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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1918
Page
8
Editorial argues that victors in the war against Germany must govern for civilization, insisting neutrals gain no seat at postwar talks. It asserts the United States and allies will force unconditional surrender, then shape a lasting peace, excluding neutrals as trustees of civilization.
Cardinal Gibbons in a letter to Dr Garfield urges those exempt from military service to view their work as vital to the war effort. He says conscription creates a duty to fight or to work where needed, and that deferred industrial workers must recognize their responsibility to aid the nation. The piece notes some workers understand this, others have not yet grasped their duty.
The Senate favors adding a prohibition clause to the food production bill to take effect after June 30 1919 and during demobilization. The House is expected to concur and the President may impose dry zones if needed yet may avoid broad enforcement to prevent business disruption. Wets hope soldiers return from France will push for liquor rights. If House agrees, prohibition will endure as supporters prepare for a wets counteroffensive.
Finnish politicians seek a German prince to wear the crown as a shield for autonomy. The plan links Denmark and Sweden harken to a broader fear of German dominance in the Nordic region. Sweden’s stance could swing toward the Entente if Finland becomes a German satellite, threatening Swedish independence and control of the Aland Islands.
Princess Antoinette, a sister among Luxembourg’s five princesses, faces a coerced marriage to Crown Prince Rupert of Bavaria, elder by over 20 years. The piece recalls Rupert’s brutal wartime actions, his banishment after a scandal, and the tragic history of his first wife Gabrielle, who died after a world voyage and a later diphtheria death of her daughter.
Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, requests sextants for naval use and urges yacht owners and others to submit instruments to nearest hydrographic office for inspection and appraisal with payment to accepted owners. Britain and allies are criticized for inaction alongside stout persistence.
Met at noon and adjourned at noon today after brief criticism of the Senate amendments. The conference report on the tan power bill was adopted and sent to the White House. Agricultural extension bill considered. final action not yet taken. War Department asked Congress to relax four years service rule for officer appointments due to officer shortages. Rabbi Edward B. M. Browne, sole surviving pallbearer of A. G. Grant, offered prayer in the Senate. House continued debate on water power bill and completed the war revenue bill in Ways and Means. projected to raise 100 to 200 million over the 8 billion target. Mines committee reports on suspending minimum mining claim expenditures during the war. Pension expiration under labor shortage looms January 1. Airplanes to France rising. 1,071 Haviland 4s shipped overseas.
President Wilson issued an executive order amending the alien property custodian rules for selling alien owned meat and other exports. Future sales may be private and require exchange seat or membership, limiting buyers to current or approved members, to reduce costs and time.
Charles M. Schwab directs the Emergency Fleet Corporation toward standard ship types to speed production. A Washington conference with Edward N. Hurley P A S Franklin and J H Rossiter approved the move as 91 varied vessel types under construction would be reduced to common designs. John L Akerson, naval constructor, was elected vice president of the United States Shipping Board Emergence Fleet Corporation.
Sculptor Jarome Connor was commissioned by the Ladies Auxiliary AOH to design a statue honoring women's work in the European war. Titled Nuns of the Battlefield, the statue's site was approved at Rhode Island avenue and M Street. Connor will prepare working models with completion aimed for 1920.
Evidence that draft registrants in certain localities are attempting to avoid military service by having their teeth extracted has been submitted to the office of the provost marshal general by the Department of Justice. Dentists yesterday were warned against permitting themselves to be made a party to a practice which would subject them to the penalty provided for conspiring to aid another to avoid the draft.
The railroad administration announced a compromise in the long running dispute over military freight rates. The War Department had sought a low fourth class rate while the railroads argued for a grnd class rate. The new policy authorizes shipments by railroads at third class rates.
Army orders list officers to process to Camp Stuart Camp Meade Camp Sevier Camp Humphreys with ranks and assignments. Chaplains named as first lieutenants proceed to Camp Stuart and Camp Meade. Leave granted for Maj R H Kimball seven days and Maj G Grand fifteen days under exceptional circumstances.
United States Treasury daily financial report for August 29, 1978. Revenue receipts show 3,984,547.47, ordinary disbursements 65,100,304.02. Monthly and year-to-date receipts and disbursements are listed alongside general fund assets and liabilities including gold, silver, treasury notes, and bank holdings. The data details balances in Federal Reserve and national banks, with totals for cash assets and net balance in the general fund.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels removed the Cy clops from the naval register and declared its crew dead to enable insurance payments. The collier vanished months ago en route from South America to the United States carrying manganese for war use. No trace was found despite searches in the West Indies and theories ranged from German raider attack to capsizing in a storm.
Surgeon General Gorgas reports a small weekly rise in deaths from disease among U S troops with increases in measles and pneumonia and a malaria decline. The American Expeditionary Force report dated August 25 notes 683 pneumonia cases treated that week with no deaths, and a death rate from disease of 49.
Paris reports the historic Loire River bridge at Tours will be renamed in honor of President Wilson. The council says the chief monument of a city should bear the name of a person exalted in public opinion. The Tours bridge is nearly a third of a mile long and was completed in 1779.
The President issued an executive order waiving the restriction from the last army appropriation act that capped expenditures for material purchases at 25 percent above estimates. The order states it is impracticable to observe the provision under the current emergency.
A Washington discussion features Bert in Indiana and others on the city’s wartime growth, postwar status as a world capital, and the removal of temporary war structures. Autoless Sundays, gasoline needs for war effort, and farmer concerns about fair pay and middlemen are debated. Aviation planning, landing fields, and future civilian use of air travel are explored by Jules Goldsboro and others, forecasting aviation’s broad postwar role.
Secretary Lansing and Greek Minister Roussos signed a military service convention at the State Department. The pact drafts Greek citizens in America and American citizens in Greece for military service, aligning with conventions signed with other belligerents.
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