The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-15
WORLDS VIEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

william OCOnnOr, secretary OF the
Knights Of Columbus, Is dead at Paris,
aged i%fty-four.
Polish troops. according to a dis
patch from Berlin, have entered Up
per Silesia, Prussia.
Officials at Washington estimate
that the total casualties of the Amer
lean expeditiOnary forces II the war
will not exceed 100000.
thousands OF American heavy guns
nred the parting shot to the Germans
at exactly eleven o'clock Monday
morning. says a Sedan dispatch.
The general strike in Switzerland
has been ended, according to an am
nouncement made by President Colan-
der OF the Swiss confederation to the
Swiss chamber.
A Paris dispatch says French war
prisoners numbering 100000 will be
repatriated soon. This number in
cludes those who have been interned
In neutral countries.
A dispatch to the London Central
News from Amsterdam says William
HohenzOllern. the former German en-
peror, went motoring, followed by a
car containing Dutch officials.
More than 10000 men and women
workers In the mems clothing indus
try In New York and Newark are at
fected by a strike declared by the
AmQlOamafad NlnfhInn yNnrLnrS nf
America.
1t vas stated at the Paris war office
that no further official statements de-
failing events on the battle front will
be issued. From time to time, how
ever there may be official reports re-
garding troop movements.
The steamer Vauban, which locked
at New York Wednesday, was the first
steamship to enter New York harbor
since the removal of the ban by the
navy department on revealing the ar
rival and departure Of vessels.
Extension to November 80 Of the
time during which Christmas parcels
will be accepted for members of the
American expeditionary forces in
France was announced by the post Of
fee and war departments at Washing
ton.
The Belgian legation in an official
statement announced that Belgium
will no longer submit to a status OF
guaranteed neutrality" like that which
existed before the war. 1t aspires to
complete independence to the rights
common to all free peoples"
The navy is in a position TO release
$4,000 men in the course Of the next
month, Secretary Daniels announced
at Washington. Applications for re-
lease will be considered Immediately
from young men who wish to return
to college and who sacrificed business
interests in order to join.
Socialists stormed the Austrian par
2iament building in Vienna Wednesday
and tried to enter the chamber where
the new state council was in session.
Shots were fired before order could be
restored, and 20 persons in the crush
outside the building were injured, ac-
cording to dispatches reaching Paris.
Rehabilitation Of men in the mill
tary and naval service Of the United
States after their return from France
will be carried out largely on a basis
Of the ability Of trades and occupations
to absorb them, under a plan being
worked out by the labor, war and navy
departments and the war industries
board at Washington.
The revolutionary movement Is
spreading strongly In East Prussia.
A semi-official dispatch from Berlin
reports that KOenigsberg, Allenstein,
I%ntersberg, Gumbinnen and Loatzen
are In the hands Of the revolutiOnlsts.
Gov. Won Batocki of Posen, former
German food minister, has put himelf
at the disposal Of the revOlutionists.
Congratulations and expressions OF
the nations proud esteem were cabled
to General Pershing for the American
army in France by Secretary Baker
at Washington, with a promise that,
now that a respite has come, the war
department will do all In It's power
to expedite the early return Of the ex-
peditioLary force so that the country
NAV welcome it's soldiers home.