The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-11
WAR OVER;
U. s. TO RUSH
TROOPS BACK
OVER OCEAN
First Units Over to Be Re-
turned Quickly for Demob-
ilization IN Native Country.
SCHEME IS PERFECTED
tBy Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1o-The
world war ended at 6 o'clock this
morning, Washington time with red
revolution in Germany and with Will
liam Hohenzollern, former emperor,
fugitive from his native land.
Signing Of the arimstic with Ger
many, which brings the world war 10
an end, does not mean that the great
American military machine will cease
to operate at once America must
play an important part in disarming
and guarding the enemy and until
this work is completed, even the
movement of troops to France will pc
continued, although on a greatly re-
duced scale.
During the interval between the
cessation OF hostilities and the conclu-
sion of the peace conference, it is as
sumed that the major portion of Gen
eral Pershing's expeditionary forces
in France must be retained there.
1t is possible also, that for reasons
of International politics some Ameri-
can garrisons. may be kept in disputed
territory.
Oldest Troops First.
Troops which have been the long
est service in France probably will be
returned home soon to be replaced by
new men now IN this country, who
viii perform g,lasi Dr otiter dutyttbv-
erseas. There are more than 100000
men now in camps in the United
States.
The question of disseminating the
calling of men to the colors under the
selective service act, with the ending
of hostilities has been under consid-
Grafton.
Return home of Amc-~an naval
forces-battleshi destroyers, sub
marines, converted yachts, supply
ships and other craft-also will fol-
low the end of war.
Even with hostilities ended, how
ever, much other naval work aside
from that of taking over and guarding
German and Austrian naval vessels,
remains to be done.
Much OF the shipping used for war
purposes will be freed for peace time
commerce, and there will follow d
gradual relaxation of the restrictions
as to food and other necessitaties i'm
posed upon the peoples of the allied
| countries. These changes will not
come Immediately, however, for it is
! the purpose of the American and en-
tente governments to cooperate with
Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and Tur-
| key, as well as with Belgium, Serbia
and Rumania, in furnishing as far as
! possible the food and other supplies
| necessary for the civilian populations
| of those countries.
Consider Problems.
| These considerations of world peace
| important as they are, must be ad
| justed as they develop. They could
not be planned in advance as has beer
the breaking up the military forces OF
! the United States, Great Britain and
France and the orderly return of the
millions of these soldiers to their ci
william status.
In this country the problem has
| been taken up with reference to its
two chief phases: The strictly mill
| tary, having to do with the demobili
zation of the army and its safe return
| to America, and the Industrial whicf
deals only with the infiltration OF thf
soldiers into the ranks of labor after
they have been released from the
army A third problem of demobili
zation will deal with the mobilized i'll
dustries of the United States.