France seeks aid for postwar reconstruction in new appeal
Baltimore reports deputy premier Tedouard de Billy told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that France faces 2.5 million soldiers killed or maimed and heavy destruction of factories and farms. He cited 26,000 destroyed factories, 12.6 million cattle losses, millions of acres wrecked, 670000 tons of lost ship tonnage, and no public debt yet.
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France
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de' Billy
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Operating Income for Railroads in October Falls
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission estimates that principal railroads show markedly lower October operating income than the same month under private control. Operating revenues rise while expenses also climb, widening the expense ratio. A Tokyo dispatch notes Japan plans to withdraw about half of its troops from Siberia soon.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce. Commission
Monthly Review of ‘Railroads
Eace
Eeepenses
Visa Ats
Grith Resigns From Shipping Board Post to Rejoin Pacific Steamship
F J Grith head of the US Shipping Board Pacific Northwest sea service bureau resigns to resume his position with the Pacific Steamship company. He led crew procurement for Emergency Fleet Corporation vessels in Northwest ports and was formerly the War Portland correspondent for the Associated Press.
British to Transport Up to 49000 U S Troops in January
New York reports the British government can move between 30,000 and 49,000 American troops to the United States in January under the English flag. T. Ashley Sparks, director general of the British ministry of shipping, announced from London. The Mauretania sails tomorrow on its second postwar voyage with 5,000 soldiers aboard, as British ships with 32,000 capacity are offered to the U S government and ready to depart British ports such as Brest by January 10.
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New York
United States
T. Ashley Sparks
Ministry of Shipping
London
Mauretania
Brest
Provisional Credits Discussed in Chamber for 1819
Paris December 28 Parliament discussed provisional credits for the first quarter of 1819. Deputy Jacques Stern estimated total war expenses for France at 250 billion francs and for Britain at 200 billion with Belgium at 26 billion. He urged creation of an inter allied commission to apportion the debts among allies as a juridical basis for reimbursement.
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Paris
Havas
Chamber of’ Deputies
Jacques Stern de
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Germany
ML Stern
Inter-Allied Commission
Uns Uanty
Believ
Germany 15 Paying Up I Big Installments
Nine million marks arrived in Coblenz from Berlin to be turned over to American army authorities under the armistice terms. The amount includes 45,000,000 marks given by the Germans, transported by motor trucks and trains, guarded by German soldiers to the neutral zone, then handed to Americans and stored in vaults near headquarters. Soldiers guard the money nightly.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
Berlin
Amerian Army
Army of Occupation
Neutral Zone
Poland in Need of Prompt Help
Chicago reports cite a cable from Ignace Paderewski to John Smulski alleging pogroms in Poland were engineered by criminals rather than ethnic violence. The note urges immediate aid including food blankets and clothing, warns Poland cannot raise a 2,000,000 pound loan, and notes internal conditions are dire.
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Poland
Interalised Food Administration
Paderewski
General Pershing Tours Europe On Inspection Visit
Gen John J Pershing commander in chief of the American expeditionary forces travels on inspection through Europe arriving at unnamed towns with civil authorities greeting him He is received by officials in Monte Carlo and Rome authorities arrange for potential return to Rome for events surrounding President Wilson's visit.
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Monte Carlo
G. Jaloustre
Rome
Dee
Paris
Wilson
War Department Reports 150 Air Service Officers Killed
Ashington December 28 The War Department announced that 150 American commissioned officers of the air service were killed in action in France this year detailing losses among the aviation corps and signaling continuing combat casualties in the fighting theater.
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War Department
Air Service
France
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