Poincare forms new French cabinet after Brinnd crisis
France faces a political crisis as Briand resigns after a cabinet row. Poincare is invited to form a new ministry with himself as head. Britain and France clash over naval limits and reparations while Genoa conference prospects fade. The Newberry seat fight ends with a critical expenditure critique.
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Poincare
Senate
Newberry
Michigan
Rance
Briand
Supreme Council
Cannes
Fest de Sant
Lloyd George
Great
France
Paris
Brinned
Milerand
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Buss Aroonee
Count Lastesre
Tcpmmans
Washington
Crepes
Genoa
Germen
Genoa Conference Inviteed for Europe Restorations
The Allied Supreme Council set plans for an economic conference in Genoa in March to discuss Europe’s restoration. Germany and Russia were to be invited to send representatives, with the Soviet government quickly signaling acceptance via Foreign Minister Tehitcherin.
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Supreme Council
Europe
Genoa
Germany
Russia
Moscow
Tehitcherin
Council
Central Executive Committee
Ireland ratifies peace treaty as Free State forms
Lall Eireann accepts the Irish peace pact and the southern parliament ratifies it. Eamon de Valera resigns as Irish president and a motion for re election fails 58 to 60. Arthur Griffith is elected president of the Dail with a provisional cabinet led by Michael Collins and George Gavan Duffy. De Valera walks out and later refuses to recognize any government but the Irish republic.
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Lall Eireann
Southern Ireland
Irish Free State
Eamon de Valera
Irish Republic
de Valera
Sinn Sein
Ireland
Arthur Griffith
Dail
Griffith
Michael Collins
George Gavan Duffy
Eamon J. Duggan
William Cosgrove
Bryan O'Higgins
Richard Mulcahey
Bolters
Pepper Named to Senate Seat as Penrose’s Successor
George Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia appointed to SEN Senace seat, replacing Penrose. McCumber to chair Senate Finance. Frelinghuysen named to fill vacancy. House Ways and Means head Fordney outlines soldiers bonus funded by interest on Allied debt. Wagner court decision bars garment firms from 49 hour week. suit for wages to follow.
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Senace Penrose
George Wharton Pepper
Philadelphia
Gover Sproul
Pepper
Finction
Republican Party
McCumber
North Dakota
Senate Finance Committee
Stceeed Penrose
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Hairman Fordney
House
Ways and Means
United States
Justice Wagner
New York Supreme Court
Smuggler’s Shoes Carried Diamonds Through Chicago
Federal officials in Chicago seized a smuggler wearing hollowed out heels to hide thousands of dollars in diamonds. Four large stones stolen from a wealthy Russian family were recovered among the loot.
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Customs
Chicago
Kipling in French Translations Cause Gentle Head Scratching
The Sorbonne awards Rudyard Kipling an honorary doctor’s degree yet French translations of his work bewilder English readers. Critics praise French renditions though many readers sigh at the changes from Jakko to Simla and Wot do they understand to lighter patriotic twists.
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Sorbonne
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
Bob
Jakko
Simla
Peculiar Currencies Across Remote Regions
The article notes various exotic forms of money: Cowdry shells in the East Indies Siam and West Africa valued at one two hundredth of a penny. sperm whale teeth in Fiji with white teeth more valuable. South Sea islands use red feathers and attractive stones as currency.
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East Indies
Siam
Africa
Fiji
South Sea Islands
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Boston
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