King Constantine Ousted and Turkish Restoration Prospects
Edward W. Pickard surveys Mustafa Kemal Pasha and the Turkish Nationalist government as they force King Constantine to abdicate and declare war aims to reclaim Thrace and parts of Europe. He notes allied resolve to avoid further war and questions whether Turks deserve restoration and their neighbors’ fate amid postwar reshaping.
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Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Turkey
Europe
Mesopotamia
Turkiye seeks independence amid peace conference bids
In the Near East the Allies invite Turkey to a peace conference while signaling support for Turkish gains to Thrace up to the Maritza and Adrianople. Kemal and the Nationalists insist on full independence and free access to the straits, and warn of strategic moves as talks proceed.
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Near East
Turkey
Thrace
Maritza
Adrianople
Russia
M. Franklin-Bouillon
Smyrna
Kemal
Dardanelles
Sea of
Marmora
Bosporus
Straits
Constantinople
Chicago Tribune
Great Britain
Marmara
Ukrainia
Black Sea
Mudanin
Lloyd George
Astratic
Greek Thrace crisis deepens as Constantine abdicates
Turkish advance and Allied policy clash with Kemal Pasha drawing Greek forces toward Athens. A revolutionary cabinet replaces Constantine after abdication, aiming to block Paris peace terms and press Thrace, while Kemal pivots to hardline war.
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Anatolia
Athens
Constantine
Thrace
George
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Constantinople
Bulgaria Upheld as Peaceful Nation Amid Thrace Dispute
Bulgarian minister to England Dimitri Stancoff rejects reports Bulgaria will seize Thrace saying Bulgaria seeks no military action and is now agricultural and disarmed. Russia declares itself protector of Islam and warns on Turkish straits and Turkey in Europe stakes.
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Oviet
Russia
Balkan
Egypt
Turkey
Europe
International control of Chinese Eastern railway to end
Reports from Washington state the Stevens commission will terminate international oversight once Japanese troop evacuation from Siberia completes. China would run and protect the railway with a resumption of control if it fails. Britain offers 50 million to cover interest. US urged full British payment. Des Moines hosts Grand Army of the Republic encampment as Senator Thomas E Watson dies in Washington.
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United States
Japan
Stevens Commission
Siberia
Washington
Peking
China
John F. Stevens
REAT
Britain
World War Debt Funding Commission
Robert Horne
Congressman Burton
Ohio
Funding Commission
London
Great Britain
America
Des Moines
Grand Army of the Republic
Lewiss. Pilcher
Hanford MacNider
American Legion
De Valera Abdicates as Irish Republican Leader
Freeman's Journal reports Eamon de Valera resigns as head of the Irish republicans with Liam Lynch taking over. The shift bodes poorly for peace as Lynch urges continued fighting. Republicans conduct guerrilla warfare while Free State forces gain ground, notably in County Kerry.
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Freeman's Journal of Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Liam Lynch
Lynch
Repubicans
Free Staters
County Kerry
Street Car Home Offers Comfort to Miss Louthan
Miss Mary Louthan has adapted a discarded street car into a home on Conduit road Washington. She finds real comfort there and uses a simple house dress as a bathing suit while the weather stays warm.
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Mary Louthan
Conduit Road
Washington
Navy inventors devise key for breaking wireless messages
Key for breaking wireless messages on seafaring vessels by H. E. Wallborg and H. R. Miller of the U S Navy department. The device resembles the telegraph key used to break landline messages.
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H. E. Wallborg
Eft
H. R. Miller
U. S. Navy Department
Landine
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Boy Scout
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Cal
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Watson
Edward W. Pickard
Onrad E. Spens
Marion
Herrin
Marlon
Brundage
Illnois Chamber of Commerce
Wilkerson
Daugherty
Supreme Court of the United States
Homas E. Watson
Georgia
House of Representatives
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Germany
Catford
England
Frederick Stock
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Shoreham
Bletergfeld
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