Trotzky sets military discipline over labor in Russia
Leon Trotzky addresses the ninth Communist party convention endorsing total mobilization of industry and military discipline for the masses. He argues mobilization is essential to reach the population and create a working army based on competitive effort rather than collective administration. He criticizes political railroad control as temporary yet necessary.
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Moscow
Russia
Leon Trotzky
Communist Party
Appeal for Funds to Save League of Nations Effort
London reports an appeal in the Times by Grey, Lloyd George, Beatty and others urging £1,000,000 to sustain the League’s work and protect children from future calamities. A Sydney correspondent notes Australia and Canada delay navy expansion until the Imperial Conference, sparking local anxiety over Pacific security.
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London
Earl Grey
Lloyd George
Admiral Beatty
Bre der Asquith
Robert Cecil
John R. Clynes
London Times
Sydney
Canada
Canadian Cars In U S Report By Rail Minister
In the house of commons the minister of railways told Joseph Archambalt that among 59 716 Canadian cars in the United States 10 840 were owned by the Canadian National Railway 18 482 by the CPR 21 028 by the Grand Trunk Railway and 12 36 by other Canadian railways.
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U. S. Ottawa
House of Common
Joseph Archambalt
United States
Canadian National Railway
C.P.R
Grand Trunk Railway
All Canadian Film Service Legislation T
All Canadian film service legislation is introduced in British Columbia to amend the Moving Picture Act. The measure aims to authorize film production and exhibition machinery in the province and to foster an all Canadian service for educational and domestic Dominion subjects.
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British Columbia
Canada
J. W. Deb Farris
Dominion
Indiscreet remarks attributed to Admiral Sims
Washington-Admiral Hugh Rodman testified before a senate investigating committee that Rear Admiral Sims' letter criticizing the navy's war role was very rich and breached confidence by making public an intimate conversation. Rodman noted Sims also told London officials not to let the British pull wool over their eyes.
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Washington
Hugh Rodman
Senate Investigating Committee
Sims
Daniels
Navy
Sims Tel Jong
Benson
Naval Operations
London
Rodman
Blica
Ireland outrages tally in 1919 20 totals over a thousand
An official white paper lists 1089 Irish outrages from January 1919 to March 29 1920 linked to Sinn Fein. Thirty one police military and officials and five civilians were killed. Eighty one targeted and 32 assaulted. Police barracks were destroyed weekly, numbering over two hundred.
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London
Ireland
Sinn Fein
Premier Miller Notes Allied Consultation Before Rhine Occupation
Premier Miller informed ambassadors in Paris that France consulted with allies for ten days before occupying Rhine cities. The note was read to ambassadors and delivered to German charge Wilhelm Von Mayer. France emphasized careful informing and coordinating with allies prior to action.
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France
Paris
Millerand
Wilhelm von Mayer
Rhine
Farmers Seek Purchase of Toronto World in Toronto
Negotiations are under way for the United Farmers of Ontario to buy the Toronto World, according to circles well informed of the farmers plans.
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Toronto World
Toronto
Ont
United Farmers of Ontario
West Demands Provincial Control of Canada’s Resources
In the House of Commons debate Captain Manion and Donald Sutherland urged transferring development of natural resources to provinces. Dr. Cowan argued current setup blocks action and noted coal and lumber held near government rail lines. Major Redman proposed a federal resources bureau and more scientific study while Calgary leaders highlighted Alberta coal and rail rate issues.
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Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
Manion
Fort William
Rainy River
Donald Sutherland
South Oxford
Cowan
Reg
Robert Borden
Cowen
Caption Manion
Capt. Manion
Major Redman
Calgary
United States
Alberta
Indians threaten appeal to high court over Indian Act rights
Ottawa reports A C Delisle mayor of Caughnawaga says the Indian rights question may reach the Empire’s top court. He argues Indians seek equality yet oppose compulsory enfranchisement and land expropriation, urging court involvement to decide land and status under treaties with the Crown.
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Ottawa
Canada
British Empire
A. C Delisle
Caughnawaga
Pointblank
Delisle
England
Andrew Paul
British Columbia
Ottawa Board Abandons Newsprint Control After Supreme Court Ruling
The Newsprint Board says it will no longer claim authority over newsprint in Canada following the Price Brothers decision that newsprint is not a life necessity under the Combines and Fair Prices act. It notes orders in council may be void and reserves possible future powers, with a rehearing set for May 4 to test the board’s price fixing remit.
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Ottawa
Areware Commerce
Canada
Supreme Court
Price Brothers
Board of Commerce
Board of Commerce Jas
I Canada
Bolsheviki Reforce Polish Front As Soviet Attacks Continue
Polish war office reports forces of the Bolsheviki regrouping and bringing up fresh troops on the Polish front. In Polesia they are on the defensive while on the Volhynian front they continue assaults near Slawetschno.
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Wwisheviki
Washington
Polish War Office
Brynk
Polesia
Volhynian
Slawetschno
Explosions Kill French Farmers Near Cambrai
Two blasts in the Villers Guislain district 18 kilometres from Cambrai killed 12 farmers and injured two more as agricultural tractors struck unexploded shells in fields being plowed. The explosions damaged nearby areas and underscore dangers of unexploded ordnance in farmland.
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Cambrai
Villers Guislain
Germany Plans to Send Arms to Sinn Fein Leaders
Irish police say reports of a Sinn Fein armed uprising plot are based on fact and allege a treasonous deal with Germany. They claim arms and matériel were arranged through Loughlin and a Berlin contact Baron Lewis Von Horst, a former U.S. resident.
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Sinn Fein
Ireland
Thomas
Reston
Potie
Loughlin
Baron Lewis von Horst
United States
Berlin
Wheat Deliveries Regulation Sets Board Purchases
The Wheat Board issues Regulation 95 governing delivery of wheat by milling licensees. All wheat purchased or stored by the board must be delivered in store, with payments to holders upon presentation of title documents. Pending June and July 1920 timelines set purchase, pricing, and grade rules for Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia deliveries through designated elevators and government facilities.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Aliesta
Calgary
William
Port A
Ontario
Quebec
Fort William
Ot Arthur
British Columbia
Vancouver
Jevator
Nominated Strike Leaders Eye Manitoba Election
Four convicted strike cadets Nominated for provincial seats at Winnipeg Socialist party meeting. Rev William Ivens on tentative Dominion Labor slate and Alderman Queen likely Social Democrat nominee. Six of seven strike leaders jailed may figure prominently in Manitoba's history making election.
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Winnipeg
R. W. Russell
George Armstrong
W. A. Pritchard
R. J. Johns
Socialist Party of Canada
William Ivens
Dominion Labor Party
Queen Will
Social Democrat Party
Manitoba
Berlin prolongs troops in neutral zone claim
Berlin Tageblatt reports the German government negotiating with the Entente for a prolongation to October 7 of the August 1919 agreement to maintain troops in the neutral zone. Rome notes Italy extends official recognition of Albania’s government and autonomous constitution per Epocha.
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Berlin
Rome
Albania
Senate Examines Ontario Divorce Jurisdiction Bill
A Senate bill, backed by the government and introduced by Senator Rove, would grant Ontario's Supreme Court jurisdiction over divorce with similar moves for Prince Edward Island. The reform, urged after many applications this session, aims to unify provincial divorce laws across Canada despite opposition from Quebec.
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Senate
Ottawa
Rove
Supreme Court of
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Toronto
Quebec
Destruction Of Mines Amid Red Retreat, German Authority
An improvised retreat involved Reds plundering, blowing up mines, and fleeing by car while firing on residents. German guards repelled attackers, preserving the mines but with substantial damage. Bottrop and the Ruhe district fell under government troops, with Holland backed condemnation of the action as treaty-violating.
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Essen
Red Army
Newsprint Soon to Vanish Without Conservation
Jason Rogers publisher of the New York Globe warned at a Cleveland Advertising Club meeting that newspapers on the continent will run out of paper in ten years without pulp conservation. He cited dwindling print paper output and inadequate pulp mill supply in Canada and the United States, even if spruce timber lasts. Montreal reports the Earl of Minto will actively develop his Alberta ranch near the Prince of Wales recently purchased property.
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Cleveland
Jason Rogers
New York Globe
Cleveland Advertising Club
Canada
United States
Montreal
Earl of Minto
Alberta
Prince of Wales
Rhine Republic Imminent in Rhine Provinces
Berlin dispatches report from the Rhine provinces indicate an imminent proclamation of a Rhine republic as news spreads from the German capital to newspapers in Berlin today.
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Paris
Berlin
Rhine
Railroad Strike Spreads in Chicago Area
An unauthorized strike began a week ago in the Chicago switching district after a yard conductor was discharged and has spread to 25 railroads. In Chicago more than 50,000 workers are out of work, with over 10,000 union railroad men striking in Chicago and several hundred in Buffalo and Champagne. Many Chicago packing house workers lose jobs due to stock shortages.
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Chicago
Union Railroad
Buffalo
Champagne
French Troops Clash With Mob At Frankfort Mayence
Disturbances erupted in Frankfort as German crowds confronted occupying French troops. Six Germans killed and 35 wounded amid violence attributed to Berlin orders. General Degoutte said peaceful first day gave way to ferment and aggression, linking Frankfurt events to Ruhr actions.
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Frankfort
Mayence
Berlin
Aelio
Ruhr
Rohe
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