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Show MAY DECLARE U. S. ARMY DEMOBILIZED WHEN HUNS YIELD By Universal Service. WASHINGTON, June 20. president Wilson has in mind the issuance of a proclamation declaring ho army of the United States . demobilized when Germany Ger-many signs the peace treaty. Germany Is expected to sign the treaty June 23. If she signs it on that date or before June 30, and the president issues his proclamation of demobilization, the result re-sult will be that prohibition will be postponed post-poned until the constitutional amendment takes effect next January. This highly important Information was obtained tonight from sources close to the White house. It may bo relied upon as representing the present state of the Xresident's mind and a certain forecast of his action unless some unforeseen difficulty dif-ficulty develops to change his decision. The president is said to be actuated by a variety of motives. In the first place, ho Is said to believe that it would only be fair to tho interests affected to allow them additional time to wind up their affairs. Moreover, such action would oaye the revenue situation and lighten the burden of taxation. Those from whom this interesting information in-formation was obtained denied that the president was being influenced b.v the attitude of the American Federation of Labor, which wont on record last welt .urtring the repeal of the wartime prohibition prohi-bition act. |