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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 20, 1919
Page
7
A historical account cites Korean calls for independence and self government after years under imperial rule. The declaration emphasizes securing national character, ending sufferings, and fostering liberty for future generations.
Plan to have allies share France's war debts is abandoned for now as one American attendee blocks the idea. The French view is presented in informal talks at the conference while Britain and the United States delegations voice frank disagreement.
London reports the German fleet to be restricted to fifteen thousand personnel with all war material handed over and destroyed under allied supervision. Paris indicates Germany will be summoned to sign the treaties with no major article changes, while Brussels awaits allied decisions on the German mercantile fleet and food aid. Weimar comments that spa talks rupture was opposition demands for fresh instructions, promising fresh negotiations.
Hoover reports food relief for Poland proceeding smoothly though rice quantities limit trans Atlantic steamers to Danzig due to Baltic sailing constraints. Much of aid is discharged at Rotterdam and Copenhagen with portions shipped by small craft to Danzig and nearby ports.
A fragmented report notes that Britain has 33 dreadnought battleships with nine more in progress. Parliament debates naval construction and future plans amid unclear details and garbled phrases.
Vancouver lodging of Unship Company managing director arrives after two years in gland to outline plans to replace war losses and add ships including a mail ship faster than the Niagara. Aiming for a great Australian trade with Canada and the United States, two freighters of 9,000 tons each are being built for the new service and three more cargo ships are being negotiated for delivery four months hence.
The Westminster Gazette argues control of German ships is essential to ending the war negotiations at Spa. It warns ruthless submarine warfare risks depriving Germany of coal and food, potentially curtailing aid to friends and enemies alike, and asserts the Germans must accept this outcome even if harsh.
Reported note says German delegates will be housed in a Versailles palace during peace talks and barred from Paris, to avoid incidents. It states the signatories will not be prisoners, but Parisian sentiment is high and Paris officials fear unrest if they travel.
Indemnity bills from the combatant nations were submitted to the commission except France. Belgium seeks 1.4 billion francs for destruction and seizures, a figure slated for public release later. Britain reports 902,000 troops in occupied areas, with 197,000 German prisoners being fed by the British commissary.
A chaotic scene in an Ireland Vancouver area recalls a panic as a bank run begins with deposits from Hindus and Orientals. Police and Consul Ukita intervene to calm the crowd, while other workers and shingle mills suffer. Separate dispatches note Spartacan violence in Amsterdam suburbs and Spain's eight hour day push. Dublin reports grim Ireland situation and self-government needs amid Sinn Fein and British policy debates.
A council of Alsace Lorraine adopted a plan to reorganize provincial administration with a French high commissioner based in Strassburg centralizing service and reporting to the war ministry. The council urges removal of remaining German elements from public service as part of the changes. A committee will assess collectability of a $117,450 Marine Transportation Service judgment against Romanoff, tied to Naumberg.
Paris reports the Commission on Delgier affairs submitted to the council of the five great powers its finding that the 1899 treaties between Belgium and Holland are useless and disadvantageous to Belgium. The body urges revision as the three powers have faded and the treaties are now scraps of paper. Holland resists while Belgium seeks stronger status in Europe’s waterway politics. A separate item notes a French congress endorsing linking the Rhone and Rhine via the Saone to create a new Mediterranean to central European waterway.
Silesian troops align with the central council and seize Breslau buildings. The move follows reports that Spartacan leaders were traveling from Berlin to Breslau to take over facilities and plunder the town.
The supreme council discussed aerial terms to be imposed on Germany in the peace preliminaries. Official announcement says the articles drafted by military experts were examined and adopted.
A Vienna dispatch says a pamphlet argues the Sarajevo killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and Duchess of Hohenberg was a deliberate plot led by Count Tisza and Hungarian aristocracy. It claims the archduke resisted travel to Sarajevo and was lured into a trap for vengeance on Jugoslavs, with no proper inquiry or accountability.
Explorer and men drifted on an Arctic ice floe starting March 1918 near Colville River Alaska. They landed near Baker's Land November 7 1918 after drifting about 100 miles west 70 miles north and 60 miles east. They subsisted on polar bears and seals and Storkerson heads toward Ottawa.
An invitation was sent to neutral nations in Asia and the West to attend a private conference on Thursday March 20. The object is to decide Geneva as the official seat of the League, with heads of delegations consulted and forwarding their approval to their governments.
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