Sedition In Madison Square Garden Prompts Outcry At Rally
A mass meeting at Madison Square Garden last Friday night drew denunciations of the government and police by John Reed of Harvard Max Eastman Rose Pastor Stokes Ben Reitman James Larkin Gitlow and other figures. They urged revolution cheered Soviet Russia and called for a proletarian dictatorship. The event prompted debate on loyalty and civil liberties with critics accusing the speakers of stoking division and violence.
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Madison Square Garden
John Reed
Harvard
Max Eastman
Department of Justice
Ros Pastor Stokes
Ben Reitman
James Larkin
Gitlow
Ndt
Lenine
Soviet Russia
Rose Pastor Stokes
The Eagle's Wings In 1914 and After War Plans
The article contrasts wartime air service spending by Germany France Britain and the United States in 1914 and notes postwar moves toward civil aviation. It cites German 45 million, France 12.8 million, Britain 1.8 million, Italy 200 thousand, and US 300 thousand dollars, plus personnel figures and the British aim to lead in civil aerial transport with 1919 20 appropriations for experiments 16 million and joint service 815 million, totaling 380 million.
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Germany
France
Great Britain
United States
Italy
England
Imperial British Committee On
France Plans Air Ministry and Big Aviation Appropriation
The French government weighs creating an Air Ministry while already budgeting 220 million dollars for aviation in 1919 20. Paris argues civil aviation must align with military needs, noting Germany may develop civil aeronautics once peace terms permit six months after signing. The piece questions American postwar air service law and contemplates slipping from second to last place.
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Germany
Root urges reservations to modify league covenant
Secretary Root argues the covenant of the league of nations can be modified without aborting ratification. He proposes reservation clauses to clarify obscurities and better protect U S interests. Ratification with reservations is feasible, feasible, and would not delay ratification and yields a more acceptable treaty.
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Secretary Root
League of Nations
United States
Scapa Flow sinks: a doomed act of warships surrendered
The piece argues the scuttling at Scapa Flow was not a German government plot but a failure of trust by caretakers under Allied control. It notes the armistice terms and questions whether Britain or the United States favored such a destruction to avoid distributing ships as reparations, framing the act as an anti-climax that harms German self-respect.
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Scapa Flow
Tirpitz
Germany
Weimar
United States of America
Scapa
Navy Department
Atlantic
German Naval Debacle Dims British Navy Record Since 1914
A fragment notes how the German naval débacle and a belated conspiracy threaten to tarnish the British Navy’s long record of vigilance and efficiency dating back to 1914. The remark emphasizes the impact on national pride and war effort.
World at a Standstill Strike Talk in Italy and Beyond
A skeptical essay on strikes cites an Italian dispatch about a priest strike at Loreto and notes strikes by students and farmers. It argues strikes are dramatic but often harmless in practice, revealing how much of modern life remains needlessly dependent on routine while capitalists are seen unloading their own ships.
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Italy
Loreto
St. Peter
Winnipeg
England
America
John Galsworthy
Miura
Prussian Jingoism Over Schleswig Peace Clause
The Berliner Neueste Nachrichten deplores the Danes self determination clause in Schleswig with harsh Prussian critique. It likens Danish measures to irredentism and Germanization aims, arguing Danes use pretext to attack German residents while praising a future reunification with the Fatherland. The Hamburger Nachrichten warns Schleswig must stay German to avoid a larger conflagration.
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Berliner Neueste Nachrichten
Schleswig
Berlin
Germany
Hamburger Nachrichten
Poland Dream Letter to the Editor Sparks Ethnic Tensions
Thomas Litamis of New York writes after a Tribune reprint of Poland, Child of the West. He argues the article inflates Polish gentleness and peace, warns Ruthenians and Lithuanians may resist a dream of Poland from sea to sea, and questions Poland’s right to dominance over other nations and languages. The letter is dated June 19, 1919.
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the Tribune
Poland
New Poland
Republic
Lithuania
Thomas Litamis
New York
Kipling Passes Away Honored in Public Tribute
Poetic tribute laments Rudyard Kipling’s death with lines praising his legacy and patriotism. The piece blends nostalgic praise of his works such as The Jungle Book with calls to remember the “always wise and always right” voice, and references to allied unity and moral vigor. It ends noting restaurant food rules loosened but some still display Food Administration cards.
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U. S. Food Administration
Gleanings and Echoes From Nassau Street and Beyond
A compendium of short notes from Nassau Street and New York linked to social rounds. Mentions T W Wilson, government in Paris, Ir Jack Barrymore leaving for Santa Barbara, Steve Whitman returning from Princeton, Ady, Dick Aldrich resuming journalism under Boss Van Anda, Col K C Masteller visiting and sailing to France on the Leviathan, Sidldie Brady’s fashion notes, Aleck Woollcott and Elihu Root at Clinton commencement, and daylight saving commentary.
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Nassau St
T. W. Wilson
Gov't In
Paris
Jack Barrymore
Here
Santa Barbara
Cal
Steve Whitman
Princeton
Gotham
Dick Aldrich
van Anda
Col
K. C. Masteller
France
Aleck Woollcott
Elihu Root
Hamilton College
Clinton
N. Y
Aleck
Starvation Strike and Bolshevist Experiment in Winnipeg
A critical look at the starvation strike used by revolutionary agitators in Winnipeg. It details the plan to starve society to force a socialist regime, the milk crisis for babies, the public and leadership backlash, and the strategic retreat as support collapsed. Strong entities include Winnipeg, The Wester Labor News, and various strike committees.
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New York
Cortrato
Winnipeg
Tyngz
Wester Labor News
Starvation Strike in Winnipeg Ends Amid Public Order
A Winnipeg starvation strike that began May 15 collapsed by June as milk depots and bread stores supplied the hungry with city government backing. The episode showed that standard workers and dependents could be fed without strikers’ aid, undermining Bolshevist tactics and signaling limited impact of hunger protests on public opinion and leadership.
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Babica
Winnipeg
New York
Ton
Citizens’ Committee
Morley and Morality in Books and Beverages
A literary critique surveys English and American romance, noting heroines’ heartbreak and the war era mood. It contrasts Morley’s Haunted Bookshop with Crane and Morley’s differences, admiring vitality yet wary of gush. The piece questions whether grief deserves universal reverence and lampoons excessive sentiment.
Gorky Edits for The New Life a Call to Russian Soul
Maxim Gorky in postrevolution Russia becomes editor of The New Life, publishing brief editorials urging reason and restraint. His writings aim to guide public thought, presenting stark, direct messages about national renewal and moral clarity.
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Maxim Gorky
The Ball of Snakes and the Free Word in Russia
A critique of Russia's press and culture lamenting the decline of objective books while newspapers fuel hatred. The author warns that freedom of the press devolves into incitement, blaming all sides as responsible for Russia’s disintegration and calling for reason and responsibility amidst a surge of anger.
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Jtse
Russia
Fredom
Torgo Wey
Aur Tacy
Short Snappy Corruptions in Headlines Hurt Dignity
The piece argues that newspaper headlines compress language and corrupt English by truncating words like aeroplane to plane and telephone to phone. It warns that frequent use of short words such as big diminishes precise meaning and spreads into speech, with cinema adopting similar elliptic catchwords.
The Future of Bullfighting Viewed in the Morning Post
Sefer Wenceslao Fernandez-Flores says bullfighting is a minor national diversion in Spain with only about fourteen to fifteen thousand regular spectators. He notes attendees travel to Gijon Santander Valencia San Sebastian and Seville and must smoke ten cigars and boost brandy to endure an afternoon.
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London Morning Post
Spain
Sefer Wenceslao Fernandez-Flores
Blanco Y Negro
Gijon
Santander
Valencia
San Sebastian
Seville
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Jozeph Conrad
New York Tribune
F. P. Ay
Kipling
Bex
Teddy
W.— J. Conrad
Lotham Gleanings
Chesterton
By Heywood Broun
Puccini
Christopher Morley
Doubleday
Page
Roger Mifflin
Morley
Frank Crane
Crane
Doctor Crane
Gorky
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