Partisan clash over war investigations fractures unity in Congress
An extended critique argues that campaign rhetoric has poisoned wartime investigations into the conduct of the war and navy departments. It defends William M. Wills for keeping politics out of war policy while Republican senators push partisan aims and threaten leadership.
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Genkation
America
Baker
Gantels
Republian
War and Navy
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Lodee
Frelinghuysen
Wacsworth
United States
William KR. Wills
Republican National
Republicans Rebuke War Council Plan For House Appointment
The piece denounces Republican critiques of sending Col. E M House to the inter allied war council and as head of the American mission. It argues British and French support, and asserts Americans want action over partisan politics as democracy shifts to a wartime footing. It notes fear of Hun plots and warns against politicizing war strategy.
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Europe
Senator Penrose
Senate
Penrose
Colonel House
Alarmed views on war and America’s effort in Europe
A letter from Floyd Aibbons reporting from Paris to Judge Landis warns that Americans in Europe question whether the U S can prevail, criticizing Russia policy and urging greater effort. The write up suggests censor concerns and calls for clear explanations of war conditions to restore public confidence. The note reflects wartime skepticism and the desire for truthful disclosure.
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Gibbons
America
Pinchot Urges Farmer Voice in War Councils at Williamsport
Gifford Pinchot told the Pennsylvania Grange convention in Williamsport that farmers lack representation in Washington’s war bodies and on Hoover’s staff. He urged appointing a farmer to the Hoover staff to voice and interpret farmer concerns, noting this as the moment for greater farmer influence.
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Pennsylvania Grange
Williamsport
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Washington
Council
National Defense
Food Administration
Hoover
Conquest and Kultur Belief Drives German Actions
Vernon Kellogg argues in Atlantic Monthly that Germans fight not merely from compulsion but from genuine belief in their rhetoric. He warns this dangerous certainty shapes world events.
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Vernon Kellogg
Atlantic Monthly
Expansion to the East and German Ambitions in 19th Century
The fragment discusses German power and expansion in the late 19th century. It cites Berlin Congress failures, calls for a strong remedy against perceived international ills, and quotes Atticus Putriae on German destiny. It references Armenian and Crete contexts and Germanist economist list ideas about emigration and land.
Woodrow and German Foreign Policy in the Great War Era
excerpts discuss Hohenzollern influence and Pan-termans urging Middle Europe. Germany’s aims from Cape to Cairo. dismissing pacifist blocks. status of Turkey and the Ottoman empire. Bagdad railway and German plans in Asia Minor. quotations from Friedlung, Radek, Rohrbach on expansionism and British vulnerability. cites 1911 1917 sources.
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Cape
Cairo
Ceylon
Polar Sea
England
Turkey
Efmsmarck
William III
Germany
Palestine
Mediterranean
Old Sea
Bagdad
Howeit
Persian Gulf
Britain
Egypt
India
Eaiser
East
Asia Minor
Revolutionary Party
Suez Canal
Far East
Central
East Africa
Afghanistan
Persia
Paul Rohrbach
S. McClure
Rohrbach
Delbruck-Dernburg
Germany's Forgotten Foreign Policy Amid Wartime Strife
Berliner Tageblatt analyst Hans Vorst criticizes Germany's war aims and foreign policy. He argues defense alone cannot define national goals and calls for a clear, consistent plan to show the German people a secure future, condemning vague concessions and scattered campaigns.
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Vorst
Hans Vorst
Berliner Tageblatt
Russia
German Empire
Germany
Courland
Lithonia
Poland
Flanders
Little Margaret Ann to the Rescue in Family Turmoil
Eliene explains how she told newspapers the full truth about a political scandal while a heated family scene unfolds. Budge and Toddy confront rumors of a murdered mother as Margaret Ann defends her brothers and asserts her mothering role. The piece hints at future revelations and romantic hopes for Budge and Margaret Ann.
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Eliene
Harry
Budge
Margaret
Teddy
Margaret Ann Lafferty
Apalpeen
Margaret Ann
Sammy
Httle
Dad
Toddy
Margie
Budgie
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fCeormoen
Huneples
Floyd Aibbons
The
Chicago Tribune
France
Paris
Kenesaw M. Landin
Hich
Mr. Guanes
Pat the Farmer
Atticus Vputriae
Presburg
Black Sea
V. List
Samatische Schriftes
List
Woodrow
Austria
Middle Europe
Belgium
Constantinople
Sofia
Serbia
Romania
Wilson
Heinrich Friedlung
Vossische Zeitung
Priedlung
Leipziger Volkszeitung
Gree
Bagdade Ralway
Karl Radek
Die
Newe Zeit
Friederick Naumann
Asia
Naumann
Belgrade
Dowl
Cava
Little Margaret Ann
Abe Martin
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