Peace Talk Useless Says Chancellor
The chancellor criticizes Entente aims and England for imperialistic peace terms while noting a potential step toward mutual rapprochement via President Wilson’s Feb. 11 message. He argues for negotiations with belligerent powers to resolve misunderstandings and urges import of responsible representatives to avoid ongoing war. The world faces a final choice between making peace or continuing a criminal war of conquest.
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England
Ireland
Egypt
India
Belgium
Havre
Wilson
Walter Runciman
Board of Agriculture
Reval and Petrograd Face Turbulent Frontline Shifts
German chancellor tells Reichstag Bolsheviks accepted peace terms but fighting continues across Russia. Germans push from the Gulf of Finland through Little Russia and south toward Zhitomir, linking with Ukrainians to eject Bolsheviks. Brusque shifts in leadership and occupation unfold in Petrograd as Allied diplomats weigh next moves. American and French troops conduct patrols and a Chemin des Dames raid yields prisoners.
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Gulf of Finland
Petrograd
Zhitomir
Kiev
Reval
Volhynia
Isiev
Brest-Litovsk
Trotzky
M. Zinovieff
France
Belgium
Italy
Chemin Des Dames
Reval and fortress captured in Finnish Gulf region action
Reval, Russia's main port on the Finnish Gulf, and its fortress have fallen. Pskov lies on the railway about 160 miles southwest.
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Reval
Russia
Finnish Gulf
Pskov
Head of Big Packing Firm Seeks Tax Exemption
Nelson Morris, 26, chairman of Morris & Co. packers in Chicago, asked exemption or deferred classification from appeal board No. 1. No grounds or details were made public and Morris declined to discuss the matter.
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Chicago
Nelson Morris
Morris & Co
Packers
Morris
German Sea Rover Arrives Back Home With Loot and Prisoners
The returnee carried crews from sunken ships of many nations including numerous British soldiers and captured guns and materials worth millions. The German auxiliary cruiser Wolft had sunk several ships and taken crews prisoner, with the Turritella sunk by its own prize crew after being used for mine laying. The report lists vessels involved and notes the mix of nationalities among the captured ships and cargo.
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Jumna
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Beluga
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Encore
Wolf
Pacific Steam Whaling Company
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Wolf lands at Pola as British ships block return
Berlin dispatch says the auxiliary cruiser Wolf reached the Austrian port of Pola in the Adriatic Sea. The vessel repeatedly attempted to sail back to the North Sea but was blocked each time by vigilant British warships.
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Amsterdam
Dusseldorfer Zeitung
Berlin
Wolf
Pola
Adriatic Sea
North Sea
Wolf Sinking Claims From German Cruiser Return
A British admiralty statement on the German auxiliary cruiser Wolf reports the ship’s 15 month cruise ended with a return to port and asserts the Wolf sank eleven ships in the Indian and Pacific oceans during that period.
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Wolf
Indian
Pacific
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Dies by Own Hand
The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz reportedly committed suicide, his body found in a small lake with a gunshot wound to the breast. Berlin’s Lokal Anzeiger notes his sad experiences weighed on him, and his death was announced from Neu-Strelitz.
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Amsterdam
Grand Duke
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Neu-Strelitz
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Pape's Cold Compound Offers Fast Grippe Relief
A dose every two hours for three doses relieves stuffed nose head discomfort feverishness and sore throat. The ad promises quick relief without assistance and urges buyers to get the genuine Pape's Cold Compound at a drug store for only a few cents.
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German Chancellor says Russia accepts peace terms
Count von Hertling announced in the Reichstag that the Russian government had accepted German peace conditions and that peace should come soon. He said Petrograd accepted the terms and sent representatives to Sarest-Litovsk for negotiations. Delegates traveled there last night. The main outcome is achieved despite possible detail disputes.
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