Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-12-30
A Resume of 1919

His tJrians viii. probably record the
year 1919 as the most important in
modern history. The world map during
this year has been decidedly altered
and its people have been no less
changed. The fear of German militar-
ism has been disposed of for all time
The Allied powers completed peace
treaty the Importance of which is par
amount to the peace and welfare OF
the world at large. Few international
conferences either held in a time OF
peace or as a result of war, can even
be likened in worldwide influence to
the Paris conference. Russia has APP
peared before the world, broken,
anarchic, and chaotic nation in which /
neither life nor property. are safe.
Much more significant in Russia has
been the death of individual liberty,
which all states and peoples have Ia
bored since time immemorial to define
and establish.
No year in all history can record
more family reunions than 1919. With
the exceptions of several units of reg
-uIars, the American Expeditionary
Force in France and Army of Occupa-
ton in Germany, have been returned to
the United States. Hundreds OF thous-
ands of homes have been made happy
by returned heroes. The people in
every state in the union have endeav-
ored to express their appreciation OF
the sacrifices of money and time and
the hardships these men endured, by
appropriate legislation aimed to assist
discharged soldiers, sailors and mar
ines. Few states have not succeeded
and the federal government has under
consideration an inconceivable number
of such bills.
We have witnessed steadfast at
tempt on the part of President Will
sons administration to adhere strictly
to the original and unquestionably
high moral objects of the United States
in the war with Germany. Through
the peace conference American diplo-
matists fought a sincere battle with
the odds against them to obtain an OPP
en- discussion of world questions and to
kill once and for all time disastrous
methods of secrecy in relations be-
tween foreign countries. Despite the
ideals of many able statesmen in all
the countries involved, colonial pos
session proved point upon which the
conference bounced yigorously-and
so Africa became the center of a dip
lomatic dispute. The German pos
sessions there, aggregating over 900,-
900 square miles, have been divided
between European powers, and, though
not actually awarded to them, provi-
sion is made through the League of
Nations whereby all these possessions
will nominally be possessed by France
or England
Every nation has encountered gil.
gantic internal problems. In Europe
Communism and Bolsnevism have
gained favor-one an industrial and
the other a governmental movement,
anarchial in aspect and completely OPP
posed to the system of Representative
government" to which we so ardently
adhere. Russia, Austria, Hungary and
other states, in eastern Europe have
been thus ruined. Germany has not
been without its strong socialistic.
tendencies and frequent control by that
element. France and Italy have been
sorely pressed by industrial troubles.
England has been face to face curing
1919 with several strikes of tremend-
Gus Importance. Practically all of the
industries in that country are organ
lied. Much liberal legislation has been
forced through parliament. and at the
present time there is belief that soon
the Labor Party of England, which
combines three elements composed of
liberal, conservative and Socialist ele-
ments, may control the government
ad elect a premier. In the United
States, despite the sincere attempts of
the administration to forstall direct
action, thousands of strikes, walkouts.
vacations" and strikes on the job,
have annoyed and hindered production
Had there been no acute differences
between employers and employees, there
would still have been an immense
task to re-establish industry on a rock