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VOL. XVII
TAX RAISE APPEARS BEATEN
Wilson Says Neither Italy Nor Jugo-Slavia Should Have Fiume
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, April 23.—President Wil
son issued an official statement today
insisting that Fiume be internation
alized and made a free peort instead
of being given either to ltaly or Jugo-
Slavia.
The President repudiated the pact
of LLondon on which the Italians have
been mainly basing their demands.
The President pointed out in his
statement that new conditions have
arisen since the pact of L.ondon was
signed, notably that new states have
becn formed out of the dissolution
of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
No Italian Statement.
No official statement was forth
coming at Headquarters of the Italian
delegation when the Wilson state
ment was read, but from .a source
ciose to the Italians it was stated that
in all probability Premier Orlando
will now carry out his threat to with
draw the Italian delegation from the
peace conference.
Exactly what effect their with-1|
drawal will have upon the plans to
present a treaty of peace to the Ger- |
man delegates early next week is not!
yet known. |
The possibility that Italy is not |
“bluffing” and will withdraw was ad- '
mitted in oflicial American circles,
but it was stated that in this event
CGireat Britain, France and the United |
States will complete their delibera- |
tions, made peace with Germany
without censidering the Adriatic nad
then straighten out Austrian and Bfl
- questions as well as possible. Byl
withholding from the peace confer- |
ence, it is held, Italy will surrender |
her charter membershp in the leaguei
of nations and must apply for admit
tance later. The league of nations, if |
Italy withdraws, will settle the ques- ‘
tion of Fiume and the l)u]mutianl
coast,
The treaty, it now keems t-vr:ain‘Q
will not be ready belore Monday ;mdt
will not be handed to the Germans |
before Tuesday or Wednesday of next |
week. !
In issuing the statement; the Presi- |
dent let it be known that he desired |
once again to call attention to the
fact that there were certain well-de
fined principles which have been ac
cepted by the peoples of the world
as ihe basis for a lasting peace. |
The United States simply reecalled
this in order that there should be no
deviation from these principles. The
statément as issued was as follows
“In view of the capital importance
of the question affected, I intend to
throw all possible light on which is
involved in their settlement, 1T hope
the following statement will contrib
ute to the final formation of opinion
and to a satisfactory solution, :
Circumstances Altered. \
W h?n Italy entered the war she
entered upon the basis of a definite, |
private understanding with Great |
Britain and France, now known as
the pact of London. Since that time '
the whole face of circumstaces<has!
been altered {
“Many other powers great und‘:
small, have entered the struggle, with
no knowledge of that private under- |
standing. The Austro-Hungarian |
empire, then the enemy of Europe, |
and at whose expénse the pact of
T.ondon was to be kept in the (’\'PHY!
of victory, has gone to pieces and no!
longer exists, Not only that, the sev- !
eral parts of that empire, it is now
agreed by ltaly and ‘all her associ- |
ates, are to be erected into independ- i
ent States, and associated in a league |
of nations, not with those who were |
recently our enemies, but with I!:Ll,\']
herself and the powers that s!nods
with Italy in the greal war for lih-’
erty, We are to establish their lib- |
erty as well as our own They are |
to be among the small States whose |
interests are henceforth to be as:
scrupulously safeguarded as the in- |
terests of the most nowerful States [
New Justice.”
“The war was ended, moreover )»\'.
proposing to Germany an armistice
and peace which should be fotuinded
on certain clearly defined principles
which should set up a new order of
right and justice. Upon those prinsi
ples a peace with Germany has been |
conceived not only but formulated. |
UTpon those principles it will he fixn-!
cuted *We can not ask the great body ]
of powers to propose and effect peace |
with Austria and establish a new |
basgis of indeepndence and rights In{
the States of the Balkan groups on
principles.of another kind. We must |
apply the same principles to the set
tlement of Europe in those quarters
that we have applied in the peace
with Germany. *
“It was upon the question of ex
plicit avowal of these principles 'hnt‘
the initiative for peace was taken. It
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CHICAGO, April 23.—Formation of
a giant banking corporation with
headquarters in Chicago to handle
the foreign credits, discounts and
clearances of all the banks and in
dustrial conecerns in the Middle West
wus pldnned at a congress of bankers
ot theé Mississippi Valley here today.
The meeting of the bankers is pre-
Liminary to the convention of the Mis
sissippi Valley Association, which
opened here today with 500 delegates
in attendance.
After discussion of the need for
such a bank a commission, made up
of delegutes from each of the bank
ing citles represented, was appointed
to draw up a plan for such an organi
zation This commission will report
tate today
One of the chief objects of the pro
jected bank is to centralize in .the
Middle West the foreign exchange
business which now must be handled
through banks in New York or™3os
ton. The proposed bank will not do
a general banking business, but will
handle the foreign business of other
banks.
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Burleson Replies to
N. Y. World Attack
IQy International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Avril “23.—Postmast
er General Burleson, dgfending him.
self today nfuinsl charges made by The
New York World, issued a statement in
which he asserted that instructions
were issued to the general manager of
the Postal Telegraph System to trans
mit messages, scheduling an attack on
Burleson, which The World News Bu
reau attempted to send Monday night,
At the same time the Postmaster Gen
eral directed the operating board to is
sue the following instructions:
“Direct the management of all tele
graph systems to suspend in so far as
messages referring to the Postmaster
General are concerned, their rules pro
hibiting transmission of messages con
taining libelous matter.”
The Postmaster General's statement
pointed out that the rules “governing
the transmission of libelous matter
were adopted by the telegraph compa
nies to protect themselves against libel
suits long before the wires were taken
over by the Government,
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Men of 82d Division
Want to Come to Gordon
The great majority of the members of
the 82d Division, which still is in
France, are eager that they be demob
ilized at Camp Gordon, accerding to
several letters recently received in At
lanta. It was regarded as very unlike
ly, however, that the War Department
would walive its rules and permit the
entire division to come back to Gordon.
Under these rules the men must be de
mobilized within 250 miles of their
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New Envoy to France
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Urges Enduring Peace
PARIS, April 23.—“1t is now the
‘task of the Allied nations to confer
peace upon humanity, but to first
unite the world in support of i("”
said Hughie Wallace, new American
Ambassador to France, jiu presentirg
his credentials to President PPoincare,
of France.
“Paris, for a time the capital of
the world, is now witnessing the erec
tion of the temple of peace,” hé con
tinued.
“We hope to dedicate that temple
in the name of the league of nations
and make it home, for the great war
was fought in defense of civilization
and had been the last conflict man
kind shall ever know. When victory
came it was complete, and the peace
which follows it should be enduring.”
.
Fire Destroys Stores
. . .
And P. 0. in Colquitt
COLQUITT, April 23.—Colquitt was
visited last night by one of the most
destructive fires since 1902, when the
town was destroyed. The fire origi
nated in Hunter's garage, starting
from the explosion of a vulcanizing
plant. Three stores and contents
were burned. The postoffice was
burned, part of the contents being
saved. Hunter lost several thousand
dollars. with no insurance. Bell lost
several hundred dollars, no insur
ance, The buildings were o:‘wd by
L. E. Calhoun, who is in an ipMrmary
in Atlanta. The loss is estimated at
$4,000.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1919.
New Army Order Affects
.
Six World War Generals
By Intarnational News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 23.—Army or
ders affecting brigadier and major gen.
erals were issued by the War Depart
ment as follows:
Major General William H. Johnston
ordered to assume command of Camp
Lewis, Washington,
Major General William M. Wright to
assume command of Camp Dodge, lowa.
Brigadier General Ira A, Haynes, on
arrival in United States, to :cssun‘u
command of the North Pacific coast ar
tillery district.
Brigadier General Lucien G, Berry,
on arrival in "‘Unitéd States, 1o report
for duty to commander at Camp Grant,
Ilinois.
Briagdier General Richard M, Blatch
ford to report to Camp Sherman, Ohio,
for duty.
Brigadier General, Frank M, Cald
well, on arrival in the United States, re
port for duty.as commander of Camp
Shelby, Miss,
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Alex Dittler, Widely
.
Known Atlantan, Dies
Alex Dittler, for 22 years secretary
of the Temple congregation on Pryor
street, and for many years in the of
fice of the Superior Court ¢lerk, died
suddenly Wednesday afternoon at his
rooms in the Imperial Hotel,
Mr. Dittler was one of the most
widely known men in Atlanta. He
had been identified with various Jew
ish charitable organizations for many
years. He ig survived by four sons
and three daughters.
“Aida,” Verdi's colorful, magnifi
cently spectacular Oriental opera,
though presented for the fourth time
in Atlanta, drew an audience Wed
nesday night equal to that of the
opening For “Aida" has never lost
its charm. Thousands have heard it
again and again; it holds the record
for number of performances in New
York. -
Atlantans familiar with “Aida”
found especial interest in the fact that
an entirely new cust appeared, not
one of the prinecipal singers ever hav
ing sung in the work in an Atlanta
. e eer—
performace, Several singers who nave
never before appeared in this city
were in the cast.
Hipolito Lazaro, the Spanish tenor,
sang Rhadames, the part formerly
taken here by Caruso and Martinelli.
The new tenor is especially noled for
the beauty and clarity of his high
tones—he takes a high £ flat with
perfect ease, it is said, and “Aica”
gave him excelient opportunity.
| Margarele Matzenauer, one of the
' best contraitos who ever has been on
the Metropolitan list, also made
iher Atlanta debut in “Aida,” singing
the role of Amneris, sécond only to
’tnu titie role in prominence. The part
has been sung here by Homer and
Ober.
The Aida was Claudia Mauzio,
the soprano who made her debut two
years ago and sang here in “Trova
tore” and “Tosca.” Mme. Muzio has
a powerful and beautiful voice, and
her Aida was well done.
Thomas Chambers was the bari
tone of the evening, singing Amonas
ro, the Ethiopian king. Mr. Chalmers,
an American, sang here several years
ago with the Boston Opera (‘umpany.‘
Jose Mardones, the basso who mada
such an excellent impression on Mon
day night, sung the High Priest,
Ramfis, in “Aida.” Marie Sundelius
was cast for the brief but trying part'
of the priestegs. Roberto. Moranzoni
was the conductor.
There was widespread regret at the
Georgian Terrace just before noon
Wednesday when Rosina Galli and
her mother emerged from their rooms
and announced they were departing
for New York Miss Galli, as pretty
as anyvone could well be and live, had
become ill Tuesday, and was not suf
ficiently recovered to dance in “Aida"”
Wednesday night. But she refused to
bid anyone good-bye. It was only
“Au revoir,” she said, for she will
come back next season, she insisted,
and take pains to be very well in
deed,
But Miss Galli's absence did not to
tally spoil the ballet in *“Aida,” fnrl
there were several scenes where in- |
cidental dances are introduced, and |
in which the premier danseuse was
not altogether necessary.
Audience Sways to
. N
Music by Faust
BY DUDLEY GLASS.
An audience not so large as that
of the opening night, but still almost |
filling the big Auditorium, sw")wll
to the rippling measures of the ker- |
messe waltzes and the stirring beat
of the soldiers’ chorus in Gounod's
“Faust” Tuesday afternoon, the old
opera’s second presentation in Atlan
ta. It is a beautiful opera with its
succession of choruses, duets, lr).;.:l
and solo arias, and it was beautifully
sung
Frances Alda, the Marguerite;, Mar
tinelli, the IFaust, and l.eon Rothier
the Mephisto, shared the honors ()f'
the afternoon with the chorus, Le
nora Sparks sang the mezzo role
of Siebel very well, indeed. Thomas
Chalmers, as Valentine, was plainly
not at his best, though his naturally
fine baritone rang out well in the
trio preceding his death scene.
Mme. Alda was heard for the first
time as Marguerite, and when it is
said that she sang the role with the
sume erystal clear tones and the
same artistry she gave us as l)o-sdp-l
mona, as Mimi and as Francesca,
nothing more ig needed. The jewel |
song sparkled anew as she sang i!|
and the delicate prison scene, heart
breaking in its pathos, was given
every possible beauty,
Mr. Martinelli made a handsome |
figure hs Faust, and his singing of |
the “salut demeure” at the opeinng
of the garden scene was splendidly
done, |
Mr. Rothier, as Mephisto, was given I
the best opportunity which has fallen
to his veteran basso in his many sea
sons in Atlanta. FHe sang with pow
er and sonority, giving the devil his
full due, and unlike the villain of the
melodramas, shared in the applause,
But, after all, it is the concerted
numbers which make “Faust” the fa
vorite it is. And there has rarely
been heard here anything beiter done
than the quartet in the garden scene,
the trio of tenor, baritone and basso,
and the great prison scene trio at the
end. And 1 can not recall anything
lovelier than the succession of love
duets which Alda and Martinelli sang
in Marguerite's garden,
Issued Dally and Entered as Second-Class Matter at
the Postoffice at Atlanta Under Act of Mar ch 3,187 r
:
.
The great monument to the Con
federate dead, planned for years by
the United Daughters of the Confed
eéracy as the most fitting memorial to
the memory of the heroic men who
fought under the Stars and Bars, is
to be made a monument to all South
ern heroes who fought in the Amer
ican wars from the Revolution to the
great world war.
This decision was reached Wed
nesday morning at a meeting of the
Stone Mountain Confederate Memo
lrm! Association at the Hotel Ans
ley The suggestion to change the
| plan came from Mrs. James W. Roun
saville; of Rome, who has been elect
ed president of the association. The
| action was regarded as a manifes- |
tation of the wave of natinnalism:
that swept the country at the out
break of the world war and wiped out
all sectionalism within the United |
States. '
The entire mountain is to be built |
into one grand monument under the
}direcuon of Gutzon Borglum, the fa
mous sculptor, who originated the
idea. While the ~monument as a
whole is to be in honor of the South-
HArn men who died in all wars, the
great central figure of the creation
will be the monument to the Con
federate dead.
Those at Meeting
The meeting Wednesday was at
tended by Gutzon Borglum, Mrs. H,
M. Franklin, State president of the U.
D. C.; Mrs. J. E. Hays, vice presi
dent of the Georgia Federation of
Women's Clubs; Mrs. Frank Harrold,
vice president of Georgia U. D, C.;
Mrs. Z. 1. Fitzpatrick, chairman of
Georgia Woman's Liberty l.oan Com
mittee; Mrs. J. O. Wynn, Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Willet, Hon. Hooper Alex
ander, Mrs. James Rounsaville, of
Rome; Mrs. W, E. Hays, of Mon
tezuma, Miss Alice Baxter, Mrs. A.
MeD. Wilson. Mrs. T. T. Stevens,
Mrz. james R. Mobley, Mrs. W. S.
Coleman, Mrs. Will Percy, Hon. Wil
liam Terrell, Will Plaze, Mrs. Helen
Piane, Mrs I'rark Mason, Mrs. Staf
ford Sideil, Mvrs Wpylie and others.
The foi'ow ng officers of the asso
clation were elected Wednesday:
Officers Elected.
President, Mrs. James W. Rounsa
ville, of Rome; vice presidents, Miss
Alice Baxter, Mrs. T. T. Stevens, Mrs.
Samuel Inman, Mrs. J. E. Hays, Mrs.
!}. P. Stephens; recording secretary, |
Mrs. Lollie Bell Wylie; corresponding
secretary, Mrs, Stafford Sidell; his
torian, Dr. Lucian Lamar Knight;
treasurcr, Mrs, James W, Bedell,
The State Legis#iture passed a res
olution two years ago making May 20
Stone Mountain Memorial day, when
collections were to be taken through
out the South for the monument. The
Governor will not be asked to pro
claim the special day this vear on ac
count of war conditions, but May 20
next vear will be set aside for this
purpose,
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Atlanta Concern Loses
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$38,999 Damage Suit
A verdict for $35,099.30 was returned
by a jury in Judge Pendleton's divigion
of Superior Court Wednesday after
noon in favor of the Phosphate Mining
Company, of New York, against the
Atlanta Oil and Fertilizer Company
This marked the third trial eof the
case, which has been in the courts since
1912, and which has been passed on
twice by the State Supreme Court, The
suit was based on an alleged breach of
a phosphate rock contract by the At
lanta conecern
It originally asked $27,000, and later
was amended, bringing the amount to
$38,990.30, the verdict of Wednesday be
ing for the full amount A verdict for
$1 was rendered in the first trial of the
Cane The New York concern was rep
resented by Attorneys Kving & Moore
and Robert PP, Jones, while Attorneys
King & Spalding, Dan McDougall, and
D. W, Blair, of Marietta, appeared for
the Atlanta Oll' and Fertilizer Com
pany
.
Massey, Who Killed
.
Womun, Taken to Jail
1.. 8. Massey, who killed Mrs, (3,
Alken in front of Fort McPherson on
March 23, and then shot himself, had
sufficiently recovered Wednesday to
be removed from Grady Hospital to
the police station, for preliminary
hearing It had been thought he
would not recover from his wounds, |
and he lingered close to death for
some time
Massey was bound over to the State
Courts without the Recorder going
into the details of the ease, and held
under SI,OOO bond. He was sent to
the Fulton County jail to await trial
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The Jingles in
'The Headlines|
$
§ By HARVE WESTGATE. |
§ HE nations that would rule |
T the world (at least, it so ap- !
pears to me) are clutchlngf\‘
at each other's throats, for some- 3
{ how they can not agree; Old John- !
§ ny Bull gets out his club, and then
§ Old Rome goes tearing loose, un
§ til it looks to me, by gum, as if
they’d kill the Golden Goose. While z
cannon roared and war was on.§
{ the nations helped each other out, é
¢ and when the Teutons came ln\
view they massed their men and
won each bout; but now that
peace is in the air and they have
cinched each bloody fray, the vic
tors fight among themselves, and
pull some rough stuff every day.
The voters will decide, by jings,
just what Atlanta’'s going to do;
they're going to show us whereg
we're at, and what this burg is !
coming to; they'll vote some cash !
for decent schools (if T can read 3
; the signs aright), but if they fail §
é they'll rue the day and leave us in )
; an awful plight. And now the wire i
men of the land are going to drop !
their keys and quit, and show to {1
Mr. Bur-le-son they've got a Kkiek /
within their mit; but if they strike !
¢ I'll lose my job, and pine away and 3
gget the blues, because, you see, 1 ;
could not get a single line of jingle |
é news. %
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, April 12.—-The Bavarian
Red army is now reported to be com
manded by two former officers in the
German army-—Baron Seller and the
Prinee of Wied, said a dispateh from
Zurich to The Petit Journal today.
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, April 23.—Czecho-~
Slovak troops invading Hungary are
moving swiftly upon the capital, and
at latest advices from Vienna were
but one hour's march from Budapest,
The Czecho-Slovaks have reached
Veiocksen,
3 .
Troops of Four Nations
s . .
Fighting Hungarian Reds
(By International News Service.)
GENEVA, Avril 23.-—Czecho-Slovak
and Serbian troops have begun to
advance into Hungary, it was report
ed from Vienna today
Troops of four nationalities are now
fighting the Hungarian reds, Rouma
nians, Poles, Serbians and Czecho-
Slovaks.
Many Persons Killed
In Hamburg Rioting
(By International News Service,)
BERLIN, April 22 (via London,
April 23).~Many persons have been
killed in rioting that has been raging
at Hamburg since Sunday, said a
dispatch from that city today. Many
buildings on the rgn(rbur front were
plundered Most the casualties
resulted from fighting between the
police and mobs in the suburbs, \
§* . i ‘
Siberian Army Routs \
Bolshevik Troops ‘
(By International News Service.) ‘
LONDON, April 23 -—-Admiral Kol
chak’s anti-Bolshevik army has in
flicted another crushing defeat on the
Bolshevik forces, capturing _'.'.,mm‘
prisoners, said a news agency dis
patch from Omsk today, lzhevsk was
taken \
Much booty was captured from tha‘
reds, who fled, panic-stricken, before
the advance of the victorious Sibe
rian army ‘
The Siberians have advanced &0
miles in the direction of the impor
tant and strategic city of Orenburg.
Hungarian Reds Willing
To Confer With Allies
(By International News Service.)
LONDON April 23 -—~Hungarian
Soviet Minister Bolgar has arrived in
Vienma on a special mission and noti
fied Colonel Cuninghame, the Allied
representative, that the Budapest
Government is wililng to continue ne
gotiations with General Smuts, sald
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Vienna this afternoon
The Hungarian minister asked that
the Allies’ desires in the matter be
communicated to him,
General Smuts was sent to Buda
pest shortly after the red dictator
ship was proclaimed to look after
Allied interests.
NO. 225 |
Early returns Wednesday evening
indicdted the defeat of the proposal
to restore the city tax rate to $1.50,
The same influences which beat tha
project in the March election appars
ently had doomed it once more. In
the wards where the negro registra<
tion was heavy the vote against the
llux raise was preponderant.
In Precinet B of the First Ward,
with a population of negrées to a
large extent, the vote was 14 for and
225 against the higher taxes. In
Precinct B of this ward the count
was 107 for and 275 against.
In every other precinet figuring
in the early returns the vote went
against the tax raise, or, when favor
able to the project, was so close as
to carry little weight toward over:
coming the heavy negro opposition.
In ten of the city’s twenty pre
c¢inets a number representative of
the entire vote, the count was 1,387
|fur the tax raise and 1,964 against.
The vote in Precinet A, Eighth
Ward, was 422 for and 569 against.
| It appeared from the report of pre
cincts at this hour that the voting
favored all four projects of the bond
issue In no preecinct reporting was
the plurality against any one of thes
bonds projects,
Precincts reporting. at this hourk
were:
TAX RAISE.
For. Against,
First Ward A....... 107 275
First Ward 8...... 14 325
Second Ward 8..... 61 67
Fourth Ward A..... 172 148
Bixth 'Ward 8...... 162 114
Seventh Ward A.... 376 292
Seventh Ward B. ... 83 87
Eighth Ward A..... 422 ELE
Eighth Ward 8..... 61 19
Ninth Ward 8...... 112 a 6
Tonth Voo A 0w 83 66
Terith Ward 8...... 171 217
CREMATORY BONDS.
For. Aganst,
Firat Ward 8.'....., 26 315
Second Ward 8,.... 83 £2
Seventh Ward 8H.... 114 4
Ninth Ward B ..... 133 7
Tenth Ward A...... 111 35
WATERWORKS BONDS.
For. Against,
It Wand A....ii0 161 225
Fiest Ward 8......v0 27 314
Second Ward 8..... 87 38
Sixth Ward 8...... 226 4“1
Seventh Ward 8.... 136 29
Ninth Ward 8...... 156 A 4
Tenth Ward A...... 120 25
FIRE DEPARTMENT BONDS,
For. Against,
First Ward §...... 22 319
Second Ward 8...., 81 41
Seventh Ward 8.... 132 32
Ninth Ward 8...... 154 56
Tenth Ward A,..... 121 27
CYCLORAMA BONDS.
For. Against,
Pirst Ward 8....... 22 318
Second Ward 8..... 80 45
Ninth Ward B 139 i 1
Seventh Ward B. ... 124 41
Tenth Ward A...... 112 33
. . .
More Units Assigned
To Return to U. S. Soon
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 23 Assigne
ments to early convoy were ane
nounced by the War Department
Wednesday afternoon as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters
Troop, First Army; 319 Field Battale
ion, Signal Corps 160th Sanitary
Train; headquarters, medical detach«
ment and Eleventh and Twelfth
Companies . of the Fourth Battalion,
Twentieth Fngineers,
France To Be Clear of
7]
U. S. Troops by Augusé
(By International News Service.)
LLONDON, April 23 France will be
cleared of American troops by Aue
gust, The Pall Mall Gazette stuted
Wednesday, though possibly certain
units of the third army of occupa=
tion will remain in the Rhine zone
after peace is signed American
headquarters, the newspaper stated,
will be moved to Antwerp to relieves
the burdened French railways andy
ald in French recenstruction