Germany faces terms of peace and possible resignation
Berlin reports outline probable peace terms and cabinet debate as Germany must accept a settlement. Observers say Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau may resign, but the consensus holds action by the government to sign parts of the treaty is unlikely to be avoided.
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Berlin
Germany
Count von Brockdorf- Rantzau
Tageblatt
League of Nations
Saar
Danzig
National Zeitung
Entente
Saar Valley
British shell Bolsheviks at Archangel front
British gunboats supported by a strong patrol attacked Bolshevik positions north of Ulgas, destroying dugouts and an ammunition dump. A Bolshevik assault against British, American and Russian lines at Malo Beresenich was repelled.
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Archangel
Ulgas
United States
Malo Beresenich
In Berlin Hatred Displays Against Jews Reported
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Berlin says antisemitic hostility has risen with placards urging Jews be massacred. The notices claim Jews killed 200 children at Easter, prompting alarm in the German capital.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
General Ordinance to Rebrand as G Q Tractor in Peace Time
The General Ordinance company shifts from war munitions to peacetime products, renaming its tractor line G Q Tractor. It operated factories in Cedar Rapids Iowa and Derby Connecticut and claims a 600 to 1 000 rpm power pulley. National Farm Tractor Co of Winnipeg will distribute the line in the west with stock parts and immediate deliveries.
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American
General Ordinance Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Derby
Connecticut
G Q
G. C. Burns
National Farm Tractor Co
Sterling Bank
Winnipeg
West
Henry Ford Fordson Plows Aimed At Ford Motor Works
Henry Ford is reported to have farm implements made to fit the Fordson. Oliver Plow Works of South Bend Indiana says it built 35 000 plows in the U S last year for Fordson contractors the largest volume for any one tractor. The two bottom plow is light due to special heat treating to pull straight behind Fordson. Also two leverless disk beams are under construction for the Fordson.
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LM. Greany
Oliver Plow Works
South Bend
Ind
U. S
Ford
Fordson
Fordsons
Greany
Unrest in India Afghan border clashes with tribesmen
Afghan tribesmen crossed the border with regular troops and occupied positions on the Indian side, triggering British military precautions. A vigorous note was sent to the Amir amid rumors of an unfriendly stance and possible invasion of the northwest frontier and Khyber Pass. A limited number of tribesmen hold heights overlooking two key trans frontier roads.
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London
India Foreign Office
Northwest
Khyber Pass
India
Kaiser's Trial Clause Added to Final Treaty Draft
The final draft of the treaty includes a tribunal to try the former German Emperor for a supreme offence against international morality and treaty sanctity. The tribunal is composed of representatives from Great Britain the United States France Italy and Japan.
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Paris
Haseen
Great Britain
United States
France
Italy
Japan
Ambassador of Reds Shot in Copenhagen
Polish reports reach here say Adolphe Joffe former Bolshevik ambassador at Berlin was captured by Polish forces near Vilna and executed. The event links to the recent Polish capture of Vilna and the broader anti Bolshevik actions.
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Copenhagen
Vilna
Adolphe Joffe
Berlin
Peace Pact Demands Strip Germany of Fleet and Territory
The accord imposes severe penalties on Germany including abolition of the fleet, reduction of the army, payment of indemnities, loss of colonies, return of Alsace Lorraine, demolition of Heligoland, and restitution for damages to France Belgium and others. It calls for Saar coal to France, dismantling Rhine fortresses, pre war debts, and internationalizing rivers while assigning blame and costs to Germany.
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Saar Basin
France
Belgium
Heligoland
Riel Canal
Alsace-Lorraine
Rhine
Germany
Cheap British automobile promises low price and novel shell
An English manufacturing company says it will market a car priced between £50 and £60. The design uses minimal wood and a new concrete like substance from waste materials such as slag clinker and sawdust, coated with a metal solution.
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London
Highest Spire in the World Ulm Cathedral
The Ulm Cathedral spire stands at 530 feet, the tallest in the world. It was completed in 1890 and remains a landmark rising above Baden Württemberg.
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Ulm Cathedral
Revolution in Korea reveals passive resistance claim
Dr. Syngman Rhee, addressing the national popular government league, called Korea's revolutionary up rising the most remarkable example of passive resistance in history. He criticized Japan's claim to Korea as mere imperialist ambition and blamed population pressures for Japan's presence. He accused Japan of using Korea as a colonization outlet for its surplus population.
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Washington
Syngman Rhee
Provisional Government of
Korea
National Popular Government League
Japan
Severe Discipline For Russian Army
Severe penalties have been prescribed by the Russian military command on the Ekaterinburg front for drunkenness among officers and men of the new army. An order by General Gaida states that drunkenness is increasing and must cease forthwith. Drunken officers and officials may face up to five years penal servitude. Soldiers guilty of drunkenness and violence may be shot.
Food Rioters in Moscow Shot by Red Guards
East German sources report four hundred people killed in Moscow last week as Red Guards dispersed rioting crowds demanding food and shouting anti Lenin Trotzky slogans.
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London
Moscow
Red Guards
Exchange Telegraph Company
East Germany
Lenine
Trotzky
Austria Faces Multibillion Indemnity After Peace Talks
The Allied powers press Austria Hungary for up to five billion crowns in indemnity and frontier revisions. The German Austrian delegation leaves for St Germain to await Versailles summons as the former empire’s debts are to be settled by new states. The United States may assume a mandate over Armenia once Turkey peace terms are concluded, with President Wilson seeking congressional action.
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New York
Associated Press
Germany
Council of Four
Austria
Hungary
St. Germain
France
Versailles
Paris
Austria- Hungary
Turkey
United States
Japanese Fix Indemnity Claim From Germany Estimated
Japan seeks indemnity from Germany for wartime tonnage losses totaling not less than 175 million dollars. Tokio reports 31 ships sunk or damaged totaling 128 415 tons, including 26 sunk at 110 451 tons and five more vessels thought sunk, excluding any personal loss damages.
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Washington
Japan
Germany
Tokio
Chinese Cabinet Objects to Shantung Plea in Paris Peace
The Chinese cabinet told its Paris delegates not to sign any peace treaty that assigns German Shantung rights to Japan. The decision was announced after a cabinet meeting.
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Pekin
Paris
Shantung
A Small Yet Strikingly Appealing 22x28 Home
The design proves a compact house can look expensive without being so. At 22 by 28 feet the plan centers on a large living room with open fireplace, a secluded screened verandah, and a sleeping balcony reached by stepped ceilings, delivering architectural proportion and functional charm.
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Reds
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the National
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Canadian Motors Company
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