Prompt Action Sought to Aid Russia Demanding Sovereign Rights
Paris leaders of the Union for the Regeneration of Russia and A F Kerensky appeal to democracies for swift action. They propose a mission with delegates from all powers and labor reps to visit Russia and explain democratic aims while condemning any intervention that would infringe Russia's sovereign rights.
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Paris
A. F. Kerensky
Parisian Union For the Regeneration of
Russia
German Peace Delegation Seeks Acceptance of Treaty
Paris report says German correspondents indicate a new tone in German press as the public learns the scope of wartime looting. The Liepziger Volkszeitung describes extensive indemnities and systematic devastation of French and Belgian industries to cripple postwar reconstitution.
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Paris
Liepziger Volkszeitung
Saxony
Germany
Antwerp
Devastation Commission
France
Belgium
German Officers to Be Tried in London
In London Mr. Bonar Law announced that Frederick William Hohenzollern the former German Crown Prince will be liable to trial under the German peace treaty. He said the commandants of prison camps would also be liable under the treaty.
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London
Frederick William Hohenzollern
A. Bonar Law
House of Commons
Bonar Law
Italians Hold Back Paris Revisions at St Germain
The Temps says peace treaty revisions for the Austrian plenipotentiaries at St Germain will be delayed a few days. Italy will not approve the new Austrian Jugo-Slovak frontier while the Italy-Jugo-Slavia border remains unsettled.
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Paris
St. Germain
Italy
Jugo-Slavia
Papal Secretary Pleads For Germany In Peace Talks
Cardinal Gasparri, papal secretary of state, wrote to Col. House in the name of the Pope, urging consideration of German peace arguments. He says the Pontiff acts out of humanitarian motives and asks President Wilson to use influence with other delegates to secure a lasting peace.
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Rome
Cardinal Gasparri
Col. E. M. House
United States
Gasparri
Germany
Col. House
Wilson
Germans Resented Week Of Mourning
In Germany the government declared a week of mourning over terms of the peace treaty but the move drew resentment among musicians who could not earn daily bread. Newspapers note many music halls stayed open and dancing continued in some areas. Volksblatt Halle quips that true mourning would have begun in 1914.
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Paris
Germany
Taeglische Rundschau
Berlin
Volksblatt of
Halle
Palatinate Teachers Endorse Germany in Kaiser Strasse Meeting
In Kaiserslautern, over 500 schoolmasters and mistresses in the occupied Palatinate adopted a resolution affirming loyalty to Germany and protesting any move to separate the Palatinate from Germany.
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Basterel
Kaiserstrautern
Palatinate
Germany
Germans Get Seven Day Grace for Peace Treaty Reply
The Associated Press reports a seven day extension for Germany to study and respond to the peace treaty. Berlin signals unwillingness to sign, arguing the pact would ruin the empire. German leaders demand Wilsonian fourteen points as the basis for peace.
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New York
Associated Press
Germany
Entente
Associated
Alsace-Lorraine
East
Typhus Widespread Among European Forces
Typhus rages among Bolshevik troops in East Rumania Ukraine East Galicia and Lemberg. Swiss Red Cross agent E A Frick arrives in Vienna with typhus after Galicia Ukraine. Among 2000 Austro Hungarian prisoners returning from Russia one tenth die of typhus. Bodies left on box cars unburied along tracks. Polish army under Gen Haller may contract the disease. Lemberg hospitals are filled with typhus cases.
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Vienna
East
Rumania
Ukraine
Galicia
Lemberg
E. A. Frick
International Red Cross
H. C. Frick
New York
Russia
Haller
Russia and Romania at War Over Bessarabia
Wireless dispatch from Moscow reports a state of war between Russia and Romania after Romania rejected the ultimatum to evacuate Bessarabia. Bolshevik troops crossed the Dniester and defeated Romanian forces occupying Tchegrutchi and Bender, near the town of Varnitza close to the 1709 Poltava refuge site.
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London
Rumania
Bessarabia
Russia
Moscow
Dniester River
Tiraspol
Tchegrutchi
Bender
Dniester
Odessa
Varnitza
Charles XII
Poltava
Zecho Slovaks Return to Bohemia with Archives
A group of Czecho Slovak officers who deserted Austrian army and aided in liberating Siberia are returning to Bohemia. They will transport almost 30 tons of archives by ship via Vladivostok the Mediterranean and will travel through Winnipeg Toronto and New York.
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Vancouver
Russia
Siberia
Bohemia
Vladivostok
Mediterranean
Japan
Winnipeg
Toronto
New York
German Captain Kausch Commits Suicide in Coblenz Jail
German captain Max Kausch who had been detained by U.S. officers on charges of possessing property stolen from France killed himself by stabbing in the Boppard jail. French authorities sought to return him for trial on robbery charges. authorities said linen and other items found at his Coblenz home were stolen from French homes in Douai.
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Coblenz
Max Kausch
United States
France
Kaasch
Boppard
Douai
Bolsheviks prepare counter offensive says Tchitcherin
In Paris the foreign minister Tchitcherin tells Bela Kun the reported Kolchak advance is misunderstood. He claims Kolchak is in a weaker position than thought and that Bolsheviks plan a counter offensive likely to succeed. Wireless message received in Paris conveys the information.
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Paris
Tchitcherin
Bela Kun
Admiral Kolchak
Omsk
Bolshevists Routed by Poles on Lithuanian Front
On the Lithuanian front the Bolsheviks launched strong attacks against Podbrodzie near Vilna but were repulsed with heavy losses. Polish advance guards have reached Bolniki. German trench mortars and artillery bombarded Polish positions on the front in Posen and Dombrowka amid sharp rifle firing on other front sections.
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Warsaw
Podbrodzie
Vilna
Bolniki
Posen
Dombrowka
Germans Must Share Economic Losses
Paris reply by allied governments to the German note protests against peace terms. It states the terms aim to rebuild and share economic losses, noting disarmament will lift taxation and return workers to production. It rejects Germany’s claim that merchant shipping losses excuse exemption from damages. The reply is praised as a top document in the note exchange.
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Paris
Germany
Rumanians Protests Over Polish Galicia Advance
The Ukrainian armistice commission lodged a strong protest with the Peace Conference against the Polish advance in Galicia after the Paris agreement to suspend hostilities. Premier Paderewski’s failure to keep Poland’s pledge to the entente causes Allied embarrassment. The supreme economic council weighed continuing aid to states requesting supplies despite ongoing fighting. Representatives of Ukraine and Poland appeared before the Council of Four, with no decision reached.
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Paris
Denys Cochin Resigns Over Peace Treaty Critique
Baron Denys Cochin resigns from the right group in the chamber of deputies after a group meeting decides to send a note to Premier Clemenceau criticizing the peace treaty. In a letter to the Temps he says the treaty is too generous and unworthy of France and allies. He argues Germany’s crimes were grave and reparations costly, which he calls justice.
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Paris
Baron Denys Cochin
Chamber of Deputies
Clemenceau
Temps
France
Germany
German leaders settle on peace terms at Spa
The Spa conference of German political leaders and peace delegates rejected the terms as unacceptable. A dispatch to a semi official German statement said Germany would leave no stone unturned to find a practicable basis of peace that respects opponents' justifiable demands and those bearable by the German people.
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Cop
Hagen
Spa
Germany
Black Watch Tobacco Ad and Australian Soldier Reserve
An advertisement touts Black Watch black plug tobacco as the best on the market. In Australia returned soldiers are exempt from compulsory service yet many join the special reserve being organized in the Commonwealth under the Defence of the Realm act.
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Melbourne
Repeating Wisdom Cited By Fluent Veteran
A concise remark notes that wisdom should be shared without repeating prior sayings. The line suggests caution against duplicating one’s own knowledge.
Prohibition Upheld as Commons Debates War Measure Bill
Ottawa reports the Commons voted to validate orders in council under the War Measures Act governing prohibition with modifications. Debate centered on an export beer exception. criticism urged less control and broader unrest. Prime mentions include the Prince of Wales August Canadian visit and Ottawa parliament opening.
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Ottawa
Prince of Wales
Canada
Thomas White
Toronto
Commons
Hume Cronyn
Ontario
Frank
Blake
North Winnnipeg
N. W. Rowell
Winnipeg
Rowell
Cronyn
British Aviator Raynham Resumes Nonstop Ocean Flight Plan
British aviator Raynham announces intent to compete in the first non stop ocean air cruise despite prior wreck and injuries. He says Martinsyde plane can be rebuilt with spare parts here if the motor works. Navigator Morgan out of flight duties for months after wreck, and Hawker remains missing at sea after last sighting near the harbor mouth.
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St. John's
Frederick Raynham
Harry Hawker
Martinsyde
Raynham
Handley-Page
Vimy
C. W. F. Morgan
Morgan
North Atlantic
Hawker
Signal Hill
Arctic
Autonomous Salzburg government defies Vienna authority
In Salz burg western Austria an autonomous provincial government defies the German Austrian regime. It issues a decree banning Vienna residents from living in Salzburg and opposes the exchange of foreign food received in Vienna for local agricultural products. The Salzburg administration also withholds income tax proceeds from Vienna.
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Vienna
Salzburg
Austria
Armistice Panel Dissolved Amid Polish Uprisings
The supreme council armistice commission for Poland and Ukraine has been dissolved. The next developments depend on Poland's forthcoming action as tensions rise and the Poles consider their course.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Poland
Ukraine
Canadians Did Not Fight In Siberia
Captain J. King of Toronto led 250 Siberian troops and says Canadians saw little combat in Vladivostok. Bolshevik activity caused interior trouble, with detachments joining British Japanese and allied forces to restore order. Vladivostok drew harsh praise as a filthy city with pigs prevalent on main streets.
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Winnipeg
Vladivostok
J. King
Toronto
Chinese Students Propose Return to China Over Shantung
Chinese student leaders in Tokio sign a blood written resolution urging four thousand Tokyo students to go back to China and protest the Peace Conference decision on Shantung and Japan’s ambitions.
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Tokio
China
Shantung
Japan
Polish Women Lead Part in Ukranian Fight near Lemberg
Polish national committee reports Polish women battalions and Lemberg garrison troops spearheaded the advance against Ukrainian forces in the Kulikoff region north of Lemberg.
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Paris
Kulikoff
Lemberg
Polish National Committee
Turkey Faces Complicated Dilemma at Peace Conference
Turkish leadership and religious concerns dominate talks as delegations seek a non war triggering settlement for the empire. The United States faces pressure over a possible mandate for Constantinople while the Sultan’s fate stirs Mohammedan reaction. Britain pushes for the Sultan to stay in Constantinople as spiritual head, with limited temporal powers over a chosen Asia Minor territory.
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Paris
United States
Constantinople
Council of Four
Great Britain
Asia Minor
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