Japan Will Return Shantung Says Hara
Premier Hara outlined Japan's policy on Russia and China to the diet, stressing that China and Russia questions are foremost. He stated Japan will uphold the peace treaty terms, restore Niao Chau in Shantung to China, and seek a stable Russian government for world peace. He also noted American regret over a withdrawal notice transmitted to the Japanese commander in Siberia before Tokyo was informed.
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Washington
Japan
Russia
China
Hara
Niao Chau
Shantung Peninsula
Mara
United States
Siberia
Graves
Tokio
Dutch Decline To Deliver Up Kaiser
Paris reports that Holland refused entente demands to hand over former German Emperor William to be tried for offenses against international morality and treaties. The Dutch note says it is not party to the peace treaty and cannot withdraw protections of its laws and traditions. The government cites constitutional duties and long-standing refuge for the vanquished.
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Paris
Holland
William
Germany
Foreign Office
William Hohenzollern
Netherlands
Only More Delay Is Prospect For Treaty
AMERONGEN Holland Jan. 23. While allies press for the Kaiser’s surrender for trial he remains calm and busy with dikes as Rhine floods creep toward Bentinck castle. Washington Jan. 23. Senate action on the peace treaty is delayed with bipartisan rounds table talks continuing to reconcile reservations. Republicans and Democrats meet to settle disputes over Article X and the Monroe Doctrine, with no final action before February at the earliest. The Kaiser shows no sign of returning to Germany or surrendering.
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Amerongen
Holland
William Hohenzollern
Germany
Bentinck Castle
Bentinck
Washington
Senate
Senators Lodge
Massachusetts
New
Indiana
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Kellogg
Minnesota
Simmons
North Carolina
McKellar
Tennessee
Walsh
Montana
Owen
Oklahoma
American Officers Captured By Bolsheviks at Kliuchinskaya
A garbled dispatch reports Col Blunt and seven American engineers with Miss Ford Captain Char ette and other Red Cross members plus a Polish army group captured by bolshevists at Kliuchinskaya on the Trans Siberian line near Nizhniansk. Further notes say Czech forces skirmish with reds near Krasnoyarsk and Allied missions reach Harbin.
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Chita
East Siberia
Blunt
Miss Ford
Charette
American Red Cross
Bolshevists
Kliuchinskaya
Joseph H. Ray
Irkutsk
Mr. Ray
Nizhniadinsk
Harbin
Water Power Bill Passed By Senate
The U S Senate approved the water power development bill by about three to one after a lengthy debate. It creates a federal waterpower commission to license projects for 50 years with partnerships with states and federal agencies, exempts small municipal and industrial plants, and reserves U S rights to take over licensed plants after two years notice.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Nelson
Minnesota
Secretaries of War, Interior and Agriculture
United States
Diamond Fields Claim Staking Rush Near Taungs
In Bechuanaland near Taungs a vast diamond claim staking rush is anticipated as Tiaring is to be proclaimed open for diamond digging around March 30. Reports speak of extraordinary riches drawing prospectors from the Zambesi and Magus regions, with many women forming part of the contingent.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Taungs
Bechuanaland
Caps
Zambesi
Magus
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Shantung
Kaiser
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J. A. Lowry & CO
Grand Hotel
Big Timber
Duncan’s
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