Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-12
United States Has Ceoot
Role In Rsconstyuctioa
Of Europe.
PEACE CONFERENCE
MAY BE DELAYED
Worlds Court Of Justice Nay Me- .
Called Within the erssseiesd Thirty
Day Time Observation-Disclosures q
American Army - os Siew-UWtes1
States May Dc Called On ts Fssd
Europa

Washington. Nov. 12.--Amersca to-
day turned toward the ways Of peace.
With the military strength or the
cen,ra! rcyer. shattered. the United
States. with the associated govsra-
mcnts took up the problems oe rscoa-
struction.
Immediately ahead diplomatic Wash.
ington saw the peace conference, the
worlds court OF justice. before wAich
Germany as the chief criminal. VITA
Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria. VIII
stand as prisoners at tho bar.
When or where the final peace neGo-
tiations will be held officials would
not conjecture. TAirty days u the
time limit under the armis&ics trems
for the assembling Of the peace Coz.
ference.
corfs-snoe May es Delayed.
The arnistice. however. contains
provisions for It's extension. The great
interests involved and tho difficulties
to be met In convcnin1 such con-
ference in such n short time may
cause an extension OF the thirty day
limit. sa
1t was regarded az !!ke!y that sthe
peace conference win be similar 70 the
meeting at Versailles. I. .-s n
: The military looked @tAday - ~
breaking up and rctusn 10 civIliAA m
OF the great army mcbiliaed II -
nineteen months. Further inc1eAse o3
the military forcea was checked, -.
terday thru cancellation of all OUT
standing draft calls.
A& DemobiIixatisn Will Ds Sisss.
The return home of the nearly two
and quarter million men overseaN
and the muster out Of the million and
a half troops In camps in this country
will not come Immediately.
The United States entering the war
last probably will be called on to do
much of the police and guard duty IN
France and Belgium.
Future events in Russia are uncer-
tain and the small forces there may
have to be augmented. Embarkation
Of additional units will not stop i'm.
mediately. Secretary Baker has said
altho the troops to be sent over seas
largely win be medical and similar
units.
May Occupy Helgoiand.
For the navy also great tasks lie
ahead. The sea must be swept clear
of mines. Occupation Of the German
naval base Of Helgoland may be neccs-
sary.
Until peace finally is concluded there
will be patrol work to do.
The newly constructed merchant
marine must not only bring the men
from France but carry to France and
Belgium, to lands OF southern Europe
long unproductive, and even to the
enemy nations. foodstuffs, clothing
and the means OF keeping alive the
war we eakcned populations.
America Must Feed Europe.
Food Administrator Hoover and
Chairman Hurley OF the shipping
board soon will leave TO survey the
situation. The American people from
their plenty will be called to feed
Europe.
Money will Ge needed to bring the
troops home and to allow completion
of projects under way. Another loan
will have. to ne raised.
The great revenue bin. placing taxes
on. the people amounting to more thar
Sc, 900. 900, 900. must be passed by con-
gress. -
Grsat Industrial chsnsss.
Industrially :he change from war to
peace will create as many problems
as the change from peace to war
Workers engaged in war production
plants must be nssimiiated in peace
production. Wage standards, changed
by the war must be readjusted. The
position OF women in industry must
be determined. The war industries
board, the war labor board and other
governmental agencies must continue
or substitutes be created for the solu-
tion or these problems. The returned
soldier must have work and = home.
This IL a reconstruction question that
congress will be called upea totcoii-
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