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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1918
Page
1
England's aging political icon, known as the grand old man, maintains leadership as his party secures a renewed mandate in Parliament. The result consolidates decades of influence and signals continuity amid shifting public opinion.
King George welcomes President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson at Buckingham Palace in a grand state dinner. The event features royal processions, a 12-person table, and a priceless gold plate collection. President Wilson's reply emphasizes freedom, law, and international peace.
Dispatches from Paris and London relay rumors that the former German emperor was assassinated, with Paris deputies noting no confirmation. Berlin unrest grows as sailors rebel, Spartacus faction seizes Vorwaerts offices, while editors seek to publish with regular staff assistance.
A holiday in Berlin sparked rumors that the majority Socialists may retire from the cabinet leaving independents in control. The cabinet met in secret for most of the day while leading independents held talks. Rumors said Hugo Haase might be asked to organise a new government as the crisis could extend a day or two.
Paris reports Foreign Minister M. Pichon told a special commission the delay in demobilization is due to possible denouncement of the armistice by the allies and their dissatisfaction with the rolling stock it demands. France is bound to deliver 5 000 locomotives and 150 000 cars but had only furnished 206 locomotives and 9 098 cars by December 16. If Germany breaches terms the allies may advance further into Germany.
In Vienna most members of the former Austrian royal house remain inside neutral legations fear full rough treatment by the populace. The Argentinean and Chilean legations have offered sanctuary to about a dozen archdukes and archduchesses.
Ten American destroyers steamed from Queenstown harbor on Thursday with their homeward bound pennants flying as whistles from ships cheered their departure.
New York health officials report about 250 new influenza cases daily, noting the disease has moved beyond the epidemic stage and the case count is falling.
Refugees describe harsh peasant rule in Volhynia with landlords and managers beaten and stripped, women abused, and German soldiers and Ukrainian leaders in flux. Petlura's forces drove Skoropadski from Kiev on December 15, with Radziwill arriving and Kiev calm under German troops.
Reports from Paris and Warsaw detail bolshevik gains in the Baltic region. Esthonian food and material requisitions persist under German influence while Narva and Dorpat are pillaged, Reval threatened, and Allied plans questioned. Russian officers in Warsaw predict bolshevik retreat before armored forces if a trained army intervenes.
Washington reports the dissolution of the American Protective League effective February 1. The organization claimed 250 000 members with branches in nearly every city and town and had conducted more than 8 000 000 investigations.
L H Hartman of the surplus stock division told the Chicago Association of Commerce that the United States holds billions in war goods in warehouse stocks and will inventory them January 1. The government plans to keep a large army and set aside excess materiel for sale to create a preferential market.
Premier Lloyd George was re elected to Parliament as the Coalition Unionists carried the British elections. The report notes the government victory and confirms Lloyd George remains a parliamentary member.
London dispatch reports President Wilson speaking in the Historic Guild Hall on December 28 affirming a concert of power to maintain world peace and prevent power imbalance. King George visited Wilson’s apartment to wish him well on his sixty second birthday.
London dispatch reports posters in Ireland announce the Irish Republic is born. A Sinn Fein Council will be established at once and will call itself the Irish Parliament.
A historical summary lists vast quantities including 000 yards of duck and 4 800 000 cotton coats alongside 5 000 000 hats and 50 000 000 summer undershirts. Other entries mention millions of coats footwear bedsacks and hardware like 10 000 000 shovels and 10 000 000 pounds of horseshoes.
Zurich report says a battalion of infantry under Marshal Foch occupied Mannheim to guard a prisoner camp nearby where 10,000 allied prisoners await liberation. The move follows reports of bad treatment and several prisoner deaths.
General Pershing telegram published in Paris by Carter Head expresses deep gratitude from the American Expeditionary Forces for the Y M C A’s moral and physical welfare work. He sends Christmas greetings and wishes for a happy New Year to all ranks.
British warship Calypso captured two Bolshevik destroyers in the eastern Baltic. One destroyer bombarded near Reval, while the report from the Admiralty confirms the action and success in the engagement.
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