The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-11-07
FOR THE PEACE COUNCIL-BRUSSELS

Again we urge the ACCESSIBILITY of Brussels Bel
GUMS capital, as the place for the final peace
conference. ."'
It's central location and accessibility are argu
ments. Brussels can be reached by channel steam
err and train from London in seven hours. Berlin
of course the Germans will have somebody at
the peace conference-is only Ia hours from Brus.
sells. Paris is five hours away-the French dele
gates could almost commute to the conference
Vienna is % hours from Brussels, and Rome about
SO.
The American delegates could proceed to Brus
sells as easily as to any other city on the continent
and it is nearer London than is Paris
But greater than these are the historical anc
sentimental arguments. Brussels is in the heart
of devastated Belgium, and few hours by auto
mobile will take the delegates to any part of the
country to witness the destruction wrought by
the Germans. The destroyed cities Of Ypres
Malines and LouVain are near by. Automobile
trips to Liege and Namur and back can be made
in a day.
Belgium, the first nation devastated by Germa
ny, deserves and has earned the honor Of enter
tanning the peace conference in her capital-whicf
is one of her few cities still intact. a."
The Kaiser's Gott seems to have abdicated first
An Austrian army awfully dismayd, boiling
without batteries, evacuates Belgrade. -.
If they don't hurry up with those armstict
terms therellbe nobody left to present them to. ~
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They are not all cowboys in Texas. A girl Has
just landed an $500 state job as official COW
tester.
Wonder if Kaiser Bill has ordered his Thanks
giving dinner in Paris. Looks as if he plans tt
eat crow. ,...
AS for us, we'd trust the Hungarians about as
far as the Huns. Keep wary eye on that new
Hungarian state.
Vorwarts is mistaken. The question isn't
what will the kaiser do?" It is: "What will be
done to the kaiser?' .~-,
If the Germans are set on having Max for a
chancellor, why not give them Burgomaster Max
Of Brussels for while? .
Like pugiist on vengeance best, Italy refused
to permit Austria to go down for the count, till
punishment was complete. 49,
Good news with string to it! Fuel Director
Garfield says the danger of fuel famine is over
but-keep on sitting the ashes!
Every woman secretly believes she would be
fascinating in harem veil. Wearing flu mask
is good safe way to try the effect.
The reindeer has been known to pull 200 pounds
at a ten-mile pace for IL hours. Santa Claus must
be the one who established that record!
It's all over but the shooting. A firing squad
and certain Boche brutes will have an appoint
ment shortly in Potsdam palaces back yard
That back-action Boche brand of logic will try
to pretend it's victory, no matter how crushing
the defeat. Berlin may be celebrating 'trium.
plant peace" at the same time we are-unless we
occupy Berlin.
war;" they said, that in our deeper love for ou1
boys we have learned new respect for one an.
other"
So new spirit was born into that city As
though in its heart it had discovered something Of
the greater religion, whose God is Father; and
whose faith and creed are love.
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