French beaten, von Stein asserts hope for endurance
Berlin reports Prussian War Minister von Stein in Reichstag says a great French army has been beaten. He claims American help is insufficient and Entente troops are melting away, while German forces push on from the Marne and other fronts.
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Swiss Indignant at Russia's Wrongs
Berne reports German control of Polish forces in Russian Poland and demobilization orders that strip the Polish army of autonomy. German command over arms, supplies, and administration is emphasized as part of a broader dissatisfaction with Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest treaties. Public morale shows mixed reactions as neutrals and Germans question definitive peace terms.
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Austrians Lose Huge Battleship in Naval Feat
Parib June 12 reports the Austrian battleship Szent Istvan torpedoed and sunk off Pola by Italian forces led by Risso and Luigigole Milazzo. Officers and eighty crewmen missing. one of the Viribus Unitis class ships destroyed. Only Budapest remains intact among the class.
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Plan for Manufacturers Union Amid War Effort
The New Jersey and national manufacturers pledge unwavering support to the war cause. Leaders urge unity of capital and labor, expansion of war production, and fair wage policies. Officials discuss adapting to fuel and labor constraints and training programs to keep factories running.
Threats of Action Over Czech Troops Move to Russia
Baltic news reports warn that 150 000 to 160 000 Czechoslovak troops in Russia may be allowed to join Entente forces, risking Russia s peace. Trotsky orders disarming Czech units in Vladivostok amid clashes with Soviet troops and rail blockades. Reports state Archangel route being considered to relocate some troops while authorities promise to suppress resistance.
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Lomonossoff Deported Over Bolshevist Stance
Lomonossoff was withdrawn from the Russian Embassy amid public declarations in favor of American recognition of the Bolshevist regime and opposition to allied intervention. He spoke in New York saying these views, then repeated them at a Bolshevist rally in Madison Square Garden, drawing cheers from Bolsheviki and jeers from Mensheviki.
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Finland Debates Monarchy Shape in Landtag Proposal
Helsinki June 12 The government submits a plan to make Finland an independent kingdom with a hereditary male line. The king would hold veto power over constitutional changes and land and sea traffic, and overruled by two thirds of the Landtag on other issues. He would control treaties but could not wage offensive wars without Landtag consent. Two agrarian senators resigned and a manifesto from 250 Young Finnish Party members supports monarchy.
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Drops Prof Lomonossoff as Bolshevik ally in U S
The Russian Ambassador Boris Bakhmetieff has removed Professor G Vv Lomonossoff from his post heading the Russian Railway Mission to the United States. Appointed by the Kerensky government, Lomonossoff is said to have fallen out amid the shift toward Bolshevik alignment, with no official statement given on the reasons for the dismissal.
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British planes aid French in Noyon front counterattack
The official communiqué reports British planes assisting French aviators in the Noyon front area since June 9. It notes twenty-nine German aircraft destroyed or driven down, three British planes lost, and twenty-one tons of bombs dropped by British and French squadrons.
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Allied air action reports on German drive fronts
Paris dispatch reports French war office summaries of night bombing operations on the Montdidier St. Maur front. Bombers aided a counterattack causing enemy units to disperse, rail yards at Ressons sur Matz to burn, convoys bottled up and batteries abandoned, with fires and twelve additional zones ignited. Sixteen or thirteen enemy planes were shot down or damaged by pursuit aircraft on June 11.
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French Republicans Confident of Victory Appeal Issued
Paris June 12 The Havas Agency notes an appeal by the Last Republican Leagues urging French citizens to back their soldiers. The appeal claims German forces will be broken by a steel wall and calls for calm, inflexible will, and clear minds in defense of democracy and France.
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Wilson Maintains Russian Policy Amid Intervention Fears
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson shows no change in Russian policy as of June 12, with State Department asserting no shift in situation. Entente circles anticipate a German army from Russia by spring, while Russian émigrés in New York push for U S and Allied intervention and oppose Bolshevik recognition.
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Secret treaty for dividing Galicia revealed in Vienna
Amsterdam dispatch reports a Vienna meeting of the Parliamentary Committee at the Polish Club where a secret treaty with Ukraine was disclosed. The agreement supposedly divides Galicia by end of July, while Austrian policy on the Polish question faced sharp criticism for not meeting Polish demands.
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Ex-Lord Mayor Held Over Foe Dealings in Bow Street
Sir Joseph Jonas former Lord Mayor of Sheffield was brought before Bow Street Police Court on charges of obtaining and sharing information prejudicial to the State and useful to the enemy. Remanded for a week on $15,000 bail. Born 1545 in Bingen on the Rhine, naturalized 1876, led Jonas & Colver steel firm and served in Sheffield politics, later knighted by King Edward.
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