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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-11
LONDON JOYFUL
OVER ARNI5TICE
Officers and Men Dance
and Frolic With Crowds
As Fighting Ends.

/ London. Eng. Jan. 11--EVeryone has
heard extraordinary stories about
orgies in the West End hotels. and
I the stories are sensational enough
The evidence. however, all goes to
show that the drunkenness and riot
ing are mainly in the west End no
tells, and that the street crowd IS re-
markedly sober and its display Of
gaiety the most spontaneous and
happy we have seen in London. 4 de-
tached observer who made it his busi-
ness to be in Piccadilly Circus, Leices-
ter Square and Trafalgar Square be-
tween II and 1 o'clock on Saturday
night sends me the following note on
what he saw:
Little Drunkenness.
There was very little drunkenness.
and what there was chiefly among
Dominion soldiers. who somehow sue
coed not only in getting the diluted
liquor OF the period but IN getting
tipsy on It
There was more dancing than was
ever seen before in the streets. and
some OF il was quite ambitious An
Australian soldier and a girl with
whom he had pighted hats danced
a Make at Swan and Edgar's corner.
and the crowd cleared and gave them
OfIeers Celebrate.
Here are some incidents OF the
night; A party consisting Of a very
tall captain and other officers. in
Gliding one with red tabs. a naval
officer, and six very pretty nurses.
jing-a-ringed round every solitary
policeman they net The thing was
done with great spirit, and in one
case the policeman was so carried
away that he did a step or two Of his
own, in the center.
FnnIs Kiss Girls.
Another incident was that a very
large plain American officer. with
two short, plain American officers
marched up from Trafalgar Square TO
Leicester Square kissing every girl
they met, the leaders shouting Next,
please Before they got TO the square
they had a following Of a dozen IN
kissed girls drawing their attention
to the fact a young sergeant, very
thin. with two wound stripes and eye
glasses, waving a stick, called for re- I
,ruits--This is the time TO join the +
ARMY Come on, boys, be a soldier and 4
be happy, This is the time to join the /
lrmyr
Everybody Happy.
There was a party Of mercantile 4
marine officers with nurses and land
girls, who danced quietly by them +
selves at the circus. and then arm in .
arm in a row danced up the whole 4
ength Of Regent street Nobody
ieemed TO interfere with anyone else.
except on occasion. such as when a
soldier tried to kiss another soldiers
girl, and explained. It's the same
'ause. brother I never saw so much
happiness and so little drink in the
london streets before"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-11

including the peace procession which
VIII pass under the Arch de Triomphe
When king George reached Paris he
drove down the Avenue du Bois de
Boulogne. across the EtoIle. down Ire
champs Elysees and across the Point
de Ia Colcorde to the Quai D'Orsav
between files Of French troops. picked
men IRON divisions which had fought
IN northern France and Flanders with
the British.
W hile the 1oilus were lined ID wait
ing Tor the royal visitors they we've
snow cred with cigarets and Chocolate
ana when the tobacco and candy ran
out eNaperent spirits in the crowd be
san tossing coins to them. The SOL
diers scrarn oled around all over me
speela-ly sanded streets for the ciear-
ets. bon bous and silver. creatine1 a,
the opinion OF their officers on bo-zs-
lac. I4eN beside them a bad appearances.
--e o-ticers did not attempt 10 re-
atr-ln tneir men until the word ~
PASSED along that the king was a.
preaching, but reports were rnasa
terward -. - =
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-11

7 ONDON. Eng. Jan Leslie Jack
l. Spicer. native born Englishman, re-
Gently returned from Berlin. where he
witnessed the revolution in Novsm-
Der. His description Of It follows
The revolution came 10 Berlin sud
denly. but in the most casual fashion
II started in KEEL on November s. then
spread rapidly to Hamburg. Bremen
and other coast towns News OF its
success at these points was entirely
suppressed in Berlin for three days.
Berliners' first indication that the rev
olution had at last reached the capital
was the sudden appearance OF machine
gun detachments in front OF prominent
public buildings
soldiers Make Coup.
These were the first signs I had
Of impending events Later. learned
that revolutionary soldiers with ma
chine guns had taken possession Of a
number OF strategic places in the cen
ter OF Berlin Motor lorries crammed
with revolutionary troops bearing
rifles and carrying machine guns
on the tops now made their appear
ance. The soldiers shouted Long
live freedom Long live the repub-
ucH Long live the Socialist prole-
tariatr Some OF the lorries carried
placards reading. Brothers. don't
shootr This appeal was directed to
the soldiers and armed Workingmen
who were now in possession Of the
principal streets in the heart Of the
city.
Women in Purades.
MY wife and ] decided 10 make our
way 20 town 20 watch the excitement
We booked 10 Friedrichstrasse sta
ton on the elevated railway and, as
we neared the center Of the city. We
could see the streets below crammed
with demonstrators Of both sexes pa
rading with red flags All were
armed
The mob was streaming toward
the Linden and thence. too. we were
swept on Inter den Linden was a
seething multitude Of people for it's
entire breadth and length Many
shops had closed and the windows OF
hotels and other large buildings
were filled with spectators
The tide was swinging toward the
Schloss (castle) at the eastern end Of
Inter den Linden. down past the
banks. the royal library, the univer-
sltys the crown princes palace, and
the kommandantur- The kaiser's B
residence was the objective We
reached there just in time 70 see the
head Of the mob push its way through
its big iron gates on tbs Lustgarten I
(northern) side
Fly Red BIanktt.
Everybody expected the red nag
10 be flying over the Weatherbeaten I
dome Of the castle. but the only en- /
blem OF the revolution was a red
blanket with thin black stripes att
either end hanging from the balcony 4
from which William II was wont to /
harangue Berliners on festive coca
sions- Some irreyerent jokers said that
the blanket was augustus unterrocki
(the kaiserin's petticoar).
Presently group OF Socialist /
leaders appeared on the balcony. A
curly haired man wearing glasses be-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-11
SICKNESSSTOPS
CABLE SERVICE
Influenza On Island Where
Wires Land RACES Among
the Operators.

London. Jan 11-So many epigrams
about the Atlantic cable have been
uttered by after-diuner speakers that
re had come 70 regard Il as some
hing Of q natural phenomenon. like
tIdes or the moon" writes a CORE
spondsnr in London paper Now
we know thar it has It's human side.
There has been an annoying delay on
messages from America-and the ex-
plarariou. 81 seems. Is the influenza
The Atlantic cables end IN that lit
lie island of the Kerry coast which
q hundred thousand have heard OF for
one who has seen it-Valentia- Here
s the telegraph station where the
cable messages are received and re-
transmitted On the land wires But
ufiueuza has been epidemic in this
region as vel as the rest OF Ireland,
and one By one tie telegraph Oper-
arors were affected Relays have
been sent from London to replace
them hut as fast as they came, 90
the story goes. they too were caught
lt IS no wonder there have been
delays
- understand that the situation at
faientia IS now rapidly improving
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-11
IRISH
BY MANY TRICKS
Deserter FORCES Che cks
and Poses As Valet To
Local Archbishop.

Dublin. Jan. 1L-Au Ireland IS
today talking Of the exploits OF Pri-
vate John Mcdonnell. stated TO be a
deserter from the London Scottish
Rifles.
mcdonnell finds himself in the ex-
tremely prosaic position Of prisoner
in the dock Of Dublin police court
charged with getting $1,000 by fraud
from the National Bank branch in
Drumcondia- Il appears he presented
a check at the bank and as he was
not known he was questioned and
replied that he was a valet TO the
Roman Catholic Archbishop, Dr.
Walsh. who lived in the locality. but
SIN the bank manager was suspi-
cious. The man went away and came
back with note -purpOrting to be
signed by father Curran. one OF the
archbishop's secretaries. and the
money was promptly paid over. The
check came back in a few days mark
ed no account"
Poses as officer.
The man was ultimately arrested In
Cork, where he was dressed in the
full uniform Of a staff captain in the
army, alleging that he had come by
automobile from Belfast from the
general commanding the northern di-
N41lou- IN a long statement TO the
policeman who arrested him he ad-
mltted having stolen the archbishops
seal and some official notepaper,
which he used to obtain the money
Plays Many Roles.
On the following day he filled In
another check for $500 When the
clerk hesitated to pay il he asked
FOR the manager. who also hesitated. !
but when accused told him he was
district inspector Hanna's son he di- 4
rected the cashier TO pay the check. .
Near Newtownards he met a soldier 4
who asked him for an extension Of /
leave He brought him to the bar
racks and saw the adjutant in the I
officers mess, and had drinks with .
several Of the officers. The adjutanti
sranted an extension Of seven davs-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-11
Fears AeroBuses Falling From Clouds
-.: -:lT: -:II;- -:Il:- -:l:-
kuture Brings Threzf of Air Sneeders

oAnuN. Eng, jan Ill dom
Lknow about the aerobus and aero
rab business writes -AriOnS IN the
London Express SIN n trine uneasy
a5eut % and Inclined 10 agree with the
nan Hho, one Gotha niEht. under a
railway arch. said he would Ike 10
hang the man who invented aIrpIanes.
-rhnuEands Of people looked ten
years younger about a week after the
signing Of the armistice- Thank good
uezs- ne more fear Of air raids.' they
said ioTfullE. / think they were n
little previous. We may not nzain
have bombs shoHered from the skies
en- our rnofs. but e. wouldn't surprise
me 81 We have unpleasant visitors OF
smother kind.
"A peep into the future Was given
rs iu the account published This week
~ Hu leruhus- full OF people. falling
nr house such happenings. er-
uerl- viii ere day ne ns common as
fr'iis-uls between vehicles in our
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-11
CROWN PRINCE
STEALS WHILE
KAISER CANTS
Amazing Hypocrisy of For
mer Emperor Shown In
Public Utterances.
''FRITZ" IS CALLED
CROOK BY OFFICER

I ONDON, Eng. Jan lL-Here are
l. some Of the utterances which
mark the kaiser's reign:
Having succeeded TO the throne Of
my ancestors. I have taken over the
government relying on the king OF
kings. and have vowed 10 God that
acting in accordance with the example
Of my predecessors. I VIII endeavor to
be a just and clement ruler. that I
viii encourage piety and the fear Of
God. that I win uphold peace. and
viii strive TO be a helper 10 the poor"
Relies on Bible.
Il often read the Bible. like TO
read it every night. A Bible lies on
a table by my bedside. 7 like the
most beautiful thoughts expressed
in it. Whenever I have to make
any decision I ask myself what the
Bible would teach me TO do in that
particular case
Germany is in no need Of fresh
military glory, nor does she require
any new conquests"
Crown Prince a Crook.
The crown prince IS an out and
out bounder and a 'rotter' from the
ground up. 7 would not trust him
out Of my sight in a matter involv-
ing his OWL honor, or that OF any
other man or woman II IS not
enough TO say that he is fnsincere
or indispensable. as a matter OF fact
he is downright crooked"
In these words a British officer has
summed up the crown prince, who has
just turned 80 years Of age Brainless
as youth. his military career has ex-
Eibited him to the world a Backyard
Of the lowest type A Few years ago
when he was sowing his wild oats ne
acted the black guard instead or the
blood: his musical and dramatic taste
was limited TO a low class OF comic
opera. and his companions were high
born Doors.
Imperial Thief.
The Imperial Burglar is perhaps
the most fitting title that could be
given this scion. His one idea OF war
seems 10 have been TO rob. piliase and
destroy To give one instance Of his I
handiWOrz, at the castle Of Baye. near I
Champaubert. he ransacked a museum ]
which contained the treasures Of
many years exploration and collec-
ton Breaking all the windows which 4
decorated a gallery nearly 50 yards .
long. he stole armori unique jewels, 4
medals. valuable vases, chased gold I
sups and other souvenirs.
From private houses in another
own he superiutended the removal OF
.hree wagons Of loot
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-11
Says Hun Manufacture
Of Soldier Toys Leads
Only To Future Wars

Paris France. Jan. 11.-Phohibit the
manufacture Of toy soldiers as an
added means toward preventing fu-
ture wars, Is the demand Of "" writ
ing in lie Temps.
It is estimated that the toy fac
tories Of Neuremberg alone have
manufactured 100, 00O. 600 lead soldiers
which have been sold in every coun-
Try IN every part Of the world
Such playthings. the writer con-
tends. arouse a militaristic spirit in
children which Is developed during
boyhood when they play with their
playmates at real soldering. He
urges that the marketing Of lead SOL
diers be discontinued and that par
ents take pains 70 prevent their chill
dren from playing at soldiers them
selves
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-11
English Risk
Death TOFeed
Hun CaStaways
Germans Leave Crews Oh
All Torpedoed Vessels
To Be Drowned.

London. Eng, Jan. 1.-THE deliv-
cry Of the Hun U-boats has made
possible revelation of some II the
feats Of the British submarines.
A correspondent Of the Evening
News. writing from Harwleh. tells
TWO striking stories.
Commander Keuett told Of soma Of
their many scraps.
"One night" he said, Commander
Turner in E-23 spotted big party
Of Hun battleships. Stealing in as
near as he dared. he fired 4 torpedc
and niteoHe Of them she got a bad
list on her. and a whole crowd Of
destroyers escorted hse back. Turner
got IN with another torpedo. but she
succeeded in getting away. very
badly damaged.
Feeds Hun Refugees.
In the Heligoland Blight battle we
sank several ships. Commander Lear
sank enc. and was rescuing the crew
when he was attacked by a Hun sub
marine He hal Just time TO give the
survivors, who were in one OF their
own Whalers, some biscuits. a COM
pass, and put Them on their ccucse
Ior Hel1goland, before he had to dive
What contrast to the Hun who
Yesterday admitted having fired on
British sailors whose ship had been
rorpecoed, and who said. "Of course.
lie left them 10 drown. because II ne
had not done so they might have gone
cut to fight him again.
Germans UnErateful.
Ihcn there was the case Of com
mander Pulleyne. Of ESQ. who tor
pedoed U-boat The only survivor
was the captain. This is what com
mander kellett says about him:
They got this brute out Of the
Tafe- after lot Of trouble. gave him
lry clothes and food. and when they
got him to r. H. S. Pandora he was
given cabin and the doctor at once
attended to him.
vs. hen he had recovered he had the
mpertlnence TO complain that his
'aoin was too hot, and accused US Of
having stolen his Waistcoat"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-11

Darts. France. Jan 11-Ferdinano
1 Foch was practically on the re-
tired list Of the French army during
the early part Of 1917. When Geor-
ses Clemenceau. the cabinet wreck
err" heard Of 1t he mentioned the mat
ter forcibly 70 Paul Painleve. then
premier and minister OF war. and
Foch. a general OF = corps d'armee,
was put back on active service
Gen. Foch went north after his cell
ebrated success in the marshes OF
saint Gond during the first battle OF
tho 1larne- The winter OF 1s14-1915
found him commanding a division in
the User regiou and IN the spring OF
1915 the Germans sprung their first
gas attack against part OF Foch's
On gorfress stan.
During the early summer Gen
dotrre. then on the west front. called
Foch 70 his staff and the brilliant
general had e good deal TO do with
planning the operation which began
on September =, 1915 the III 1ated
Champagne offensive when French
Harhed wire entanglenents. concealed
on the reverse slopes Of the rolling
lllpelzs and ridges Of that sector
AfrerTlrd Foch vas instructed 10
prepare plans for an operation toward
the reduction OF the saint Mihiel ss-
Iant. which, with the limited number
u reserve troops a. the disposal Of
Iotfre, he strongly discountenanced-
Before the French had done any
hing more than local operations
against saint MfhieL however, the
crown prince launched his CHASTITY
offensive Al FeEdun On February q, {
1916.
Hurt in Ante Crash
Ioffre and Foch rushed 70 the I
1leusz citadel and the latter regis /
tered q vigorous negative vote 70 the 4
suggestion made that Terdun be eVac-
GATED and the French line be with /
drawn 70 q ErraiEhrer one between 4
the ArEouns and saint Nihiel- Foch 4
slEEested the appointment OF Petain 4
as commander in chief Of the army /
n Ferdul, and then, e day or SO /
later. FoEh vas injured IN an automo-
bile accident which incapacitated him
from work for many months.
The first half Of 1916 wore itself 4
away win the Germans bartering /
French and British let 90 their drive 4
asrride the Somme- In early autumn 4
Foch had recuperated enough 10 90
20 the front again and he was made /
chief liaisou officer between the /
French and British forces at the
S1ume
IN December OF 1915 when the
somme battle had ended and the Ger
mans we're secretly preparing their
fam1uE retreat TO the HiudeuburE
line. the French cabinet decided to
make Juffre a marshal call him TO
Paris as military adviser and select ]
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-11

a new commander in chief Of the
armies.
NiveIe Promises Victory.
Petain. FOch and Castelnau were
mentioned as possibilities to succeed
Joffre when suddenly Gen Nivelle
leaped to the fore with the promise
that, given a free hand. he would
break through the German line and
throw the invaders out Of France and
Belgium
At that time persistent rumors
reached France that Germany was
about 10 violate Swiss neutrality and
try 10 hack its way through. France
by BelfOrt and Lyon.
FOch was sent to the Franco-Swiss
frontier, where he supervised all ar
engagements which were made to check
the enemy II he tried TO come through
that way.
Foch was then left without a com
mand or q portfolio until March. 1917,
when he was sent to Italy on spe-
cial mission
Then Nivelle launched his coordf-
mated offensive on April 16 between
scissors and Rheims ana against the
heights Of Champagne TO the east Of
the cathedral city. Mangin's troops
eliminated the German bridgehead
south Of the Aisne at Nailly, then
streamed across the river and estab-
lshed themselves on the Chemin des
Danes with an entire army in reserve
which had not yet been thrown IN. II
seemed that Nivelle's statement that
he would sleep IN Laon on the third
night OF his drive might be realized.
But wild rumOrs reached Paris Of the
tremendous losses the French were
suffering and the lack Of hospital ar
rangements 10 handle the wounded
and the drive was stopped
Petain Succeeds.
Gen Petain, who had been chief OF
staff under Nivelle. superseded his
seneralissimo. and Foch was recalled
from Italy 10 become chief Of staff
under Petain-
In the autumn OF 1917. after the
CapOretto disaster. when the Austro-
Germans were streaming toward the
Pave. FOch was sent back TO Italy 10
headed By Gen Diaz, who had re-
placed Codorna.
Returns TO France.
In December. 1917, Foch returned to Z
France and resumed his position as
chief OF the general staff under Pc
tain He was one OF the first OF the 4
allied chteftains TO recognize the pos
sibinties exposed IN Gen. Byng's Cam 4
1rsi offensive in November OF 1917. (
when the British dispensed with the
usual sustained artillery preparation 4
covering several days before an at 1
tack and with the aid OF tanks broke I
the German lines.
E'och is said TO have voted against I
the extension OF the British front to- I
ward the Oise in February OF 1918. 4
where the Germans broke through in 4
heir offensive of March q
After the Amiens drive was stopped !
roch WAS made generalissimO Of all /
allied forces
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-11
FLYERS WORRY
OFFICIALS Of
THE ENTENTE
French and British Puzzled
For Means To Control
Travel In Air.
NATIONS TO SELL
PLANES AFTER WAR

/ Darts, France, Jan. 11.-Regulation
1 OF aerial transportation after the
war is being studied by the French
government and the Aero club. While
there will be a sensible ameliorstion
In the stringency Of issuing passports
and vises for travel among the en-
tente nations, still it IS believed that
the movements Of travellers must be
supervised and kept count Of for some
time. possibly a year or two after
peace is signed Then there viii be
a rigid scrutiny Of all persons coming
from the central powers and those
passing from Holland and Switzer-
land
Flyer Is Problem.
How this control and watch on
movements Of travellers can be exer-
cIsed when aeroplanes are privately
owned is what is worrying the gov
eminent officials A man can fly
from Germany TO France or England
in q few hours, and there viii be no
way OF proving whence he has come I
II has been suggested that all aero
drOmes must be specifically licensed 2
BY the allied governments. by Italy I
France. Belgium and Great Britain, !
and that officers and a staff Of SOL I
diers be maintained at every one OF 4
these flying fields. Then before an
aviator flies off he must state his ]
destination and Obtain a document 4
permitting him TO go through On his I
arrival the document must be cOun- 4
tersigned, stamped and dated and 4
shown again when he returns TO his .
home" aerodr0me.
May Break Down.
There are many lOOpholes TO this &
however. as there is no
way OF preventing aeroplanes going
zen panne"-breakinE down and max
ing forced landings in open fields
and there is no way OF preventing
a pilot from getting lost and stray
ing out OF his way and landing al 4
most anywhere
Il is expected that the private
ownership Of aeroplanes viii be per-
mitted again as soon as peace is ac-
tuaIly signed. Al Of the belligerent
powers have thousands Of machines
which they viii sell off al auction the
same as automobiles and trucks and
other equipment. But with the dis
-rfbution OF these machines 10 pri-
yate owners, the governments VIII
lose control over the movements OF a
certain number Of persons
Huns Can Masquerade
Germany has captured or shot down
n her lines and repaired many French
md British aeroplanes. French speak
nE Germans could fly to France and
Great Britain in these machines with
,ut the permission or the knowledge
Il these governments and after &C
.omplishing their missions could re
urn again 70 Germany y
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-11
FOCH WON BATON OF
CENERALISSIMO BY
UNFAILING STRATEGY
WAS KEPT IN BACKGROUND TILL
HUNS WERE STOPPEDAT ANIENS

Shunted From One Point To Another, Great French
Soldier Was Practically On Retired List at Beginning
Of 1917 When Clemenceau Protested and Forced
Recognition of His Services That Gave Him Duty
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-11
BERLIN SURRENDERS
WITHOUT ASTRUGCLE
TO SOCIALIST MODS
Of THE PRUSSIAN
CAPITAL Halls REVOLUTIONIST

Iebnecht Hangs Tattered Blanket On Kaisers Castle
and Harangues Mob On the Glores Of Rule by Prole-
tariat; Armed Throngs Riot In Streets Of Once Or
DERBY German City, Food Available at High Prices.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-11
"TRIP To FRANCE
MADE 4 JINEET BY OFFICIALS

George Washington Was Crowded by offcious and Self
Seeking Persons of AL Descriptions Who Used Every
Source Of Influence To Make the Trip With vii
son Across the Atlantic, and Trouble Followed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-11

new commander in chief Of the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-11

lenee to bear to get quarters on the