President Wilson Backs League of Nations in Paris
After four days of consultations in France President Wilson’s aides reaffirm his stance that a league of nations is inseparable from the peace treaty. They say he will reassure Lloyd George on seas freedom and navy limits while stressing that the league strengthens the empire and guards sovereign equality among nations.
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Paris
France
Wilson
League of Nations
Lloyd George
U. S
Gritigues Peage Plans Debate War of Bureaucracy
A French Journal des Debats critique criticizes allied statesmen for not settling peace terms with Germany and warns that regiments of specialists and vast archives pouring into Paris will create chaos. It laments hotel shortages, a British printing plant, and potential paralysis of press and diplomacy from bureaucratic overreach.
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Paris
Des Debats
Germany
Bois de Boulogne
Samoa Natives Prefer British Rule, White Paper Shows
London reports a British white paper on German colonial wishes reveals Samoan chiefs largely favor continued British rule. Lord Liverpool notes consultation with Samoan leaders and court victories under British administration, while a Mukoba district chief favors German rule, a minority view amid overwhelming evidence for Britain.
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London
Lord Liverpool
New Zealand
Samoa
Mukoba
Report on French POW shootings in German camps
Spanish investigators conclude an inquiry into the Langen saisen shootings of French prisoners. The Petit Journal reports the findings say the prisoners’ conduct did not justify German ruthlessness. At Laneensalsen the prisoners built a theatre and tried to tear it down before departure, and German sentries fired on them.
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Paris
Langensaisen
Petit Journal
Laneensalsen
Premier Botha Arrives in Britain in Arriving London
General Botha premier of South Africa and his party arrived at Tilbury from Capetown. Captain Younger and Capt. Louis Botha greeted them on board and the travelers then took a special train to London. A large crowd gave Botha an ovation at St Pancras station.
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Botha
Britain
London
South Africa
Tilbury
Capetown
Younger
Louis Botha
St. Praneras
Many Women Vote in Britain's Election Surge
London reports the large female vote as a surprise outcome. Women, informed about voting rules, largely backed Lloyd George or Labour, while some humorous incidents emerged of wives insisting on polling with husbands. Parliament convenes January 21.
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London
Lloyd George
Labor
Arrests in Saar Valley for Looted Machinery
Paris Le Petit Journal reports that on the minister for reconstruction's representations two Germans named Reechling were arrested in the Saar Valley. A large quantity of machinery occupying nearly two acres was found on their premises, all stolen from French factories. They face a charge of receiving stolen property.
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Paris
le Petit Journal
Reechling
Saar Valley
Farmers Fear Unrest in Toronto Grange Meeting
At a Grange session a resolution urged the union government to notice unrest among farmers citizens and returned soldiers. It cites awakening masses embittered against the classes.
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Toronto
The
Grange
Cool Reception From Germans
A Canadian corps correspondent reports Germany grows cooler in reception the farther forward they advance. Civilians often appear impassive yet courteous, with some ingratiation toward officers. Haig’s safety proclamation is posted widely, while civilians face visible poverty and well stocked stores contrast with military shortages.
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London
Germany
Haig
Berlin
Pirates and Armistice Echoes From U K 152 Submarine
Lieutenant Junius H. Fulcher USN, a Norfolk native, recalls life aboard the U K 152 submarine as armistice neared. He was a prisoner when hostilities ended after the Ticonderoga sinkings on Sept 30. Submariners thrived on loot while Kaiser supporters, not revolutionists, unsettled by fall of war.
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New York
Junius H. Fulcher
U.S.N
Norfolk
Calonia
Fulcher
Ticonderoga
mid-Atlantic
U.K.-152
Kiel
Food Board Drops Three Ottawa Price Orders
Canada food board revokes three orders once used to regulate milk cost spreads bran and shorts retail sales and dressed white fish prices. Wholesale controls on other items and regional price controls remain in force.
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Ottawa
Canada Food Board
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Pacific Coast
Battle For Russian Land as Peasants Rise in Volhynia
Refugees recount attacks on Princess Potocki’s Dom brovitza estate in Volhynia where peasants besieged the manor for a week. Polish aid aided in repelling assaults. Russians set the house aflame and executed the male defenders after surrender talks, including two young cousins of the princess.
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Warsaw
Volhynia
Potocki
Dombrovitza
Senator New Seeks Ban on Display of Red Flag
Indiana Republican Senator New calls for a law making the red flag display unlawful in the United States. He describes the movement as sacrilege against the memory of soldiers who died in France.
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Washington
United States
New
Indiana
France
Paris Bombings and Casualties During World War I
The report details Paris wartime losses from German air raids and long range guns. It lists yearly bomb totals from 1914 to 1917, 1,211 casualties from 396 bombs in the last ten months of the war, 228 bombs on Aug. 6 causing two deaths and 392 injuries, and 168 shells from long range guns causing 196 deaths and 417 wounds, with over 100 killed on Good Friday.
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Paris
Tensions Rise Between Italians and Jugo Slavs Over Fleet and Occupations
Amid the peace conference tensions escalate as Italy sinks the Viribus Unitus after Austria hands the fleet to the Jugo Slavs. Controversy grows over Italian landings at Fiume and occupation of Laibach, with Serb ultimatum threats and Italian withdrawal to Oberlaibach.
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Paris
Austria
Viribus Unitus
Italy
Fiume
Laibach
Oberlaibach
Stefansson Honored as Arctic Explorer Urges Respect for Eskimos
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, honored with the Charles P. Daly medal by the American Geographical Society, urged against civilizing Eskimo tribes in the far north. He warned past efforts harmed natives, citing a tribe of 5,000 found in 1825 now down to 40 due to incompatible civilized living.
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New York
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Charles P. Daly
American Geographical Society
Far North
China to press claims at peace conference over Kiao-Chau
China will be accorded full representation at the peace conference. Some members of the American mission think this may allow China to press for the return of Kiao-Chau or, at least, to permit Japan to retain the German lease on the peninsula.
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Paris
China
Kiao- Chau
Japan
The
Peninsula
Australia to receive captured warships for exhibition
A British proposal asks the government to provide Australia with a squadron of war vessels and submarines captured by the Allies. The plan aims at exhibition use, noting that Australia has not previously shown interest in adding the captured ships to its navy.
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Melbourne
Australia
Canadians to Play Hockey on the Rhine This Christmas
London reports that Canadian troops in Germany are receiving hundreds of Christmas gifts from home including skates and hockey sticks so they can play hockey this Christmas on the Rhine, boosting morale among the forces.
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London
Germany
Rhine
May Advocates Sinking Captured German Ships
The piece reports on calls to sink captured German warships, with American delegates at the peace conference backing the plan to avoid naval losses by distribution. It notes Britain’s initial support through Sir Eric Geddes and hints at other powers pushing for prize distribution.
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Paris
Wilson
Britain
Eric Gedles
Admiralty
United States
Japanese Premier Outlines Peace Terms Plan
Marquis Shigenobu Okuma urges Japan to back all Allied decisions on western front territorial changes and to pursue universal peace. He favors keeping Pacific holdings such as Marshall and Caroline Islands, preserving Tsing Tao to itself, and resolving Siberia via the allied conference without further concessions. Open Door policy with China should guide relations.
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Tokio
Japan
Shigenobu Okuma
Great Britain
France
United States
Europe
Balkans
African
Germany
Russia
Marquis
Samoan Islands
Pacific
German New Guinea
Bismarck Islands
Marshall, Caroline
Tsing Tao
Siberia
Allied Conference
China
Teaching Wives Farming Ottawa in wartime effort
In response to a request from men in the agricultural course, the Khaki University of Canada in London organizes a division for wives of soldiers. Before coming to Canada they will be briefed generally on tasks of a Canadian farmer's wife.
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Ottawa
Khaki University of Canada
London
Canada
Empress Dowager Believed Alive Despite Letters From Crimea
Polish officers report letters arriving every ten days purporting to come from the former emperor, sent to his mother near Lavadiya in the Crimea. The Dowager Empress and her circle are convinced Nicholas Romanoff is still alive.
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Warsaw
Russia
Lavadia
Crimea
Sebastopol
Nicholas Romanoff
Victim of Honcultur Stirs Call for Justice at Queens Hall
A Morning Post dispatch quotes a London correspondent on a speech by the prime minister to women at Queens Hall stressing justice over vengeance. The letter recalls a British POW seen near Tournai after armistice, branded Germany, mutilated, and deprived of speech. The witness, moved to tears, contrasts wartime cruelty with calls for moral principles.
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London
Morning Post
Queens Hall
Western Front
Tournai
Germany
Guard Interests of Veterans Ottawa
The Great War Veterans Association names R B Maxwell Winnipeg W P Tait Halifax and D Loughnan Ottawa to an advisory committee aiding repatriation and employment work. The group aligns closely with the repatriation staff to unify aims and protect veterans interests.
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Ottawa
The
Great War Veterans Association
R. B. Maxwell
Winnipeg
W. P. Tait
Halifax
D. Loughnan
Dutch Move Toward Closer Ties With Entente Nations
A Hague despatch to Le Matin reports Holland plans a new foreign policy oriented toward closer relations with the Entente. The leader of the Dutch Economic League, in a Harlem speech, urged internationalizing the river Scheldt as part of the shift.
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Paris
Hague
Holland
Dutch Economical League
Harlem
Scheldt
Browning Unveils Triple Machine Gun for Planes
Ogden Utah reports the inventor John M Browning has announced perfection of a three gun aircraft mount that fires three machine guns with one trigger. The device reportedly delivers 3600 shots per minute at a single target after his return from the east.
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Ogden
Utah
John M. Browning
Admiralty Thanked Civil Navy Employees for War Service
The Admiralty Board issued an order expressing grateful appreciation to all dock yards victualling yards ordnance torpedo and mining depots and other civil establishments of the navy for their valuable services throughout the war.
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Admiralty
London
Admiralty Board
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