Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-15
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souTH DAKOTA

Tho forms hat Matthias Erxebergef
was IN favor OF imposing upon the allies
II Germany had been victorious as set
forth In q memorandum written by him
IN 1914 are outlined by a Geneva dis
patch. Germany must AVE sovereignty
over Belgium and the French coast from
Ounkirk to Boulogne and possession Oh
the Channe Islands. Sne must take the
mines In French Lorraine and create an
African German empire by annexing the
Belgian and French Congoes, British Nj
geria. Dahomey. and the French west
coast. In fixing indemnities the actual
capacity Of q state at the moment should
not be considered. Besides a large i'm
mediate payment, annual installments,
spread over q long period. could be ar
BANGED. France would be helped in max
ing them by decreasing her budget Of
naval and military appropriations. In
IDENTITIES should provide for the repay
damages Of war, he redemption OF all
OF 0ermany's public debt and The Gre
alton of q vast fund for incapacitated
soldiers"
The 18th engineers. Of the American ex-
podiuonAry force are conducting sonne In
terestlng experiments In mar making.
With q 6ve-ton truck as a printing and
,ii~thosraphic establishment they have sue
,ceeded In turning out 1000 copies Of
Held maps An hour. The French and Brit
tsh are taking q keen interest in tho
American outnt. az they q used q rail-
way train for such work and their best
output has been about 800 copies an hour.
Turthermore. . railway train 10 limited
IN operation to available tracka&e. while
there virtually 10 no Limitation to the mo-
btiiV Of the truck.
TAs executive committee Of the Navy
League Of Great Britain Calls attention
TO 1.-THE necessity Of preserving fn.ytHnpe.
rial and allied interSSt6; both IN peace
And var, absolute oontral over Irish
eorts, harbors and communications. and
4er maintaining invioiate the freedom
:oe the seas' In the British senss Of the
term" A preamble to the resolution
how that 1t wa prompted by the fact
b the United States House Of Repre-
sentattves a adopted q resolution Jug
resting that the peace conference give
favorable consideration TO lreland's plea
Tor self government.
Commenting on the criticism OF Presi-
dent Wilson over the matter OF Fiume.
the London Times correspondent admits
that "thars would be a far. greater una
nisnity OF disappointment over any, fall
ore TO bring the exskaiser and others at
the ton before some sort OF tribunal. In
deed. the idea of letting those responsible
Tor the atrocities of the war down easily
Ana punishfns smaller people seems to
" II0 WHO IJSACG VII
terence rather than any other senti.
mont"
1hat Porto Rico IL not prepared for ei-
ther statehood or Independence vas the
opinion expressed by Senator's Barbosn
And Giorgetti in the course OF . debate in
the senate Of that island this week. "A
country which has the number OF litter,
ates Porto Rico has. whose masses are
Wltnout means Of education and whose
economic condition 10 deplorabie. 10 mot
prepared 20 be either q republic o.
STATE" the leaders Of it,. two parties, the
republfcans and unionists. agree.
The money raised from the Victory
Liberty loan will be used to pay for bring
Ing the American troops home from
France. the cost Of their rehabilitation,
part Of the war insurance claims OF the
soldiers and sailors killed or injured In
fighting, and viii furnish funds for
the care Of the wounded and for the vo-
cAtlonAl training Of he MANNED and
other postwar expenses. says . repre-
sentative Of the IAberty loan committee.
The income tax really places . pre-
MUM upon immortality" Where q man
woman. both IN receipt Of Incomes,
eeaAtial annual sum by refraining from
0olng 20. We have seen Y roughly COM
pute0S that In the lower Ind middle classes
such . couple can, on ~AtssAyerage, .aAve
the rent" by avoiding the Formally Of
mAstSages aAys an investigated quoted by
the London Times.
Indications that an organized German
propaeAnde %. being carried on In the
American area Of occupation continue to
reach advanced general headquarters At
1feve An oflicer recently found post
cngAU Wefe being sold to American sol-
dteeas 0N1doting destruction. wrought In
various towns along the frent fighting