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Republican farmer., 1918-12-20
.LONERCAN TELLS HOW AMERICANS
 TOOK THE NEWS
Took the Piano Away From the Artists and Played It
 Themselves.
FLOOR RAN ANKLE
 DEEP WITH WIN Ei
There Were Big Doings When the News of the
 Armistice Game in.

The following is q letter received .'rom P. J. Ipnergan, a lieutenant in ithe Quartermasterg Corps, and sta 1ioned somewhere in France. The letter was received by Fred Ives, the local truclman, and gives an interest :ng account of what probably hap .Dened all over France the night that ehe arntstice was signed. The letter follows:
 Dear Fred:---
 Oh, boy, it looks like Home, Sweet Tome, and the old transport cannot ass off lines too quick for me.
 Well. Fred, T was wishing l had you along last Tuesday night. was oating in a large restaurant in one of che big towns in France on one of my rips when the news of the Roche uniting hit the place and the Dough aoys dropped In by the hundreds and To real celebration was staged right there.
 The management of the place pro i-Tided music consisting of a French l1oloist and pianist whose limit was !operatic numbers that did not inter- est the bunch a bit and after keeping 1uiet for only one dash of Frog vo- lralism they mounted the platform and Iaarried off the local talent and took possession of the piano. They imme- llliately started off with "Hatl, Hail he Geng's All Here" and an this ime the lady walters lugged out tehampagne, which soon was ankle !deep all over the tile floor and the ltyreen grass grew al around. The next day my Major told me sang 6 solo on top of table, but don't re. member it.
 That was the one party that we al oo9zed for and there was no limit Ifvhen the fun started.
 We'll, Fred. was just talking tt ny Colonel about 8 horse and he sai( that the only horse I could ride ral ln wheels at @ seashore resort, so
 nave to make good and don't ge harmed if you hear of my getting {; broken neck.
 Give my regards to Mrs. Ives am 3he Miss too, and when get back will tell Risley how it was done owe lers even better than John Gull pulIet with Dewey at Manila,
 With best regards. old boy.
Republican farmer., 1918-12-20
CAPITAL. SHIP OF NAVY
 ORDERED HOME

Washington, Dec. 19-Every capi- tai ship of the American navy now in Europe, including the dreadnought squadrons which have been operating with the British main fleet during the war, will return to home waters this month, Secretary Daniels announced today. They may be expected to reach New York about Dec. 23 and a naval review will take place there to celebrate the home coming.
 Instructions have been cabIed to Admiral Mayo, commander-in-c chief of the Atlantic fleet and now at Brest, to bring every naval vessel that can be spared. Many destroyers, con- verted yachts and other craft prob ably will come with the bigger ships.
 The dreadnoughts ordered to return are Division No. 6, comamnded by Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, battle ships New York, flagship; Texas, Wyoming, Florida, Alabama and Ne vada; Division No. g, commanded by Rear Admiral Thomas s. Rogers, bat tleships Utah, flagship; Oklahoma and Arizona.
Republican farmer., 1918-12-20
VAST INDEMNITY
 ID BE PAID BY
 GERMAN PEOPLE

London, Dec. -(Correspondence The Associated Press) London banker estimates that Germany will have to pay to the Allies for repara- ton and restitution about $1,5Oo,0O0,- coo. Calculated on a five per cent. basis. with a l per cent. sinking fund, this would mean an annual charge on the German revenue 0f $40O, O,000,000. He says there can be no question of Germany's ability to meet this demand.
 It is impossible, he says, discussing the subject in a newspaper article, to arrive at any approximate figure as to damages and robberies in the. invaded territory. For Belgium" the ar ticle continues, q would put the amount of indemnity at $1, 400, ,0O0,- 900, of which sum levies on Belgian towns account for something like 00,000,000. know of another estimate for Belgium which is as high as $2,0O0,O0O,O0O, and 8 Belgian of some authority estimates the amount at $8OO,OO6,O0U.
 
 cannot reckon the loss suffered, but considering that the war has been waged for the most part on French territory, and in the center Of her industrial area, we may put the fig ure at $24O,OOO, ,00O."
 Italy's damage is computed at $150, 100000. The same amount is set as aRumania's bill, including the loss of quantities of foodstuffs and damage to oil wells and other proper ty. He thinks that $50,0O0,Q00 would cover Serbia's loss, and liko sum probably would reimburse Eng land for damages caused by air raids and bombardments.
 Shipping losses are then discussed. T estimate" he says, 1"the loss of ships in figures of tonnage at nine million, and, taking the average value of s20O a ton, this would figure out at $1,S00, ,OO0. Adding the total value of cargoes at, say, $9po.- 0O0,00O, we have the total of S2T0e,- 900, 900 for Great Britain alone. The shipping losses of the Allies - esti- mate at $5O0.OOO,OOO.
 q have heard an estimate which places the total of the bill against Germany at $10,0OQ, 100000 which, like my own calculation, is, of course, to some extent necessarily hypotheti- cal. But I would put the figure my self at $7,5OO, 100000, which does not, of course, include any part of the cost of the war;
 Regarding Germany's finances, he calls attention to the last pre-war budget presented to the Reichstag, which showed a revenue of $875,- 900, ,O00. The estimate for the army was S292,5OO,0O0, and for the navy S1O7, 500. .OO0-totaI 0,0OO,OOO, Eliminating the expenditure for armaments," the article goes on. this would allow Germany to pay approximately the interest and sink ing fund on the $7,500, 100000 com pensation, leaving the balance of revenue, whatever it might be, to meet the cost of conducting the en- pire and paying the interest on her loans, which amounted early in the present year to $27, 7,O0O,0O0,000, a sum which has, of course, been sub stantially increased since"
 In order to meet the Allies bill of damages, the writer says, 'it may be that Germany would have to sus- pend payment e interest on her own war Ioans-I don't say she would re- pudiate this obligation
Republican farmer., 1918-12-20
HUN PROPAGANDA ALLEGED SENTT ID
 HEARST SERVICE
Capt. Lester of Intelligence Bureau So Testified Be-
 fore Senate Committee.

Washington, Dec. 13-Testimony that Edward Lyell Fox, a writer, was sent to Germany in 1915 by the Ger man embassy to write German pro paganda, which was distributed by the Hearst International News Ser vice, was presented today to the Cen ate committee investigating brewers and enemy propaganda, by Captain c. B. Lester of the Intelligence Ser vice.
 In response to questions, Captain Lester said there is nothing in the army intelligence records showing whether either MT. Hearst or man agers of the International News Ser vice knew that Fox was in the pay of the German government.
 The witness read a telegram sem from the German embassy in Wash irgton to the German foreign office September g, 1914, saying:
 Chicago Tribune friendly pa. per"
 The witness said he obtained from | Fox an admission that an article appearing in the New York Ameri can on September IS, 1915, dealing with alleged atrocities by Russian COssacks was written by him under instructions from German officers al means of offsetting the stories O. German atrocities in Belgium tha had begun to come out about tha time.
 Washington, Dec. 13-'I obtained from Fox his original notes writer [ in lead pencil on the Cossack story Captain Lester said, and he admitted i he never saw any of the atrocitie
 referred to and that to his knowl ] edge none of them ever were com
 nitted.s Fox was given courtesie 1 from German officers that no othe I correspondent was able to obtain. 1 Captain Lester said that Fox con f fessed to him that while in German, ! he had an understanding that h would write anything he was told t
 write by the German publicity bu reau at Berlin.
 Captain Lester said that as 8 re suit of a request by President Will i son at a personal interview wit 1 William Randolph Hearst, change
 were made in the film play "Patria produced serially in the United State
 carly in 1917 pirturing Japan an
 Mexico in an alliance against tn United States. The witness cite
 this film as one bearing earmark ] oE German propaganda.
Republican farmer., 1918-12-20
SAY ''BRITISR" NOT "ENCLISH"
 SAY THE SCOTS
Clan Campbell Protests Use of Less Generic Word at
 British Day Rally.
OTHER UNITS SHARED
 EQUALLY IN VICTORY
Chief Everett Japp Offers Treaty of Union to Prove
 Scotch Claims.

Noting the tendency among public speakers to use the word England" to describe the British groups in the war, Clan Campbell, through Everett Japp, its chief, denounces the error, and demands the use of the term Britain or Great Britain. England is a group among those known as Britons The Britons are the Eng fish, Irish, Scotch and Welsh, and the British Empire includes the Aus tralians, Canadians, the Anzacs, Co., lonials and so on.
 The attention of the members of Clam Campbell was especially at tracted to this matter by the term inology employed by the speakers in the British Day rally, which caused the adoption Of the following reso- .lutions:
 'The Government and the people of the United States set aside a day, Dec. ', to be known as Britain Day.
 (not England Day), and to be oo- served nationally as expressing Americas admiration and gratitude for Britain's work and achievements in the Worlds War and
 Several American citizens, during these complimentary exercises, have frequently used the words England and English in place of Britain and British thereby ignoring the services rendered by the other units of the British Empire, therefore, be it
 Resolved, That Clan Campbell. No. "A, Order of Scottish Clans, in meeting assembled, emphatically protests against this gratuitous and wilful ignoring of the valiant deeds of the Scotch, Welsh, Irish, Cana dians, Anzacs and other Colonials, and be 1t further
 l Resolved, That, while admitting ! the great services rendered by Eng" | land as unit, Clam Campbell sub- mits that Scotland has shown by hef ; percentage of enlisted men, by the | oft repeated mention of her regi- l ments and divisions in despatches. by her largest percentage of casualties 1 and by her historical rights and
 claims (see Treaty of Unionl that l she and the other British units have
 a right to an equal share with Eng
 land in the glory of victory and de- precates the use of the word Eng 1 land when Britain is really meant
 and be it further
 1 Resolved, That as expressive of i these views and as a protest against
 the injustice of using England for Britain copy of these resolutions l be sent to the Hon. George W 1 Wheeler, to the Rev. A. F. Camp
 bell, and to the three evening pa pers of the city for publication" 1 The resolution Is signed by the Clan Campbell and attested by A. c
 Hogg, secretary and Everett Japp. { chief
Republican farmer., 1918-12-20
AMERICANIZATTON

Hartford Conn, Dec. 1S---"In Americanization plans for local com munities the public school IS the
 greatest thing" declared Dr. William
 c. Smith, director of the American ization for the New York State Coun- cil of Defense, and supervisor of inn
 migrant education for the New York
 State Department of Education, at the state capitol here yesterday. Dr. Smith addressed the third session of the Americanization conference con-
 ducted under the auspices of the De- pertinent of Americanization, Con- necticut State Council of Defense.
 The public school can do from 60 to 75 per cent. of the work of American ization," Dr. Smith continued. But it must open it's doors and go outside itself"
 Other organizations which could help in community Americanization were local divisions of state defense councils, woman's organizations, the Y. M. c. A. and the Y. W '. A., the
 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Chambers Of
 Commerce and School Stperintend-
 ents' associations. said Dr. Smith.
 While our foreign born population was
 a menace when unlettered and un- fought, the war has shown that the loyalty of the foreign born on the fir ing line was unquestioned, pr. Smith ssaid
Republican farmer., 1918-12-20
TRANSPORTS SAIL BRINGING TROOPS HOME FROM FRONT

Washington, Dec. 13-Three more transports, the BuitenZorg, Amphion and Suwanee have sailed from France with troops. The Buiten- zorg sailed Dec. with the Twelfth Antt-Aircraft Battery, Medical De- tachments and casuals, totalHng zine officers and sixty-two men. The Amphion sailed Dec. 8, with 125 civ ilians and the Suwanee Dec. Il, with two officers, III men, and five civ ilians.
 The following additional units have been assigned for early return by General Pershing:
 The 154th, 151st, S74th, 1S7th and 373rd Aero squadrons; the 11th, 12th, 18th and 14th companies of the Fourth Regiment Air Ssrvice Me chanics, Headquarters and Companies B, c, D, and E, 29th Engineers. and various Medical Detachments and Casuals of the Chemical Warfars Service. Included in the list are 87 officers and 2.160 men.
Republican farmer., 1918-12-20
WILL CELEBRATE
 REVOLUTION ON FIRST OF JANUARY
Ebert Government Issues Announcement Fixing
 Day.

Amsterdam, Thursday, Dec. 12.--- January has been fixed as the day of general rejoicing in Berlin in honor of the revolution, according to the Zeitung Am A11ttag of Berlin. The announcement fixing the day was is sued by the Ebert government. The occasion will be marked by an open air carnival, concerts and processions.
 Munich, Thursday, Dec. 12.---By the Associated Press)---"If democ- racy spreads to all classes as I be- lieye probable, Germany will become the most democratic country in the world said Kurt Eisner, the Bava- rian premier, in concluding an infor-
 mai call the correspondent made to- day.
 The Bavarian leader is an idealist. His opponents say so, and Eisner, himself, probably would be the only person in the world to deny the ale gation. His friends call him 'the greatest man in Germany" but his enemies, who apparently are increas- i ing in Bavaria, declare he is ''an inn practical and dreaming ideaIist."
Republican farmer., 1918-12-20
WENT ASHORE AT PIER NO. B. AND WAS
 ESCORTED TO TRIBUNE AMID CHEERS
Arrival Was Continuation of Imposing Naval Spectacle Which Began As Presidential Fleet Rounded Outer
 Capes and Moved Majestically Into Harbor.

Bres 43-President Wilson reached the harbor of Bres board the steamer George Washington at o'clock this afternoon and within hour stepped horethe first time an American president had rod European soil.
 President Wilson ashore with Mrs Wilson who car- !ried an American flag and bouquet.
 There a laundering cannonade: the Presidents launch left the George Washington and landed pier He escorted to the tribune amid cheers and of the Star Spangled Banner.
 Presidents Wilson's progress from the pier his train was amidst vocerous welcome from the throngs streets
 The President delivered brief address after landing at Bre thanking Mayor Goude for the Breton welcome given He left Brest for Paris at o'clock this afternoon
Republican farmer., 1918-12-20
DENIES RIGHT
 TO 10 CENT FARE

Boston, Dec. 13-Acttng upon the petition of the Bay State Street Rail way O., which operates a trolley system in IS cities and 3S towns in eastern Massachusetts, the Public Ser vice Commission in a report made public today denies the company the right to charge a flat fare of ten cents in cities Instead the Com mission recommends that for a trial period of two months the railway es- tablish unit fare of seven cents on city lines, the fares on suburban lines to be 2 1+2 per mile as requested by the company.
 The proposed schedule would take the place of an intricate zone system now in operation
Republican farmer., 1918-12-20
PRO-GERWANS GET
 ANCIENT SENTENCE

Bruges, Dec. 13.---CCorrespondenc of The Associated Press.)---An an- cient form of punishment in favor in the Middle Ages has been adopted in Belgium for Belgian women who were too friendly toward the German in vaders or who listened to their love making. They have been shorn of their hair. In Bruges several won- en have suffered this form of retribu- tion and either must remain indoors or patronize the wig makers. It is known that this method has been i applied in at least one other place. The scenes attending the application : of this punishment have been rather boisterous.
 ! Corporal punishment is visited upon ! the pTo-German among the Belgium
 men but few of these awaited the wrath Of the Belgian avengers. They decamped before the Belgian troops
 reoocupied the cities and towns which 1 had been under German domination. ! Such cases as these have been re-
 markedly few. The wonder is that l there have not been more. The pro-
 portion of renegades is 50 small as to reflect gTeater glory orI poor little Belgium.
 l As 8 whole the civil population of BelgiIm has remained wonderfully ] loyal. By their system of communal
 administration. they were enabled to
 govern themselves while the German
 was deluding himself that he was rul- l ing. It enabled them to endure phySi- | cal privatons suffer death and re-
 sist the insidious propaganda of the i German governors, Von Bissing, and 1 his successor, Von FaIkenhausen, who attempted to separate the WalIoons
 from the Flemish and to poison the
 wells of Belgium's patriotism. { CCHRnE c FEE7V D
Republican farmer., 1918-12-20
CHILE AND PERU HAVE REPLIED IN
 FRIENDLY TERMS

Washington, Dec. 13-Chile and Peru have replied In friendly tones to the identic note of the United States urging upon them the su- preroo importance of adjusting am- icably their controversy over the provinces of Tacna and Africa and rendering the aid of the United States alone or in conjunction with other American states. Peru is under stood to have indicated wish while the Chilean government is said to have contented itself with expressing appreciation of the spirit of the of fer.
Republican farmer., 1918-12-20

The first to greet the President, besides the French ministerial repre- sentatives were Andre Tardieu, French high commissioner to the United States, the mayor of Brest, Ambassador Sharp, Colonel E. M. House, General John J. Pershing and General Tasker H. Bliss.
 | A singular feature of the welcome l to the President was the suppressed interest of the German prisoners at Brest It was evident that their in i terest in the visitor was as keen as l that of the huge crowd thronging the town but the authorities kept these 1 Germans in the background. Among 1 those who lined the route to the sta ton were delegations of patriotic so- cieties and other organizations and | throngs of people from the neighbor- | ing localities, attired in gala Breton costumes.
 The arrival was the culmination of an imposing naval spectacle which began as the Presidential 6set round ed the outer capes, then passed the entrance forts and moved majestically into the harbor where the George Washington anchored at the head of a long double column of American dreadnoughts and destroyers and the units of French cruiser squa adron.
 The Presidential feet was first sighted at 11:30 o'clock this morning, fifteen miles off shore. The sea was calm, and the stately fleet moved IIandward' under skies which were steadily brightening after dark and gloomy morning. It was more than an hour later that the fleet was sig nailed at the entrance of the harbor and a great cheer arose from the waiting crowd as the cloud of black smoke showed that the President,a party was near.
 Ahead came 8 single destroyer showing the way to the feet anC close behind loomed the battleship' Pennsylvania and Wyoming, flying respectively the flags of Admira
 Mayo, commander of the Atlantic
 fleet, and Vice Admiral Sims, com
 mander of the American naval force
 in European waters. Then came tht
 George Washington, bearing th'
 President, flanked on either side b! lIlS DdLllSSll1pS Al da4lEoclSy II lOi AIiSl
 Utah, Nevada, Oklahoma, New York
 Texas and Arizona, by French cruis
 CTS and by a great fotilla of Ameri
 can and French torpedo boat destroy
 CTS.
 , The entrance to the harbor Is {
 narrow strait a mile wide, witl
 forts crowning the towering cliffs ol each side. Through this avenue tn $ imposing pageant moved, each of tn $ 10 forts contributing it's cannonad and the 10 American battleship < answering gun for gun.
 As the fleet neared the inner har
 bor the land batteries and the as
 sembled war craft took up the thun u derous salute, while the quays, tn
 hills and the terraces of the old Ere v ton city rang with cheers from tn IL enthusiastic multitude. At the sam
Republican farmer., 1918-12-20

time all the war craft, merchantmen and transports dressed ship and manned the yards, while the strains of the American anthem f1oated over the water, rningling with the roar of the guns and the shouts of the vast crowds.
 The George Washington came to anchor off shore while the battleships ranged themselves in double column on either side
 President Wilson witnessed the spectacle from the deck of his steamer, waving greetings and ack- noWledgments as the cheering throng ashore vied with the artillery in the Old Worlds first tribute to the American President.
 Soon after tke arrival of the Presf- dential fleet, Stephen Pichor, the French foreign minister, and Georges Leygues, the minister of marine, who were at Brest to meet the President on behalf of the French government, boarded the George Washington to ] extend their first greeting. American 1 officials also went on board to make i the arrangements for the landing or ! the President.
 Mayor Goude of Brest, in greeting | President Wilson as he landed here today, said:
 MT President, upon this Breton emotion in presenting to you the vel come of the Breton population. The l snip bringing you to this port is the l symbol under the auspices of which ] the legions Of your pacific citizens spranS to arms in the grand cause of l independence. Under the same aus- p1ces today you bring to the torment 1 ed soil of Europe the comfort of your authorized voice in the debates which will calm our quarrels.
 MT. President upon this Bretor soil our hearts are unanimous in sa = luting you as the messenger of i,s-
 ttce and peace. Tomorrow it will be our entire nation which will acclaim i you and our whole people will tbril, with enthusiasm over the erninen,
 statesman who is the chanpio1 nj
 their aspirations toward justice ant liberty.
 This old Breton city has the hono7
 or first saluttng you. Tn order to per. petuate this honor to our descend. ants, the municipal council has asked me to present you with an address expressing their joy at being privileged to incline themselves before the illus.
 trous democrat who prcsides over the ldestinies of the great republic of the United States"
 The mayor then presented the en.
 grossed address of the council, whicl
 said in part:
 Being the first to welcome tn,
 President of the United States tt
 France, we respectfully salute the em
 lnent statesman who so nobly per
 sonlftes the ideals of liberty and tn,
 rights of man. Tn order to perpet
 uate this event through the axes ",
 direct that these proceedings be de
 posted in the city archives. I;ons
 live President Wilson! Long live tn, champion and apostle Of internationa justicei"
Republican farmer., 1918-12-20
SWITZERLAND WOULD NOT HAVE:
 FORMER KAISER

The Hague, Thursday, Dec. 12- Switzerland refused to admit the former German emperor when he fled from Germany and Holland ought to have followed the example of the republic, declared M. Ravensteyn, a revolutionary socialist, in the lower House of the Dutch parliament to- day.
 The former emperor, he continued, should not be handed over to the allies but should be sent to Germany for trial by a peoples tribunal The Dutch workers will oppose every at tempt to drag Holland into @ war on the question of the former em- peror.
 London, Dec. 13-Scores Of detec- dyes, the pick of former Emperor Williams force of sleuths at Potts. dam, are staying at Amerongen shadowing every movement of Herr Hohenzollern. according to the Am- srongen correspondent of the Ex- press. Herr. Hohenzollern is said to be in constant dread of bomb throw CTS and other assassins and always carries Q small revolver.
 Thet former enperor's suite ant detectives have added at least ont hundred to the population of tn, village of Amerongen, the cores pondent states.