Wilson’s Fourteen Points Propose Open Peace and Freedoms
President Wilson outlines a world peace program in a joint congress address. The plan demands open covenants, free seas, removal of trade barriers, armament reduction, and self determination for nations including Russia Belgium France Italy Poland and others with a league of nations to guarantee independence. The speech frames a democratic ideal and a contrast to German military aims while urging unconditional openness and cooperation.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Wilson
Germany
Belgium
France
Prussia
Alsace-Lorraine
Italy
Austria-Hungary
We Stand For Justice and Equal Rights Among Nations
The speaker, a US ally line, argues for international justice and equal terms for all peoples. He stresses that workable relations require knowing who speaks for nations, condemns imperial domination, and urges the United States to commit its strength and honor to a world based on liberty and safety for all.
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Lloyd George
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Russia
New York Tightens Secrecy as Port Overhaul Begins
New measures authorize thorough overhauls of all vessels entering or leaving the harbor with possible passenger searches to block secret communications with the enemy. Reports also allege American produced ammunition for Germany and a British interception in December found 500,000 rounds bound for German interests via a Norwegian ship.
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Germany
New York
Byron B. Newton
Washington
America
Copenhagen
British Repulse Near Bullecourt Reported
The official communique reports a repulse of a small British attack near Bullecourt, as forces clash on the German front. No further details on casualties or exact lines are provided.
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Berlin
Bullecourt
Commununicaen
Kaiser Faces Crisis as German Split Over Peace Rages
Amsterdam dispatches report Germany torn between militarists led by Hindenburg Ludendorff and moderates over peace terms with Russia. Kaiser to decide amid threats of unrest as Trotzky negotiates at Brest-Litovsk with Russian delegates present in Copenhagen.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
David Lloyd George
Brest-Litovsk
Amsterdam
Germany
Hague
von Wyrsch
von Luedendorff
Russia
German Empire
Junkers
Austria-Hungary
von Hindenburg
von Ludendorff
von Tirpits
Trotzky
Berlin
Copenhagen
College President Ouster Shocks Baldwin Wallace
Cleveland report states Dr. Arthur I. Brehlich, Baldwin Wallace College president, was relieved of all relation to the institution after a committee investigated pro German activities among faculty under Bishop William F. McDowell.
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Cleveland, O
Arthur I. Brehlich
Baldwin Walllace College
Berea
Umeder
William F. McDowell
Methodist Episcospal Church
Defeat Germans at Verdun reported by Paris
Paris reports German troops attempting an advance on the Verdun front were driven back by French fire with heavy losses. The Champagne front saw continued heavy artillery fighting. French forces claim a successful incursion west of Houreuils. French airmen bombarded German strategic points and damaged six enemy planes.
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Verdug
Champagne
Houreuilles
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Serbia
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General Association of Nations
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