Wilsons war aims frame a new international order
President Wilson reaffirms that only a just peace can end the war. He praises Count Czernin while rebuking the German autocracy and urges self determination, non annexations, and settlements benefiting affected populations, with a future league of nations.
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Russia
Baltic
France
Austria
Poland
Balkan
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
League of Nations
President Wilson Addresses Congress on War Aims
President Wilson's message to Congress outlines the Allies' war aims, contrasts German replies from Czernin and Hertling, and calls for public diplomacy, international council, and clear settlement of territorial and sovereignty questions amid the Brest-Litovsk context. The speech notes Czernin's friendly tone versus Hertling's vague stance and argues for concrete, multilateral action.
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Wilson
Congress
Great Britain
Czernin
Germany
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Count Czernin
Brest-Litovsk
International Action
International Council
Kaiser for Peace and Victory Voice in Hamburg Address
Berlin dispatch quotes Emperor William replying to Hamburg on peace with the Ukraine. He says Germany seeks peace but requires enemies to recognize victory, mentions hardships, moral aims, and that Hindenburg's troops must prevail before a peace is possible. The Emperor vows a friendly end with those who accept.
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Czernin
Poland
Belgium
Europe
Austria
Germany
Turkey
United States
Amsterdam
William
Hamburg
Ukraine
Berlin
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Newfoundland Losses Highlight Newfoundland Regiment Casualties
Newfoundland totals show 645 men from St John’s and nearby settlements enlisted to December, with 12oo dead. Of 4195 enlistees, over 25 percent died or are missing, reflecting heavy losses compared with Canadian forces, notably at Beaumont Hamel Gueudecourt Monchy le Preux and Cambrai.
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Newfoundland
Great Britain
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Brother Pleads In Defense Of Bolo Pasha Treason Trial
Monsignor Bolo, the defendant's brother and a noted pulpit orator, testifies in Paris on February 11 claiming Bolo Pasha was insane and a patriot. He argues the Swiss trip aimed to win Abbas Hilmi to the Allies and questions von Bernstorff telegram references as misread. He notes Hugo Schmidt and Adolph Pavenstedt as German spies and cites Panon and his wife as factors in early errors.
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Russia Quits War as Troops Disband After Peace Signing
The nation ends its involvement with the conflict as military forces prepare to disband following the formal peace treaty signing. The move marks a complete cessation of hostilities and a withdrawal from the front.
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Russia
Romania's Plight Deepens as Central Powers Deman Peace
The piece notes Romania's isolation under a central powers ultimatum to sign peace, amid shifting hopes after Bolshevik surrender fears fade. It questions whether a new Romanian cabinet forms and whether any peace talks begin, while Russia's collapse and Ukraine’s peace terms with the Central Powers drive economic exchanges.
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Russia
Ukraine
Austria
Germany
How Brest-Litovsk Treaty Was Signed
A Brest-Litovsk despatch from Berlin details the conference where the peace treaty between the central powers and the Ukrainian republic was signed. Dr Richard von Kuehlmann opened proceedings and by 2:20 am all signatories had appended their names to the treaty.
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Brest-Litovsk
Berlin
Richard von Kuehlmann
Ukrainian People‘s Republic
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Germany
Strip of Poland Added to Ukraine Territory
Delimitation of Ukraine's western border shows a strip of land about 125 miles long and 6 to 40 miles wide taken from southeastern Russian Poland. The tract runs along the Galician frontier through Tarnogrod and Bilgorny to several towns, crossing the Bug River near Brest Litovsk and ending near Wydozowskycze.
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Central Powers
Russian Poland
Amsterdam
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Lublin
Radzyn
Miendzyrecez
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Prushany
Brest-Litovsk
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Effects of Passengers on Liner Inspected
Government officials in an Atlantic port examined eight truckloads of papers found among Nieuw Amsterdam passengers. The confiscated material includes phonographic records believed to hold valuable information. Most cabin passengers detained after a German spy suspect’s arrest have been admitted. steerage passengers remain held on technicalities at the immigration station.
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Atlantic
Nieuw Amsterdam
United States
Cannot Believe Russia Is Out of the War
At the all Russian convention in New York on February 11, officers questioned reports of demobilization on all fronts. Voldeman T. Kruglak dismissed the claim as a ruse and warned Bolshevik folly would not end Russia’s military potential. Samuel Gompers sent greetings and called for daily reports of proceedings.
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Mankind
Reichstag
United States
Germany
Europe
New York
Voldeman T. Kruglak
Kerensky
Russia
German Enthusiasm Over Russian Peace
Amsterdam dispatch reports strong German enthusiasm at news of the end of the state of war with Russia. Cities flag, Trotzky's surrender is celebrated, and plans outline the central economic commission in Petrograd to settle resumption of relations between Russia and the central powers.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Russia
Trotzky
Central Economic Commission
Petrograd
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