The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-11-12
ISSUES COMING
TO SURFACE With
PASSING OF VAR
Are GIGANTIC
Demobilization of War In-
dustries One of the Big
gest Problems
PEACE MEETING
BEING DISCUSSED
Believed It Will Be Pat
termed After the Yer
sailles Conference
(By Associated Press }

Washington. Nov. 12.--Amerfca
! today turned towards the ways oG
peace.
ith the military strength OF tha
central powers shattered and hostiIs
tiles ceased under terms of surren-
der that preclude a renewal Of tbs
great struggle, the Uniter States.
day took up the problems or recon-
Struction.
! Now the Peace Conference
Immediately ahead. however, Dip
/ lomatic ashington. saw the peace
conference. the worlds court of JUS
tice before which Germany as the
, chief criminal. with Austria, Turkey
and Bulgaria, will stand as prisoners
at the bar.
Time May Be Extended
When or where the final peace me-
gotiations will be held officials would
not conjecture. Thirty days is the
time allowed under the armistiea
terms for assembling OF the peace
conclusions. The armistice. how
ever. includes a provision for it's ex.
tension. The great interests tnvoIv.
Cd, the many governments and na-
tionalities concerned and the dikii-
culties to be met in convening susl.
conference in a short time Lssg
cause an extension Of the thirty .Eg:
limit.
Allies Decide Things First
1t was regarded as liSsiy that t'l&
peace conferences viii be simIlsr -
the meas8ng at Versailles where the
srmistice terms were formulated.
The vjctors meeting separately,
probably viii decide upon terms, and
then the defeated be permitted tc
enter pleas OF modification.
No Generalization
The military looked today 10 the
breaking up and return Tn civiiL4
life or the great army noblszsd In
the past nineteen months. Furthg-
increase Of the military forces was
checked yesterday through cancaIIa-
tion OF all outstanding draft calls.
The return home of nearly two and &.
quarters million overseas and tha
mastering out OF the million End
half troops in camps in this country
Will not come Immediately. The
United States, entering the war last.
probably will be called upon 10 do
much Of the police and guard duty ia
France and Belgium.
May Send More Men TO Russia
Future events in Russia are uncer-
tain and the small force there may
have to be augmented. Transport
facilities are more or less limited
Embarkation OF additional units will
not stop Immediately, Secretary Ba<
ker has said, although the troops to
be sent overseas largely win be med
ical and similar units.
Much for Navy TO Do.
For the navy also great tasks He
ahead. The sea must be gwept
clear Of mines. Occupation OF the
German naval base of HeISoland may
be necessary as a result OF the revo-
lution in the German fleet. Until
peace finally is concluded there viii
i'e patrol work to do.
Many Industrial Problems
Lndusf-tallg TIC change from war
TO peaas Tssh create ~ Inaay prob
lens Sc Tho Grange f:ssl:i peace tn
war. War contract plSnEs nlu5s 90
converted TO make the commodities
peace. Workers engaged in such
plants must be assimilated II aeacs
production. Wage standards. ciianY-
ed by the war must be rea6jlstcI.
The position Of woman IN lgp5ustFy
must be determined. The war Indus
tries board. the war labor board ard
be continued ~ substitutes be cree
ated IN the apiI1tGn Of od3ciaIs, for
the sGlntt2h ~ Ej1siT problems.
Cs.o of Returned Soldiers
Tnn returned soieter mus. have
Tsork aIhI & koTps. This ig rsc0n-
strucs.5Ii agEy!, TX. th3= congress win
Co calle'2 G37p 10 csYnSi5ay. t9ti1ea
new legislation making possible the
return tn -tace TINE basis will
come befcTa ccssgrs.ss.