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GENERALLY FAIR.
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR
VAST POWER
OF U. S. MILITARY
IS REVEALED
At Signing of Armistice, Amer
ica Had 1,300,000
In France
MACHINERY PLANT ACTIVE
Engineers Perform Gigantic
Feat in Turning Hun Tri
umphs Into Defeats
American Headquarters in France,
(Nov., 21.—A part of the American mil
itary effort in France at the time the
armistice was declared is shown by
„statistics now made public. On Nov.
11 the American army had in France
78,000 officers and more than 1,300,000
men. Manpower alone was but oriei
factor. Behind if lay vatfl machinory^
that was required in operation. Rail
ways and motor roads were construct
ed, and across the sea were brought
locomotives, trucks, omto/r*, and trans
portation machinery of $11 kinds.
Every effort of civil life phis the re
qulrementa of war wer exerted. The
American army has in operation-967
standard guage locomotives, and 13,171
standard guage freight car? of A met
lean manufacture... In addition it lias
850 locomotives and 978 cars of for
eign origi*. Eight hundred fifty,
three miles' eff standard railway were
constructed, 500 milep sinco June I.
Two hundred and twenty-five milas of
•French ralyway were ope-ate-J by tfco
Xmerlcans
There were in opera I1on Nov. 11
-more than 53,000 motor vehicles of all
descriptions.
The Associated fress is allowe'.l to
give figures showing wh'it lias ibeen
accomplisned iu food supplies in
army terms one ration represents! cii*
quantity of each artlcla each man
is entitled to each day: SJ'J.OOO.OOO ra
lions of beans 267,000,00') rations ot
milk 137,000,000 of butter- is:.i,00u
000 rations of sugar 189.0d^,00 ra
tions of meat fi7,000,000 rations of
coffee and 113,'0(H,0'00 rations of rice,
mobiny and similar food- 167,000,000
i*ations of clg'ar^tfes And tobacco. !n
othor form.
These vast supplies for the army
jfepres^pt food economies on the part
bi tUo iltcatiple at home.Then steam
er berCni have been bought at Bor
deaux *4,100 feet long. At montoir,
near St. Nazair, eight berths are un
der construction with a length of over
3,200 feet. These, _however, do not
indicate the magnitude of the efforts
of the engineer corps.
RAILWAYS
READY TG GIVE
PJJBLIC SERVICE
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Quick Response From Northern
Pacific to Complairtt From
Linton Line
Three representatives of Director
General McAdoo paid The Tribune a
call yesterday, coming in /answer 'to
the publication of coniplaints origin
ating in Linton from the recent
change in schedule of the Linton train.
The trio included J. L. Burnham, as
sistant general freight agent of the
Northern'Pacific E. E, Nelson, as
sistant general passenger agent and
H. V. Wllmot, traveling freight and
pissenger agent. .The firtft.two head
quarter In St. Paul, while Mr. Wilrnot
is a Bismarck citizen.
'No complaint has -come direct to
the Northern Pacific fairway "company
an a result of the recent change, stal
ed Assistant General Passenger Agent
Nelson. He advised that tlie lew
schedule, which necessitates a two
hours' layover at McKenzie to await
the arrival of No. was adopted frhop
ier a careful survey wa3 made. This
survey, said Mr. Nelson, develop
the fact that Linton folk coming to
Bismarck seldom returned tho sam?
day. '£he
chief
objection to thj new
schedule has been that it makes it.
impossible for Emjnons-eolmty people
to visit the capital and? return the
same day. The L/ltitori train leaves
now'at 10 a. m. instead of 7 as form
erly, reaching McK6nzle abput nooi},
'ana waiting over ther§, until after 2
in the afternoon to connect with "No.
7.s No. 7 arrives in Bismarck a half
hour After No. 8 has gone east. Form
erly the Linton train connected with
No. 3, T^hlch brought passengers to
Bismarck at 11:36 and enabled them
t* spend three hours in the city and
return on No. 8 at 2:37 if they wished.
No. 3 no longer stops at McKenzie.
The railways under federal opera
tion are just as anxious to please as
they were in the old day.s,
the Northern Pacific. officials
state. Emphasis is placed in talks to
employes'upon courtesy as well as ef
ficiency. The new -dollar lunchieon
and dinner is proving a success on
Northern Pacific ^diners. saTd Mr. 'Nel
son. More people are eating, cutting
down the dinner .ov.erhead there is
less waste from a multitude of fancy
dishes, £he service is much more
prompt, and the net profit at least as
great as under the old System.
ALMOST $20,000
PAID STATE FOR1
OFFICIAL BONDS
1.
During the fiscal year premiums
paid into the' ^tate "bonding depart
ment, which is Operated hjr the* com
missioner of insurance, have totaled
$19,772.84 No losses have been paid
to data The state bonding depart
ment this year covered very few
couney officers, a majority of these
haying procured indemnity from com
mercial bongjng companies before, the
TTnitedStates Supreme court decided
that •North ,I}frtqota was authorized-to
engage In this (business.
FRAZIERWILL
CONFER AS TO
YANKS'FUTURE
Governor Frazier has wired to
^Jfc'ashirigton assurance that ho will at
tend the national conferpnce of gov
ernors to be held at .Annapolis or
,Washifigton on December 16, 17, and
IS, when the most inportant question
to be considered will be the various
states' plans for the reception and
assimilation of their soldier ooys up
on the latier's return from overseas
and from training camps. The con
ference will be addressed toy Presi
dent Wilson or .some member of his
cabinet, and it is expected to devise
some concerted plan whereby Ameri
can states may give their soldiers a
material manifestation of their grati
tude and regard when Johnny comes
marching home again.
URGENT FOOD
PROBLEMS HALT
REVOLUTIONISTS
N
German People More Interested
In Economic Crisis That
Faces Nation
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EBERT-HASSE IN* CONTROL
Middle Class Issue Call to Arms
and PJace Troops irt Strat
egic Centers
^London, Nov. 21.—Germany has now
i^(d a week's, revolution,' yet the
streets present the same aspect as
they have during the last four years'
war, except as to an absence of news
in the newspapers fron the war front.
It is no reflection on the German
•sense of patriotic duty to. say that
news of American food relief tempor
arily eclipses interest in the political
frama.
Call to Arms.
While parliamentary leaders of the
middle parties beat a retreat when
the abdication of Emperor Wilhelmi
was announced, and left the social
democrats undisputed masters of the
tangled situation, the mass of the
citizens appeffrfed uninterested or er
lexed. It. was only after a week's rev
olution that the middle classes decid
ed to issue their first'call to arms.
Ttie pbert-Hasse cabinet rparently is
in full control. It has "placed its party*
men in strategic positions, without^
ho/weverd, manifesting an inclination
toward party Was.
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Urgent Food Problems.
At present, the ®oert cabinet is con
cerning itself with the urgent prob
lems or food fcnd demobilization. The
gravity of bpth_is such that the! rad
icals are wisely refraining from en
gaging in any Utopian experiments.
The sparticus group, in which Lieb
knecht and Rosa Luxembourg carried
little of the. 'influence they held »t
first. Is (responsible for the early
...
,,/j ^disorders, Soldiers and sailors are
ready \{d repress any uprisings
against the government, and are in
sistent upon, nonpartisan representa
tion.
FIREMEN TO GIVE
ANNUAL DANCE ON
THANKS DAY EVE
The next big event, o* Bismarck's
calendar is the annual Thanksgiving
ball of th(? Bismarck volunteei hre
department. Th^s ball has besn an
annual event since the organization
of the present volunteer hook and
ladder\and hose combination. 32.
years ago, when Bismarck, was a
great deal younger than it is today,
and thero are spry old folks in the
Capital City who haven't missed a
since the first one.
Because Bismarck and all the
rest o^the world have so- much to be
thankful
vfor"
this Thanksgiving day.
a very big attenrance is anticipated
by the firemen, whose yearly dance
will be given at .Patterson's liall,
with music by O'Connor's orchestra.
Impressario O'Connor has been loading
up with a lot of new dancr? mufc'.o. Jle
put in his,order f6r a i.ruBfe-load the
day peace was declared an-l he has
promised the firemen the very niftiest
program that ever was.
Committees and othen preliminary
arrangements will be announced latei1.
In the meantime it is well to remem
ber that everyone is invited, and that
this one evening's gldry is perhaps
the most substantial reward which
our volunteer firemen receive for
.their faithful services.
TRAPPRS GOING
AFTER MR. BEAVER
Mandan, N. D., Nov. 21.—William F.
Reko, state deputy game warden, re
ports ah unustial demand tori trap
pers' licenses. The heaver season op
ens January 10 an-av continues to
March 10. This valuable fur-bearer
has 'been very prolific under several
years' absolute protection in central
an3 western North Dakota find the
pelts have never commanded "a high
er price. Trappers are looking for
ward to a prosperous season. Musk
rats are alsp abundant and the "pelts
of good quality.
REGAN BANKER HERE,
O. R. Void cashier of the. Farmers'
Bank of Regan, was in the city Wed
nesday transacting 'business in rela
tion to his institution. The Farmers'
Bank is one of the concerns in which"
this portion\f the sjtate is gaining &
great reputation as a banking com
munity. It* has been steadily grow
ing until now the resources mount up
tb over $87,000.00. Tb« statement
published in The Tribunei shows tW®
institution to be a thriving, and solid
one In all respects.
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COUP PUTS
RUSS CONTROL
Believed ,Action Will Assist in
Stabilizing Affairs qf
Slav £mpire
(By Associated Press.)
Vladivostok, (Tuesday) Nov. 21.—
4- Through a coup on the part of the
council of ministers of the new All-
Russian government at Omsk, Admiral
Alexander Kohchak has become vir
tual dictator and commander of the
All-Russian army and fleet. Two min
isters, Avksentieff and Zenzenoff
who opoeed Admiral Kohchalc's die
tatorship, have been arrested. A por
tion of t.ho directory of the Ufa gov
ernment, which forms the administra
tive body of the new government, sup
ports* Kohchak.. Telegrams state" the
move was due to extraordinary cir
cumstances and clanger that menaced
the state.
The council of ministers has assum
ed authority and transferred it to Ad
miral Kohchak.
The latter has accepted the respons
ibilities and Jias entered on his du'ay
as "supreme governor." General Hor
•vr-th, General Ivanoff, minister of war
of the Omsk government, and General
Renoff, former commander of the All
Russian forces announced they recog
nize the new authority.
While there have been rumors that
sucli a development might occur,
they were not given credence, and
the news came as a distinct surprise
to allied commanders at Vladivostok.
The Lokal Zenstvo, provisional coun
cil anjl other minor organizations, reld
a conference early this morning. It
is Indicated there is at present a dis
position not to recognize th6 Koh
chak government.
NEED STRONG HAND.
Washington, Nov. 21.—News of the
coup at Omsk by which Admiral Koh
chak has become dictator of the ^11
Russian 'forces is regarded at the state
department as another sign pointing
to stabilization of tjie movement re
lied upon to regenerate Russia.
The great weakness in the situation
in Siberia,-it has (been believed for
some time, is the lack of a powerful
head of the government who cannot
be swayed by popular demonstration
and who will work toward the recon
struction of the government with a
firm hand. ^ikniral KoJicTiak is
'thought to be a man who will not mis-,
use his^authority and whose hostility
toward the bolshevik! element, which
lead t6 the disruption ot the country,
is strong.
Fargo Motor Man. .'
A. Y. More of More Bros., Fargo mo
tor dealers, was here- yesterday Ih
conference with Fred Krause, Hazen
agent for the company. More Bros.,
with the coming of peace, gee an un
precedented demand Cor motor ve
hicles of *11 kinds, and they ami plan
ning an lntensive selling xnutepaifn.
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY, NOV. 21, 1918
MILES
U16MCR
370 MILES OP
THIS ROUTE WOflC
THAN AOOO FEET
If President Wilson attends the peace conference, as now.
seems likely, he will sail under the auspices and protection of the
American navy. It is probable that the 32,000-ton dreadnaught
New Mexico, the newest and latest of our great battleships to be
commissioned, will carry the president to Europe. An honorary
escort fleet of destroyers and battleships will convoy the New
Mexico.
While there is no precedent for a president of the United
States sailing to Europe during his term of office, there is prece
dent for his leaving the country. Both Taft and Roosevelt went to
the Canal Zone and dined with the president of Panama in that
nation's, (jfipital. Taft, during his term, dined with President Diaz
of Mexico at Juarez, Mexico.
Ministers of All-Russian Govern
ment Command Sea and
Lahd Forces
DANGERj.MENACES STATE
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MAIL ROUTE FROM COAST TO COAST
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Spokane Enters Objections to Name Selected' for Northern Aairway, the Ciianute-Bell, Pr^ferrine
Foch or Pershing Submits Figures Showing ^ist Route H^s Least Iligh-Altitude'I'lyinu
NEW BATTLESHIP MAY TAKE
PRESIDENT WILSON TO EUROPE
Washington Press llureau,
N. E. A.
RED TRAIL FERRY
QUITS FOR WINTER
The suspension of the Red Trail
lerry service between .Bismarck and
Manran, a certain harbinger of win
ter, wa». .announce4' The «ouv
pauy advises thatthe river is filling
with drift ice forming at points to.
the' north_and the west, making traffic
hazardous, and that for this reason
and ^because of the l'ateaess ut the
season, the Red Trail lerry boat
"Marion" will be laid up for the year-.
TO WALK OUT
AS PROTEST
'Seattle, Wash., Nov. 21.—(By unan
imous vote the metal trades labor
council last night, voted to strike De
cember 9 unless before that date
Thomas Mooney of San Francisco hart
been gifen a new trial or granted his
freedom.
MINOT NORMAL
OPENING STILL
FURTHER OFF
Minot, N. D., Nov. 211.—Acting Presi
dent Clijirko of the Miuot. norma)
school stated today that he canhof
set a definite opening date for tho in
stitution, which has been closed for
several weeks because of Spanish in
flueti^ft. "While wo have at no time
had a largo number of cases here, the
epidemic seems to be taking a desult-
vorytourse,
and a f|\v new cases seem
to be reported eacni clay."
VALLEY CITY FARMERS
INCORPORATE NEW BANK
Valley City, N. D., Nov. /21.—The
Farmers' Security bank, capitalized
at $50,000, is a new Valley Oity in
stitution which has, just, received its
incorporation papers from the secre
tary of state.. The incorporators are
A. R. Gray, G. L. Isenee, George W
Drake, A. P. Paulson and W F.' TCern
kpip..
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QUEEN WILHELMTNA MAY GET IN
BY A. E. GELDHOF,
N. E. A. Washington Bureau,
1128-1134 Munsey Bldg.,
Washington, D. C.
Senator Miles 1'olndeKter of Wash
ington^-wlll lead a fight at the Decem
ber session of congress for an appro
priation to inaugurate an air mail
service from coast to coast.
The appropriation need not be large,
he says, for practically the only ex
pense will be erection of landing sta
tions in principal cities.
"We have all the airplanes we will
need for a good many years," says
Poindexter, "and transforming a bat
tle plane, a training plane or a bomb
ing plane to an air-mail piano is sim
ple."
Poindexter is in constant touch with
Otto Praeger, second assistant post
master general, in charge of the air
mail division, and he believes the post
office department will recommend an
apropriatton for extension of Hie air
mail service.
The first scrap by /rival claimants
for the right to be put on the first
transcontinental -route/ is already
brewing.
'Spokane, through its chamber of
commerce, protests that favoritism is
•being-eh'own naming the central route
from New York to ,San franciaco via
Chicago, the "Woodrow Wilson air
way."
Spokane is served by the Chaunte
Bell airway, the eastern terminal of
which is B'oston. It .touches Worces
ter, Albany, Cfica, Syracuse, Gen
eva, Buffalo, Brie, Detroit, I^ansing or
JfoCtSKOO Grand Rapids Muskegon Mil-
Tho names were picked by the
Aeronautical Maps Association co-,
operating with the Aero League -of
America.
Spokane thinks the name Chaunte
Bell will carry little patriotic appeal
to the average citizen and suggests
that if it is impossible to take the
name Woodrow Wilson from the cen
tral route the northern route be call
ed the Pershing or Foch airway.
At the special request of the war de
partment
3.
C. Ralston consulting en'
gineer of the Spokane chamber of
commerce, prepared-, 13 months ago,
the first map of the United States
showing the logical trans-continental
airways. Raltson's investigations
showed that the northern transconti
nental airway through Spokane is the
shortest in point of miles, and that
it has onfly 130 miles wherein the alti
tudo is over 4,000 feet against 1,03".
miles-for the Woodrow Wilson airwav
and 370 miles for the southern-nusf
or Wright Brothers airway.
Very shortly Spokane will l)nve a
municipal aviation field and. landing
station as one of the depots on the
northern airway.
At the eastern end of this airway
Albany is making a survey of poss
sible sites for a municipal air
drome.
The Albany chamber of commerce
thinks Albany, in addition to being
on the Boston-Seattle line, should be
made a stopping place for postoffice
airplanes on the way from Washing
ton through New York to Canada.
A committee of the Albany cham
ber of Commerce is securing all pos
sible information in'regard to develops
ment of the northern route and estalv
lishment of Albany as an air-mail
station.
DUTCH HOUSING THE EX-KAISER
By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD
.• N. E. A. Washington Bureau
v. .1128-1134 Munsey Bldg.,
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is playing1 witb-ftre while she permits the
crushed master of Germany to hide behind her skirts.
The man -on the street in Holland, ffe not pro-German. On the other
hand, during three visits in Holland, since the war began, I found that he was
not particularly pro-ally. Astonishing as it may seem, he was intensely pro?
Holland.
Queen Wilhelmina was, on the other hand, credited with being friendly
to the German government. She knew that her people" were criticizing her.
She did^-everything she could to keep their favor.
Socialists abound in Holland, and Holland Socialists are against Holland
royalty as much aS they are against German royalty*.
Of all the foreign languages in Holland, English is the most highly
regarded. The soldiers, in-their encampments, studied Jit.
American correspondents, including'myself, were often invited to tell"
stories to Dutch soldiers in English. Their soldiers then wrote out what they
had heard, and submitted their/ essays for markings .by their teachers. The
Dutch soldiers liked to near me tell about Mexican army* life' and Mexican
revolutions, and some of my mpst highly valued souvenirs of the war are a
number of essays written by these Dutch soldiers.
No one who kfibws Holland, even superficially, M& feel that the queen
el is a a is is id in in W S
Washington, D. C.
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Madison St. Paul, Mlunjsapoh400
lls Mnigo, L'ismarck, Great Falls,
Missoula, .Spokane, Seattle, Ttfcoma
and Portland.
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GERMAN FLEET AND TWENTY,
SUBMARINES SURRENDER NEAR
HARWICH TO ALLIED NATION
Teuton Sailors Sullenly Carry Out Order of Vic
tors—Names of Undersea Boats
All Eliminated
London, Nov. 21.—The German fleet as specified in the terms
of the armistice with Germany was surrendered today to the allies.
An official admiralty statejnent reads: "The main German fleet
surrendered at 9:30 this morning."
SUB SEA BOATS SURRENDER
On Board a British druiser, Wednesday, 6:45 p. m.—Twenty
German submarines, firs# of the German fleet to surrender, were
taken over by the British 86 miles east of Harwich this morning.
Tho transfer was made silently and without demonstration. ITie
German crews sullenly obeyed the orders given them. Duringwie
ceremony of surrender, American seaplanes flew low overhead,
while American sub chaserp carried British crews to the under
set boats.
NO COMMUNICATION
From the time the first submarine was sighted by the British
light sea destroyers, there was not a word of communication with
the Germans. Only once the Germans complain to the British of
the speed, saying that their weaker boats cpujd not keep up the
pace. The scene that began about sunrise when the first subma
rine was sighted until late,this evening when the last one was
rounded up-might easily have been mistaken for fleet maneuvers.
The work was earned out with such precision that there were few
signs of the momentous significance of it all.
NAMES REMOVED
Everything indicating the names" of the craft had been re
moved, although the Germans, conforming to instructions, read
ily, told the names of their, boats. The Germans appeared at the
appointed place promptly. The British ships with their crews at
quarters and every gun manned, took precautions that nothing un
toward occurred. One of the 18 British destroyers in the fleet,
took a position at the head of the two German transports accom
panying the submarines. The first submarine boat flew no flag,
and it seemed a long time to the British sailors on the other ves
sels before the flag appeared. Finally, however, a white engffcn
was brokn out. Even this last signal of total submission of Ger
many did, not cause the sailors to obey the instructions to maintain
silence.
At last the newly flagged submarines were brought to anchor
at Harwich.
-ACCORDING TO TERMS
London, Nov. 21.—The British grand fleet, accompanied by an
American battle squadron and French cruisers steamed out this
morning to accept the surrender of the German fleet. A wireless
this morning reported that the fleet had met with the German
ships and that the surrender was being parried orvt according to the
terms of the armistice.
E^TER BUDAPEST
Paris, Nov. 20.—(Wednesday)—French troops under com
mand of Gen. Kerry will enter Budapest tomorrow. It is be
lieved the French forces arrived at Constantinople today. A most
enthusiastic reception was given the French when they marched
into Zabran.
TO FILfi PROTEST
Paris, Nov. 21.—The allied governments have decided to send
an official protest to the Dutch government against a violation of
Holland's neutrality in permitting German troops to cross Dutch
territory in the retreat from Limberg.
PASS THROUGH LUXEMBURG
Paris, 'Now2l.—American troops will pass through the city
of Luxemburg today accompanied by General Pershing. A proc
lamation has been issued to the people advising that the passage of
American troops is necessary.
U. S. SHIPS PARTICIPATE
Washington, Nov. 21.—An American ha^tle squadron, prob
ably including five dreadnaughts, commanded by Rear Admiral
Hugh Rodman, and operating as a: unit of the British grand fleet,
participated today at the passing of the German sea power.
The Americans shared in the formal acceptance by Admiral
Beatty of the surrender of the main force of the'German high Seas
fleet as designated in the terms of the armistic. The identity of
American naval craft in European waters never has been dis
closed.
WARSHIPS LEAVE KIEL
Amsterdam, Nov.„21:—-The 1irst German warships destined
for internment by the allies left Kiel harbor on Sunday according*
to the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin. They included the Bayern,
Grosser Kurfuerst, Crown Prince, Markgras, Koenig Albert, Kais
erin, Seydlitz, and Moltke.
LEAVE PORTS FOR HOLLAND
Washington, Nov. 21.—Five Dutch ships laden with flour will
leave American ports shortly for Holland by permission of the
American government. Their cargoes will make possible an im
mediate increase in Dutch bread rations.
Five vessels from the Netherland ports will be sent to replace
them, as the United States has not relaxed its control over neutral
ships carrying cargo.
MOVEMENT dF TROOPS
(By the Associated Press)
With the American Army in France, Nov. 21.—Thd jbdVetfttntj
of American troops to the rest area behind the former rtghthtg
front is progressing rapidly. Th£ -78th, 82hd, 29th and 26th di-.
visions have been withdrawn -from the front, and are now in rest
camps.
The 36th, 80th, 81st, and 6th divisions, are marching to the
rest areas. It is understood'that the 77th division will b^ removed
to a rest camp in southern France.
LAST ED
t'
The Admiralty statement reads::
The commander in chief of the Grand Fleet has reported that
at 9:30 o'clock this morning he met the first and main installment?
of the German high seas fleet, which is surrendering for intern
ment.
To Preserve Incident
The historic scene in Admiral Beatty's cabin of the Queen
Elizabeth when the German edlegates arranged for the surrender
of the German fleet is to be placed on canvass by Sir John Lavery,
of the Royal Academy. Sir John made a special visit to the Grand
Flteet at "the request of the British Admiralty to make the pfe
liminary sketches for the painting. He was present in the Ad
miral's cabin during the whole conference, and painted a finished
study of the scene, which will serve as a basis for the huge can
vas painting he hopes to complete in the next f6w months.
This morning a light haze held over the ports of surrender.^
The fleet, which is to witness the surrender consists of dome^,
ships, including 60 dreadnoughts, 50 light cruisers, and nearly
200 destroyers. Admiral Sh* Beatty "dbmmander 'bf the flee*t, is
on the Queen Elizabeth.
The 5th, 89th, 90tn and 79th divisions have been formed into
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