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V**' * DUNN, N. C, NOV, •!«
FULL TEXT OF ARMISTICE TERMS READ TO
CONGRESS IN PRESIDENTS ADDRESS
Signing of Armistice Terms
Proclaimed By President at
Joint Session of Congress
THIS DOCUMENT IS
NO "SCRAP OF PAPER"
Wilson la His Exclsaage of Notae
With M.smull.a Ws. P,opb*b*
in His Suggaalioa Thai a Revelu
boa la Cerasaay Might Bs Brought
About i sTrms of Araaistico la Fall
Which Insure Destruction of Th*
Military Casta.
Washington. Nov. H.—Signing of
!h-i armistice with Germany was pro
claimed today by President Wilson
who also announced Its term* at a
;o nl session of Congrwut
Thc terms herald the and of the
r.-nr because thoy take from Gvrmany
th.- power to renew it.
Juit before he ovnt to the capital,
th • President in a proclamation ad
dressod to his fellow-countrymen said;
“The armistice was signed this
morning. Everything for which A
morics fought has been accomplished,
ll will now bt our fortunate duty to
assist by example, by sober, friendly
counsel and material aid In the es
tablishment of just democracy
throughout th* world.'.’
Strip|M-d of its malicious powor, the
military autocracy, Its masters driv.
on to axile, stands before the world's
court of Justice having subscribed to
terms of surrender which probably
will be recorded In history as the
moat drastic sad complvtc ever mess*
urod oat to a defeated foe.
N* Scrap ef pay I, This.
Reading ef the full text of the
terms discloses measures the United ‘
States and tha allied governments
have taken to guarantee that Gcr
many s acceptance shall not ba a
scrap of paper, and to insure the de ,
atroetion of tha milRary coote. .
Wharf Presided} Wllaon ooneladod
hia
ditional surrender, it might lirtng ,
about a revolution la Germany.
TEXT OF PRESIDENT
WILSON’S ADDRESS.
The President tpoke as follows: '
“Gentlemen of the Congress; 1
“In these anxious times of rapid 1
and stupendous change it will in ions
degree lighten my sense of reeponei- '
biUty to perform in person the duty i
of communication to you some of the '
•aegor circumstances of ths situation 1
with which it is necessary to deal. <
"The German authorities who have, 1
at the invitation of the supreme war ■
council been in eommunication with 1
MarAal Poch have accepted and sign- I
ed the terms of armistice which he I
was authorized and instructed to com
municate to them. Those terms are i
ax follows: ,
Terms of Armistice. I
1—Military clauses on western <
front. _ |
PlRST—Cessation of operations <
by land and in the air six hours after
the signature of the armistice. t
SECOND—Immediate evacuation <
of Invaded countries, Belgium, (
France, Alaaeo-Lorraine, Luxemburg I
BO ordered as to he completed within I
fourteen days from tho signature of i
tha armistice. German troopa which i
have not left the above mentioned
territories within the period fixed wfl) ,
become prisoners of war. Oceupe- I
tlon by the allied and United States i
force* jointly will keeo MCA With 11
evacuation and occupation will lx «
regulated in accordance with a not*
Annexed to tho itited termn <
"THIRD—Repotriotion, beginning
at onca and to b* completed within i
fourteen day*, of all inhabitant# of J
th# countries above mentioned, in- i
eluding hootagM and ponoru under i
trial or convicted. ,
“FOURTH—Surrender In good
condition by the German armloa of <
the following oqnipmont: »,000 gam ,
(2,600 heavy, a,tOQ field); thirty ,
thousand machine puna, thr*« thoo- ,
•and minanwerfar, two thonaand aero I
pianos (fight*ra, bombors—ftrftly D.
aovanty-tbrees «nd night bombing I
machine* ) Tho above to bo doiiv- i
ered In Htu to th* AlHc* and United i
SUto# troop* In accordance with the '
detailed condition* laid down in the
*nn*x*d not*.
“FIFTH—Evacuation by the Gar
man armies of the countrio* on th* i
loft bonk of th* Rbin*. The at
trio* or th* left bank of th* Rhine I
•ball be admlnlatorod by tbo Weal ou
ihnritloa under th. control of tbo Ak
li«d and United State* armloa of oc
cupation. Tbo occupation by AIIlad
•rd United Stew* garrisons holding
tho principal croastngr of tho Rhl*.
Mayonco. Cobleas, Cologne, together
^Hk bridgehead* on that* points in
thirty kilometer radio* on tbo right
bank and by garrison* almlUrly hold
ing the strategic point* of tbo region.
A neutral son** shall be r**er*ed on
thr right of the Rhine between the
at; cam and a line drawn parallel to it
forty kik»ni?rcra to the i*«*t from the
fiw.tlcr of Holland *i th*» ptrslU of
Geraebeim coluxnc and as far as prnr
ticable a distance of thirty kilometer*
fmm the east nf fh*» .-.tresm from this
parallel upon he Swiss frontier.
Evacuation by the enemy on the
Rhine Lamia rhall bo so ordered as to
he completed within a further period
of «*lcv« n days, in all nineteen days
aftvr the signature of the armistice.
All movement' of evnr ujtion and oc
rupatlon will be regrulaled according
lo the note annexed.
SIXTH.—All territory evacuated
b> the enemy there shall be no
evacuation of inhabitants; no damage
ct harm shall be done to the penons
ur property of the Inhabitant* No
destruction of any kind to be com
mltted. Military «rstnb|ishcncrts of
'll kinds ahall be delivered intact a*
wall a* military store* of food, am
munition*. equipment not »♦-moved
luring the period'; fixed for a vac ua
1 on. Stores of food of II kinds for
the civil population, cattle, etc., shall
ta left in situ. Induttrml establish-1
men La shall not be impaired in aryl
way and theiT personnel shall not bc|
moved. Hoad* and means of com*
munication of ever kind, railroad,
valrrwayt. main roads, bridges, tele
graphs, telephone*, shall be in so
maimer impaired.
SEVEN! H—All civil ami military
irrsonncl at present employed on
hem «hal) remain. Five thousand
oeomolivra, fifty thousand wagon*
ind tee thousand motor lorries in
rood working order with all neces
sary spare part* and Ailing* shall be
letivered to the associated power*
vithm the period fixed for the react)
itlon of Belgium and Luxemburg.
Q>e railways of Alsace-Lorraine shall
isbaadfl over within tha as me period
personnel
if permanent wayi, signals and re
air shops left entire in situ and kept
n an efficient state by Germany dur
ng the whole period of armistice,
ill barges taken from tha Allies «h.n
K restored to them. A note append
'd ragulatea tbo details of these
neaaorea.
“EIGHTH—The German command
hall bp r.~*|«msiblr for revealing all
nines or delay acting fuses disposed
in territory evacuated by the Gcr
nan troop* and shall aaaiat In their
liscovery and destruction. The Cer
nan command ahull also reveal aO de
tractive measures that may have
iren taken (such aa poisoning or pol
ling of springs, wells, etc) under
■enalty of reprisals.
“NINTH-—The right of requaition
hall be exercised by the allied and
he United States arnica In occupied
erritory. The upkeep of the troops
f occupation in the Bbinr land (ox
ludlng Alsace-Lorraine) shall be
harged to the German government.
“TENTH—An immediate repatria*
ion without reciprocity according to
rtailad conditions which shall be flx
d of all allied and Unttod States
irieoncra of war. The allied powers
nd the United States shall bn able
o dispose of then* prisoner* ss they
riah.
"ELEVENTH—-Sick and wounded
'ho cannot be rernorod from ovacua
ed territory arill be cared for by Cer
san personnel who will be left on the
pot with the medical material raqoir
d.
II HifpofUion relative to the
aalern frontier* of (ierminy.
'TWELFTH—AII flerman troop*
t pronenl in any territory which bo
or* the war belonged to Ruaaia, Ro
mania or Turkey (hall withdraw with
n the frontier* of Germany a* they
xiatad on Auguat let, 1914.
"THIRTEENTH—Evacuation by
German troop* to begin at once and
Jl Herman Inatraotora, prisoner*, and
1 villa ns at weU aa military agent*,
'ow on the territory of Rumla (a« do
• nad before 1914) to be roc*lied.
'FOURTEENTH German troop*
° c**ae at onev all requisition* and
rixurce and any other undertaking
rit Ha view to obtaining anppllew In
ended for Germany In Romania and
luuln (aa defined on Auguet let,
914.)
“FIFTEENTH—Abandonment of
he treat lea of Bochareet and Be*.
.Itovek and of the aupplementary
reatloe.
"SIXTEENTH- The allle* than
lave free aeecea te the territories
-vacuated by the Herman* on tholr
-astern frontier either through Dan
dg or by the Vletole |n order to e«n
rey euppllr. to the population* of
bom tarriteneu or far any otbar par
>o*e.
"Ill—Chau* concerning Earn Afrl
‘•I
SEVENTEENTH — Unconditional
1 xpitulaLiuti of all German forces sp
e ruling In Fast Africa within one
month.
"IV—General clauses:
EIGHTEENTH — RvpstrlsUon
with reciprocity, within a maxi
mum period of one month, In aceord
unce with detailed conditions hereaf
ter lo bo fixed, uf ail dviliaaa Intern
ed nr deported who may l>e ettisens of
olhoi allied or associated states than
thow. ineutioncd in clause thrao, para
graph nineteen, that with the rsaerea
<*on any further claims and demands
ot the allies and the United States of
America remain unaffseWd.
'NINETEENTH— The following
financial conditiona are required:
•'Reparation for damages done
While neb armistice lasts no public
securities shall be removed by the en
mediate return of aD documents,
stocks, shares, paper money, together
with plant for tbs issue thereof,
touching public or print* intern**
in th« ihvidtd countric*. Restitu
tion of tfc* ojtitn mad Rumanian gold •
yirldvd to G«rtatny or taken by that
power Thie gold to be delivered In
Iruet to the allies until the signature
of peace,
“V—Naval coadibons:
'TWENTIETH Immediate Cessa
tion of all hoftllitiss at aea and defl
nit« information to be given as to the
location and movements of all Ger
man ships. Notification to be given
tn the naval an dmercantila marines
of the allied and associated powers,
>11 que>tions of neutrality
waived.
"TWENTY.FIRST—All uavsl and
mercantile marine pritoners of war
of the Allied and associated powers
In German hands to bo returned with
out reciprocity.
TWENTY-SECOND— Surrender *
to the Allies and the Uaited States of
America of ICO German submarines
(including all submarine cruisers and
mine-laying submarines) with their i
~Om liletu eswumaat >o.d __a.
In porte which will be specified by the
Allies end the United States of Amen
ta. AH other submarines t obe paid
ilT Mnd completely disarmed and '
placed under supervision of the Ah i
lied powers and the United States I
if America.
•-TWENTY THIRD —The follow- I
in* German surface warships which
■ball be d estimated by the A Dies and i
the United States of America ihall
forthwith be disarmed aad thereafter
Interned In neutral porta, or, for the ,
want of them in AQied porte, to be
designated by the AlUee end the Uni
led States of America aad placed
under the eurvellanee of the AUlea
md the United Stales of America,
inly caretakers being left on board,
luunely: Six battle eruisen, ten bat
tleships, eight light eraieeis, includ
Ing two miaes-layera, fifty destreyure
Ifthe most modern type. Another
rarface warships (including river
trnftl aro to be concentrated in Ger
mBT. nasal base* to be designated by
the Allies aad the United States of
America, and are to he paid og and
completely disarmed aa dplaced under
the supervision of the Allies and the
United States of America All tuu
sola of the auxiliary fleet (trawlers,
motor vceaelx, etc.) are to be ijbsiis
ed.
“TWENTY FOUR—The Allies and
the United States ehall have the right
to sweep up all mine fields and ob
structions laid by Germany outside
German territorial waters, and the po
sitions of three are to he Indies tod.
“TWKNTY-FTVE—Freedom of aad
access to aad from the Baltic to he
given to the naval mercantile maria#
•f tho allied and aaeociaSed powers.
(Continued on page t)
EFFECT OF PEACE
ON FOOD PRICES
Pric* Will D*>
Soma Things
Bat Not All
Washington, Nov. 11.—Immediate
r. duct ion of food prices «s a result
rf the conclusion of an anaintlco can
>- >. be expected. Food Administra
tor Hoover tonight In a statement said
Hit I while tho prices of some food
ttuffs will decrease, others will In
crease.
••With the wnr effectually a ear,"
•mid Mr. Hoover, "ws eater a new
economic cm and its Immediate ef
fect on prices is difficult to anticipate.
The prices of nome food commodities
may Increase but others still decrease,
because with liberated shipping, ac
cumulated stocks la the Southern
IK-minnherv and the Far East will be
:>vHilablc. The demands upon the
United Slates will change In charac
ter but nut In volume."
All activities of tht Food Adminis
tration win be continued through the
••.nniatlcr period, said Mr. Hoover,
elding thet "there will be no relaxa
tion of efforts to keep down profiteer
ing to the last moment."
INSTRUCTIONS FOR rljfciDlltG
CHRISTMAS »OX£« j&XJR
SOLOIRRS OVermI.
Only on* parcel will be Jbid by
the War Department tlu«K the
Red Cross for each wkll^Smu
Each soldier will bo pafiKd with
one ChriiUnae parcel labJ^Hhls La
be I will bo forwarded bfVto tbo
person In the United from
whom he wishes to recalvpjH Christ
as! packet*. Package* 4flK So not
beer this label win not ■Kecepu-d
by the Red Cros* for dioB to the
Poet Office authorities Ubi that
ore lost will net bo dupI|3Hl
Christmas paresis pieced
ill cardboard boxaa, | la.
am*. Three boas* win |^Brovided
to holders of labels, by t^^Paerlran
Red Cross They may bj^Bjbud at
Rid Cruse Chapters or M^te af
ter November I.
With each box, will b^^Bl Com
plete Instruction regardfl^Ko arti
cles which may ba aentUB a list
of article* which are bsSBby the
postal authorities gta^^Heoe In
structions and avoid i^Ba No
massage or arritUn maM^Mrof any
kind will be allowed U> ^Be box
Wben the boxes ar^^Hed, but
unwrapped, they,must QoBk more
than 2 lbs, IS eas If ^JBhrce] is
over weight, some srtlc)^BBt be re
moved. . .
Do net put psrishohKKd. eoft
candy liquids, or suytl^^Hp dam
containers la tbo psutkam^JKiu with
it to reoch iU doctiadtXWth the
other contoate anepoOatfKf
Do not mail tbo bo^Dbaraoif.
When pocked, the box aM^Bb* tak
Regulation! |OT»r»b| the shlp
nent of Christmas parcel! to any
ain is service aviresaa by rsiattvsa in
this country have jaaa been complet
ed. lotto whig a aeries of cenfsTeucas
Jatween officials of tU War Depart
ment, the Poet Office Dspeitiainr and
the American Red Crwwi ' Under the
plan worked out every American sol
di er to a foreign land win be permitt
fd to receive one park— containing
Christmas gifts from the United
States.
The Navy Department has a sepa
rate arrangement to enable men in
that breach of the panics on daty
•broad to obtain holiday boxes from
oved ones at home. '
Relatives sad friends who an plan
ning to make Christmas for the sel
liera in tho war aoaas sa marry as
renditions wlD permit, should bear in
niad that each Midler is entitled to
>ut one of these packages. The War
Department will not aeeept mors than
>ne parrel for each man. ft is ex
lectod that approximately 2,000,000
>1 thee* packages will be Mat abroad
ind the amount of shipphsg space pto
rlded for their transportation will
•ot permit of any deviation from the
•On* pares] a man rule."
The men themselves wiD deside
kit now receiving ClriMaaoptrcd
■bob with Instructions to maA tbosc
•bob to tho person In thb country
>001 whom they wiok to reeatre tbo
lolidoy box. To avoid any chance
>f duplication, oath aoldior gets but
mo of those labels Packages that
to not boar those labels win not bo
kccoptod. In the event of thb Ubol
wing loot It cannot bo ropbkeod. No
:hrlitmao parrels will be accepted for
■hipmont after November xoth- Tbo
cardboard boxaa, or cartons, to bo
provided for those parcels are I in.
t 4. i 9 in. to also. When packed
trapped and ready for mailing those
ioxee moat not weigh more than
hrao pounds
Tho American Bod Cron, baa
k»"ad to provide those eardboard
toxoa and to sspervia* their dbtribo
doa to rebtivao 'of tho sold Ion who
»"**"» the propot Chriotmaa parrwl
label credential. Tbo distribution of
dw cartons will bo mad* by Bed
Croat branches thronghont tbo coun
try. It will bo Incwnbont upon tbo
po**>»> roeetviag one of tbood'bosaa to
ntum It whoa A tied, but wrapped,
to tbo collection point designated by
tbo Rod Croon Hero It will bo 4a
■poctod by tbo Bed Cruua inspectors
authorised to axetodo any articles
hnnrod by tbs pooUl authorittoa. af
ter which tho box win bo shipped
In short, tho Bod Cross i. responsible
for tho distribution, roeoipt at dadg
■totod points, thu toepaction, and mall
lag of tbo bates.
Tbs following is an outlina of tho
(Continued on f»to Ptoo.)
THE OLD GERMANY
HAS GONE FOREVEF
William* Kaiser and Kim
Stripped of His Power*
i> a Fugitive in
Holland
CREATEST CONFLICT ENDS
WITH DRAMATIC SWIFTNESS
Roralt. Famine, Anarchy—Warld'
Naat Tank May Ba i. IUlm
Order la Caairal F**pira* and
Them Fraa Fata af
RrmU,
Th# Carman people, for a genera
tion the obedient and submissive ht
T“<* tholr war lord, for more
than four generation* yaan kw pli
ant inatmmaau to rmvagfng th* werid
bare spoken a nsw word, and Din old
Germany Is rone From the confus
ed, sometimes eonSirting and often
delayed advices from Germany in tbs
last fsw days, it has now become ap
parent that William. Emperor aad
king, has been stripped of his power.
He Is now plain William Hohenxol
Isra, a fugitive la Holland. With hit
fall topples into ratal William's mad
design to rule th* world.
Little la kuawB ef th* situation to
day in Germany, for that country la
in the Srst days of its new adventure.
It la not clear whether the eld regtama
ba* b**n permanently dislodged or
v-briber the new sathorltio* with the
ufleerapoloum adroitnoM wfcM ba*
loojr marked Gvrma’i politics, ara
uatalrn aa.^RU.. ah. .LUf A_
beads of Kaisenoa ia fh vbopa of ob
twining aa awr pesos. It appear*
r -i-beble that no one in Germany
krowi, and that it is still to Oe de
termined which of th« contending
ilsamits will gain the upper hand.
Revolution la spreading rapidly und
From tha fact that a eedallst is bow
chancellor. It may ha gathered that
the object of tha revohitiow ia
s»«rely the
hit tha
changed Tha countries
Germany and bar vassals for more
than four yean have emerged from
It completely triumphant, bat within
tha border! ef the eouatrice which
menaced the peace ef the wtwie world
■talks revolt, famine and anarchy !
rhe world's next task may be te re
■tore order ia the desolated centra)
empires. K may be the lot of the
Former who have lucceoufatty con
tested German’s greed for power to
■ave her from the fate she Imposed
>n Russia. Likewise help win have
to be given to Austria-Hungary, Bul
imria and Turkey, wheae rein Germa
ny wrought.
The German empire was the last
»f the great aatocracies whom fall
marks the real significance of the
war. In Suae la, Austrie-H angary and
Inally in Germany, irreeponaiMe pew
ir gave way before tha irresistible
torcee of democracy. Germany, held
mg oo to the lost, kept op the hope
ices struggle, until Field Marshal van
linden berg's prophetic wards early
n tha war came tree. The aide with
the strongest nerves, said he, weald
win. It was tha crumbling of tha
tome front which made it Impossible
For Germany, notwithstanding her
rreat armies hi the field, to carry on
lay longer.
• n* coil* pee or uennmnj Brings Oil
•dips* of Ihi German Moo of the
itote, so opposed to the doctrine of
ndivtdual rights. Under this re
time, there was developed s nation
»f which mllltariso was the embodi
ment, which reordered end plundered,
leedlees ef the rights of the Individu
al, and made terror! ran e matter of
tto died policy. This Urroriwn wu
iirectod sot only against indhridu
»!■ hot agniast nation!, not only boo
:ila nntiona, but thorn with whom
Germany waa officially at peace. Its
■yitom of espionage, corruption and
violence, extended throughout the
world. It was exempli ted by the
plots carriod out la this country under
lirectlon of the government of the
rteetruetion of munition ptoata aad
drtpa, before the United Ita too enter
ed the war and by the effort of th*
German government to embroil this
country, then neutral, in war with
Japan aad Mexico. Na capital of
Earope was free from German aoerst
agents la the yean preceding the way
and the nations lived la growing
dread ef the hug* military machine
which Germany waa building up, to
th* accompaniment of too emperor',
boasting af too “atrial^ sword" aad
German toasts to "Car Tag” ia
voices which echeed around th* wield
The virtual ending of tola great**!
ef eenffiets has cobm with dramati<
swiftness. Fear months ago t*d*j
to* German military power appar
•ntiy waa at Ha height. Th* umahosk
*d ferae* of the enemy had hatter**
their way through Preach and Bel
glin line* until Parle waa In danger
Late in July th* world was thrill**
with the news of en allied counter
attack between the Alena end th
> **•"»■• The German* were kiri*
L b*ck and tinea that day the victerl
ena proaraes of the alUee has heai
maintained.
[ Verteua cauarn have contributed V
thU rev»rual. The entzance of A
aaartea into the struggle with her rae
resources of man and Teatrrlai* fa
eoDeeded by Ue alllae to ham lane
ed the scale. One of the meat ha.
portent effects of this country's act
I was the heartening to an eaoraeoas
extent of tho woariad allied nation!
, •“* e corrsspooding deterioration oi
German morula. Exhaustion of Oar
aun raw material and yean af semi
atarration assisted In the proem. o<
beating down the enemy Into a sub
atiasivs frame of mind. It it alao
significant that the eetabhahmsst of
•Hied supremacy | nlhe field almost
synchronised with the unification of
rtlitary control wad tho appointment
of Focb to tho poet of supreme com
mend. Various roan Been baton with
out exception lay stnae upon the im
portance of leadership and the gasriua
of Foch in stemming and finally
turning the tide.
Among the individual Wt.ru,
aside from Foch, whom--h.~!
out moat prominently are Mantel
Joffrc, who saved Franco la her derfc
'*■ day* of tho amanaer of 1»14; Field
Mardul Haig, the British --ma.nl
4er; General Petadn, at the heed of
the French ferret; General Diet, who
on the Italian front, heat back last
samamr-e great Austrian offensive,
and later ter* Austrian train to,
pieces j„ a few wroka, ami Central.
Pershing.
WbiMkan hUI ef Qua..)
On the Gamma aide art too Hin
•lejiber*, ■ comparatively obscure ef.
Scar aha leaped into world by
his defeat of the Raa.i.«. „ 1014 —u
subsequently became the idol of Oar
May, and Ooaaral T.odeadorf, who
although frequently credited with ba
ht* the abler of the taro, never touch
ed popular imagination aa did Us cab
t. a -
tna would aot agree to arWtzwta Aa
demands net accepted hy BexWa and
the foreign oMomte London. Parte
•ad Petrogrnd failed to awaraa i»
trte from her coarse.
A,“^ri*'Hon*>rT b#»n hostilities
on July *7, laid, hy attacking Ber
bia and within s faw weeks -,r
bad joined her, white France. Great
Britain had thrown their forces
*•**"■* Ocranany and Aostria. Aa
on tkt number of wg.
tions involved increased untfl the con
flirt became the greatest la the his
tory of the world.
Declaring war os France, Germany
on Augnst 1, 1914, withdrew her ar
mies toward France hy army of Bal
rlsm. Fighting fsr the maintenance
of their neutrality, the Belgians
checked the oncoming hordes for *
ti*»». bat within two months the Prus
•*“ armies were within • few miles
of Paris.
()n# of tha vital moments of the
war had arrived. In a battle of dra
matic Change, the enemy hordes wars
hurled back to north of the Marne.
Turkey soon entered the rear an
the aide of Germany and Italy joined
the attics. Bulgaria came in with
Germany, and Serbia and Hostaas
*ro were overran. On April *, 1*17,
the United States, unable to fore#
Germany by peaceful steams to con
duct her ruthless submarine warfare
ia keepin* with international law,
threw bar fore** Into the atrayyla
At that tim tha <mp*ri*l *orm>
mon of Kami* had bean overthrown
and a provisional democratic rorsm
meat instituted. In Italy, th* acmiea
of Kin* Victor Emmanuel were drtv
In* hack th* Anatriani. In France,
the French and British worn hsmmer
f«« «t the German Uoei with little
apparent result*.
Th* ItaBaa Defeat.
Th* autumn of 1*17 wttnm»*d th*
d*f*al of th* Italian armico and tholr
ratreat to th* rise* lie*. Abnoet *i
muKanoously American troops ap
pealed on the wertwn front for th*
Amt time, who* the French and BrM
teh drain wot* hoi din* poolilom of
stratc**- importance from th* North
8c* to Switzerland. Darin* th* win
tor of 1S17-IS, American aid haeam*
mom effeetlv* and Iwda dropped out
hocouM of th* Boblwetk coup.
Ooranny. nl the btplnnhip of If IS
■nouaced her purpoao to end th* war
by an *ff*n*1v* in Trane*. It am* her
laat mlphty effort, and for wooha th*
world wondered whan th* mmy
hard** would ho etoppod. Th* tan
In th* tphttap cam* on July IS, who*
Marshal Foeh launched th* «imrrl
can* and Trench Id an attach, ate**
that fatafol day for Germany, th* al
lied anal** an an fronts, har* met
with contained inrrsm
Germany's ultimate defeat
mor* aartaln as th*-it* it adrmno
•d. Th » Ant bleak In th* rnnta
of Uw omtral power* enm* with th*
• AMERICA FACES A
BIG FOOD TASK
*»U Food Ad.
•f this «n1 at Washington to 111
faraaca with Hntot Hearer and
**» official, of tha Food Adarioto
towion to diacaaa plan, for tha pi.
■uitU tubs tha Paod Adtoniatra
tion nd tha |—fan paoplo have
tonaodtataly before tbaaaL^
*'• Papa wee frank to » bafora
UaWar for Waffifapto. that tiTtaak
•f tha Adtonhmrtlon
aa*t few month* vm ppphabl* w#
grr°^> “to haan VtZTtta.
2SSSSHS
With 60 par cant mora foodaCnff
WtotoJpp^ to* tod fa ad!
W°a, with tha rnaaina of aanaa h—
tha rwanonalNIii ■ ___ ./
1 'I ■ a'ainj ana epportanlty ta
•aa fteaa atarratiaa UtaiaOr mi!.
Uaoa of paapla in coaatriw to the
•*> AtoOU who
heretofore have not haan-pij,
"TWe «, 1*0,000,000 paopla In
Hoitoa-U. KnaaU, Potaad .ad ffa.
** ■* keen .U.
|« tttoh haiatofote." atotod Mr. POpa
"With tha aipafaw af tha-«-^t
•ka toy fa apaa to reach thato ywfh
k*» ‘*taW^totoi*af*£lit
wifl h are-opanad.
de»UP •* of thcaa p .
**nta of aurrntion. ,
kirhlnmatocto,.^_ '
protthla, wiator
“■ win Iny i
Mflcicat extent to ea
Mum need*. We «um hone to mn.
ply were than their -
aadwe .hall fail ia that uha »
*“* *■* •wy'fwffnldH^h 4!
<• BMaaiwI today fa, mnm
•f homan Urea. 1
“Whh
pnotiea^r all thTpmfc r-Jlili »■*■
dairy product., matt aad —g— that
ffoei u Europe.
“-be indication. are that Mr. Hoo
ver win hare the entire direction of
the etapoodoea to* of '“-trft.tli,.
food,toff, to aB the eeedr -
Europe. Hi. experience hi dim lire
the Belgian relief work aad aa the
executive head of the Food Admtote
tretioo hi thia country aad by virtue
of that pooltio cpractically the direc
t>on of SrHhh. French aad Hel^r
food dteribattoa. eminently Ttalfflte
him for the rreat reeyeoeiWIitr that
would be tovohmd to auch a peedtdoe
o* is evidently contemplated by Presi
dent Wfleon aad the Conualartoaere
U VereeiDm. Under Mr. Hoover',
direct ioa ud the direction of the
cootralaBoa of which he will ha the
bead will also come the problem of
baton, aad to aomo reUot the prefc
Ub ef general reh.bill.tlo>, rrt<t
ulariy ia the ttrickea Motion. of
nortbera Franco and Belyi em.
“ ‘ hi* .hoeld properly be an hoar
of r- J olein, for oar people bat it ia
an bo if f« aolama reflection aad ear
toet cork and earn** tfcoeyht aa walL
IWKntnaHp to render the world end
hutnratty a aorviea that will Dot ho
fotrvtoa aa Ion* a» htotory to read,
we tnaat not, c—net end wtO net
fall o aoake the atom ef thto „T
taalty for aarrlea. even to the denial
from ear well anartohad bedim of
tho* taeeotial food prodoeta whkb
■*• moot conveniently aad aattotae
toril be tnmeportil and aaad to anve
bom.'io Uvea an tho ether dde. Romo
•1 thorn Uvea which way ha weed are
the livea of tho wteea aad children
r> tu ■ w* *****
A coMtracttea fovea to here thto
week but Idle* a apar track fram tha
NoxMk aad Southern M a
«»•' l depetot oa tha land* of F. J.
McC lira above LdBaptoa. Mr. Me
Ou".. boo a large contract to farnWt
«ra I foe pevethaaent traotrartlua
work. Tha apar rraaan the farm ef
Mr. n. A. Stewart, aad ha to ahioet
Nt to tha maotraatlea meat atraa
nearly, aad theea w« probably he
aont HU*atioa before the work pra
«ai « much farther Heraett Beet.
dof rt oa ef Balparia late la Septoap
Wt. Turkey alpned armlatlaa tarwa
thr la it ef October and Aaatrto4hn
pery tendered the white Sap to Italy
aa Novaatbav 4, whan beetflMee
•oared oa aS the Aoatrlaa frwnta.
Oamaap attaaaptod to hrlap ahent *
r : * ted pea#*, bat bow (rent wum
k'.'f >-ftora ballot bp the feat that
bv riatoearfeo are anw at Ihafnl
I -V- beadaaartftv fur the toat
.. «/ the pr«t world tmpadp.