Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-02
NEWS OF THE DAY

The german government has it Is
said begun an inquiry into German
atrocities in Belgium.
s. Official Washington inclines to the
belief that the differences OF .Ch'le
and Peru will be settled without force
Of arms.
A gigantic Prussian plot to jan
the whole present German govern
ment and establish a provisional gov
eminent under Field Marshal von
MacEensen has, it is said, just been
n;nped in the bud by the Ebert gov
eminent.
Reeimental bands are being recruit
ed to full strength and are equipped
TO be sent to the armies of Generals
plumer and Rawlinson to impress the
Germans. during the. triumphant en-
trv of the British armies into the
cities and towns of the Rhineland.
The purpose is to drive home to the
Germans a sense of their defeat.
Great Lakes shiypards have sent
q fleet of 1S1 steel vessels aggregat-
ing 1895 lightweight tons to the
seaboard between August and No
vember / it was announced by the
Shipping Board yesterday. This ex-
ceeds the entire outut Of all Ameri-
can shiypards for any one Of the
pre-war years. In 1916 all OF these
yards produced only thirty-eight
vessels of os5,555 tons.
"Thc entry of the British fleet into
the Baltic says Admiral Lord
Charles Beresford, formerly hrst
lord of the British admiralty, "is Of
great Importance. It reopens direct
communication between England and
Petrcgrad, which is sure to have
great influence upon the political sit
uation in Finland and in the Baltic
province annexed by Germany under
the treaty of Brest-Litovsk."
Leroy T. Buckingham, the 17-year-
old runner for the District National
Bank Of Washington, who has $4,000
in cash and $4,000 in securities be-
longing to the bank IS still among
the missing. Not Il sign of the boy
or the money has been found, al
though the police of every large city
on the Atlantic Coast have ccnaucted
diligent search.
Government projects halted by
strikes of plasterers' painters and
other sympathetic unions. may be
finished by soldier labor, it is learn
ed. Universal demands for higher
wages to make up for lessened num-
Der Of hours have been made by
unions throughout the city. This
rumor of soldier labor may be re-
sponSible for the deferred action on
the general strike of several unions.
The vanguard Of the American
party which will be in Paris during
the sessions of the peace conference
sailed from New York yesterday on
the new American steamship ORR
zaba. The members of the party in
Guided more than 100 newspaper cor
respondents and those who will act
in secretarial and clerical capacity
to members of the peace mission.
The Orizaba, being slower boat
than, the George Washington, needs
two days extra steaming to,arrive
at Brest at the same time as the
presidential party.
Conincident with the departure
from Constantinople Of Enver Pasha,
the former. Turkish minister o.
war, and his colleagues, the disap-
,pearance of 25,O0O.O00 Turkish
pounds of public funds placed in
various banks was noticed, according
to the Tribune of Geneva. 1t is be-
lieved, the newspaper says. that the
money has been transferred to neu-
trail banks or carried away. Enver
Pasha has been invited by the Berlin
authorities to leave the German cap
ital, and it is expected he will arrive
in Switzerland soon.