The Stroud Democrat (Stroud, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1918 Page: 2 of 12
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THE STROUD DEMOCRAT
The President Tells A Great
Audience America Fought
As She Thought Best
French Welcome to President W ilson
Surpasses Armistice Demonstration;
Out Ranks Fetes For All The
Other Visiting Executives
Brest.—President Wilson landed in
France amid a demonstration of pop-
ular enthusiasm and national sympa-
thy such as rarely, If ever, has been
accorded the head of a foreign gov-
ernment visiting France.
London.—President Wilson has ac-
cepted an Invitation from Ing George
to visit England and is expected he
will stop here on his way home. The
British officials have been awaiting
the arrival of Ambassador Davis be-
fore making any arrangements for the
entertainment of the presideut.
Paris.—President Wilson probably
will attend the opening peace session,
making a speech, keep In touch with
the conference for a few sessions and
then go back to America, leaving the
conference to arrange the details.
If any more fundamental questions
Rrise, Mr. Wilson will return to Europe
about May or June for (lnal action.
When the president touched the soil
of France it could be said that he
touched the bouI of France. He is a
spiritual influence which the peoples
of Europe have exalted, and he Is ad-
mittedly the most powerful factor In
making peace.
i The landing of the president was not
only a remarkable spectacle with a
notable naval pageant for Its back-
ground, but It also marked the first
entry of an American president Into
personal contact with Europe and Its
pffalra.
Multitude Cheers Him.
As the boat touched the pier, the
French and American guards of honor
presented arms and the strains of the
Star Spangled Banner, mingled with
the cheers of the great multitude.
Mrs. Wilson came up the gangplank
with General Pershing. She carried
a large boquet and as she passed the
American army numeg, they handed
her an American flag, which she bore
proudly.
The president was the last to come
ashore, amid great applause. He held
his silk hat In his hand; his face was
wreathed with smiles and be bowed
acknowledgments to those about and
to the masses of people on the rising
walls and terraces of the city. Steph-
en Ptchon, the French foreign min-
ister and George Leygues, minister of
marine, joined the president as he
stepped ashore and conducted him to
a beautifully decorated pavilion. Here
the first formal welcomes were given
President Wilson as the guest of the
French nation.
President Responds.
As the mayor of Brest stepped for-
ward, President Wilson listened at-
tentatlvely to an address of welcome
and received with a bow a large parch-
ment roll, wound with the American
colors, containing the city council's
greetings to him. Speaking in a clear
voice, the president acknowledged the
greeting and from a manuscript read
a brief address in response.
Following the address, the presi-
dential party drove thn^igh the fours
Dajot, where vast crowds were assem-
bled. Every foot of the way was lined
with American soldiers in their rusty
service khaki and along Ihe road were
great stores of war materials, recently
being rushed to the Amerioan front.
P gave the president his first glimpse
of the American troops and material
on the fighting ground.
The president's arrival at the capi-
tal was greeted with a salvo of artil-
lery salute.
The dense throngs gathered to greet
the American executive hailed his
coming with volleys of cheering.
Huge crowds were massed around
the Bols de Boulogne station awaiting
the president's coming. As he alight
ed from his train a roar of welcome
went up that left no doubt of the cor-
diality of the welcome given by Paris
to its latest guest
600 Navy Fliers Reach U. S. Port.
Norfolk, Va.—More than 600 officers
and mer. of the naval aviation forces,
who have been serving overseas ar-
rived at the Hampton Roads naval
base on the transport Susquehanna,
which was sixteen days crossing the
storm swept Atlantic. In spite of
rain and mist the men were wel-
comed by a big crowd. Among the
arrivals waB Franklin K. Lane, Jr.,
aon of the secretary of Interior, who
was greeted by his father, mother
•xul sister.
President Wilson was greeted hy
President and Madame Po In care, Pre-
mier Clemenceau, Andre Tardieu,
French high commissioner to the
United States, and other high officials.
The formalities of the greeting over,
the president entered a carriage with
President Poincare. Mrs. Wilson with
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the
president, followed In another carriage
accompanied by lime. Poincare. The
party drove Immediately to the resi-
dence of Prince purat in the Hue de
Monceau, where the president will re-
side while in the French capital.
The route to the presidential resi-
dence was lined with French troops in
solid array along Its entire length.
The welcome given by the crowds
as the president drove by was vocifer^
ous and hearty.
The passage of the presidential train
from Brest to Paris gave evidence of
the interest the population attached
to the president's visit. At every sta-
tion along the railway crowds of men,
women and children waited through
the night for the passing of the train,
hoping to catch a glimpse of the Amer
ican executive. Through the night
along the route their cheers could be
heard us the train slid by in the dark-
ness.
The crowds that assembled In Paris
to gree President Wilson were at an
early hour large beyond the precedent
set on the occasion of previous visits
of heads of foreign states The weath-
er was favorable, for nlthough the
morning was a rather gray one, it
early gave promise of decided Improve-
ment.
is Decorated.
Thfr aftent at the station where the
■president's train came in was beau-
tifully set. Th> platform was carpet-
ed In red and palms adorned the broad
stairway.
A hand of the Republican Guards
was playing "The Star Spangled Ban-
ner," as the presidential train, deco-
rated with the Stars and Stripes, drew
into the station. Immediately the
artllery gave voice and a salute of 100
guns announced the president's arri-
val.
President Poincare greeted Presi-
dent Wilson warmly as the latter step-
ped from the train, the French execu
tive firmly grasping him by the hand.
William Martin, who is attached to
th« foreign office as nltroducer of am-
bassadors, presented Premier Clem-
enceau, who welcomed President Wil-
son in England, saying he was ex
tremely glad to meet him.
The President and Mme. Poin-
care gave a dinner at the Palace de la
Elysee in honor of President and Mrs.
Wilson. President Wilson on this oc-
casion spoke as follows, in replying to
an address by President Poincare: "I
know with what ardor and enthusiasm
the soldiers and sailors of the United
States have given the best that was in
them in this war of redemption. They
have expressed the trne spirit of
America. They believe their ideals to
be acceptable to free peoples every-
where and are rejoiced to have played
the part they have played for those
ideals in co-operation with the armies
of the allies."
Greater Than Armistice Night.
A greater night in Paris than armis-
tice night. hTe city ablaze with illum-
inations; (he boulevards are thronged
with crowds, dancing and singing and
throwing confetti. The Place de la
Concorde has been turned into a great
dancing pavilion, where American sol-
diers are favorite partners. America
is the predominating word here.
Paris President Wilson spent his
first Sunday in Paris by going twice
to church, laying a wreath on the tomt
of Lafayette and having a brief con
ference with Premier Clemenceau and
another with Col. E. M. House. In the
evening he rested In preparation for
the coming strenuous week of prelim-
inary conference-
Navy Gunners Kill Two Mexicans.
New York in a brief battle be
tween American navy gunners and i,
party of Mexican customs guards a!
Tampico on November 28. the Ameri
cans shot and killed the captain of tht>
Mexicans and mortally wounded anoth-
er Mexican, It was learned upon the
arrival here of the Ward Line steam-
ship Monterey, upon which the navj
gunners are stationed A chief gun-
ner's mate named Berry, in charge ol
the American guard was less serlouslj
hurt.
IS ASSASSINATED
DR. SIDiNO PAES IS SHOT
DOWN IN RAILWAY
STATION
CROWD LYNCHES IHE ASSASSIN
Pcports To London Says He Died Al-
most Immediately In The Rail-
way Station, the Place of
the Shooting.
London. Dr. Sidlnio Paes, president
of Portugal, was shot and killed by an
assassin while he was in a railway
station at Lisbon waiting for a train
to Oporto. Advices from Lisbon re-
porting the assassination say that he
was struck by three bullets.
President Paes died within a few
minutes after he was shot.
The president's assailant, named
J*etne, was killed by the crowd.
Dr. Sidinio Paes was formerly pro-
claimed president of Portugal on last
June 9. ti* headed a revolt in Portu-
gal in December, 1917, and was named
president of the provisional govern-
ment on December 9, a few days more
than a year before he was assassinte-
ed.
Dr. Paes was a professor of mathe-
matics in the University of Coinbra,
when he entered the Portugese cabinet
in 1911 as minister of public works.
At the outbreak of the war he was
Portueguose minister to (Jermany and
remained in Berlin until the early part
of 1916 when he returned to Lisbon.
While provisional president Dr. Paes
declared that Portugal would continue
In agreement with the allies aganst
Germany, one of his first acts after
being procluim> d president was to
take active steps for greater partici-
pation in the war by Portugal.
On December 6, while walking in
the streets of Lisbon, Dr. Paes was
fired at, but the shot went wild. The
president's aggressor was arrested.
Paris.—According to a Havas dis-
patch from Lisbon, the assassin of the
president was lynched by the crowd.
Tamagninl Harbosa, the minister of
the interior, has assumed the presi-
dency.
AND AMERICAN NAVY FURN-
ISHED MOST OF CONVOY
Not a Single Soldier Carried In United
States Transports Was Lost
On Way.
New York.—With the consent of the
navy department, the offices of Vice
Admiral Gleaves, commander of the
cruiser and transport force, made pub-
lic a report showing exactly the pro-
portionate share of troops convoyed
to Fiance in Americaff vesselB. Of
the entire army of 2.079,880 men taken
over, the statistics show, 46*4 per cent
were carried in American ships, 48Vi
in British, and the balance in French
and Italian vessels.
Of the total strength of the naval
escort guarding all these convoys, the
United States furnished 82% per cent;
0*eat Britain 14% per cent and France
3% per cent.
It was felt that these official fig-
ures should be made public owing to
the discrepancies in the statements
of many public speakers as to the
relative share taken by the different
naval forces enabling American troops
to reach the battle line in sufficient
force to turn the tide against Ger-
many.
In actual numbers of men transport-
ed, 912,082 were carried in American
naval transports and 40,949 in other
American ships; 1,006,987 were car-
ried in British bottoms and 68,246 in
British leased Italian ships, and 52,066
by French and Italian shlpB.
From May, 1917, to November 11,
last, there were 391 sailings of Ameri-
can naval transports, 123 of other
American troop ships; 546 of British
ships and eighty-two of other shipB.
Not a single soldier of those carried in
United States naval transports was
lost.
I
ARMISTICE IS EXTENDED
Americans Reach Objects and May
Now Advance.
1'arls.—The complete texts of the
amendments to the German armistice,
which were signed tills morning in
Marshal Foch's railway train at Tre-
ves, follow:
"First—The duration of the treaty
of the armistice lcluded on Novem-
ber 11, Ir prolon, 1 one month, until
the 17th of January, 1919, at 5 o'clock
in the morning. This extension of a
month will he extended until the con-
clusion of preliminaries to peace,
subject to the consent of the allied
governments
"Second The executions of the
conditions of th" agreement of No-
vcmber 11. such as arc not com-
1 letely fulfilled, will he followed and
completed in the period of the ex-
tension of the armistice alter ref-
lations, fixed hy the international
armistice comniittte, according to th?
instructions o* the allied high com-
mand.
"Third—The following conditions
will he added to the agreement of
November 11: "The allied high com-
mand reserves the right to begin
meanwhile, if hs thinks It wise, in
order to assure new guarantees, to
occirpv the neutral zone on the right
bunk of the Rhine to tho north of
the bridgehead of Cologne up to the
Dutch frontier This occupation will
be announced hy the allied high com-
mand bv giving six days' notice"
The objects of the American army
of occupation were reached at var-
ious points Spreading out like a
great fan, the advanced units of the
Americans took up their positions
! along the boundry of the thirty-kilo-
meter semi-circle pivoting at Coblenz.
AMERICANS CROSS RHINE
Yank Forces Pouring Across Five
Bridges—Last Listed Territory.
Coblenz.—American troops began to
move into the last German territory
Indicated for occupation under the
terms of the armistice.
Over five bridges thousands of sol-
diers poured into the country east of
the Rhine. The river crossed, they
deployed for the advance over the
eighteen-mile arc with Coblenz as the
center.
French Join Americans.
The crossings of the river began,
the first second and third divisions go-
ing first. * They will be followed by
the thirty-second and the nineteenth
divisions
Two French divisions, tho second
and the forty-eighth, have been sent
into tlie American bridgehead there.
Two divisions numerically are equal
to approrimately one American divis-
ion. Marshal Foch sent the French
divisions to £oblenz in order to give
the forces of occupation in this region
a more international aspect. Under
this arrangement one American divis-
ion has been sent to the French sector.
Into Neutral Zone?
The Twenty-eighth regiment of the
first division was the first of the main
forces to enter Coblenz.
The German armistice has been ex-
tended until 5 o'clock on the morning
of January 17, and the allies have
notified Germany that they reserve
the right to occupy the neutral zone
east of the Rhine from the Cologne
bridgehead to the Dutch frontier ac-
cording to a dispatch from Treves.
RETURN BILLIONS IN LOOT
Germans Disgorge Strong Boxes Taken
From France.
ADMIRAL BADGER SAYS THE
COMMITTEE PLANS CALL
FOR 19 SUPERSHIPS
EQUAL TO IHE BRITISH IN 1925
Navies To Uphold League of Nations—
U. S. Has Yards and Skilled
Workmen To Carry Out Con-
struction, He Points Out«
WHAT NAVY CHIEFS ASK FROM
CONGRESS.
Three-year building program as
recommended by Secretary Dan-
iels:
Sixteen battle cruisers In addi-
tion to the six of 43,000 tons al-
ready authorized.
Nineteen of these battle cruisers
to be completed by 1925 to equal
Great Britain's program.
One hundred and eight destroy-
ers in addition to the 342 either
built or being built.
Twenty-one submarines, 146 "S"
type, twenty-four anti-eubmarimes
and forty-two mine layers, in addi-
tion to the 169 coast and fleet sub-
marines already authorised.
9.000 OF OVERSEAS BACK
Sailors, U-Boat Hunters and Veterans
of Last Splendid Drives.
New York Her decks s arming
with nearly 9.lino blue and khaki-clad
veterans of America's oversens serv
Ice. the liner Lethlathan. which foiled
five submarine attacks while trans-
porting troops 'o France, (locked.
T'le vessel's speed saved her from
torpedoes, according to officers who
told for the first time of tile former
Vuterland's encounters with U-boats.
None of the projectiles came danger-
ously near, they said, and the big ship
was at close quarters with the foe
only once.
The liner came up the hay amid a
din surpassing In volume any pre-
vious welcome to a returning troop ,
ship Of her sick and wounded four-
teen officers and 1,421 men the major-
ity were on deck, some with crutches
and canes, while her rails wi re lined
with almost 5,000 naval officers and
men. veterans of the submarine de-
fense patrol of the French and Brit-
Ish coasts, and 2,500 soldiers, with
some of their commanders, heroes of
the bitter fighting in the final weeks
of the war.
London—French and British pick-
ets. under the direction or the pay-
master general of the French army,
and in the presence of German officers
In civilian clothes, have been sent to
the various banks of Brussels, notably
C'omptoir National d'Escomptede, Par-
Is, and the Credit Lyonnais, In the last
two days, and have remised large
numbers of chests which were placed
there by the Germans about the mid
die of October.
These chests contain strong boxes
and securities taken from towns in
northern France, including Lille, Rou-
tiaix, Tourcoing, Valenciennes, St.
■Juentin and Cambrai. Other cases
placed by the enemy in the banks at
Liege are said to contain securities
to the value of billions of francs.
These valuables will be returned to
the financial institutions from which
they were taken, except in the case of
towns where the banks have been de-
stroyed. as, for instance, St. Quentin
and Cambrai. In such cases, the se-
curities will be deposited in Paris.
Missions To Argentina Recalled.
Buenos Aires.—Members of the wool
wmmlssion sent to Argentine by the
American department left for home
; They will arrive here soon and no
reason is known for their recall.
5 Killed When Car Strikes Autos.
Cleveland.—Five are dead, one dying
and another was probably fatally In-
I Jured here when an interurban freight
car jumped the track and crashed into
two automobiles. Three of the victims
I were sailors who were in one of the
automobiles.
Washington.—Neither the end of
hostilities nor proposals for a league
of nations has altered the policy of
the general board of the navy in re-
gard to making the American navy-
second to none in the world. Rear
Admiral Charles J. Badger, chairman
of the executive committee of the
board, told the house naval affairs
committee that the navy should be
equal to that of any other nation by
1925, and urged that sufficient appro-
priations to make this possible, be
made by congress.
"The general board believes that
under the present world conditions
and the conditions likely to obtain in
the future," Admiral Badger said, "the
United States navy should steadily
continue to increase. Ultimately it
should be equal to the most powerful
maintained by any other nation of the
world. Year by year development
should be made as consistent with the
facilities of the country, but the limit
above defined should be attained, not
later than 1925.
Building Should Continue.
Completion of the three-year build-
ing program authorized in 1916, and
which was halted to build anti-sub-
marina Craft, was recommended by
Admiral Badger. Work has not yet
leeij started on six battleships, six
battle cruisers, two scout cruisers,
nine fleet submarines, two destroyer
tenders and one fleet submarine ten-
der, he said. Lack of ships of this
type, he declared, would have been
fatal to the United States if it had
been fighting the war alone.
Admiral Badger said that before the
armistice was signed tho greater part
of her navy, the general board had
I recommended a six-year building pro-
gram to include twelve dread naughts
and sixteen battle cruisers, but added
that immediate necessities would be
met by the three-year building pro
gram recommended by the secretary
of the navy. This program will add
sixteen battle cruisers to the six al-
ready authorized, he said, and at the
same rate of authorization would
make a total of nineteen by 1925.
Great Britain now has thirteen of
these vesselB built or building, he said,
and it is estimated she will have
nineteen by 1925.
Vessels Are Powerful.
Admiral Badger said that type for
type, American battleships compare
favorably in power with those of any
other nation, pointing out that the
six battleships soon to be laid down
are designed for a displacement of
43,000 tons of twenty three knots
speed, a main battery of twelve six-
teen inch guns and are heavily armor-
ed. They will be the most powerful
vessels in the world, he said.
Admiral Badger stated that pro-
visions for 108 destroyers is made in
the 1920 three-year program. There
are now 342 either built or being
built, he said, and in 1925 there will,
therefore, be a total of 450, compared
with England's 51ti at present.
Big Submarine Program.
"The submarine program calls for
21 fleet submarines, 146 "S" type, 24
anti-submarines and 42 mine layers,"
he said. "There are now built, build-
ing and authorized, a total of 1G9
coast submarines and twelve fleet sub-
marines.
CHILE DECLINES WILSON'S AID
GOVERNMENT'S REPLY !S
INTERPRETED REFUSAL
Washington Views Situation More
Hopefully While Urging Peace-
ful Settlement.
Buenos Aires.—The *eply of Chiles
to the offer of President ilson to-
mediate in the controversy between
Chile and Peru Is looked upon by Chil-
ean newspapers as a refusal to accept
American mediation. The American
note said that President Wilson "was
ready to attend to any suggestion-
made by Chile."
On the other hand. President Iri-
goyen of Argentina sent a note to-
Chile in which he said he offered me-
diation "in order to arrange diflnitely
the Tacna-Arica problem."
Dispatches from Chile indicate that
there is a tendency in that country
to accept the Argentina offer and re-
fuse the American. Chilean statesmen
insist that the question should be set-
tled according to the treaty of Ancon .
Wilson May Be Asked To Explain-
Santiago.—The attitude of the gov-
ernment toward mediation bet-ween
Chile and Peru Is still unknown. The-
cabinet haB met several times to con-
sider the offers of mediation, made by-
President Wilson and President Iri-
goyen of Argentina, and the foreign,
minister has received numerous visits
from various diplomats.
The newspapers seem to look favor-
ably upon the offer t>f President Iri-
goyen, and in their editorials express
the belief that it is more favored than
that of President Wilson. The for-
eign office, however, is expected to
ask President Wilson to explain more
fully the terms of his offer.
No Official Reply Yet.
Washington—Information reaching
the state department indicated that
the situation with respect to Chile and
Peru, growing out of the disputed
provinces of Tacna and Arica, is more
hopeful. The United States has urg
ed upon both countries that every step
be taken to preserve amicable rela-
tions and It was said the offer of the
American government to adjust the'
dispute was made with a view to pre-
serving peaceful relations throughout
the American continent.
Peru has accepted the offer of the
United S'ates, but no official word has
come from Chile.
Piez Takes Place Vacated By Schwab.
Washington.—Charles Piez, vice-
president and general manager of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation, Is to
succeed Charles M. Schwab as direct-
or-general of the corporation.
Value of German Mark Declines.
London.—The value of the German
mark has fallen below forty-two to the
British pound.
Havana Strike Spreads.
Havana—The general strike in Ha-
vana continues to spread. Waiters
and cooks at the hotels and cafes walk-
ed out.
War Projects Abandoned.
Washington—Abandonment of nine-
teen war construction projects, includ-
ing a number of nitrate and other
chemical plants, was announced hy the
war department Projects abandoned
include the nitrate plant at Little
Rock.
DISLIKE M'ADOO'S PLAN'
Rail Chiefs Oppose Five Years Gov-
ernment Control.
Philadelphia.—Railroad executives/
representing 125 roads and 92 per cent
of the mileage of the country gave out
a formal statement In which they de-
clared that Director General McAdoo's
suggestion that the government retain .
control of the railroads until Jan. 1
1924, "would simply lead to delay and.
confusion, demoralization of the or
sanitation of the roads, both om their
corporate and operating side, and de
fer indefinitely a satisfactory settle-
ment" of the railroad problem.
The executives, the statement said,
"have reached the conclusion that
there is sufficient time under the term
of the present act to fully considej.
the railroad situation in all its aspects,
and arrive at a plan that would be Just
to the country."
The statement was given out by
Thomas DeWltt Cuyler, Philadelphia,,
chairman of the railway executiTes"
advisory committee, now known as
the Association of Railway Executives.
The association is considering prob-
lems that will arise in connection with
the return of the railroad properties
to their private owners.
Washington. — Recommendation. o.\
Director General McAdoo that govern
ment control of railroads be continu-
ed to Jan. 1, 1924, gave impetus to.
congressional consideration of lugis-
lation looking to a solution of the rail
way problem and also was the sub
ject of brief debate in the senate.
Huns Must Pay War.
Washington.—Demand that Germany
be compelled to pay the United States*
war debts was voiced in the senate-
by Senator Poindext.* of Washington,
republican. He deplored the recent
statement of Secretary Daniiela
against imposing indemnities and
said he did not think Mr. Danels
represented general opinion of th
American people.
The imagination and interest by tho
French has been stirred by the pre-
sident of the United States as no
other leader beyond the borders. All
classes and parties in this country
have united to pay honor to the United
States through its president. They
greet him as the representative ol
ideals now dawning upon Europe.
King Not Coming To America.
London. Reports that King George
contemplates a visit to the United
States are denied here.
More Bolsheviki Butchery.
Stockholm.—Generals Kusski and
Dlmitiieff of the Russian army havu
been shot by order of the local soviet
at 1'rapragorsk, according to an unof.
licial I krainian statement received
here from Petrograd. M. Rukhloff,
former minister of commerce and
communications in the Russian cab
iuet, was shot at the same time.
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