Labor Party Prediction Shocks American Labor Leaders
British Labour leader J H Thomas told Central Federated Union leaders that the Labour Party could soon rule in England and urged Americans to build a strong political arm alongside unions. Australian Labour figure T D Mutch urged U S workers to organize and back a robust Labour party to reform, warning against waging battle with one arm tied.
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New York
England
J. H. Thomas
House of Commons
Mr. Thomas
Central Confederated Union
United States
British Isles
National Union of Railwaymen
International Socialist and Labor Conference
Berne
American Federation of Labor
Thomas
Labor Party
T. D. Mutch
Federated Union
Australia
Mutch
Berlin appoints minister to Holy See amid Vatican ties
Berlin names Berlin Herr Von Bergen former counsellor of the legation as minister to the Holy See for the German empire succeeding the Prussian representative. Von Bergen is a Protestant Centralist and a papal delegate may be sent to Berlin, altering diplomatic tradition. Monsignor Pacelli has left for Switzerland and is not expected back in Bavaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Vatican
Herr von Bergen
Legation
Holy See
German Empire
von Bergen
Monsignor
Pacelli
Switzerland
Bavaria
German Intrigue in Rhineland Coblenz
Orders issued to Coblenz military police and occupation patrols to tear down any political posters and to prevent political meetings. Headquarters say no meetings occurred. Authorities report an intrigue involving influential Germans planning a demonstration in Coblenz demanding separation from Prussia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coblenz
Prussia
Poland Still Destitute
A statement from the American Red Cross outlines conditions in Poland amid Bolshevik threats and postwar hardship. It notes a stable Pilsudski government, efforts to build national life, a sharp class divide, and urgent needs for food clothing and materials. About 100000 tons of American foodstuffs have been sent since mid February.
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New York
N.Y
Poland
American Relief Administration
Pilsudski
New Troops to Russia Archangel
The American cruiser Des Moines arrived at Archangel with transports carrying new British volunteer units to relieve American and other forces who have fought since last August.
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Russia
Archangel
Desmoines
United States
Germany Proposes Counter Claims On Blockade Effects
Berlin reports detail German counter proposals asserting the Allied blockade harmed civilians with claimed million births prevented and 800000 deaths. They argue German milk and medical shortages were caused by German distribution rather than the blockade, while Allies cite greater losses in occupied regions. Newspapers note mixed reactions from Tageblatt and Vorwaerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
France
Belgium
Poland
Romania
Serbia
Berlin
Theodore Wolff
Tageblatt
Germany
Paris
Vorwaerts
Industrial Unrest in Toronto Prompts Labor Inquiry
The royal industrial commission heard Rev. Ernest Thomas of the Methodist church urge compulsory intercourse between employers and workers to ease tensions. He linked high living costs and profit motives to unrest, while James Simpson noted rising worker intelligence and called for a 44 hour week. W. H. Hoop pressed for shorter hours and higher wages.
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Toronto
Ernest Thomas
Army and Navy Board
The
Methodist Church
Royal Industrial Commission
Canada
Thomas
Bruce
Mathers
West
Winnipeg
James Simpson
Simpson
Mr. Simpson
New Zealand
Australia
Thomas Moore
W. H. Hoop
Canada’s War Expenditure Report for 1918
Auditor General data show total war spending in 1918 at 343,836,801 dollars. Militia Department in Canada spent 201,288,628. Overseas Department of Militia and Defense 115,381,243. Other costs included 11,393,654 for Invalided Soldiers' Commission and 9,668,229 for naval defense.
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Ottawa
Auditor- General of Canada
Canada
Militia Department
Overseas Department of Militia and Defense
Free Passage for Army Men London
The Overseas Settlement Office, part of the Colonial Office, approves free passage for suitable ex-service men. A boom in emigration to North America is expected from Scotland, with enquiries for transport already enormous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Overseas Settlement Office
Colonial Office
Dominions
North America
Scotland
Claims to Enemy Shipping in House Debate
In Parliament Ben Tillet pressed Bonar Law on claiming a share of enemy shipping interned in the United States in proportion to losses from vessels detained in American waters. Bonar Law declined to discuss the matter, urging trust in British delegates. Horatio Bottomley questioned Wilson’s sincerity in not making a claim.
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Mercantile Shipping
England
United States
House of Commons
Ben Tillet
North Salford
Tillet
Andrew Bonar Law
Horatio Bottomley
Wilson
Plague Follows War Across Europe
The article reports typhus in Poland with about 100000 ill, its spread to Hungary and other southwestern European countries, and warns of a feared winter outbreak. The supreme economic council forms a tri-national committee with British French and Italian members to coordinate with the Red Cross on plans to combat typhus and cholera for submission to governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Poland
Supreme Economic Council
Hungary
Europe
Supreme Council
League of Red Cross
Grieve Invited To Try It Again In Trans Atlantic Effort
Grieve and Hawker survived a mid ocean rescue after a failed Atlantic crossing attempt. Frederick Raynham invites Grieve to serve as navigator aboard the Martynside competing with Captain Morgan who was injured. Five British teams prepare for the trans Atlantic flight as Lieut Williams arrives to pick an airfield for an Alliance two seater with a 450 hp Napier engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s
Liceut
MacKenzie Grieve
Harry G. Hawker
Atlantic
Frederick Raynham
Morgan
Raynham
Retiring from Politics at St John’s N L Lloyd Leaves Assembly
Former Premier Lloyd announces intention to retire from public life and accepts registrarship of the supreme court, a position offered by the incoming ministry after the recent crisis.
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St. John’s Nild
Assembly
Lloyd
Supreme Court
Flu Outbreak Recurs in Chapleau with Two Deaths
The flu returns to Chapleau with twenty six reported cases and two deaths from the epidemic on Monday.
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Chapleau
Bush Fires in North Regina Leave Homes Lost
Information to Saskatchewan fire commissioner A E Fisher describes devastation from bush fires in the northern region. A May 18 to 22 sequence around Canwood Polworth and Big River left one family homeless and damaged sheds, a warehouse, a stable, and Ladder Lake Lumber company property.
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Regina
A. E. Fisher
Saskatchewan
Mr. Fisher
Big River
Canwood
Polworth
Ladder Lake Lumber Company
Hawker Breaks British Flight Records in Early Sopwith Era
Australian aviator Harry Hawker who began in St Johns Newfoundland and flew a Sopwith airplane set a British duration record of 8 hours 23 minutes on October 24 1912 and later a 12 900 foot altitude mark in 1913 while carrying two passengers. He helped develop Sopwith aircraft during World War I.
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New York
N.Y
Harry G. Hawker
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Sopwith
Capt J E Boyd Seeks London Daily Mail Flight Prize
Captain J E Boyd the Canadian aviator shot down near Zeebrugge and interned in the Netherlands announced his entry for the London Daily Mail prize for a non stop trans Atlantic flight. He plans to depart for Newfoundland by mid June after final race preparations.
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New York
J. E. Boyd
Zebrugge
London Daily Mail
Boyd
Newfoundland
Allies plan rapid relief for Petrograd after Bolshevik exit
London reports that allied powers arrange to feed Petrograd and aid the starving population once Bolsheviks are expelled. Herbert Hoover heads relief efforts and holds the details. Relief expected within thirty six hours after withdrawal.
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London
Petrograd
Herbert C. Hoover
Toronto strike debate at Industrial Relations Commission
T A Russell of the Russell Motor Car Company argues that labor conflicts arise from production limits and conservative union leadership. He says employers seek bottom of labor issues but favors no cap on hours and warns of longterm damage to relations, while J Doggett blames fear of old age and profiteering in Canada for unrest.
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Toronto
T. A. Russell
Industrial Relations Commission
Russell Motor Car Company
John Doggett
Industrial Council of Building Trades
Canada
Mounted Police Strengthened Vancouver
The first detachment of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police arrives in Vancouver to act as a precautionary measure amid Bolshevist outbreak concerns Following unionization the Vancouver police have lost public confidence in part and the new force is intended to bolster security
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Vancouver
B.C
Royal Northwest Mounted Police Force
Eloughes
British Columbia
Maharajah of Bikanir Bows to King George in London
The Maharajah of Bikanir shows strong loyalty to the British Crown during a recent London visit after Afghan incursions. He offers personal services and all state resources to King George, recalling an earlier 1914 offer at the war's start.
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London
England
Bikanir
George
British commander in Mesopotamia flies home from Mosul
Colonel Wilson one of the British force leaders in Mesopotamia arrived in England after an aeroplane trip from Mosul via the Egyptian desert and Cairo. The journey lasted a week.
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London
England
Wilson
Mesopotamia
Mosul
Cairo
Agreement Reached On Adriatic Question
Paris reports the allied council reached a settlement on Fiume and southern Austrian borders, with all territorial issues to be presented to Austria on Friday and reparations to be considered later. Italy gains in Dalmatia and Fiume, while Austrian indemnities total 40 million kronen with additional shares for Hungary Czecho Slovakia Yugoslavia Romania Poland and Italy. Final financial clauses were concluded at the conference.
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Paris
Fiume
Austria
Allied Council
New York
Associated Press
Council of Four
Italy
Adriatic
Dalmatia
Wilson
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo-Slavia
Rumania
Poland
Trentino
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Rhineland
Ures
U.S
Grieve
Martynside
M Summers
Windsor, Ont
Jules Howe
St. Lawrence Boulevard
Montreal
Hawker
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