Germans Quiet on Alsace Lorraine Referendum Opinion
Bern stern Eduard Bernstein, veteran German Social Democrat, says a Alsace Lorraine plebiscite today would favor joining France. He argues autonomy invites unrest and urges Germany to shift from empire policies and focus on reparations and restrained rhetoric.
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Alsace-Lorraine
France
Eduard Bernstein
Neues Wiener Journal
Vienna
Alsace- Lorraine
Herr Bernstein
Germany
Germans Receive Summons to Peace Conference
The prefecture of police announces arrangements for German summons to a peace conference withPaul Durasta as general secretary of the peace movement.
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Police
Paul Durasta
Olive Tablets advertisement promise color in cheeks
An advertisement for Dr Edwards Olive Tablets promotes a vegetable liver and bowel remedy as a substitute for calomel. It claims to improve skin tone and vitality by stimulating bile and easing constipation, noting millions of boxes sold at 10 and 25 cents.
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Edwards
Hotel Hosts French Delegates After Pompadour Era
Conference participants from France, with delegates and staff occupying the remaining hotel rooms, which had once been the residence of Madame de Pompadour.
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Mme. de Pompadour
Peace Conference at Versailles Near Final Steps
Delegates from France and other nations prepare daily at Trianon Palace for talks with German plenipotentiaries as the supreme war council negotiates. A plenary session at the foreign office may outline the final path, with a treaty portion possibly released after delivery to Germany. Presidents Wilson and Clemenceau issued general statements as progress continues toward closing the peace.
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Supreme War Council
Hall of Mirrors
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Foreign Office
Council of Four
House
Protocol
Lloyd George to Speak Tomorrow on Peace Negotiations
British premier Lloyd George is expected to deliver remarks of a similar general character tomorrow. He indicated to close aides that he will resist heckling on specific negotiation details and will be satisfied that parliamentary confidence remains as Germans near arrival to conclude the peace settlement.
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Lloyd George
Huns Allies Poor Debtors in Reparations Effort
Paris April 15 AP reports Austria Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey are weak as debtors. The Reparations Commission seeks to hold former allies responsible for civilian damages under German rules though assets have vanished and much territory now lies in allied liberated states. Some potential may come from wreckage to aid Italy Romania and Serbia.
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Paris
Associated Press
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Germany
Italy
Rumania
Serbia
Belgium Represented by Supreme Economic Council
The Supreme Economic Council decided Belgium may be represented, amid flood of questions. It received a report showing US relief efforts distributed 388000 tons of supplies worth 111280000 dollars. It approved selling surplus allied raw materials to Germany before the peace treaty. A special committee will finalize arrangements with blockade and finance sections.
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Paris
Associated Press
Supreme Economic Council
Belgium
United States
Economic Council
Economic Commission
Com
Allied Council Recommends Belgian Representative to Attend Meetings
At its April 14 session chaired by Vance McCormick the council invited Belgium to nominate a representative with rights to attend council and section meetings. A plan for disposing surplus allied raw materials to Germany before peace was approved. Hoover reported March relief totals of 388,000 tons valued at about 111 million dollars. The council urged steps to boost future supplies, finance, and shipping and formed a committee to address the Italian coal shortage immediately.
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Vance McCormick
Belgium
Council
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Supreme Economic Council
Hoover
Allies May Appoint Board for Near East
The Council of Four plans to send an interallied commission to the Near East, as reported by the Temps. The April 15 dispatch notes the decision by the allied powers to appoint a board to oversee Near East affairs.
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Near East
Paris
Havas
Councilof Four
Temps
No Home Rule Yet Says Bonar Law
Andrew Bonar Law told the House of Commons that home rule for Ireland would not be implemented immediately after the peace declaration. He warned it would be a mistake to assume rapid enforcement of any such policy.
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Bonar Law
London
Ireland
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Munich central railway station siege ends in defeat
Berlin dateline reports that government troops were completely defeated at Munich's central railway station after a battle described in Nürnberg advices.
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Munich
Berlin
Copenhagen
Nuremburg
Rhode Island Governors Honors Yankee Division Soldiers
Rhode Island Governor R Livingston Beekman praised RI soldiers in action with the Yankee Division during a luncheon at the Algonquin Club. Providence Mayors Peters and Gaynor attended and spoke.
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R. Livingston Beekman
Rhode Island
Algonquin Club
Peters
Gaynor
Providence
Conflicting Reports On Ishii’s Washington Return
Conflicting versions swirl about Viscount Ishii’s return to Tokyo from Washington. The Japanese embassy says he travels on leave to confer with his government and will resume duties after meetings, while another account suggests he has been recalled and will not return.
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Viscount Ishii
Tokio
United States
Japan
Ishii
Tokio Foreign Office
America
Phillips
Terauchi
China
Hara
Boston Port News Highlights Freight and Shipping Returns
The day reports nearly 600,000 pounds of fresh groundfish landed by six vessels at the fish pier, with two million pounds for the week. Halibut, scrod, sale, and dabs totals listed. prices for haddock, cod, pollock given by the Boston Fish Bureau. Other items include the steamship Headcliffe’s fire at sea and a 16,920 bale cotton cargo nearing $4 million, plus the Morroco’s tea and jute cargo and the Sosua’s 28,000 banana bunches. A new towboat Priscilla enters service, and the American transport Agamemnon sets a port draught record. The West Loquassuck undergoes drydock checks for a leak.
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Haddock
ORME
Headcliffe
Alexandria
Egypt
Gibraltar
Ellerman-Wilson Line
Morocco
A. H. Harrison
Calcutta
Colombo
Port Said
New York
Boston
United Fruit Company
Sosua
Long Wharf
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Doane Towboat Company
Priscilla
Thomaston
Bertelsen & Petersen Engineering Company
Charles H. Swimm
Agamemnon
Brest
France
Harper
Mt. Vernon
West Loquassuck
Shipping News Arrived and Sailed Detailed List
A long shipping list records arrivals including Steamers Headcliffe Morgan Alexandria Egypt Morocco Harrison Calcutta Colombo via Port Said Soaua Tellefsen Port Antonio Jamaica City of Columbus Diehl Savannah Selwyn Eddy Quinn Norfolk Lake Lida Lewis Portland City of Gloucester Larsen and tug Standard N towing Socony No 58 and other barges. Also vessels Murrell Walton Henry Endicott Emelie and Edward 8 Eveleth and Mongolia and North Star Yarmouth Whata ddin Pawnee Miazi Mohawk Satelite Shag Harbor among others.
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Morgan
Alexandria
Egypt
Morocco
Harrison
Calecutta
Colombo
Port Said
Soaua
Tellefsen
Port Antonio
Jamaica
City of Columbus
Diehl
Savannah
Selwyn Eddy
Quinn
Norfolk
Lake Lida
Lewis
Portland
City of Gloucester
Larsen
Gloucester
Standard N
Blake
New York
Socony
Murrell
Walton
Henry Endicott
Emelie
Edward
Eveleth
Trum Island
Growing concern over Japan in Pacific Coast states
The article notes rising apprehensions in the United States about Japan amid postwar peace. Japan fears a revival of the land question on the Pacific Coast and moves to restrict "picture brides." Emigration is limited to merchants and travelers, yet more than 10 400 Japanese arrived last year. Many brides met at steamer gangplanks via prearranged photos. their children are American citizens, entitled to own land denied to fathers.
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Japan
Pacific Coast
United States
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