Allies to Yield If Kaiser Is Surrendered
Washington dispatch notes ULLAND stands ready to yield ten concessions if the Allies demand the Kaiser and Crown Prince surrender. Reports from London and Amsterdam discuss possible internment in Dutch colonies and details of the German leadership. President Wilson’s peace delegation readiness is confirmed aboard the George. Charles de Gaulle health update appears, with Turkish Armenia massacres amid Caucasus evacuations reported from Berlin Vorwaerts.
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World War War Anniversary Commemorations Across Nations
On December 8 many nations mark war anniversary events. United States honors Britain for wartime alliance while diplomats and scholars address peace and postwar relief. William Gerarde, Lenroot Adler and Claxton join talks in New York and Charleston. A drive in New York seeks five million dollars for Jewish wartime relief.
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British Entered Cologne
British troops entered Cologne at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon in the advancing push into the city captured from German forces. The move follows allied operations across the Rhine with reinforcements reported en route to the western front.
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Bavarian premier to replace Solf as German foreign minister
London reports Kurt Eisner the Bavarian premier is likely to succeed Dr Solf as German foreign minister amid ongoing Berlin Munich talks. An Amsterdam despatch notes this potential shift as disarmament of Mackensen's army begins in Hungary with soldiers crossing the frontier rather than internment. Washington says five more divisions are assigned to occupation forces in Germany, and over 200,000 officers and men have been released this past week. Livonia Esthene Courland councils appeal for allied intervention against Bolshevik advances, as killings and burnings occur and refugees seek protection from approaching allied ships.
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Propaganda Failure Explained by Berlin Officials
Washington dispatch notes Count von Bernstorff claims German propaganda failed due to the impossibility of concealing the truth that an American shipwreck exposed the effort. The Berlin foreign office attributes the leak to public scrutiny and wartime information flow.
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America
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Public Health Association to Gather in Chicago
More than a thousand officials from the United States Canada Mexico and several Central and South American nations will attend the forty sixth annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in Chicago next week. The postponed event will address wartime effects on public health the disabled soldiers code the spread of disease housing conditions and wages versus infant mortality. Charles J Hastings of Toronto will preside with speakers including Dr George P F Vincent Rockefeller Foundation Dr John Dill Robertson Chicago public health commissioner Dr B R Kelley Massachusetts health commissioner Dr Frederick M Hoff man Newark N J Prof C K Clewell Philadelphia Elizabeth B Bricker Harrisburg and Minas Julia Lathrop head of Washingtons Federal Children s Bureau.
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Federal Children’s Bureau
Washington
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN A SURVEY OF WOMEN WORKERS AND LEGISLATURES
A survey notes one third of Kansas county treasurers are women and women comprise 23 percent of Four women will join the next Arizona legislature. Over 72,000 women study at U S universities. The Ohio State Federation of Women’s Clubs plans a silver jubilee next year. South Australia first granted women the vote in 1894, followed by West Australia in 1899. Japan has two teacher training institutions named “women’s universities.” Radcliffe College honors Anne Radcliffe who donated 500 to Harvard in 1643. Twenty years ago banks employed almost no women. now about two thirds are women. Miss Flora J L Anderson is mentioned as a prospective Michigan State superintendent candidate. A Duchess of Marlborough quote extols a well cooked meal as antidote to drink. Over 2,000 women filled roles of men in six NYC railways, 2,080 in 10 munition plants, and nearly 5,000 in similar factories in the Eastern States between spring 1917 and spring 1918.
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Ohio State Federation of Women's Clube
South Australia
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Radcliffe College
Harvard University
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Harvard College
United States
Flora J L. Anderson
Detroit
London
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Lusitania sinking details cited by Bruce Bieleski
An investigation summary provided by Bruce Bieleski outlines subsidized press connections and the sinking of the Lusitania as discussed in the committee’s briefing. The notes tie media subsidies to wartime events and emphasize ongoing inquiries into influence and accountability.
Additional units named for early return home
Washington December 7 1918 additional units designated for early return home by General Pershing include 1426 officers and over 29000 enlisted men.
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General Pershing
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