World War I Peace Terms Outlook At Paris
Paris reports the peace conference nears a verdict on punishing former Emperor William as a war criminal. A German disarmament plan would reduce the army to 100000 with 4000 officers, destroy Rhine forts, abolish the general staff, and rely on voluntary service for twelve years. Discussions resume on Foch’s report and Lloyd George’s proposed force cuts.
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Rhine
Germany
Supreme Council
Switzerland
Imperial General Staff
Marshal Foch
Lloyd George
Sparticans Arm Mob to Seize Berlin in Bomb Attacks
Spartican leaders claim to have armed a force of nine hundred thousand to capture Berlin. The insurgents, including escaped criminals and deserters, are said to be well equipped with stores and dispatches report aerial bombs being dropped on the German capital.
Berlin battles and hunger grip city as Spartacans clash
A Berlin dispatch reports over 20 000 troops sent to restore order after Spartacan uprisings. Lichtenberg post office and police station attacked. civilians and a woman killed, archives burned, and 80 000 marks stolen. Hunger grows as markets close and meat deliveries halt amid ongoing fighting and strikes across eastern Berlin. Washington reports Mondell chosen Republican floor leader after Mann declines.
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London
Berlin
Copenhagen
Lichtenberg
Liehtenberg
Liechtenberg
Red Cross
Kopenick
Weissensee
Rummelsburg
Friedrichstrasse
Unter den Linden
Wolff Bureau
Silesian Canal
Dehii
Hamborn Dy
Red Propaganda Reported Across Nation Urging Bolshevism
Senate propaganda hearings reveal post office and justice department records showing nationwide radical material urging violent overthrow of the U.S. government and the creation of Bolshevism. Exhibits include an anarchistic poster from New England and quotes from Liberator and International Socialist Review.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Department of Justice
United States
Senate
Maj
E. Lewry Humes
New England
the Liberator
International Socialist Review
The
Red Down
Maj. Nlames
Seattle
Upton Sinclair
Elizabeth Flynn
Ships Bring In 7411 Yankees
The Mount Vernon arrived with 85 officers and 2674 troops of the Twenty Seventh division plus 5784 total aboard including casuals and 96 nurses. A second ship, the Chioan, brought 1627 troops largely from the 848th infantry of the Mighty Seventh division, with machine gun companies and a sanitary detachment.
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New York
Twenty Seventh Division
New York State National
Louisiana
Mississippi
British Debt Figures Show Rise Since 1914
A white paper issued in London on March 12 shows the national debt on March 31, 1918, stood at 29,605,079,095 dollars, up from 3,530,770,550 dollars on the same date in 1914.
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London
Russian POWs Escape From German Camp
Berlin March 11 Russian prisoners at the Rulleben camp broke away when guards were away to quell unrest at Epandau About 5000 men fled into the countryside causing terror among local residents.
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Berlin
Epandau
Rulleben
Liberia Opens Wuh Wireless Station
Liberia informs Washington that the former German wireless station at Monrovia has been opened with a Liberian staff for general public service.
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Liberia
Wuh
Washington
Monrovia
339 Personal Crisis Reports In Army During War
Statistics by the war department show 339 personal crisis reports in the army from entry into war to February 21, 1919. Of these 198 occurred in the United States and 146 overseas. General March noted the total is far below the civil life average per thousand in 1914 15 16.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Recommendation to open Rhine and Kiel channels for all nations
Paris March 12 A recommendation to open the Rhine River and the Kiel Canal for navigation by all nations will be made to the peace conference. This recommendation is part of the report by the Commission on International Waterways.
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Rhine and
Kiel
Rhine River
Kiel Canal
Commission On International
Council
Germany
Armericans
League of Nations
Supreme Cononeil
Economic and Financial Commissions
Economic Commission
Belgium
Brazil
China
Poland
Portugal
Roumenia
Serbia
Financial Commission
Greece
Czecho-Slovakia
Roumania
Help for Germany Now Imperative
Paris March 12 Secretary of State Robert Lansing warned of a world crisis and urged the Allies to feed Germany and allow German sale of products to prevent Bolshevik danger. He said the move serves Allied interests by avoiding absolute anarchy and an inability to pay indemnities. Lansing spoke before the Inter Allied Press club at a dinner honoring the American Peace Commissioners.
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Robert Lansing
Plans to Use High Explosives for Rebuilding Projects
Washington march 11 high explosives worth ten million dollars largely consisting of TNT have been turned over by the war department to the interior department for reconstruction purposes. Secretary Lane plans to use much of the stock on road building projects where blasting is difficult.
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Washington
War Department
Interior Department
Lane
Russian Plot Swells in Norfolk Rally Arraignments
Fifteen signers were arraigned before a U S commissioner in Norfolk charged with unlawful agitation. Witnesses named Wael t Pinnfor and Jenes Lage as New York visitors forming a Russian colony and organizing a Sunday meeting urging a large scale May Day strike to topple the U S government. An inflammatory pamphlet was identified. Bail for Trimiloff and Lago was set at 2500, others bound over on 50 bonds.
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Norfolk
United States
Mike Yeass
Wael ‘T Pinnfor
Jenes Lage
New York
Alex Seren
Trimiloff
Lago
Record Flight Sets 664 Mile Speed Mark
Maj Reuben K Fleet and Capt Bar F White set an American aviation record by flying 664 miles in 4 hours 33 minutes from McCook Field Dayton Ohio to Hazelhurst Field Mineola New York in a de Haviland battle plane with a 400 horsepower Liberty motor. Average speed 135.8 mph. Dayton to Mineola distance 540 miles.
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New York
Reuben K. Fleet
Bar! F. White
McCookfield
Dayton
Ohio
Hazelhurst Field
Mineola
N. Y
High costs hinder building activity in 74 cities
Washington reports that high material prices and wages curb construction. Fifty seven cities show pressing demand for dwellings and apartments. The labor department notes no wage drop expected until overall prices fall, per building industry groups.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Deny Huns Capture Riga Says Germans Still Far
Berlin dispatch declares the recent report of Riga recapture by German forces incorrect. German troops are described as still a considerable distance from Riga on the Baltic coast, according to the latest communications.
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Copenhagen
Riga
Baltic
Fi Berlin
Peace Conference Nears End as Draft Treaty Ready
London reports Premier Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary Balfour announce the peace conference near completion. The draft treaty is finished and to be signed by March end with no major alterations. Germany will be invited to sign in Paris. If needed, detail questions go to a special commission.
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London
Lloyd George
Balfour
Evening News
Paris
Cazecho-Slovakia
Supreme Connec
Supreme Council
Armistice Commission
Poland
Hun women to fight Reds in East Prussia militia
Fran Broenner, author and publisher and delegate of the German democratic party in the national assembly, has returned to Koenigsberg to organize East Prussia women into a border militia against the Bolsheviki.
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Weimar
Fran Broenner
German Democratic Party
National Assembly
Koeenigsberg
East Prussia
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Thomas le Breton
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Tiliness
Mondell
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
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Piot
U. S
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Ohioan
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E. F. White
HMS
Teuton
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Koenigsburg
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