European turmoil spreads as Bolsheviks rise across Europe
Reports from Basel Copenhagen and London describe abdications in Germany and republics proclaimed in Württemberg and Hesse. French Socialists demand end of military rule and immediate elections amid a broader crisis of demobilization and labor reforms.
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Berlin
William Ernst
Saxe-Weimar
Wurtemberg
Hesse
Baden
Herr Jeiss
Copenhagen
War Industries Board Revises Priorities List
The War Industries Board nears completion of a revised priorities list removing many non war restrictions and realigning industries after the war. Railroads and shipping to top, munitions to bottom. The revised list will be published soon.
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Washington
War Industries Board
Mme de Sainte-Croix aids United War Work drive in the US
Mme G Avril de Sainte-Croix, known for fighting white slave traffic in Paris and for founding a Paris home for unmarried mothers, visits the United States to support the Great War Work campaign.
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Mme. G. Avril de Sainte-Croix
Paris
Signing of Peace Treaty Believed Far Off
Washington assesses the post armistice scene as Germany remains on probation for a month while terms must be carried out. A peace conference looms but no agreement exists, and framing the treaty will be highly complex with many nations involved.
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Washington
Germany
Germans Battle in Berlin as Royalists Strike
Fresh fighting erupted in Berlin with royalist officers firing on revolutionaries from royal stables and Unter den Linden. Telegrams indicate plans to send loyal troops to Berlin to crush the revolution while Bolshevik elements remain a minority in the new political mix.
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Berlin
Unter den Linden
National Tidende
Haase
Dittmann
Soldiers’ Council
Wolff
London
Holland
William Hohenzollern
Amsterdam
the Mail
Navy to Release 50,000 Men Next Month
Washington announces the navy will release 50,000 men next month. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels said applications for release will be considered immediately as the Navy currently numbers over 500,000 men.
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NAVY
Secretary of the Navy
Josephus Daniels
Daniels An
German Forces Vaunt Violent Reprisals as Armistice Breach
London reports recount continued German violence as troops retreat. Marshal Foch warns the German commander that Allied forces will take prompt steps to end such acts if they persist under the armistice terms.
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Petrate
Foch
Marshal Foch
Belgium Seeks Full Independence From Neutrality
The Belgian legation stated Belgium will not submit to guaranteed neutrality as before the war and aspires to complete independence with rights shared by all free peoples.
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Washington
Belgium
Wilson Promises Food Aid to Germany in War Pact Note
The article reports President Wilson promising to aid Germany with food supplies after Chancellor Ebert's appeal. It notes allied high command conditions on armistice terms and a 24 hour extension for evacuation of Belgium Luxembourg and Alsace Lorraine. The note is conveyed via Swiss envoy in Washington.
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Belgium
Luxemburg
Alsace-Lorraine
Wilson
Foe
Washington
Germany
Ebert
Lansing
Sulzer
Switzerland
United States
Houses of Congress
Supreme War Council
Versailles
French Troops Enter Metz and Strasbourg in Solemn Ceremony
American troops cross the German frontier toward Metz and Strasbourg a solemn entry is planned next Sunday in Metz and Strasbourg with President Paincair and Prime Minister Clemenceau present. Briey is reported occupied by American forces.
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Strausburg
German government organized with Ebert as Premier
Berlin by London reports the new German government has been organized and Frederick Ebert named Premier, marking a key political shift.
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Basel
Switzerland
Posen
Ostfriesland
Nassau
Oldenburg
Brunsbuttel
Prussian
Holstein
L’osen
Amsterdam
Schlesien
Weser Zeitung
Bers Lin
Berlin
London
Frederick Ebert
Food relief for Germany eyed by U S urging safe delivery
President considers using idle tonnage to feed Germany if public order is secured and equitable distribution guaranteed. Robert Lansing confirms readiness to discuss with allied governments immediate food aid, following Foch’s amendments to armistice terms announced by the state department.
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Belgium
Urthermore
Germany
Robert Lansing
Washington
Marshal Foch
State Department
Austrian troops loot Trieste amid semi anarchic conditions
Nov 14 report from Trieste describes widespread disorder as Austro Hungarian troops returning from the Italian front desert their ranks and join mobs. Sacking and arson plague the region as law and order collapse and excesses spread across occupied areas.
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Trieste
Austria
First Steamship Entering New York Harbor Since Ban Lift
The Vaubane Lamport & Flost liner docked in New York marking the first entry after the navy department lifted restrictions on reporting ship arrivals and departures. The report notes Germany's submarines were previously restricted from delivery and mentions the armistice draft specifying 160 submarines.
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Vaubane Lamport & Flost
New York Harbor
Navy Department
United States
Germany
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