CHARLOTTp, N. . C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1918.
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PLANS TQ REMAIN IM "
V; ; - FRANCE INDEFINITELY
Until Major Portion of Peace
v Conference Work Is Done.
CONFERS WITH SENATORS
Especially Interested in Prirt
, clple of Freedom of Seas Be
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- Washington. Nov. 19. Democratic
, senators, who conferred with Presi
dent Wilson tonight (or two hours, left
the white house with the impression
that the President now plana to re
main In Franc lndeflnitely or at least
v until the major portion of the work of
the peace conference has been com
'', pleted. ' '-' ' -
The " President was understood to
' -' be especially Interested In the appllca
tlon, In the framing of the treaty, of
' the principle of the freedom of the
seas, which he enunciated in his 14
terms, and on which , the allies,' In
:, , agreeing to discuss peace with Ger-
many,- "have, reserved the right of
freedom of actlpn at the peace con-
r The . plati for a league of nations
was another subject to " which the
President is said to have given much
study. ; He Is Understood to regard this
- as essential for the maintenance of the
. peace of the world.' ''V Vr ' v."
Will B President Sail. V v ,
. During bis hbsenoe , from -the Uni
ted 8tats, the President plans to con
tinue to exercise all the. functions of
his office. He will keep in communi
- , cation .with .Washington byv wireless
while at sea.-and-by cable and,' if
. necessary; by dispatch boaUMWhile he
is abroad.''.'-.?" ' - . ' v f-iv l-V V";--While
In France, the President was
said to plan transaction of any neces
.fary executive business in the Ameri-
can 'embassy; 'S: Technically - be then
' would be on American soil. Should
, he visit London, or any of ; the other
, -stilled 'capitals, the embassies there
would become his executive beadquac
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i Mrs dlsousolng hit plans tor his
- triyi abroad.!!"4 Ivn.MoTt.V""
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-' senator -pro ms of reconstruction
and necessary legislation. It was said
that; he oppose crfatlon of a recon
' fttrOctloh commiaeloR, either executive
- ,or rontressional. pfaferrfng1 tha), the
work be done by' exlsUng agencies;
j uch as the war ludustriesi board, tho
food administration and the war trade
b6ard. r;" -p H v
Senators attending the , conference
Included 8Immoas and: Overman, - of
- North Carolina; Pomerene;- of. Ohio;
Walsh, of .Montana, and Swanson. of
Virginia, all'- chalrraen ot? important
committees. During the day tha Pre
. ident had ; conferred ' With Senator
, .Martin,; of" Virginia,: tha democratic
I leader., :VM-HiI:iv', -K
' The " American merchant; marine,
' labor problems and Ui war revenue
bill, were other, subjectaaken up at
the ieonferetieC tonight, which lasted
' until after 10 o'clock..? Tha President
" . was eal-tos have reiterated his view
on the necessity fop a great fleet of
ships to carry the nation's commerce
.and to that end favors continuation
of the government's shipbuilding pro-gram;-:.
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. rtegtrdlng Vr. enators were
. said to have been told . that . main-
lenance of "utmost confidence between
. . employers : and employes is '.particu
larly essential during the, period of
reconstruction. v .
Retrenchment in federal.; expendU
: tures, as far as is consistent; was said
t o be desired . by pie President, whe
told the -senators t he already had
' taken steps to that end. t In thia oan
nection, the pending war" revenue' bill
was discussed,: especially with Sena
tor,! Simmons, chairman of' the senate
finance committee, 'i v J'CS
The President auked regarding pros
pects of its passage, In view, of hie
approachingdeparture for France and
was adVlsed: by Senator 'Simmons . of
the prospect of deify ahd deterirmt
' ed republican opposition to the plan
proposed by Secretary Mc Adoo for de
termination in the pending measure ot
1120 tax ratesiv'KCM.,':.,:'',
. Reconstruction and legislative ques
t tlons, the senators were said to have
been . Informed, probably - will- be dlr
cussed by the President in JWs address
to- Congress at the opening ! of the
new session December : 8.; ; At that
time he is expected ; to outline v his
- t-vlewa oa JLhal jteeeasltxjjo'c jnalntain-
ing soma , government war agencies,
at least for a limited period after the
peace treaty "Is slgned.WiV-.-i-;r - v:.
Sails Early in Dcoember.
The . President v plans to call forN
.'- France soon arter Congress recon-
' venes, and it was understood that for
- this reason he desired, the leisurely
conference tonight covering the broad
. . field of legislation and other questions.
In connection with ' the , President's
, plans for transacting business with in
American embassy a headquarters, it
was understood that ;. ha . feels there
wUl be little difficulty in disposing of
legislative - questions that ; arise, i If
necessary,, it was said, the engrossed
text of a bill could be sent to him by
' a courier on a dispatch boat, A veto,
it was said, could be . accomplished
by-cable." v - - -
, ' In the discussion of legislative qus-
lions, it was a!d that only those of
the coming; session were -considered,
. and that-no mention was made either
of prospective republican control" of
the txif Congress or of an extra ses
sion. - .
, BRITISH JHINE-8WJSEPER SUNK.
V IiOndon, Nov. 1. A British ad
miralty statement issued this evening
tiya the British mine-sweeper Ascot
was torpedoed and sunk by a German
submarine November K io, ff the
northeast coast o'f England. Fifty,
three members i of the crew were
..Jrovned,
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JPeadju?tment of Defflmental
. Appropriations From War to
Peace' Basis : Begun Q by ' Corv-
' Washington; Nov. 19. Readjust
ment of departmental 1 approprUtlons
from a war to a peace basis was be
gun today by Congress! ' .The, house
naval committee took up revteionof
the naval bin for thenext fiscal year
and members were insistent that- ex
penditures be held to the lowest' pos
sible minimum consistent with effec
tive operation and upbuilding ftf the
navy-; : v -'-'v-'-.'--.-."-': -'-':
As recommended by the nvy de
partment, the bill carries a total of
$3-,440,000,000, the' estimates being
made in the belief that the war would
continue- through,- next . year. Rear
Admiral Earle, chler of the ordnance
bureau, who was before the commit
tee today, said the department now
to revising .its estimates and his bu
reau alone had eliminated more than
half of tha f 400,000,000 calculated as
necessary next year under war condi
tions. . Admiral Earle also revealed
that since hostilities ceased, the ord
nance bureau has cancelled contracts
amounting to S4S1.S6M00, practically
half of the amount appropriated for
the bureau since the war began.
..- Today's hearing had to do with only
one-fifth of the estimates in the bill
and after: the committee adjourned,
members could hot hazard a guess, as
to the final amount that will ba rec
ommended for tha navy:- ' Secretary
Daniel will ' be called into confer
ence tomorrow for discussion and the
committeemen hope to get a clearer
idea as to the sise of the , task before
themi ;;-i:"vy-y-'l--:ri
Representative Butler, of Pennsyl
vania, ranking republican member ot
the committee, and. who ia expected
ta' become chairman of the commit
tee in the - next . Congress, . led today
in demanding downward revision, but
other members also insisted that now
that hostilities; have ceased.'
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' - Mr. Butler criticised - Admiral
Earle's request - for .' Stl.OOO.OOO for
ordnance and i ordnance. ; stores next
year, saying It was greater than the
amount, appropriated In war-time, lie
also jvolced objection to" the comple
tion of the 112 eagle boats at the Ford
plant at Detroit.. When asked' whether
Henry Ford would lose money it the
contract were ' cancelled. Admiral
Earle said Mr. Ford received no profit
for the wdrk, - -:;";:,.,:
gerXian SOLDIERS IN ' x
BRUSSELS ENGAGED IN
V DEMONSTRATION NOV. 1 1
Marched Through Streets Carry
g IngTrertcrv and Belgian Flags
Day Before Signing 'of Arrrrls;
tice. S;'.; .iMS
Paris, .Nov.
19 (Havaa.) Demon
strations by the German soldiers In
Brussels on -' Sunday, November 10.
the 'day before the 4 armistice i with
Germany was signed, ! are 'described
In The , Journal LaBelglque', a news-
paper; published in Brussels, for four
years under German censorship, in
its issue of K6vember 11. .
! Thousands of soldiers Without arms
gathered in front of the North station
and1 formed ' a '"procession : which
marched through the NorthJboule
vard, carrying-red and French flags!
Th populace, at first , dumb with as
tonishment at the strange sight; en
thusiastically cheered the soldiers
carrying the French Tri-color and
shouting "Hurrah for Belgium! Hurrah-
for France! - ' rVi-
The processloii halted at'thepalace
of Justice, where a meeting was or
ganised and a banner raised, on which
was inscribed; -r, "Comrades! Do pot
fight any; more! Do not shoot!"
A Belgian demonstration was then
organized in which the German sol
diers Joined with the Belgians in sing-'
ing the Brabanonne 'and the Mar
seillaise. An automobile struck, ; car
rying German marines and decorated
with - Belgian flags, . appeared ' on the
Grand Place, where one of the mn;
rlnes spoke in praise of the Belgian f
King ana nis peopie.r ,
'An automobile in wnich were some
German superior officers was halted
by .soldiers , who tore the epaulettes
from theV . officers' ; shoulders. . The
demonstration- continued throughout
the afternoon and evening.-
SITUATION IN AUSTRIA " .'
"EXTREMELY CRITICAL"
Foreign Minister Is Asked to Ad
vise America and Allies as to
; Food and Coal. ' .
w Vienna. (Via Basel, Switserland),
Nov. ,19. M. Zerbyk. the minister of
public works., has asked the Austrian
foreign - minister to address sa tele
gram to - the governments -of i.the
United ; States. Great ..Britain' h and
France showing the extremely criti
cal situation In V Austria , concerning
coal and food;: :.vV.:".j-''Y-;n
The public works minister- says
there is no coal for the heatihg of
houses and that -the supply for cook
ing will not last more than a ..weeIC
Mills and bakeries will be compelled
to elose, he adds, within al few days.
k ' N f urthet coal supplies are avail
able to keep the, railways running, he
says., and the gas and electricity ser
vices in Vienna cannot be kent a-olna
': i more man two or tnree weeks,
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22 STATES CYEH TCP 11
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Cdala Confidant .ta'sV ri:ht
Origin Cudta of $170,EC0,
000 Would Ce Raised.-;:
New York,", Nov. 19. Thirty-two
state had gone "over the top," six:
having passed the ISO per cent mark,
when toe anlted war work campaign
entered tonight on the last 24-hour
stretch. ' .. . ,- . i. ,
With. $1B7 95,0M in contributions
officially tabulated and today's returns
yet to be added, officials were confi
dent the fund would pass the original
quota of tnOAOO.OOO and dourly ap
proach the : $250,000,000 mark, at
which the actual needs of the seven
war -, relief organizations during the
period, of demobilization have . been
pineed. -v.';, - ,K
Word went out. tonight' to leaden
of the drive to "keep the bail roiling"
until the drive cloaes officially tomor
row at nklnlght. .. - i , .. : - -.
The sonthcaatcrn army department
reported total subscriptions of $8,i
1J3.54Z. . ..-',
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"The Fleet Has Enabled Us' to
Wio the War'VKing George. ,
Speaking to Parliament, He Re
; views the Prolonged Struggle
and" Expresses Thanks. '
.' London, Nov. -19 (British Wireless
Service.) King George, in expressing
his thanks td the house ot lords and
the house of commons today, said he
was glad to meet the members of par
liament and the representatives - of
India and the dominions beyond seas,
"that we may render thanks' to Al
mighty God tor the : promise of a
peace, now hear at hand, and that I
may . express to you and through, you
to the people whom you represent, the
thoughts that rise. in my mind at a
Ume so solemn." - .H V:,;s.. v 5
The king said he was grateful for
the spontaneous and enthusiastic ex
pressions of loyalty and 'affection he
had. received in the metropolis and
from :al! parts of the British Isles as
well as from every, quarter ot the em
pire. The king declared that in the
future-he would strive to the utmost
to ' dtsoharre the -responsibUltyvlald
upon, him Tto uphold the honor ot the
mplre and to promote the well belna
of the' peoples over whom J am' called
to reign." " ' , v
GIVES OREDIT TO
BRITISH FLEET
, t -
govem-pvAftep a 'nrni-g:ie lonirer' itftfor
Tnwm'ern. i..-rsnyt..e KolX Have
foretold' King-, George continued,
"the soil of Great Britain remains in
violate. Oun- navy has everywhere
held., t,h sa4 , and' wherever; the en
emy could be brought to 4attle it has
renewed. the glories of Drake and Nel
sjpniw. - ft. ;4i-.' . v-.rtt.'j!'s.; ; ..) i,
I ,vne.fleet has Enabled v to win ,tn'fi
war.-. In fact without, the fleet, the
struggle could not. have." been . main
talhed, for upon the command of the
sea- the very existence and. mainte
nance of oar land forces have from
the -first depended.: .-v ? v
. "That we should have to wage this
war on land had scarcely entered our
thoughts until the : storm actually
broke upon us. " But Belgium and
France were suddenly invaded -and the
nation rose to the emergency. Within
a year an army of more than 10 times
the strength ,of -that which- was ready
for actipn in August, 191 4, was raised
by; voluntary enlistment,- large ly owing
to the organizing genius and. personal
Influence of Lord Kitchener, and the
number of that army was afterwards
far. more than doubled. ..i ,s .j; .
; "These, new soldiers, drawn'' from
the. civil population, have displayed a
valor equal, to that of .their ancestors.
- -'"Not lees' Dromot Was the rMnanm
and not less admirable tha devotion to
;j the common cause' tf those srilendld
troops- wnicn eagerly nastened ito' us
trotn r the ,: dominions ovsrseas men
who showed? themselves ' mors "than
ever to be borte df our bone. Inheriting
jkVt the courage and tenacity that have
made B-ltalnreat". v - ' J " ,v
. Proceeding, the: king paid tribute to
Field Marshal Slr, JJOuglas 'jiaig.' to
the air forces th mercantile marine;
the , fishermen,' munitions workers,
bdth v men an .women,' and ' to- the
medical units'lnVthe 'Herd and afloat
He f ef el-red t to- the importance ; ef
after-the-war ? ; reconstruction prpb
lems; to the necessity for liberal pro
vision top those : whose exertion by
sea and land aided. In bringing about
the present Situation and to the ne
cessity of perfecting., machinery ' to
avoid the risk of further international
strife, . ' i . , , 4 ;
As, to the future, the king said the
duty was to create a better Britain.
200,000 TONS OF FOOD
NOW ON WAY TQ EUROPE
For tHe popuTations .of NorjtHei'n
r i wigej, ueium ; ana Austria.
iShips Carry Sealed Orders.
Washington. Nov. 19,-Shlps xsarry
ing two hundred thousand tons ofl
tu. or me populations .of northern
France, Belgium and Austria. ..now
are en route to Eurooe. Thev i
proceeding nnder sealed orders to Gi-
j lav-wi uiunei ports ana
on arrival will await word from. Food
Administrator Hoover as to their final
destinations. Those going to Gibral
tar are expected to proceed to Adri
atic and Mediterranean ports and the
Others to French and Belgian ports.
- One of the last acts of Mr. Hoover
before sailing last Saturday for Eu
rope was to appoint a special shipping
committee to co-operate with tha
shipping board and the commission
for relief of Belgium, in faclliutlng
the shipment of food, to the demoral
ised civilian populations in the coun
tries devastated by war.:-: :
k: Neither ( the ; numberof snips in
volved In. the Dresent marnm.nt
the proportion that would b diverted
- -iDraiiar rorj reiier, ot ; southern
Kurppe and the near iast. could be
learned at the food administration. It
Was stated that final arrangements for
feeding the . peonies fraa . frnm tv
yoke of German mlllUrism Is awaiting
I the arrival of Mr.? Hoover in EnrOpe.
ML. iUIJ I ISGUPS
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Mostp of . . Those , From Camps
Greene arid. Polk Return. : .
NEGRO TAKEN JO RALEIGH
JNo Further Trouble, Expected;
a Solicitor Investigating; More
" iVs-Hv Arceste '',Made.''..)-.:,.-;
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V' '. " Speqlal to The Observer.
Wlnston-Salent;'' Nov,; 19.-Xo tvat
ther. trouble being aporehended here,
following the attempt ot a' mob to
take Russell, High, a negro, from the
city lock-up and lynch him Sunday
afternoon and night, the authorities
today decided that all of the United
States soldiers ' brought here from
Raleigh and Charlotte to assist in
maintaining order would not be need
ed.v Therefore the tank - machine
brought from the ( training camp ' at
Raleigh was taken, back to the capi
tal .city this afternoon, accompanied
by all but 60 of the men that came
with it here. Fifty men from Camp
Greene also remain on duty. :
Removal of the negro High Whom
the mob decided was the one who as
saulted and robbed Mr. and Mrs. J,
E. Childress Saturday night, to the
state prison for safekeeping, has re
lieved all fear of further trouble..
Solicitor Graves, who has been here
since yesterday investigating the un
fortunate affair,' stated this afternoon
that, the negro taken to Raleigh had
not been identified as the one making
the assault upon Mr. and Mrs. Chil
dress. The husband, who was shot
and badly wounded, shows Improve
ment and-his recovery, is .now Vex
peetedV . - -":, .' v; .''A;;-'
, Emphasis Is placed. bi those con
versant with the sittion upon the
fact that the trouble here Sunday was
in no sense a race clash and that no
element of race rlotlne was involved.
., Five more arrests were maae today
and many others are expected to fel
low, tonight and durlner the next few
days. Those charged with being im
plicated with the mob an locked up
today in default pf SB.OOO bonds in
clude Pleas . Cline, Marvin . Shamel,
Walter and Grover Kiser and' John
Brandon.. -.-:: :-VW" .-.:
Jdajor Gill, commanding 'the" de
tachment .from Camp Folk,,, in speak
.IngfOf the rbaby Unk' brought here,
stated that this was the first time this
type ot ,modem warfare, weapon- had
h-.n it"""' F'-tre ls arriv t-
i.'TuanMinXuf order a lid' r,
several rugged sections ef the city and
ifts operation was perfect, descending
mio ravines ana cnmmng over steep
embankments with greatest ease.CH .
KING GEORGE BREAKS v
iANOTHEB PRECEDENT
Ckesto ; Receive Parliament's
? Loy alty Address r Instead v oi
y,; Parliament Coming to ; Hint
' ':' t"''-.:. v t '.' e . K ..i.-f:'i
London, Nov. 19.- Another . prec
edent went the way of other prec
edenu today, when King George, ac
companied by Queen Mary; and the
Princ ot Wales, went to the palace
at Westminster to receive and reply
to the loyalty address passed bV the
' houses of parliament yesterday.- Here-
toiore it naa neen tne "custom of the
parliament to go to the king on such
occasion. The royal party drove to
the . palace at Westminster without es
cort and was loudly cheered alons
the route.'. t.
Arriving at Westminster, the royal
JartyvWent Immediately to the gal
erybf the house of lords. The lord
chancellor ,-" and . the . epeaker j of : the
house of commons presented the ad
dressli. ".j'l;'- '"--v . .:.
King George, after , expressing his
thanks, in a speech -alluded to the
part played-by . the-whole empire in
"the iopg and terrible struggle now
being brought . to a close." ,
LUMBER CONFERENCE IN
: : ; 7; WASHINGTON FRIDAY
v S;w.' Orleans, ; iNov.l 1 9.--ReadJust.
ment, of the American lumber indus
try, to conditions ot peace will be Tils
cussed afV a series of mass meetings
beginning v Friday, November ii at
the Congress hotel, Chicago,. and con
tinuing probably ft for j. severaU days.
Lumbermen from all ? parts $ of .the
United States fare expected to - be
presentr.' i-, '-iMXi (iff:i
The Southern Pins association wilt
ba represented by J. E. Rhodes, L. R.
Putman and R'.M.; Rickey.
Vr Falr today and Thursday.'
Even dad wlil be compelled to study
geography f or nwhlle.vi,:;:?!,:,; ;; j;
TO PUDLISH KAISER'S .
DECHEE CF ABDICATION
Part; of It as Quoled by Corre
- spondent Says : ; "I Renounce
V the Throne." '.. v v- v
Paris, Nov. 19. ( By the Associat
ed Press), In order to end the dis
cussion as to whether . William ; IIo
henzoUern has really abdicated as
German emperor,' it Is understood the
German government Intends to pub
lish his decree of abdication. "Oils
consists of an attempt to Justify the
war on the ground ot Germany's iso
lation. .. ,' , .
- The abdication decree, aecordlnjr to
"the correspondent at Zurich ot 1In
formation, . concludes with , these
wordsr 'v.,-. ... v;i:-; -". - r
. -To avoid difficulties and to put
an end to the mourning and suffering
of my people,'! renounce the throne
and leave my faithful . subjects free
to choose a government which seems
to them most compatible with honor
and to their uuereet.,, . 'a .... :tv
16.48 PER CENT
THE TOP
Fourth Loan Subscriptions To
... tal $6,989,047,000,
Bonds of the Fifth Liberty Loan
. to Be of Short MaWrity,
Says McAdoo.
' Wanhington, Nov." l9;-Totai stfb
scriptions to the fourth' liberty loan
were $6,t89,04T,000. the treasury de
partment ' announced $ tonight v after
final Ubiilations had been completed.
The over-subscription of $989,047,000,
was 14 per cent. Every federal
reserve district exceeded its . allotted
quota. 4 . ? : ?.:'.. ;;:
Thls-makes the fourth Liberty loan
by far, the greatest war loan ever
floated by this or any other govern
menu 7 i For the fourth ' consecutive
time in the last 18 months ot War the
American people have given. more than
ins government asaea ; sdik am
war : program, 1 1ncluding the . four
Liberty loans and,' war sayings, the
nation has raised ,117,862,000.000. in
popular loans, and this does not take
into consideration over-subscriptions,
which were pot accepted.: ": : y !-i ','-'
' Reports by districts, arranged In or
der of their subscription percentages,
are as ,f ollow-;t:'. i. t ?? iJ'-
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Atlanta ,. .'.f ..; Mt.MW0 ! 111.41
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Bondsof the fifth' war loan,, to be
offered probably In the springy will be
ot short maturity; Secretary McAdoo
announced today. This was interpreted
as meaning five years or less. The
f secretary said it is Impossible now to
predict tawsissr or time or noiauon
ot future bond issues necessary to
cover the i remaining- expenditures
growing out of - the-war, bu. added
that it is ''entirely clear that the
moment had come when , the interests
of the government and tha country
would be best served by the ' issue of
bonds of short maturities and that
that would b the policy of the treas
ury.. . n " ..'."
Short term bonds, treasury officials
feel would be bought more readily
than those of longeir'maturity. Pre
vious Liberty bond Issues range be-
tween-10 ;and SO. years. .-;v--:i
'Whether short .term, bonds might
be sold at the interest rate: of
per cent set tor the past two Liberty
loans,' or might be increased, remains
for future determination, ;h .
Existing War obligations mature as
follows: First laberty,.loah,. t,0ff0,
OOO.OOQ. redeemable at the option, of
thev treasury after ; 1982 and payable
not later than ,1947; second , Liberty
loan, 8 3, 801,000, 000i redeemable after
1987,r payable' in 1 948; third Liberty
loan." 84,175,000,000, redeemable and
payable without option Ih 19?. fourth
Llbertyloah. ,H9,047,000... redeem
able, after l88; payable In, 1998; wai
savings,' 879,8?0.000, jun ii -the: pres
ent, payable-ln'ltSiifi:i: -fv-it -ivV'
With this program of maturity, the
treasury by -exercising it's option, can
call ' in the -nation's war (flW for
redemption in installments- every five
years tntiriHx.'-'ii..:llvi fr-
PL'AN jO KEEP THE BEST
: n
Wm. OFFICERS IN THEfARMt
Plans for Demobilization ' of Of
ficers Being Shaped With This
?UEnd,iiev
'' Washington, NovJlL-rSteps to; rs
tain permanently In the army officers
commissioned from civil life who
have displayed marked ability in the
service are being considered by the
general staff. Plans for the demobili
sation of officers, it was learned to.
day, are being shaped with this end in
View.. 1 ' .. j. ,j 'vv. , .
The first of the approximately 160,
000 men in the officers' corps released
will be those who are anxious to sev
er complete) ytheir - connection .with
military life and return to their for
mer civil . occupations. Applications
from, these, men for release, officials
said, will be given first consideration
ind twill be acted upon promptly. - -
Consideration, it was said, rjext will
be given to applications from officers
who- wish to return to civil life, but to
retain their status as reserve officers,
subject to call ' for a period of years.
General . staff officials believe that a
large portion will follow this course,
thereby giving the United ' States- an
adequate supply of competent reserve
officers, for the first time in history,' ,
In passing v officers back into : the
Inactive reserve list, care: win be ta
ken to hold to the last officers who
desire to apply for' commissions In
the, regular establishment, and whose
records show them to be fltlea for
regular army iMiJfixowwi
4inill.ljtl.uuL jiiL'.t
GEE! FK
Mni.ao5Gi'.n
RiocuiijniiissuEO
Bf
Ill
Calls Attention to and Empha
sizes Many and Extraordinary
Reasons for Gratefulness This
Year. . ':,',' ,
- . Special to The Observer. .
Raleigh, Nor. 19. Governor Blpk-
ett's .Thanksgiving proclamation, Is
sued today, summarises special rea
sons for : thankfulness that include:
"That this year' eurv. hearts forerun
all proclamation and theT graoe of
gratitude attunes our souls for the
universal anthem fit praise on Thanks
giving day; grateful that we did not
go to war in anger or .In haste but
soberly, reverently, In the' fear of God
and in. the love of humanity; that our
people were given eyes to see a right
eous cause and ears to near a holy
call to arms; for the miracle wrought
in -the1 transportation ot our soldiers
though perilous seas and in their de
Hyery on the battle front in time to
save the civilisation ot the world; that
these soldiers, fresh from civil life,
fought with heroism and fortitude of
seasoned veterans and won for them
selves and their country the love and
admiration of all mankind; that at
the -council table and on the field ot
battle American officers and men ex
emplified the Ideals of a Christian
civilisation; that a righteous peace
has come to all the war-weary peoples
of the earth; that it is the inflexible
purpose of the victors to dethrone the
gun and make the Christianised con
science- of mankind the supreme ar
biter of th destiny of natlons;V for
Wdodrow Wilson that", God brought
him to the kingdom for sbch a time
as this and .through him . has made
America they hope - of a people who
seek, blessing of liberty1 under laws of
tunfEsc:riEXFLfs::xHiY-i
SaySj i Neceisity f. -fof .Colbmori
i orltrorttletv ,
ijCable Wires Was,44Ci?ncluslvt-
fei'S.
. : wasnington, vov. is. -fostmaster
General Burleson Issued A statement
today outlining what he characterised
as "the determining . factors" which
led to the taking over of cable sys
tems November t under the joint res
olution of Congress authorising 'gov
ernment 'control and operation of
telephone, telegraph, cable and radio
systems in this country... s j :'
:- Land telegraph lines already had
been 'taken over by' the ' government
and Mr. Burleson said the necessity
for, continuity and common ; control
between -such 'systems and the cable
lines., has ; been "most 'conclusively
shdwn,"; by the fact that both v the
Western Union and Postal Telegraph
compsnles - have. : their : independent
cable systems and ' have contractual
relations with other cable companies
which make- those lines more or less
a part of the. country; telegraph, sjrs
torn. ; vV,-'-;-''V.;J :,'-.;'':''' f'v h
' "There never was a .time In the his
tory of this war," said Mr, Burleson's
statement,- 'which ' called ; for such 'a
close!) control ot the- cable system as
today .and ' will con tinuedurtng. the
period ot readjustment ; The, absolute
necessity of uninterrupted,' continuous
communloatlorr'should. be apparent to
alL ,. The postmaster general, Is ' now
operating all the telephone and tele
graph Upes In one system.- The re
cent j breakdown -in "connection with
one of the cable1 systems ' has demon
strated tha absolute necessity ot being
able' to utitlxe; at will the facilities, of
either cable sytm wtths"' tlU of vthe "
iana nne . sysiema-r r . . r . r-.'-y
V '".There 'are' many idther reaidna for
taking over, the cables : whichv have
been suggested ..byj.fhe "experience- so
ff i In - government! control ot land
lines, but T only thlhk it fiecessSrV to
state the Cdeterntlnnir- tieters
ri,Vv,"ei.'t vh'."--;!- r-ci.tf
Washington; ev.M9.--Director
General McAdob today announced his
intention of establishing areduced
passengei" rate; ot two cents a mile,
Instead, of the, usual three cents, .for
soldiers returning to their homes af
ter discharge from -the army. By law,
soldiers are allowed three and 'one
halt cents , mile f or ; transportation
and meals, .and the special -fare will
enable them Mr. McAdoo believes, to
buy hieals, and pay tor, sleeping, car
reservations out of the allowance: ?
NIGHT; MESSAGE WIR2 "
I RATES TO BE REDUCED
Wnshlngton. Nov. tS-Reductloa In
telegraph r rates on nUrht, mesMagea,
which would cut- tlie minimum
from one dollnr to fifty cents between
Atlantic and rnclflc coast states, wai
ordered today by lotniastcr General
Burleson, effective January 8. next.
Such memiKC sro subject to deliver?
by postoffjee carriers, y .. ." t
FRENCH cTR00P3;UftDR v
;' CEN PETAIfJ-ENTER IVZTZ
.Xrr-: ;' , s
' Paris, Nov. French troops nn.
dor command of '.Starshal Ivtal'n. enf
teivd'Meta. the opital of : Lorraine,
this morning, imU.it scenes of great
enthusiasm on tito part of the popula
tion, according to an i."'lal state? icj t
from the war oCpc to:,iy.
BICKETX
up'
lid
i , , , i . . . i i i
iL:;;ilUUiir
: m Evacuatsd Tcrrlt:ry. '
HEADQUARTERS I'pYEb Cri c
TO L0NGUY0N YESTERDAY
Belief Confirmed. That C:rmsn
Command Plans No Tree
,HVtlV I.
YIGIUNCE
IS . MAINTAINED
Enormous Stores of 'Amnunrtion
'- ... '" '-. ""-v ---v jjiii".--:
jGermans Unimr)aired.V -
With the American Army of Occu-
nation. Nov. 19. (By the .Associated
Presa) Well into Belgium and with
in a few hours' march of -the German
---.. ii,. Miith . Mi Inr Otnsrsl
Dlckman's army gathered itself today ,
for another Jump into evacuated ter
ritory.; 1;i-v; ,..;rn:v''-jvv:.' ,
: The line - was unchanged. In ac
cordance with plan, the maieh has
ka... , -1,-1 fn a ahnrt llm.' Wnim "
-w. V ..1 teHilfAM- ..innl. a.rvfn. i
and other elements can be brought
on. : However. General ' Dlckman's
headauarters was 'moved on to Lon-
guyon lonigm ana corps- u - .
. . . .. . - . . .
lon commanders , maae similar aa-
vancea. :;.-v---.tv -; i-. ; ; -
As the Germans withdrew, the con
centration of the army of occupation
la increased, and ' not for a . moment .
has vigilance been relaxed...-.
. . Th iwoond , dew ' of . the advance -
a.rv.il (n rnnflrm th ballaf it th .
American headquarters, however, .that '
there was no : thought of. treachery
in the minds of the. German general
mUtlce will be faithfully carried tout.
:u There -' have' been ' a few isolated
cases . where surrendered triaterla I
have been damaged.' .but- it is not
thought. such datnagt iwss - wrought
under orders of German' commanders.
f: atachine Shops in Order, ,.
;J'!iiorm6u,s stores: Vjt . mmuniy'.
n.4 minv iin 1f t Tii-"uvrv wr '
Httls impaired... The; eln "V roa
'chlnery in the machine si.'.. .. fu w
; . j I f ypr i: t i
and 4,th." t.-....i:....i.i":,t..j, i... i . .;
fervod ' U Germans 'as one of ! .
main arteries of csmrnuhlcatlop cie
Silled with, locomotives And ears ready
or use.; whle great ndantiUes of gen
eral stores:? not t jnaentioned. .-'inthet'
terms i of. f the armistice y had neeu
bandoned':,s ,s,vf ''"'151 -.
, Undamsgsd stsres left behind- on
every road over-which the- Americans
advanced '"bear evidences of ' the great
retreat.V- .-'' - .
v At .Virton ws:fpund a great , sal
vage dump; where tons of clothlng.gas
masks and helmeU-had been .thrown
by the ' German troop, who had no
further use for them. , ; ,- ; v . t j
A road near St; Leget over which
the correspondent, drove-Just, behind
the evacuating armies was so thickly
covered;, with big iron vGermait hel
meu that at - times tliey interfered
wljh the operation of his automobile.
'' ie BUheartened. v. .
: .Rowever, it was . not the Utter; or
a battlefield that, one saw, or even"
that of a disorderly retreat under fire
It was merely the evidence etthe
passing- of a tired, disheartened foe,
who was going home. . -... . .
' The country' generally presented'
a strong contrast to. that fought over'
for', soxmany, years, ; The Americans'
beaiK nb traee-ot warfare. Here and
there was one which ; showed evi
dences 'of the flgtmng atthe time) the
French? attempted to cheok the Ger-,"
man march through Belgium.' In
most ot the towns -svery house was '
it, The., roads over which th Amtrl-;
canstravelsd ara In excellent condi
tion, due td their distance back of the
former German. Utim a h. tuitii
use " madev by- Xhf enemy of : motor
twk. --Tnet retreaUng irmy left on
the' roads , ;dosens ot- steam rollers
which had" been ' working; almost to
dy of Its departure. ;; i J Ji - .
- V3tmdiUQna.ia Belgium.. , ' f
Although) early -victims ot. the vsr J
Belgium's inhabitanu in this nuarter
appear Miter -toft's today,f than1 the
French civilians ' few miles back.'
When' the ' American army entered
VlrtdiuV restaurants were being cper
ated and'demands for coffee brought'
not. only thls, commodity, but also
sugajr .and cream to go with it. ' Meat .
was scarce. One meat dealer told how
the Germans entered his shop on the
night .they left and threw r art of his
stock into ;ther street. Lut he had
some ; lefk Including smoked hams, i
When file" Americans entereJ. 1 - -
The shops .are better , stocked than
those In French towns the same dis
tance. backv bf the s lSiie. Women's
clothing, -ranging from the lacy and.
befrilled. i1 to-' smartly Ullored gar
ments Ja prominently displayed in the
windows,:' 1 .while' tobacconist, , fcave
their, show cases well filled. The wine
shops have not such varied stocks n
In France but Just as abundant; much
of it Is champs gpsi , i ; r - ,
Stories of German r.t:s.
The. civilians in yirton an et'l.er
villages . tell - stories. . of . Germs n s r
rogance and oppression. -fctt tsVi c
atrocities are few. ,? Ar rarer, tly t
Germans who were In pnwr I i t
pert of Belgium ruled slirr.'y l t
viciously after, the early rirt ; t
war. : .,-
St Leger Is one of e r -felt
the terrible grip cf t t
hand in the Erst year cf v
was there that ore hu; ' ; . t
were executed. ,
When the Airr; 1 I
into .Vtrton, the if t t
pled towns, te r
ing. too good f - t
allied ratio-1 . m :
house fr" f !
1 t
ill
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