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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 06, 1919
Page
2
Berlin reports show a grave political crisis as government members meet with the workmen's council. Weimar issues a manifesto defending democracy and denouncing terrorists while warning of economic distress and a national hunger crisis.
The reparations commission has nearly finished its study of Germanys indemnity to the Allied powers and its payment method derived from Germanys capacity. An immediate payment is required with the balance to be stretched over several years.
Allies formally recognize the Ukrainian republic and confirm Ukrainian participation in peace negotiations. Announcement comes from the Ukrainian bureau in Geneva and outlines support by allied powers.
London Reuters reports that four ships will carry the German population in China back to Europe, excluding missionaries. The first voyage departs in March with about 2500 people, including 1200 women and children, as Germany coordinates expulsion from China and repatriation to the central powers.
Reuter’s Ekaterinodar dispatch says Bolshevists seized a hundred notables including Generals Russky and Radko Dimitrief and transported them to a cliff where they were shot by Bolshevist sailors. Survivors were hacked to death with sabres as the attackers continued the carnage.
Negotiations at Lemberg between the inter allied mission and Polish and Ukrainian representatives have collapsed over a demarcation line. Hostilities are expected to resume as a result of the impasse.
London reports that the government transport bill grants the minister of transport full control over land transport for a two year period. It allows state management of UK railways to enable dividends and support reconstruction, with power over rates wages and employment, and enables purchase of railway and related companies by agreement or compulsion.
An article extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for feminine disorders causing tears woe and melancholy. A Toronto reader testifies that the medicine cured her childhood delicacy and later health issues and kept her children healthy after use.
Sir Horace Plunkett told the Irish Fellowship club that Ireland should prefer home rule to independence and rely on Britain for prosperity. He argued an Irish republic is not practical while most of Ireland's trade remains with England and nations test peace at Paris.
Princess Patricia of Connaught married Commander Alexander R. Ramsay R N at Westminster Abbey on February 27. Crowds lined the route from St James Palace to the abbey as the Duke of Connaught accompanied the princess. The Archbishop of Canterbury officiated in the king and queen’s presence.
A grand royal wedding at Westminster Abbey draws a large royal and foreign dignitary audience. Princess Patricia enters with a procession led by choir and ushers as royal attendants carry the bride’s train. The service features psalms, hymns, and anthems reflecting the ceremonial tone.
Marshal Foch presented to the council of the great powers the military terms for the peace treaty. The plan envisions disarming Germany to twenty divisions of ten thousand men each, with fifteen infantry and five cavalry divisions. It also imposes strict limits on war materiel production and restricts air use to minimal military and commercial purposes. No discussion occurred beyond the presentation.
The Barcelona unrest worsens with authorities requesting Madrid to deploy troops. A revolutionary league is reported to aim at severing water mains and electric cables as Wednesday night patrols leave the city in darkness.
Descriptions from dispatches show the country facing a critical situation with growing disorder in central Germany. Rail traffic is halted, telegraph and telephone services are interrupted, and fears rise of a reign of terror in Erfurt Gera Greiz and Halle with Bolshevik danger reported in eastern Silesia.
A cable from New South Wales premier W. A. Holman says the world’s press congress scheduled to open on November 11 in Sydney is postponed with no explanation. Dr. Walter Williams of the University of Missouri, dean and president of the congress, was to lead the event celebrating the war’s end.
Montevideo reports the inauguration of Dr Baltasar Brum as president inaugurating a new government framework. A directing commission includes the president elected by direct vote and nine commissioners appointed by Congress, with a cabinet of nine twelve total members, three named by the president and six by the commission.
A notice states all clothing and essentials must be obtained only with government permission via ration cards and at fixed prices. The policy envisions control over supply and pricing to ensure fair distribution.
London. At Walford Rt. Hon. James Henry Thomas urged unity to avert a dangerous industrial dispute after World War I. He warned of retrenchment to repay borrowed capital and outlined three options for railway finance while stressing democracy in justice for all classes.
The Havas agency reports that the council of great powers agrees the Moroccan issue should be resolved by France and Spain. A special regime would replace the international status with protections for French interests. Britain has given assent, boosting France to win its point.
Allied troops with French and Romanian detachments advance north of Odessa and seize the fort and town of Tiraspol on the Dniester’s right bank. Bolshevik forces retreat abandoning casualties and arms as they surrender the area.
The Petrograd situation is dire with food prices beyond reach for many residents. A large portion of the population is starving and dying due to the scarcity.
In a clash between Japanese and Bolsheviki about twenty miles east of Blagoveshchensk, Amur province, the Japanese suffered two officers and eighteen men killed and twenty wounded. The Bolsheviki force was estimated at 3,600.
Refugees passing through Helsingfors report extreme shortages in Russia under Bolshevik rule. Prices for meat and bread soar, and the state seizes grain with no return. Typhus spreads with 1000 new Moscow cases and hospitals strained. Milk shortages cause child deaths as food is rationed by category for workers and others.
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