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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1919
Page
15
Genera l Pershing and the First Division receive a heartfelt welcome as the nation recalls the pivotal 1917 1918 years. The piece honors American effort and unity with Britain and France, praises soldiers, and urges government support for veterans through jobs training land and other aid.
The article notes the Senate receives the peace treaty with both majority and minority reports, shaping a final vote. It highlights opposition amendments, President supporters urging ratification, and the need for a compromise to avoid delay. It mentions Senator Simmons pushing for terms, Wilson arguing delay costs, and that 64 votes are required with more than 32 seeking reservations.
Gen. Chamberlain, inspector general, testified on the War Department’s reorganization bill, opposing promotion by selection to colonel due to difficulties in accurate discrimination. Gen. Crozier endorses merit based selection with elimination, noting staff experience since 1903 and the value of ordered rankings by reporting officers. Chamberlain warns of demoralization from being passed over, while Crozier argues the right incentives can counteract that effect. Chamberlain himself is a product of selection, rising from captain to major by competitive exam.
A satirical take on W. C. Bullitt and the Paris conference as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hears testimony. The piece mocks diplomacy, notes Bullitt’s high connections with House, Lansing, Lloyd George, Smuts, and Lenine, and mentions lingering postwar tensions and a stray remark about wartime rhetoric.
The story recounts Maitre Jean Antéines Dentend, famed French lawyer, who guided the Orleans line from the Revolution to restored wealth. It details his ward Montpensier’s illegitimate son, education in Paris, law career, and pivotal role in preserving royal property through regimes, ending with Dentend’s death and legacy.
The American Red Cross increases its Baltic relief appropriation from 278000 to 500000 dollars for western Russia and the Baltic provinces, extending aid to Euthenia and Lithuania as announced yesterday.
Proceedings note noon to 4 10 p m adjournment and passage of a food control act extension to penalize profiteering. Reports on water power bill and banking loan bills for bills of lading. War Department to ship tents cots and blankets to Confederate veterans at Atlanta encampment. Bullitt reveals Lansing warned defeat of treaty. Burke criticizes packing industry and unholy alliance among stock yards, papers, and brokers.
The House met at noon and adjourned at 5 20 pm. Representative Campbell of Kansas denied Republican leaders conspired with Mexican bandits. K D Loos of Chicago urged rail reorg rules to prevent coal car discrimination against mines. Chief of Staff March said volunteers could raise 500000 man army with authorization. Katherine Douglas testified to abuse at St Elizabeths Hospital, while doctors White and Main disputed the charges. William Page noted war expenditure investigations cost 10000 monthly.
Two Carpatho-Russian committees in Paris sent a petition to President Wilson and Congress alleging suppression of Russians in Galicia and Bukowina by Poles Magyars and Austrians. They cite chronic oppression of Russian peasants for race and religion and warn of extinction unless united with kin across the Carpathians in the peace settlement.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue reminded confectioners and customers that the repeal of the soft drink tax has not been acted on by the Senate and the tax remains in effect. Willful refusal to pay carries a fine up to 10,000 dollars or up to one year in prison or both.
Postal items to Hungary including letters postcards printed matter and merchandise samples will be accepted at union postage rates and classifications. Registration is available pending arrangements but merchandise other than samples is not transmitted. No provision exists for merchandise transmission whether paid at the latter rate or not.
Acting Secretary Phillips of the State Department met with Baron Emil de Cartier de Marchienne, Belgiums new ambassador, to discuss the approach of the king and queen. It was the ambassadors first visit to the department.
News confirms Miss Edith Barnett of New York a Red Cross nurse died August 15 in Tomsk Siberia while aiding typhus fight. She was daughter of William H. Barnett former vice president of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
The Washington Post presents a condensed time-table for trains from Washington to major cities. Departures for Chicago connect there for western points. changes occur as new railroad schedules are issued. Departure times are from the railroad administration.
Commissioner General Anthony Caminetti warned against emigration hysteria, noting only 162,513 foreigners left the U S since the armistice and 123,522 during the year ending June 30 1919. Over five years, 618,225 departed while 1,172,679 arrived, an excess of arrivals over departures by 554,458. He dismisses rumors of 1.5 million planning to leave with $5 billion, calling the exodus natural and mostly temporary.
The Federal Electric Railway Commission will resume hearings on September 29 to hear public utility commissions and experts unable to attend earlier sessions and to hear labor representatives. The session is expected to last about a week and may be the final public hearing. A draft final report to the President will be prepared after the meeting.
The Senate confirmed William E. Gonzales of Columbia South Carolina as American Ambassador to Peru, ending opposition to his appointment. Senate rejected George R Hughes to be postmaster at Frankfort Kentucky on personal objection by Senator Beckham. Foreign relations committee reported Benton McMillin former Governor of Tennessee for American Minister to Guatemala, having previously served as Minister to Peru.
The naturalization commissioner says the May 4 1918 act restricting enemy aliens no longer prevents naturalization of former central power subjects. Suspended cases may proceed unless objections exist or the applicant delayed naturalization within two years before the war, with presidential exception possible. Berlin reports Baron von dem Buasche Haddenhausen, ex undersecretary of foreign affairs, not appointed German minister to Argentina, now in Argentina on a private errand.
San Francisco officials forecast wider support for the League of Nations covenant despite opposition elsewhere. Officials urge Senate to yield ground for trial while noting labor calm in San Francisco and higher living costs in New York and Chicago. They propose government credit and export financing to stabilize cotton, urging U S action to guarantee contracts with European nations to create a quick, fair market and revive European industry.
A Montreal solicitor notes closer pan American ties after the war. He cites friendly U.S. and Canadian relations, growing commercial links with Cuba and Central and South American nations, and Canada moving to increase potato exports while competing with the United States in a cooperative spirit. The piece defends Canadian-U.S. friendship amid postwar trade shifts.
Japanese vice secretary of foreign affairs Kijuro Shidehara has been gazetted as Ambassador to the United States. He will succeed Vincount Kikuhiro Tahiti, who is retired, and Masanag Hanihera, the consul general at San Francisco, is expected to fill his post in the foreign office.
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