Japanese Troops Battle Bolsheviki Near Vladivostok
Two Japanese companies were nearly wiped out by Bolsheviki near Stratsskoe fifty miles northeast of Blagorestchensk on February 20 with 250 men engaged Major Tanzka killed in command In a second clash on March 3 at Pralovka thirty miles north Japanese suffered 90 casualties Bolsheviki left six hundred dead in the two engagements The campaign began in February near Pochkalev and moved north through Alexiev and Skramsko as Japanese forces, though outnumbered, attacked repeatedly.
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Pochkalev
Alexiev
Skramsko
Polish Commission Map Seeks Baltic Corridor for East Prussia
The Polish boundary report proposes Germany gain direct land links to the Baltic via a corridor cut from East Prussia, with the corridor demilitarized for Poland’s security. It also suggests a plebiscite among 600000 Protestant Poles in Mazurian lakes to choose allegiance between Catholic Poland or remaining in Germany.
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Paris
Germany
Baltic
Poland
East Prussia
Mazurian Lake
Lithuanians Fight Bolsheviki in Jerge Stand
A Lithuanian detachment of 18 men holding Jerge refused to surrender and faced 100 Bolsheviki. Fifty Bolsheviki were killed. The Lithuanians were reportedly thrown into a single grave, later exhumed by fellow countrymen.
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Stockholm
Jerge
Berlin reports toll of air raids on German territory
Official figures released in Berlin show Allied air raids on Germany up to November 6 1918 killed 729 people and injured 1754. The figure reflects the broader destruction caused by the aerial campaign across German counties.
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Copenhagen
Berlisi
Relief food for Poland moves via Rotterdam and Copenhagen
Herbert Hoover reports smooth food relief to Poland despite mine danger blocking trans Atlantic steamers to Danzig. Large quantities are discharged at Rotterdam and Copenhagen and then trans shipped to Danzig by smaller craft.
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Paris
Poland
Herbert Hoover
Mik
Danzig
Baltic
Rotterdam
Copenhagen
German Sub Sunk After Ferrol Escape Attempt
U-48 was chased by a destroyer and sunk outside Ferrol while fleeing in March 1918. The crew of 30 were saved after the submarine sought refuge at Ferrol and was interned. The Antelope torpedo boat destroyed the submarine and guards, including a Spanish warship, watched over the wreck.
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Paris
Ferrol
Havas
Madrid
Antelope
Bermuda
Sailor's Will Covered by Stamps Upheld by Court
Nova Scotia Supreme Court full bench confirms the validity of Colin Wentzell’s will written on an envelope and covered by two postage stamps. The 2500 cash and Schooner L. N. Corkum shares go to Gladys Keddy, his fiancée, while Wentzell, drowned on a return voyage, was engaged when the will was written. His mother contested the bequest.
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Halifax
N. S
Nova Scotia Supreme Court
Colin Wentzell
Mahone Bay
L. N. Corkum
Gladys Keddy
Wentzell
Barbadoes
Chile to Turn Over German Vessels to United States
Santiago reports the Chilean foreign minister informed ship owners that German vessels in Chilean harbors would be handed to the United States under Paris Allied council terms. Owners claim Chile has no right to surrender them, but the minister says the government had decided to transfer the ships when demanded.
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Santiago
Chile
Chilean
U.S
Supreme Allied Council
Paris
Germans Protest Propaganda Move in Weimar
The German assembly unanimously backed a resolution by Philipp Scheidemann protesting alleged French propaganda in occupied areas. The measure seeks to detach the Rhine district from the German empire as a violation of nationalities principles.
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Basel
German National Assembly
Weimar
Philipp Scheidemann
Rhine
German Empire
Prohibition Policy Set For One More Year in Canada
Sir Thomas White announces continued war measure prohibition for one year after peace, with a potential plebiscite. The Dominion prohibition committee submits a four-point memorial urging continued restrictions, a citizen vote, and a six month notice before any referendum.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Thomas White
Dominion Prohibition Committee
Judge LaPontaine
Montreal
George A. Warburton
Toronto
D. B. Harkness
Winnipeg
R. R. Grant
Social Service Committee of
Nova Scotia
W. E Sanford
Hamilton
National Council of Women
EM. Miller
Vancouver
A. A. Powers
Blame Placed for Camp Kinmel Troubles
Brig Gen Smart, Westmount MPP, says Kinmel Camp Wales troubles stem from long‑standing maladministration at Argyle House, clerical staff HQ of the CEF. He moves for full government information on treatment of Canadians from overseas who are wounded or sick in Canadian hospitals. He cites his late commandant role at Shorncliffe Camp.
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Quebec
Kinmel Camp
Wales
Argyle House
Smart
Westmount
Legislative Assembly
Canada
Shorncliffe
Trotzky Narrow Escape in London Bombardment
Telegram from Helsingfors reports Leon Trotsky escaped assassination by inches while returning to Petrograd from Riga front. At a small station three Red Guard members fired on his sleeping car. a staff member died and another wounded. Trotsky showed a bullet hole in his hat to the Petrograd Soviet.
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Trotzky
Petrograd
Red Army
Riga
Red Guard
Ex-Emperor of Austria in Geneva health crisis
Former Austrian Emperor Charles is said to be seriously ill in Geneva after a nervous breakdown, with reports from Innsbruck. His wife Zita seeks French passports to flee Austria for the Riviera and is reported to be in poor health.
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Geneva
Charles
Innisbruck
Zecita
Austria
Riviera
Plans for Surrender of Enemy Ships Strassburg
A council of Alsace Lorraine adopts a plan to reorganize administration with a French high commissioner based in Strassburg to centralize service and remove German elements from public life. London reports total German shipping to surrender around three and a half million tons with distribution among France United States Britain Italy.
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Strassburg
Alsace- Lorraine
Paris
Alsace-Lorraine
London
Associated Press
Italy
France
United States
Great Britain
Iwo
Allied Economic Commission
Bei “N
Hamburg
Selling Hun Submarines in World War II Britain
In the House of Commons, T. J. MacNamara announced that more German submarines will be sold and the proceeds shared by the allies under a council plan. He noted 54 subs have already been sold and the fate of remaining ships is undecided. The Mediterranean squadron will include six battleships, six light cruisers, a destroyer flotilla, and a submarine flotilla. Heligoland remains under German armed forces and unsurrendered navy portions, with the peace conference weighing its future status as a sea power asset.
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London
Supreme Council
T. J. MacNamara
Admiralty
House of Commons
MacNamara
Mediterranean
Heligoland
Germany
Air Force Effects Sold at Toronto Auction
About 40 000 dollars was netted from the sale of Royal Air Force effects held at Canadian Aeroplanes Limited in Toronto. The Imperial Munitions Board, under whose auspices the sale took place, expressed satisfaction with the result.
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Toronto
R.A.F
Canadian Aeroplanes, Limited
Imperial Munitions Board
General Pau Sails New York For France
The French mission to Australia led by Gen. Pau of the French army sailed from New York on the Mauretania Friday bound for France.
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New York
Australia
Pau
France
Mauretania
Good Work of the Navy in Peace Efforts
London reports Walter Hume Long states the navy warrants a vote for 280000 personnel as the admiralty prepares a Statement of the navy’s role in the war. He says the navy bore its share in peacemaking and acted in almost every sea and every campaign.
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London
Walter Hume Long
Admiralty
Air Power Output in World War I War Review
Brigadier General J. E. B. Seeley told Parliament the British air force shot down 8,000 enemy airplanes and 2,800 British planes were missing. He outlined army air estimates at 64.5 million pounds, noting potential rise to 200 million if war had continued. He cited postwar output of 4,000 airplanes per month with 200 squadrons in commission versus six at war start.
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London
J. E. B. Seeley
House of Commons
Seeley
England
Anarchist Emile Cottin Sentenced to Death
Paris reports Emile Cottin, the anarchist who targeted Premier Clemenceau, was sentenced to death by the court martial. The verdict was unanimous.
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Paris
Emile Cottin
Premier Clemenceau
British Squadron Arrives at Libau with Commission aboard
A British squadron has arrived at Libau and carries members of a British commission aboard its warships.
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Stockholm
Libau
Yukon to fund Canada war debt, Dawson notes
The Dawson Daily argues Yukon will pay Canada's war debt in a special development issue. It cites Yukon contributions of $200,000,000 in gold over 20 years and outlines trans continental railway connections as a key project for regional growth.
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Dawson
Yukon
Canada
Dawson Daily
Demand Independence of Dalmatia Rally in Trieste
A demonstration in Trieste demanded Dalmatia independence, with Spalato named. Resolutions declared Trieste would view Italian Irredenta redemption as complete if sister cities do not regain liberty.
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Dalmatia
Trieste
Spalato
Aerial Terms Settled by Supreme Allied Council
The supreme council discussed the aerial terms for Germany in the peace preliminaries. Articles drafted by military experts were examined and adopted in official announcement.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Germany
February Canada Industrial Disputes Time Lost
February 1919 saw 12,385 working days lost to industrial disputes in Canada, a figure lower than January 1919 and February 1918. The report notes the count of days lost due to strikes and stoppages across industries during the month.
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Ottawa
Canada
Reds Plunder City Berlin as Spartacan Bands Rise
A Copenhagen dispatch reports fighting between government troops and Spartacan bands in Berlin’s eastern suburbs suggests new local groups formed solely to loot the city. An Amsterdam message says a Spartacan adherent was captured with jewels valued at 800000 marks and was executed.
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London
Copenhagen
Berlin
Amsterdam
German Camouflage on Food Question Berlin
Berlin officials report to a correspondent that Germany is ready to surrender its entire mercantile fleet and securities in exchange for a definite food delivery agreement. Von Braun cites Saxony rationing and dire milk and butter shortages, with railroad strikes and frost blamed for reduced supplies and likely potato losses.
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Berlin
von Braun
Brussels
Germany
Herr von Braun
Chemnitz
Dresden
Saxony
Cologne
Aix-la-Chappelle
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BANE
Trotzsky
Bolsheviki
Leon Trotsky
Daily Mail
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