Allies Claim 300 Warships for War Effort
Allied powers report acquiring three hundred enemy ships, with French protesters decrying sinking actions. Authorities defend the move as necessary and progress on the draft accelerates.
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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1919
Page
6
Allied powers report acquiring three hundred enemy ships, with French protesters decrying sinking actions. Authorities defend the move as necessary and progress on the draft accelerates.
The article outlines early peace terms with Germany, detailing French naval aims and proposals for disarmament. It lists ships to be surrendered or destroyed, including battleships, cruisers, torpedo boats, and destroyers. It notes debates over policy and key figures and emphasizes forthcoming decisions in Paris.
Washington reports President has nominated A Mitchell Palmer as attorney general with a tentative confirmation date around March 4. Resignation of the current officeholder had not been announced and no successor had been named yet. Palmer is a Pennsylvanian by origin and a practicing lawyer.
March 1 report shows a French delegation member Andre Ta divy informing a Reuters correspondent that the peace conference will pause. The belabored meeting faces noncompliance with an emergency decree to suspend hostilities and restore order in Russia.
The Democratic National Committee votes a full reorganization aimed at a 20 Goreeslye campaign in local areas as Major General Crowder and officials prepare for travel to Cuba for election law revisions and committee actions across Washington and London reports.
Archangel reports allied forces advanced over twenty six miles on the Murman front with heavy losses to Bolsheviks. An enemy airplane dropped a device near American positions on the Vologda railway amid overall claims of widespread Bolshevik fatalities and red cross aid efforts in Perm.
London reports monarchists in Germany contemplate an early coup d etat. Berlin sources say the army and officers have gained influence since January 18 and aim to overthrow the current government and restore the old order, risking civil war and political murders.
In Westminster Abbey a royal wedding united Princess Patricia of Connaught with Commander Alexander Ramsay of the Royal Navy. The ceremony drew Britain’s elite, described as the reign’s brilliant social event, with a guard of honor from the Princess Pat regiment and sailors from St George.
Washington reports the preent price of 17.50 per hundred pounds for hog feed bags, extended beyond midnight pending a decision by President Wilmon concerning embargoes on pork affecting neutral and other countries. Officials of the administration issued the statement.
President Wilson told foreign affairs committees that U S ratification of the league of nations is essential to avert world despair and grave complications. He explained the Monroe doctrine would be extended by the league and discussed eligibility and withdrawal rules amid a dinner with opponents present. Washington, Feb 27. Wilson also signed a 6 trillion wartime revenue bill setting a dry District of Columbia and projecting a multi year debt service cost.
Washington February 28 Representative Frederick B Gillett of Massachusetts was chosen for Speaker on the first ballot at a Republican caucus with 133 votes to 60 for Mann and 13 for Campbell. W Tyler Page of Maryland nominated for sergeant at arms. Also reports list a fatal fire in Fond du Lac Wisconsin and other intraparty notes.
Seior Don Beltran Mathieu becomes Chile's ambassador to the United States. The veteran diplomat previously served as first secretary at the same embassy nearly thirty years ago and has held numerous other high level posts.
Senate approves a 1 billion dollar wheat price support for 1919 and a 2.7 billion dollar war contracts bill. An amendment tightens cotton exchange controls. The oil land leasing bill moves to final action as Hugh C. Wallace of Tacoma is confirmed as ambassador to France.
Secretary Tumulty issued no White House statement denying or confirming that President Wilson told members of the congressional foreign affairs committee that the Irish question was between Ireland and England and that Ireland would have no voice at the peace conference. The remark described as baseless.
Seventeen people including Maj Gen Alexander von Seurmay former minister of national defense Joseph Szverenyl former minister of commerce and other Hungarian cabinet members were under arrest in Budapest on charges of counterrevolutionary propaganda. Dr Alexander Wekerle former premier and finance minister was freed due to age.
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau returned to the peace conference chamber pale but erect. Delegates surrounded him, congratulating the Tiger on his recovery. He participated briefly in deliberations before leaving again. In Minnesota, March 3, the Senate killed a House bill for constitutional suffrage amendment. Fire in Louisville mines destroys surface buildings. workers rescued. Senate Finance Committee favors the Liberty loan bill in Washington. Saxony deputies elect Vrasedort as president. Miners call off strike in London. government inquiry proposed. American forces aid Poland to control food distribution with Red Cross nurses.
Washington reports that the Victory loan bill passed the Senate without a roll call after a failed filibuster led by Senators La Follette and Sherman. The measure authorizes 7 004 000 000 dollars in bonds and certificates with set interest, preventing an extra session during President Wilson's Europe trip.
Colorado Springs observers report General Leonard Wood warned that arbitration cannot replace readiness. He argued a strong nation can arbitrate better than an unarmed one and urged organized national defense while noting Kaiser Wilhelm’s remark on U.S. war readiness.
Cabled from New York the invitation of King Albert of Belgium to attend the Rocky Mountain Club dinner in Denver on April 8, the king’s birthday anniversary. The message urged Herbert Hoover to deliver the invitation in Paris, with Western governors and ex vice presidents of the club to be informed.
The article surveys postwar conferences as delegates press toward a reparations accord while Germany suffers civil strife and royalists plot a coup. It notes U.S. hesitancy on the league of nations, Allied disagreements on indemnities, frontier arrangements, and the fate of German vessels, alongside domestic labor unrest in the United States and Britain.
Allied delegates at Quai d Orsay discussed frontier questions affecting enemy states and agreed on conditions for Belgian claims and kin-related issues. The supreme war council reported conclusions on an intermediate zone Transylvania between Romania and Hungary. Armenian claims were outlined by M. Alronian and Boghos Molar Pasha.
The report notes broad British acceptance of the commission’s labour reforms while unresolved issues linger on immigration and prisoner cases. Samuel Gompers heads the commission and efforts to secure American citizens' release are described alongside Bolshevik exchanges and harsh actions toward foreigners in a tense international scene.
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