Knox and Lodge debate League fight over Knox resolution
In Washington on June 22 senators clash over whether to push the Knox resolution calling for a treaty amending or limiting the League of Nations. With appropriation bills blocking action, leaders signal the fight may be abandoned for the moment though support for amending the covenant persists.
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Palace Preparations for Peace Signing at Versailles
Versailles preparations for the peace treaty ceremony include 800 invited guests and 400 newspaper officials. The Gallery of Mirrors is furnished, with plenipotentiaries to sign the treaty at an eighteenth century table before Premier Clemenceau if the ceremony proceeds.
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Best Quickly Relies ANS in Hot Water
Continued on page three with terse, garbled lines noting indigestion advice and a snappy aside about someone named ANS finding trouble in hot water.
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French Naval Service Reduced to Peace Footing
Toulon report states Vice Admiral de Bon ordered shrinking the naval service to peacetime levels. The Mediterranean minesweeper flotilla is disbanded except for a small number kept to collect stray mines.
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German Admiral cites Kaiser over sinking ships must surrender
British report shows six Germans killed and ten wounded escaping by boats after a loss. An explosion aboard a lost craft sinks one vessel while the battleship remains afloat offshore.
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German Warships Sunk in Scapa Flow Delights Versailles
A wireless dispatch announced the sinking of German warships in Scapa Flow. The news was received with great interest by the German delegation in Versailles and met with keen satisfaction.
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Explosion near sunk German warship at Scapa Flow site
London dispatch reports an early morning explosion near the location where a German warship was sunk yesterday. A large water and debris column rose as the remaining German ship aground at Scapa Flow. Arthur Pollen comments on German resolve. others discuss potential demolition charges and a promised dramatic display at the peace conference. Continued on Page Two.
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Tornado kills 200 in Fergus Falls western Minnesota
A devastating twister struck Fergus Falls Minnesota at seven o clock killing about 200 and destroying hundreds of buildings including the Grand Hotel where seventy five people were trapped. The Great Northern depot was blown down and the Oriental Limited derailed with minimal injuries. Telegraphs failed and the city was reported largely swept away as Governor Burnquist and medical staff rushed to aid.
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Allies Reject Weimar Offer and Plan Allied Advance
Paris dispatches report the Allies rejected Germany's request to modify war guilt clauses and a new German envoy Haniel von Haimhausen was named to conduct peace talks at Versailles. Allies warned that if Versailles does not acquiesce within 24 hours, Allied armies will resume advances Monday evening.
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German Note to Council of Four Signals Reservations on Signing
Paris June 22. The German note announcing conditional agreement to sign the peace treaty with reservations was received at 5 pm. It states Germany seeks a just peace, cites harsh terms, and warns of resistance from eastern districts. It adds the government will not support forced dismemberment or continued occupation and calls for prompt release of prisoners starting July 1.
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Peremptory Reply of the Allies
Paris reports the Allied Governments reject further German conditions and demand an unequivocal decision to sign and accept the treaty as a whole or not sign at all. They state Germany will be held responsible for executing every stipulation after signature.
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Marshal Foch Orders Allied Push into Germany
Marshal Foch relocates headquarters near Kroez nach to direct the march into Germany if terms are rejected. Proclamations warn German civilians and threaten burning of houses from which shots are fired, with military law for hostilities. American divisions lead the advance as forces concentrate along the Rhine and Cassel regions.
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Paris
German Armys Quiet as Treaty Looms at Mainz
W Walter Duranty reports from Mainz on June 21 that a German signing of the peace treaty appears likely. Troop movements and air units remain behind the border while markets surge on marks buys by Rothschild interests. Public mood shows relief under French rule and readiness for a potential return to wartime conditions.
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Assembly Favors Peace as Bauer Cabinet Survives Confidence Vote
Berlin dispatch reports the German National Assembly voted 237 to 158 to sign the peace treaty with the Allies, with 25 abstentions. The assembly also gave the Bauer cabinet a confidence vote, 236 to 89, amid 68 abstentions.
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