Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-27


berger, state secretary in
the new Berlin govern
ment, in an interview he
gave to the spondent. of. the
Daily Mail today. "The revolution"
Or. Erzberger continued, "wil bring
peace, bread and liberty | hope that
other countries will not become nerv-
GUS over our outlook The German
convulsions were caused by the ne.
cessity Of violence.
THE German people have finally
knocked out militarism. If the al.
lies were fighting to defeat militarism
and for the league of nations, world
justice and peace it will do no good
to throw DR.. Salz into old
THE martyred German people will
remain at their task to assist in the
democratic reconstruction of the cOun-
try and to carry out the terms of the
armistice of which | was one of the
signers."
United States Certificates For Sale.
Washington. Nov 27.-Secretary
McAdoo today offered for subscrip-
ton at par and accrued interest to
the federal reserve banks 100000, 900
treasury certificates OF Indebtedness,
dated and bearing interest from Dec
| 5, 1918, and payable May 6, 1919, with
interest at the rate of Az peh cent per
annum.
Subscription books will close at the
close OF business Dec. 10.
At the same time Secretary McAdoo
IN letter TO the presidents OF all
banks and trust companies an
nounced that uncertainties in respect
to pending resolutions make it mex
pedient to borrow further at this time
in anticipation of taxes, and that the
sums that the wide policies will be
to plan for one more great popular
campaign in the spring for the sale
Of bonds which should be of maturity
md meanwhile to provide for the gov
ernment's necessity by the issue of
.reasury certificates at fortnightly in
terVals"
Will Lift Blockade.
London, Nov 27.--Semi-official ad-
vices from Berlin to Copenhagen state
that it is understood in the German
capital that the entente powers are
considering the abandonment of the
German blockade as a result Of Pres.
ident Wilson'S initiative according to
a Central News dispatch from Copen-
hagen today,
Saz Resigns.
London, Nov. 27.-The designations
Of DR.. Salz, German foreign secretary,
and DR.. Matthias Erzberger, German
state secretary, are expected, said an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen this afternoon.
The resignation of Salz and Err.
berger would be a victory for the
German extremists.
Strike in Berlin.
London, Nov. 27--A German strike
has been declared at Berlin, said
dispatch from Copenhagen today.
Germans Release 100000 Prisoners.
With the American Army OF Occu-
pationIi Nov. 21-Germdny is rap lily
releasing 100000 prisoners which
she claimed 60 hold The vanguard.
consisting of 2eb010 French, British
and Americans, assigned for release
to our lines is pourine The Third
American army is holding many Brit
ish prisoners. They are in wretched
shape.
BuIgarians Massacre serbians.
Paris, Nov TWENTY-FIVE hun.
dred Serbiaus, all the inhabitants of
the Serbian village of Vlassotinetzi.
were killed by the Balgarians during
Il fight on Serbian soil, said a dispatch
from Nish today
All Of the magistrate. priests and
school-teaChers In southwestern Ser
bia were shot and hanged by the Bul.
hgarians.
Washington Nov 27-The senate
finance committee this afternoon yot-
ed down an amendment by Senator
Smoot to the revenue bin levying
the gross sale taxes of one per cent
O nall retail sales The gross sale tax
was to be substituted and all the mis-
cellaneous taxes now contained in tho
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