Fleet Arrives for Navy Review in New York Harbor
The overseas dreadnoughts led by the Arizona arrive off Ambrose Channel for an anchor review. Secretary Daniels, joined by Baker Houston and other officials, will participate in the ceremonies aboard the Mayflower with Admiral Mayo coordinating.
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Peeggeh
Pennsylvania
Henry T. Mayo
Atlantic
Ambrose Channel
Navy
Daniels
New York
Frank
Wer
Deniels
Admiral Dewey
Mayo
Hook
Rinegot
North River
John H. Dayton
Secretary of the Navy
Oklahoma
Nevada
Texas
Arkansas
Wyoming
Floorida
Ike
Grant
Querantine
Coburn
Medhal
Hudson
Gloucester
Santiago
Wainwright
Arizona
Xarifa
Amtec
Patrol
Queens
Highlander
Hylan
New Jersey
York
German Repatriation of Stocks to French Banks
German forces return stocks seized from Northern France banks totaling about 6 billion francs. Several sealed safes weighing five to seven tons, left unopened and now in Brussels, will soon be brought back to Valenciennes.
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Paris
Havas
France
Brussels
Valenciennes
German Liberals Frame Platform at Coblenz Meeting
The German Democratic Party in Coblenz adopted a platform calling for a united Germany akin to German Austria, equality before the law for all classes, freedom of thought and religion, a free press and speech, and protections for large families and peasants. It opposes war restrictions, favors free trade, and seeks officials with assured livelihoods.
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Coblenz
Germany
German Democratic Party
Cobienz
Austria
Gifts For Ex Kaiser's Amerongen Retinue
In Amerongen Netherlands December 24 the health of William II improves yet he stays in his castle suite as damp cold weather persists. He joins retinue at meals and reads hundreds of letters while ex Empress remains in her apartment. A simple Christmas is planned with officers who stayed near the rulers, their attendants and orderlies attending. Count von Bentinck and wife will attend to gifts for staff as decorations are arranged. The ex Emperor has not decided on a public declaration and declines input from reporters.
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Holland
Associated Press
William Hohenzollern
Amerongen Castle
Count von Bentinck
Willet
Gers
Sii
Washington
Herbert Hoover
United States
Europe
Wilson
Belgium
William B. Poland
Commission For Relief
Commission Today
United Es Shipping Board
Hoover
Poland
Pershing
America
Wen
France
Karolyi Blames Allies for Delay on Food in Budapest
In Budapest Count Karolyi, addressing the People's Assembly, accused the Allies of failing to meet armistice terms, saying food shortages prevent order. He said he sent a message to President Wilson affirming adherence to the President's terms and awaiting his decision.
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Budapest
Count Nardiatl
People’s Assembly
Karolyn
Wilson
Hoover Calls for More Ships to Aid Belgians
Commissioner reports that Wilson's warning had effect in halting spoliation by Germans. Refugees remain a major problem as French insist on returning to devastated homes and roads fill with evacuees. Special to The New York Times.
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Hoover
The
New York Times Company
New York Times
Coblenz
New York
Paris
France
Christmas Spirit Along the Rhine in 1918
Hoover surveys Belgian damage after armistice and outlines expanded relief while the Rhine front era opens to Christmas esprit as Coblenz residents invite doughboys to dinners. The piece notes German destruction of railways and mines and welcomes American aid and sentiment.
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Rhine
German Conditions Investigated by American Writer
Frederick A. Smith traverses postwar Germany from Berlin to Frankfort by air to assess food shortages and political shifts. He reports a complete revolution with Arbeiter und Soldatenrat councils, a fragile Berlin cabinet under Ebert, and growing calls for U.S. aid to avert Bolshevik influence while famine and inflation threaten mothers and children.
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Arbeiter Und Soldatenrat
Berlin
Ebert
Bolshevium
Liebknecht
Spartacus Group
Mangin Sees Germans Striving to Please Americans
General Mangin told American correspondents at Mayence that Germans were keen to win American favor as the Franco American Army of Occupation marked Christmas Eve. He praised American divisions under his command and noted German propaganda contrasting Wilson’s image with world domination goals.
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Associated Press
Mangin
Mayence
Wilson
Rhine Excursions Planned for Army on Leave
The American Third Army on the Rhine announces three to five day excursion trips for officers and men on leave. Plans include three river boats with 300 to 400 accommodations each and a fleet of ten to fifteen steamers for shorter recreation trips beginning soon.
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Rhine
Associated Press
Third Army
Night of Beauty Two Shows at Amsterdam Theater
Two full performances headline a late evening program at the Amsterdam venue. The program includes a special feature titled Beauty and runs under the new VUE and Midnight Heatre banners. Audience turnout is expected to be strong.
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Amsterdam
Wilson Honors U S Troops in First Foreign Review
President Wilson reviews American troops at Chaumont with General Pershing and delivers a toast to the army. Pershing praises unit loyalty and noble purpose while Wilson expresses pride in home support and a peaceful postwar settlement guided by right and justice.
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Chaumont
Associated Press
Humes
Wilson
Pershing
Conference plans slowly forming for peace talks
Paris December 25 Associated Press reports the general Peace Conference will likely assemble after more than three weeks. Officials expect no public statements yet on which governments will attend or how entrants will be screened. Technical experts have studied the issue and negotiations may follow President Wilson’s London visit. Bellans in hot water relieves indigestion.
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Wilson
London
Lloyd George
Balfour
Russians Seek Stability as They Face Peace Conference
Paris dispatch reports that Russian leaders including Prince Looff press for a stable government to attend the peace talks, recognized by allied powers as spokesmen for popular opinion. The crisis leaves Russians "without a country" awaiting a decisive turn before end of the conference.
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Prince Looff
Russia
Looff
M. Bakh
President Wilson Welcomed in Chaumont France on Christmas Day
President Wilson arrives in Chaumont with Mrs. Wilson to a cordial welcome from locals and Allied officers. Guards salute as doughboys and French troops shout Merry Christmas while banners fly and a marble wall slab is planned to mark the historic visit.
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America
Paris
Chaumont
Pershing
Wichel
Sone
M. Fossiep
T of the Marne
M. Levy-Alphandery
Guard of Honor
Hotel de Ville
France
Wilson
Virginia Hills
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