express noting arrangements underway.
Washington reports from official sources indicate grave apprehension over the situation in Holland. The presence of the former German emperor and his supporters may inflame the people and endanger the monarchy as Bolshevism appears to have taken root in the Netherlands.
Leroy A Ladd chairman of the commission on state institutions died in Phoenix from pneumonia after influenza. He had been ill five days. Ladd, a longtime Arizona political figure, edited the Daily Globe at Globe before statehood and covered the first state legislature. He later served as secretary to the governor until February when Governor Hunt named him chairman.
Belgian advance guards entered Brussels as German troops began moving out per the armistice. Allies reportedly poised to reach Bucharest with a warm reception, while Danube crossings and British arrivals boost morale in Romania. General Berthelot, famed French commander, is noted in the field.
Rumanian prisoners say Germans freed them instead of feeding them. French and Italian soldiers released from German prisons carried messages to American lines warning of potential trouble when ma move back. Rumanians began reaching American lines late yesterday and were supplied with clothing and food by the Americans.
German and Allied officers met yesterday at Bruges Mons Nancy and with Belgian British French and American representatives to discuss withdrawal logistics and lines of communication. The talks covered roads rivers canals telegraph and telephone systems and the planned or existing destruction. The British Belgian side defined the Dutch Belgian frontier Rhine Coblenz boundary while French and American delegates covered the area south of Charleroi Bonn to Southern Alsace.
French and American troops push through Alsace Lorraine toward Metz Tony as reported by the Temps. The combined advance signals continued occupation efforts by both nations in the region.
Nov 16 reports bread rations in Holland will rise from 200 to 280 grams per person per day starting today, per a cablegram from Commercial Attache Edwards. Continued on page two column five.
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