Russians Spurn Terms At Brest-Litovsk Frontiers Threatened
Berlin reports German terms demand a frontier from the gulf of Finland past Moon Sound to Valk and Brest-Litovsk, eliminating Courland and Baltic provinces. Reval occupation threatened within a week if Russia refuses. Moscow riots kill forty, wound two hundred during Bloody Sunday anniversary.
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Moon Sound
Valk
Minsk
Brest-Litovsk
Courland
Baltic
Bliss Heads U S War Council Mission in France
Maj. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss arrives in France to represent the United States at the supreme inter allied war council. The military section will begin sessions to plan the spring offensive and assign tasks to each nation, signaling unity of action among Allies.
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Tasker H. Bliss
France
United States
Supreme Inter-Allied War Council
General Bliss
Interallied Council
War Council
Germany
Hertling scoffs at Wilson peace terms in Reichstag
Berlin reports Chancellor von Hertling rejects American peace terms and vows Germany will keep conquered territories including Alsace in the ongoing war. The remarks were delivered to the Reichstag, with emphasis on refusing any cession and asserting firm German positions.
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Reichstag
Brest-Litovsk
von Hertling
London
America
Wilson
Germany
Alsace
Enemy Likely to Press Monte Tomba Front Retreates Behind
Italian authorities report the enemy evacuated northern mountain front behind Monte Tomba and shifted defenses to Monte Spinancia. The retreat follows a French victory on Monte Tomba and aims to block a passage to the Venetian plains for the present. General von Aur and General Lebeskid are reported killed on the Italian front.
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Flanders
Count Albrecht von Montgelas Detained as Alien Enemy
Count Albrecht von Montgelas, once an art critic for a Chicago morning paper, was arrested under a presidential warrant by William H. Hanley Jr. He faces internment as an alien enemy deemed dangerous to public peace and safety.
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Albrecht von Montgelas
William H. Hanley, Jr
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Germans Sink Own Steamer Owasco Near Mediterranean Coast
Survivors report the American steamship Owasco, formerly the German Allemannie seized at the start of the war, was sunk by a submarine in Mediterranean waters near the Spanish coast in early December. Two crew members died. the Owasco was among three ships sunk while passing a lighthouse beam, with a Norwegian and a British vessel also lost.
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Allemannie
United States
Roosevelt assails Stone over defense of wartime conduct
Colonel Roosevelt told the National Press Club Stone’s attack on him is partisan and an insult to a public servant. He backs Chamberlain and the military committee probing the war department, arguing Stone opposed war and aided filibusters. He warned the navy’s early failures and praised improvements.
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National Press Club
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United States
Labor conference voices resolve to press on against Germany
Frank Purdy stated that if Germany rejects the terms laid by Wilson Lloyd George and the labor party, the only option remains fighting on. He argued peace negotiations while territories are occupied would aid Germany, as 800 delegates from 2.5 million members attend a tense gathering and a cabinet withdrawal vote looms.
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Frank Purdy
Germany
Wilson
Lloyd George
Labor Party
Purdy
Wison
Lioyd George
Labor
Mutiny in Vienna as Soldiers Refuse Fire on Mobs
Wireless reports from Smolny in Petrograd claim a Vienna revolution with a provisional cabinet named. New York stock reports say garrison mutiny and mobs looting shops as Bolshevik influence spreads. London dispatches note continued strikes in Vienna and Budapest with extremist leaflets attacking leaders.
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Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
Oferal
Italians Win in Raid Near Monte Spinoncia Piave
Rome reports a successful Italian reconnaissance raid along the southern Monte Spinoncia slope and the Piave right bank with prisoners taken and a machine gun captured. Italian dispatches accuse Austro German forces of atrocities against prisoners and civilians. Near Codriopo and Case Rotte Italian troops faced Austrian resistance and deceptive forces.
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Piave
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Codriopo
Piavon
Austria
Case Rotte
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