Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-20
NEWS OF THE DAY

An aii,plane Of unidentified lnation'
atty bombed Swaelman Castle, near
the ex-Clown Princes internment
place, it is reported from Amster'
dam. The castle was badly damaged
There were no casualties.
The, iron crosses which the formcl
German emperor SO lavishly bestow
ed during the war are now BENG
sold in Germany for five pfennigs
Of about one American cent, apiece
telegram from Amsterdam says
The British mine sweeper Ascot
was tclpedoed and sunk on Novem-
beE 10 (the day before the armistice
was sigred). with al aboard, tn :
Admiralty announced last night. six
officers and forty-sevcn ;hors arc
,,,i;s:r,a';; taa2e a-e re survivors
the zsatcncE: sa%z.
Hesbsr.s c. Hoover. "icod control
Ter of tic world" is expected to 90
directly 10 Berlin en- his arr:Va! il
Europe. 1t is believed he will reaca
the German capital within two
weeks and will Immediately begin !
searching inquiry into the German
claim that unless the allied bloc.-
AIDE is, lifted millions of Germans
will starve.
There is no confirmation IN WaS!:-
ingtpn Of the repc:t that The e.
Kaiser has. or is about to. return to
Germany. if he does interesting dc
velcrments may be expected. The
new government at Berlin would ~
a great measure, iadic:ta its god
faith BY whatever action I took &C.
'.:rd the former rule: Of the en-
pire.
An official dispatch from France
yesterday shows how 'noG-G German
populations ere trying to BE- re-
stored TO the nations from with
they were tern by Prgssian fright
fitness in It's earlier days. TIC dis
patch says chat according 10 NORTH
German newspapers 900 associations
of the S!osv.e' have annnaled tH the
republican government to obtain fos
The Elcsv!:- inc right TO again he
c4Inc apa:.1 CT Denmark"
Formation = q d2,acc:ati: po2u!a,'
league at E2rlira is announced in .
dispatch from that city. The leagu"
demands immediate convccation Of
a national constitutional assembly
It's leaders include Cont Johann
Heinrich Won Bcrrstorh, former Ger
man Amoassado: to the United States
Dr. Walter Rathenau, long the eXccu-
tive head Of Ge-nany's economic force
and F~;cdc.;ch Naumann, ar@~iloT Of
"'iittnl Europa" and prominent Lib
ca. 2.o;chstar leader.
The United States Supreme Court
yesterday declined to review the case
Of Thomas Mooney. San Francisco
labor leader, convicted Of murder in
connection with the San Francisco
preparedness parade. While the
ccprt handed down 70 formal opinion
in the Mooney case The denial was
based CT thc, fact that the court
could find no Federal question to be
involved in The case. The only re-
course that Mooney now has left is
clcmcncy h5 the governor OF Cali.
forniu, who - to this time has re-
fused to act, despite appeals direct
l. from President Wilson.
The allies viii not consent 10 any
further notifications in the arms
tica terms imposed On Germany.
This is the belief Of officials here,
formed -Don reading the latest CT
Foreign Secretary Soils many ap-
reals. Il is agreed that bis oppoS;-
ton 10 allied occupation cf The left
hank Of the Rhine together with his
statement chat without these modi-
hcaicns Germany will advance TO-
ward more or lsss Bolshevist condi-
items. which might become danger
Gus 10 ncighboring states is subtle
form Ct propaganda designed 70.
make the entente nations and this
government mere lenlent to their
conquered foe.