Armistice Terms Narrowly Shaped by Allied Powers
Reports from Paris and Weimar outline moves toward a renewed armistice with Germany. Italy rejects arbitration in Dalmatia while the German cabinet initially rejects terms but then orders the armistice signed. Marshal Foch is expected to present final terms limiting Germany to 250000 in arms with controlled munitions, as Erzberger stresses Germany’s forthcoming democratic future and League of Nations ties.
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Paris
Italy
Dalmatia
Weimar
Special Commission of the Supreme Council
Havas
Foch
Germany
Treves
Pele
Mathias Erzberger
Erzberger
London
National Assembly
Marshal Foch
Wilson
Portugal Revolution Suppressed Proclaimed in Lisbon
Washington reports final suppression of the Portugal revolutionary movement proclaimed by the Lisbon government. Dispatches received at the state department confirm the end of the revolt.
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Washington
Portugal
Lisbon
Spatches
State Department
Navy to begin 16 capital ships within a year
Washington reports all 16 capital ships authorized will start on the ways within a year and be finished within four years. Rear Admiral Taylor testified before the Senate committee on naval affairs as the panel approved 2.8 million dollars for navy yard improvements to support faster, cheaper construction.
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Washington
Taylor
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Admiral Taylor
Senator Lodge
Penrose
Pennsylvania
France
Britain
Japan
Germany
Anarchists Suffer Setback Near Kiev in Ukraine War
Reported clash twelve miles from Kiev sees anarchists suffer a severe setback as Ukrainian forces push back Bolsheviks. Ukrainian troops reportedly hold Poltava and Kharkov among other towns, with Kharkov about 250 miles east of Kiev.
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Stockholm
Kiev
Ukraine
Poltava
Kharkov
Argentina Offers Credit to Britain for Food Purchases
Paris reports negotiations between Great Britain and Argentina for a credit loan to be used in Argentina to buy foodstuffs and raw materials. The loan amount is not disclosed. Similar financing projects are under discussion with other entente powers.
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Paris
Great Britain
Argentina
Paris Peace Talks Focus on Russian Issue and Boundaries
Paris reports indicate entente powers seek a rapid peace treaty after addressing the Russian question. Debates consider postwar readjustments, indemnities, and territory changes with little plan for Russia. Premier Clemenceau is slightly wounded in an assassination attempt in Paris.
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Paris
Supreme Council of the
Peace Conference
America
England
Australia
Canada
France
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Bulgaria
Entente
Supreme Council
Russia
Supreme War Council
Princes’ Islands
Ruhr Strike Spreads as Spartacans Seize Ruhr Towns
A general strike paralyses the Ruhr along the Rhine with Spartacans occupying Bochum Hamborn and other towns. They fortify water works and power plants at Duesseldorf Muhlheim Hamborn and vow to resist government troops. Antigovernment leaders order no coal deliveries.
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Ruhr
Copenhagen
Rhine
Spartacans
Bochum
Hamboorn
Berlin
Duesseldorf
Muhlheim
Hamborn
Navy graft charged in Third Naval District arrests
New York reports arrests on bribery and graft in the Third naval district after Secretary Daniels ordered an investigation. The probe cites payments for assignments and promotions and for discharge, with alleged bribery of minor district officials tied to the naval reserve force.
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New York
Third Naval District
Daniels
New York Evening Post
the Post
Naval Reserve Force
Secretary of the Navy
Nathaniel R. Usher
Judge Advocate’s
Washington
Usher
Jellicoe to Visit America in 1919 Pacific Voyage
Former British naval chief Vice Admiral Viscount Jellicoe plans a voyage from Portsmouth February 20 to the far East and Pacific coast. He will visit Gibraltar Suez Bombay Colombo Port Said and Australian ports before crossing the Pacific via Fiji Samoa and Honolulu to San Francisco around October 20 1919 with a possible trip to Ottawa by train.
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San Francisco
Far East
Gibraltar
Port Said
Suez
Bombay
Colombo
New Zealand
Pacific
Fiji Islands
Samoa
Honolulu
Ottawa
Army Debate Stalls on 500000 Man Peace Time Force
Washington reports the house failed to push a special rule to tackle parliamentary hurdles in the army appropriation bill for a 500000 man temporary peace time force. Instead the rules committee moved to immediate Senate bill action on voluntary enlistments with Representative Kahn of California expected to lead opposition.
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Washington
House
Rules Committee
Senate
Kahn
California
Rantzau Keeps Foreign Affairs Portfolio
Copenhagen reports Count Rantzau will remain secretary for foreign affairs after government and other parties including the Independent Social Law voiced confidence in him. The decision was conveyed by Politiken’s Weimar correspondent.
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Copenhagen
Count von Brockdorf
Rantzau
Weimar
Politiken
Independent
Social Law
Bank Robberies Strike Two Cities in One Day
Six armed bandits robbed the First State Bank of Detroit by holding up the cashier and patrons, escaping with 10500 dollars. In Herington Kansas a robber looted 2000 dollars from the First National Bank after lining up the bank officers and fled, with a posse in pursuit.
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Detroit
Mich
East Side
First State Bank of Detroit
Herington
Kan
First National Bank
California Ladybugs Bound for France to Fight Mealybug
A shipment of California ladybugs will be sent to France on February 19 to combat the mealybug that has damaged fruit trees there. The move aims to protect crops and boost orchard health in French regions affected by the pest.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
France
House Panel Sets Short Term Victory Liberty Notes Plan
Washington February 19. The Ways and Means Committee tentatively would limit notes to about 7 billion dollars with Treasury issuing around 6 billion in Victory Liberty loans. Short term notes maturing in one to five years would replace long term bonds and could be taxed or tax free at varying rates. The plan keeps bond authorization near five billion, with possible conversion options to longer Liberty bonds and a draft bill ordered for immediate expert review.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Glass
Congress
Treasury
Treasury Department
Ways and Means
Deportation Planned for 30 Ohio Aliens in Mereland
Thirty aliens accused of open revolt and disseminating revolutionary propaganda in northern Ohio are to be deported from Mereland by the U S government. Plans are being made by District Attorney Wertz Immigration Inspector Flackey and the justice department bureau of investigation. Wertz said the deportations mark the start of a campaign to shield American institutions from foreign born agitators.
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Leveland
Ohio
Mereland
United States
Werts
Flackey
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Wertz
Estimated British War Cost Before Peace Talks
Premier Lloyd George told the peace conference commission on reparation that the cost of the war to Great Britain is eight billion pounds, about forty billion dollars, per the Exchequer statement released in London on February 10.
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Great Britain
Germany
G. S. Jarrett
New York
London
Lloyd George
Peace Conference Commission On
Seneae
Bonaz
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Clemen
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Frederic Seimprini
Milan
Semprini
NAVY
Jellicoe
Herington, Kan
House Committee
Quiy
Cleveland
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