, 1918-12-05
FOREIGN

land.
The American Thanksgiving day
was celebrated in England as never
before.
The Copenhaken LokaI Anzeiger
says President Wilson will probably
be invited to visit Germany.
Bolshevik forces are reported to
have captured Pskoff, Dvinsk and
important cities in northwestern Rus
STA.
The celebrations of the victory over
Germany opened at Picking with a re-
view of the Chinese and allied troops
by President Hsu Shin Chang.
Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia
has been appointed regent of the Jugo-
Slav state by the national council at
Agram, according to a Laibach dis
patch.
The former German emperor con-
templates an early return to Germany
to reclaim his throne. according to
news received in LONDON through a
neutral source.
Undoubtedly the most striking
Thanksgiving celebration in Paris was
that organized by the knights of Col
umbus al the Church of Madeline in
honor of victory.
The British government will nav a
staff of 400 persons in Paris for the
peace conference, Assistant Secretary
Towle of the food ministry informed
the correspondents. .
Prince Macmillan of Baden, form
er imperial chancellor, is favored IS
the first President of the German re-
public by democratic circles, accord
ing to advices to the Berlingske
Tidende.
Sir r. l.. Borden, Canadian premier,
speaking at the annual Thanksgiving
day banquet of the American Society,
approved of the plan to form a league
of nations, but insisted that England
and America are able to command the
peace of the world by acting together.
William H~ohenzollern can be *
tradited, in the opinion of Professor
Barthelmy of the Paris law faculty.
who explains that his guiding princi-
pie is that when there is an apparent
conflict between the law and common
sense the solution is always found
by following the latter.
DIR. Won Bethmann-Hollweg, German
imperial chancellor at the outbreak of
the war, is eager for an investigation
into HIS share in the origin of the con
flict, according to a statement he has
made to the North German Gazette of
Berlin, as quoted by the Central News
correspondent at Copenhagen.
SPORT
Jack Dempsey won the popular de-
cision from Billy Miske of st. Paul in
a slow six-round bout at Philadelphia.
A field goal by Schrepferman was
the difference between the University
Of Colorado and the Agricultural Col
lege football teams when they clashed
at Gamble field in Boulder, the var
sity winning. 16 to IS.
Maj. William Thaw of the 103d Unit
ed States aero squadron in France,
the famous American ace, has been
promoted to lieutenant colonel, &C.
cording to an announcement made by
Hioh IL. AioWiCyp piCoidCht VI LII ktClO
Club of America.
GENERAL
The former German emperor is i'll of
influenza, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam.
1t has been officially confirmed that
King Albert of Belgium, with the
queen and the crown prince, will visit
Paris.
Viscount Buxton, governor general
of South Africa, said deaths from in
fluenza among Europeans and natives
of South Africa were estimated at
10000.
Viscount Kato, former minister of
foreign affairs, will head the Japa-
nese delegation to the peace confer
ence at Versailles. according to unof-
fetal advices reaching Washington.
Harry X. Thaw was released from
the Pennsylvania hospital for the in
sane to spend Thanksgiving with his
mother in Pittsburg.
The sugar divisions of the United
States Food Administration through
III the country will begin to demobi-
lie about Dec. Is.
Mrs. Dellora r. Gates, widow Of
John w. Gates, died in New York at
the Hotel Plaza, where she lived, af-
ter an attack of apoplexy.
Former Emperor Charles has been
informed by the government at Vienna
that he must leave Austria because Of
the counter revolution movement
there.
The formal document of Emperor
Williams a~bdication has already ar
rived in Berlin, according to a Berlin
dispatch to the Copenhagen Abend-
bladt.
1t is understood the question of the
extradition of the former German en-
peror is being considered by British