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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
1
President Wilson asks belligerents and neutrals to discuss terms for ending the war. Notes dispatched without prior notice aim to clarify terms and create a basis for a possible peace conference while preserving US mediation. Negotiations hinge on entente and central powers responses and neutrals' role.
Secretary Lansing sends to ambassadors the texts of notes to foreign affairs ministers. The president outlines a suggestion offered to the Entente Allies, noting timing and independence from recent powers overtures. Continued on Page 1 Column 195.
London reports strong belief that Great Britain's note to Germany will be published before Christmas and will resemble Lloyd George's stance opening the door for concrete peace proposals. Allies' replies are expected to be ready by week’s end with dispatch via Ambassador Page to Washington or direct to the British ambassador in Washington.
In a front page report President Wilson urges timely consideration of peace terms as Allied and neutral observers speculate on a Christmas settlement.
Copenhagen reports that after a single reading the folkething adopted a bill ratifying the treaty to sell the Danish West Indies to the United States. The vote stood 90 in favor and 16 against with five absent. An amendment proposing to buy only St John or St Thomas was rejected 0 to 14. The measure for all three islands passed and is expected to be ratified tomorrow.
In Grand Forks North Dakota two are dead and another dying after an ell stove exploded on a crowded sled carrying ten people from Nayes Minnesota to Humbolt Minnesota. Several others are seriously burned as rescuers work amid the wreckage.
New York reports that Britain plans nationalizing ocean cargo facilities to aid Allied armies. British vessels now allocate about a third of cargo space to grain with private shippers limited. Government would designate cargo and regulate trade, restricting nonmilitary commodities.
Allied reports say Russians and Rumanians hold a line in Northern Dobrudja facing Teutonic forces, with fighting ongoing near Parlita and Danube floods. In France, British raids target German trenches near Gommecourt Arras and Loos, while German shells strike north of the Somme and near Festubert Ypres. Berlin notes neutral replies and repulses in the Cerna river bend in Macedonia.
New York reports widespread declines with Bethlehem Steel dropping 200 points from its month high to 600. Marine, Atlantic Gulf West Indies, and other industrials fell while shipping shares were hit as England signaled vessel control. Despite the slide, broader prosperity remained about unchanged amid copper price concessions.
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