Dutch Socialist Meeting Plans General Strike Over War Risk
About 2,500 socialist and labor representatives convened in Amsterdam on Easter Monday to oppose entering a world war and press for lower living costs. A parade of red flags followed as resolutions urged a general strike if the government moved toward war and demanded drastic food measures and price controls.
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Amsterdam
Helland
New York Volkszeitung
Hungarians Praise Wilson Peace Talk
Hungarian press reacts with praise and mixed views on President Wilsons peace mediation speech to the League to Enforce Peace. Budapest papers note hopeful sentiment while Est bans support and suggest electoral motives shaping policy.
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Wilson
Nation urges American mediation to end WWI stalemate
The Nation argues that Allied victory hinges on American involvement and mediation. Henry Ingham notes America must enter effectively to hasten peace and suggests President Wilson could drive the move with decisive action. The piece questions U.S. neutrality and calls for prompt, constructive support to end the war.
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Henry Ingham
Paorica
America
Unitedates
Pinnes
British public senses significance of a critical event
The speaker notes that the British public and The Times may not grasp the importance of a pivotal moment until the current carries it past them. The observation emphasizes delayed recognition of significance and the inevitability of realization as events unfold.
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Times
Critic of Hollweg’s map basis of peace
London reports Baron Newton, under secretary for foreign affairs, objects to Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg relying on a war map for peace terms. Newton notes Entente gains in Alsace and other regions totaling six times the Central Powers’ territory and cites Mahan’s sea power argument as a counterpoint to land dominance.
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Berlin
Alsace
Turkey
Togolana
Kame? Rans
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Africa
Kiao-chau
Pacific
East Africa
Galicia
Mahan Ke
Turner defends Hindu loyalty after India unrest claims
Henry G. Turner, former Indian Civil Service official and Nagpore manganese magnate, sailed for Liverpool aboard the Orduna after a New York visit. He says decades in India show no unrest and cites export figures, noting government limits on manganese shipments to the United States.
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Italian Liner Duca degli Abruzzi Reports No Submarines
Captain Gaspare Fileti aboard the Duca degli Abruzzi said he saw no submarines or heard of any in the Mediterranean. He noted no Italian ships had been attacked since arming with quick firing guns. Henry MacCullough, an American aviator, was a passenger aboard the liner. Also. German ex soldiers may receive interest free loans from Safony Interior Ministry to meet obligations, repayable within five years with 8 percent after an initial year and six months.
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Solingen District Controls Whale Meat Trade
Whale meat proves popular in the Solingen district of Prussia with authorities taking over much of the trade in the smoked product. It may be sold on meat ess days and is being disposed of in large quantities. Retail price runs about 70 cents a pound.
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Italians Advance in Trentino Front After New Gains
Front in Trentino reports Belmonte position reconquered northeast of Monte Cengio after repeated assaults. Italian artillery repels enemy attacks along Posina and Asiago sectors as bombers strike Ala Verona Vicenza and Schio with minor injuries at Verona.
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Schia
Refugees Reach Northern Italian Cities Amid War Strain
Zeitung am Mittag reports thousands of refugees from Venice Verona Vicenza Brescia Bergamo flooded Turin and Genoa as Italian reverses in Southern Tyrol reach residents. Verona station demolished, tickets not sold, troops guarding gates. Venice banks closed, cash moved. Treviso Vicenza Padua Verona banks follow.
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Zeitung Am Mittag
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Treviso
Padus
Shortage and Looting Strikes Venetian Towns
At Venice a food shortage due to army requirements. nearly all provision stores near Starks curate and routes to the post office were looted. Similar looting occurred in Treviso Vicenza Padua and Verona.
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Stark
Treviso
Vicenza
Padua
Verona
Turks Report More Gains
The War Office reports no major Irak front news and outlines gains on the Caucasian front. It notes Bashekevy and nearby heights east of a village southeast of Makhatun, plus positions in Narram Mountains northeast of Makhatun. Reconnaissance repulsed enemy probes and artillery damaged four boats. Four days earlier aircraft attacked a hostile camp near Rumani by the Suez region, injuring men and animals.
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Bashekevy
Mamakhatun
Narram Mountains
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