Tariff Changes Not Sweeping Yet Aimed at Reforms
The tariff measures announced aim to cut duties on agricultural goods, liberalize imports of wheat flour and potatoes, and raise income taxes. They include federal business profit taxes, a higher surtax for very large incomes, and adjustments to provincial and municipal tax burdens, with the goal of stabilizing revenue after wartime needs.
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Thomas White
Bedige
Tate
Weiss
Canada
Teuer
Fante
G W Would Probe Labor Unrest
The Great War Veterans’ association provincial executive in Toronto calls for drastic cabinet action to solve labor unrest and the high cost of living. They blame profiteers for wage and price pressures and demand representation on any investigation committee into the issue.
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Toronto
Great War Veterans’ Association
Canadian air squadron for Russia names officers
Landes Col announces an all Canadian air squadron for Russia listing Captains Kinkhead Slater from Calgary H J McDonald from Victoria Morton and Breakey from Toronto Britall from Ontario Lindsay from Toronto Green from Peterboro Aten from Manitoba Sidebottom from Quebec and Richford and Fall from Vancouver.
Austria Ends War Fatigue Accepts Terms in Veiled Apathy
The Vienna press reports discontent with allied peace terms for Austria but notes the public remains apathetic, unlike Germany, and willing to accept conditions to end the suffering of the former empire.
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Arul
Kurdistan uprising report questioned by London
The war office says the Kurdistan revolt report is exaggerated by Turkish propaganda. Some trouble occurred but is deemed manageable. Unverified claims of a contingent being surrounded persist, while a May 29 uprising in southern Kurdistan drew concern. A London dispatch notes British forces in Mesopotamia acting to check the tribesmen.
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London
War Office
Kurdistan
L _ondon
Mesopotamia
Germans Propose Impartial Inquiry On War Responsibility
A memorandum by Prof. Hane Deibrueck General Count Max Montgcelas and Prof. Weber argues for submitting the question of war responsibility to an impartial commission. It denies secret plots with Vienna to destroy Serbia and says Britain’s 1914 mediation offer lacked power to curb Russia. The piece notes Nicholas I proposed Hague arbitration, citing simultaneous mobilization.
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Berlin
I‘ress
Gane Deibrueck
Max Montgcelas
Weber
Versailles
Entente Commission
Herlin
Vienna
Serbis
Edward Irey
Russia
Nicholas
Hague
Canada Seeks Parity in League of Nations Representation
In the House of Commons Bonar Law says the government will make Dominion representation in the League as full as that of smaller nations. Dominion representatives would be eligible for executive council on the same terms as other League members.
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London
House of Commons
Norton Griffiths
Bonar Law
House
Dominions
League of Nations
Executive Council
League
Aland Islands Move to Rejoin Sweden Endorsed
The Landsting of the Aland Islands sent a resolution to the Peace Conference demanding reunification with Sweden. The resolution was adopted.
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Sweden
Aland Islands
Germany preps coast defences for emergency under Noske
A peace conference report says German defence minister Gustav Noske visited coastal defences and ordered personnel to be ready for emergency.
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Germany
Paris
Gustav Noske
Austrians Call for Peace Based on Justice at St Germain
Dr Karl Renner told the St Germain conference that Austria seeks peace built on justice and mercy from the allies. He urged that punishment be limited and that Austria be treated as one of eight new republics, not as a guilty empire. Delegates from Poland Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia showed displeasure at sharing reparations. The Austrian delegation praised allied relief efforts.
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Karl Renner
Austria
St. Germain
Dr Renner
Mountain Republic
Renner
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo-Slavia
Dr. Fredney Jenks builds Hastings hospital solo
Hastings-on-Hudson's only hospital, built by its village doctor Dr. Fredney Jenks, is completed after three years of work funded by the doctor. The two story facility includes wards and an operating room with modern appliances while Jenks served as surgeon during the war before villagers urged his return.
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Hastings-on-Hudson
N.Y
Fredney Jenks
Jenks
America
Washington
Fiume Question Nearing Settlement Report
Paris Premier Orlando of Italy met with Premier Clemenceau on the Adriatic issue. La Liberte notes that a settlement appears near with Jugo-Slav claims likely unmet. Dalmatia to Italy and the Jugo-Slavs receive the port of Sebinico.
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Fiume
Paris
Orlando
Italy
Clemenceau
Adriatic
la Liberte
Dalmatia
Sebinico
Terror Bomb Plots Target Palmer Home and May Day Attacks
Federal and Washington police traced an attempted mail bomb plot linked to May Day and an anarchist group. Attorney General Palmer called the assaults a failed effort to terrorize the country as government experts described two bombs exploding at his residence. Congress prepared stricter penalties for such crimes.
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New York
Washington
Palmer
Congress
Allies Halt German General Strike in Coblenz
A four hour general strike across the occupied Rhineland ceased as Allied authorities warned deportation if workers did not return. Railway and streetcar workers in Treves Coblenz led the action. Inter Allied Railway Commission reported all workers had resumed duties. Newspapers in Coblenz denied any birth of a German republic at Wiesbaden and said the report aimed to mislead Rhineland residents.
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Coblenz
Rhenish Republic
Wiesbaden
Treves
Germany
Inter-Allied Railway
Rhineland
German American property exchange talks near
German property in the United States outside ships is valued at about 450 million dollars while American property in Germany stands around 150 million. German claims say American property is largely intact and may be returned if the U S follows a similar policy. The U S argues much of the property is semi governmental not private. Merchant ships in American ports would be kept, with plans shifting from offsetting reparations to purchasing ships whose price would fund reparations.
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Paris
United States
Germany
Disallow Women in Synod in Kingston Ontario
The Ontario Anglican synod rejected a proposal to allow women as delegates by a large vote. Opponents warned men would skip meetings if women attended, while Bishop Bidwell noted attendance could drop without male participation though he saw potential gains from women delegates. Only seven supported the plan.
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Kingston
Ont
Ontario Anglican Synod
Bidwell
Hague Conference Grants Belgium Waterway Demands
The foreign ministers council at the peace conference adopts a principle limiting Holland from territorial concessions while Belgium obtains certain waterway rights. This move forecasts Belgium gaining access rights to waterways affecting Dutch borders as part of the treaty revision.
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Paris
Belgium
Holland
Council of Foreign Ministers
Huns Must Take Hats Off to British Officers
In the Commons Lt Col F C Wedgewood asked if Germans in occupied territories must remove hats on meeting British officers. Winston Churchill, secretary for war, said they should do so, and that the practice would continue after peace. Regulations were mild compared with German occupier rules.
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Lomdow
Commons
F.C. Wedgeocd
Winstom Churchill
Saul
Churchill
Justice Rests With Allies Melbourne Speech
W A Watt acting prime minister urged full support for the League of Nations at Empire Day. He praised the Britain France and United States alliance in Australia and emphasized Australia's duty to help solidify the partnership for peace and self preservation.
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Melbourne
League of Nations
W. A. Watt
Watt
Australia
Bolshevik Proclamation Warns Petrograd Defense
A Moscow dispatch on May 24 reports the Bolshevist executive commission urging urgent defense of Petrograd as Finnish Estonian forces and White Guards with units under Udenich Belokhovetch and Rodzianke move on the city. An unconfirmed Copenhagen note claims Petrograd has fallen.
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Omsk
Moscow
Bolshevist Party
Petrograd
Udenich
Belokhovetch
Rodzianke
Copenhagen
Luxembourg Seeks Autonomy and League Admission at Paris
Secretary of State Reuter read President Wilson’s letter inviting Luxembourg to Paris for the peace talks. Luxembourg desires autonomy, an economic union with France or Belgium, or negotiations with both if needed. The government asks admission to the League of Nations.
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Luxembourg
Reuter
Chamber of Deputies
Wilson
Paris
France
League of Nations
Afghan Leader Appeals for Peace in India Office Notice
The viceroy reports receipt of a letter from the Amir at Teshawar seeking peace talks and stating Afghan commanders have been instructed to cease hostilities. The India office makes the announcement.
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London
India Office
Teshawar
German Peace Delegation Protest Over Occupation
Count Von Brockdorff Rantzau head of the German peace delegation sends a formal protest to the peace conference. He claims the occupying armies in Germany protect and favor those attempting to establish a Rhine republic and hinder German counter feeling.
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Paris
Count von Brockdorff- Rantzau
Germany
Council of Four Nearer Accord on German Treaty Revisions
Paris reports a nearer accord within the Council of Four as Mpaderewski and Polish premier participate in talks on Silesia and the Polish frontier. The talks address Balkan protests over League oversight of minority protection and possible economic concessions to Germany to offset postwar losses in coal iron and zinc.
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Maderewski
Germany
Silesia
Romania
Balkan
League of Nations
M. Paderewski
Silesian
Saare
MM. Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Wilson
M. Clemenceau
M. Loucheur
Dominion War Veterans offer mediation in Winnipeg strike
The Ottawa Dominion executive of the Great War Veterans Association of Canada in executive session proposes to mediate to settle the Winnipeg strike. It invites representatives of all conflicting interests in Winnipeg and district to accept mediation for the best interests of Canada, signed by Dominion President W. P. Purrey.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Great War Veterans’ Association
Winnipeg
Great War Veterans’ Association of Canada
Canada
W. P. Purney
G.W.V.A. of
Canadians Await Repatriation Figures Released
The report notes under eighty thousand Canadians remain to be repatriated. More than fifty four thousand sailed in May as the final units of the fourth division departed on the Olympic last Friday.
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London
If the Average Man Could Live His Life Over
A reflective musing on life choices and the capricious nature of wisdom. The speaker contemplates how time alters judgment and whether a second chance would reveal a wiser fool.
Murderous Italians fatally shoot Austrians at Tuckett Arm
In Hamilton Ontario at the Beach Road Tuckett Arm two Austrians were killed and two wounded after Italians posing as liquor detectives searched a house and then opened fire on unarmed occupants. They secured 1800 dollars before escaping.
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Hamilton
Hamilton, Ont
Tuckett Arm
German Delegation Member Warns of Signing Necessity
A Versailles peace delegation member with the rank of councillor of legation said Germany would sign the peace treaty despite threats of dire consequences if they returned to Berlin without signing. He asserted the country would be hacked to pieces otherwise.
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Versailles
Berlin
Amir's Treachery London
Reuters reports that Afghan forces crossed the border at multiple points and mobilized against the frontier without provocation. It notes the Amir's letter to the viceroy and general orders contain inaccuracies and that British actions prompted defensive measures.
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London
Reuter
Afghanistan
Armir
Casual glance confirms winner of Jutland battle
The Toronto Telegram notes that a casual reading of the peace terms should leave no doubt who won the battle of Jutland, underscoring a clear Allied victory assessment.
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Battle of
Jutland
Toronto Telegram
Postal Employees Are Discharged in Canada Rift
Ottawa telegraphs from Sir Robert Borden firm on not reinstating postal workers who deserted during a sympathy strike in the West. He cites public duty, warns against disabling the civil service, and supports permanent dismissal for strikers who refused to return when ordered.
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Ottawa
Brotherhood of
Dominion Express
Blondin
Central Strike Committee
Dominion
Alberta Methodist Conference
Commission On Labor
Robert Borden
Borden
Canada
Winnipeg
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