German Reds Open War on the Entente
Berlin reports radical socialist leader Dr. Karl Liebknecht mobilizes Red soldiers to pack meetings and barge resolutions through to embarrass the government. He targets the proposed national assembly while soldiers voice hostility to entente influence and bourgeois control.
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Berlin
Carl Liebnecht
Liebknecht
Sparticus
National Assembly
Attech
Whelie Iemien
England
France
Council of the People’s Commissioners
Germany
Socialist Publi
League of Nations
Friedrich Ebert
Hugo Haase
Philipp Scheidemann
Wilhelm Dittman
Lansberg
Barth
Copenhagen
Workmen's Council
German Socialist Republic
German Republic
Prussia
United Workers’ and Sailors’ Councils
Oldenburg
Oestfrisland
Bremen
Hamburg
Schleswig-Holstein
North Sea
German Empire
Holland
Denmark
War hero Lt Edouard Isaacs returns to Washington
Lieutenant Edouard Victor M. Isaacs U S N the sole American naval officer captured by Germany during the war is back in Washington after escaping from a German prison camp His account covers being taken by submarine from the torpedoed President Lincoln and his 11 dozen futile escape attempts The decisive plan by 12 prisoners to cut all camp lights marked the end of his captivity and he brought back valuable information admired by naval officers as a wartime highlight.
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Edouard Victor M. Isaacs
Washington
President Lincoln
Isaacs
Tsiaes
Spartacus Group Strikes In Berlin Police Seizure Attempt
Stockholm reports Spartacus adherents in Berlin tried to seize the police presidency Friday evening. Several killed or injured in the incident as authorities subdued the raid.
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Kiel
Holstein
Spartacus Group
Stockholm
Spartacus Grou
Berlin
Wilson Manage Turkey Constantinople Advisory
Nine leading Constantinople newspapers urge American control of the Turkish Gendarmes and finances. A deputation will seek a meeting with President Wilson in Paris to present the plan, aiming for an American protectorate over the Turkish Empire. Allies may view the move as an effort to save Turkey.
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Constantinople
Ish
FIX 1920 TAX LIMIT Row Over Limitation by Body May Hold Up Bill
Washington November 20 The senate finance committee fixed the total tax raise at 4 000 000 000 with Democrats supporting the cut urged by Secretary McAdoo and Republicans opposing it including Lodge Penna Sunout McCumber Dillinghu r La Follette The move makes passage at the short session unlikely and Republicans vow to block any provision tying the hands of the incoming Congress If the bill fails President Wilson must call Congress in extraordinary session after March 4 to enact a tax bill.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Simmons
McAdoo
Lodge
Pennea
Sunout
McCumber
Dillinghur
la Foltette
Congress
Wilson
Wilson to Leave U S for Paris Peace talks
President Wilson will be absent about six weeks, spending roughly one month at the Paris peace conference and returning to Washington by the end of the period. The announcement came from Washington, D. C., on November 26.
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Wilson
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court Recessed for Thanksgiving Break
Washington November 26 The Supreme Court recessed for Thanksgiving until December 9.
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Supreme Court
Washington
General Ludendorff Leaves Germany for Sweden
Copenhagen reports General Ludendorff, once the directing head of German military affairs, has quietly quit Germany and departed, heading toward Sweden. The move follows Germany's collapse and signals a retreat from the European scene by the veteran commander.
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Ormany
War Work Fund Surpasses Goal for National Relief Drive
New York reports total subscriptions to the United War Work campaign at 203,179,088, exceeding the $170 million ask by 32,679,028. All states except Pennsylvania and Minnesota surpassed quotas. Philadelphia waits on its appropriation. Rockefeller and Rockefeller Jr. were urged to add 370,097 after underwriting shortfalls.
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New York
United War Work Campaign
Army
Navy
Union
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Philadelphia
John PD. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
London Monograph Notes A Shared Transport Load
Fragmentary report notes a London event on a Monday in November. It references a transportation load of six thousand units and hints at a prior loan or transport arrangement. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Americans aboard Mauritania set to return home
The liner Mauritania sails with Americans aboard as the group plans to return to the United States later this week. The voyage marks a pending homecoming for members of the American Flying Corps and other travelers.
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American Flying Corps
Dutch excuse challenged over German pass through Limburg
Paris reports that the Dutch legation note claiming German troops could cross Limburg with Allied approval is inaccurate. Allied representatives were asked to inform their governments of the authorization conditions but expressed no opinion, as they learned of the breach of neutrality only after Germans entered Limburg.
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Paris
Legation
Limburg
Havas
Linburg
Roumania Dissolves Parliament Elects New Assembly
Roumania forms a Constituent Assembly after dissolving parliament by decree and calling elections by universal suffrage, per a dispatch from Jussy dated November 26.
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Roumania
Paris
Jussy
Strassburg Welcomes French Armies With Tri Color Parade
Paris and Strasbourg celebrate as Marshal Foch and General Gouraud lead the Fourth Army into Strassburg. The city surrenders German names for French, banners blaze, and 800000 people greet the victorious French troops with revelry and torchlight processions.
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Strasbourg
Marshal Foch
Albert
Gouraud
Marshal Petain
Rhine
Schirmeck
Marseillaise
Hint of Great Occupation in Central Europe
Paris reports growing likelihood allies may need to occupy central and eastern Europe until a league of nations settles the disputes. Small occupation may suffice to maintain order as enthusiasm rises among locals. Reoccupation of Alsace Lorraine by French troops sparks rising public cheer near the Rhine.
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Paris
Europe
League of Nations
Alsace-Lorraine
Rhine
Troops Return From England Await Home Arrival
First units of the American expeditionary forces prepare to land in New York this week as March reports 882 officers and 6 61 of the air service and other components training in England homeward bound. Ships Lapland Orca Minnekahda list officers and air squadron totals, with 99 officers and 2043 men aboard.
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Washington
New York
March
Air Service
England
Minn Lapland
Livy
Orca
Minnekahda
Ae Planee
Eighteenth
Nineteenth
Construction Company
Fifteenth
Lapland
Wero
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Sweden
London
Muretania
Maurentania
America
Hans
VILLA
Holguin
Villa Ahumada
el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Mexican Central Railway
Strassburg
Foch
Shal Petash
Cafe de Paris
Restaurant de la Marne
Avancy
Liverpool
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