26 Mar 1919
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1919
Page
1
The piece argues for each nation to keep land and naval forces it deems fit while endorsing Monroe Doctrine safeguards. A commission seeks to ease U S Senate opposition through changes and nonbinding recommendations rather than mandatory cuts.
Paris dispatch reports American amendments to the League of Nations covenant. Article VIII would limit the council to recommending armament reductions, allowing nations to continue disarmament as they see fit. Another amendment denies Ireland independent status, asserting domestic jurisdiction lies with Great Britain and shielding it from outside interference.
The Post this morning publicizes the final list of 39 candidates who have filed with the United States Civil Service Commission for the Boston postmaster position.
A publication listing names includes former Mayor Curley among others. The item continues on Page S-Thira Column, suggesting additional details follow in that section.
Reports from Paris indicate inter allied forces will be landed at Spalato on the Dalmatian coast to quell disorders and deter Bolshevik influence. Hungarian efforts to seize the former Austrian fleet held by the Jugoslavians are noted as a potential flash point. Washington notes rising seriousness and a call for a firm anti Bolshevism stance by allied nations at Paris.
Victorious veterans from the 27th Division parade through Fifth Avenue amid cheering crowds. About 26 000 men return from Flanders and the war front as civilians and National Guardsmen symbolize martial ideals during the triumphal review with the nation’s pride on display.
U S representatives in Vienna report food administration agents in Budapest and possible other Americans there. No ill feeling toward Americans or British is noted, but strong hostility toward the French is observed, linked to French troops occupying neutral zones between Czecho Slovakia and Hungary and Romania and Hungary.
George Bell of New York a 7 foot 11 inch performer in Chu Chin Chow was shot dead by his common law wife Maceo Ealy in Milwaukee. She says Bell threatened her after a party and she fired two shots. The incident occurred after a quarrel following the show.
London dispatch reports Winston Churchill defending the military service bill in the House of Commons as Egypt is described in a virtual state of insurrection. He warns the danger requires recalling men from demobilization to prevent killings and notes Britain’s army strength and overseas commitments.
Colonel Logan's 10st Infantry unit known as Boston's Pride will be among the first of the 26th Division to depart France and land in Boston. The Fifty-first and Fifty-second Brigades with HQ units, plus the 101st to 104th Infantry and 101st and 103d Field Artillery, are slated to sail Friday. A May 4 parade is planned, with Mount Vernon and Agamemnon transports likely to bring the contingent en masse if ships are available. If not, units will depart on multiple ships in stated order as vessels permit.
Fair weather expected Wednesday with continued unsettled conditions Thursday. Rain likely in the period with little temperature change and moderate variable winds.
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