Ex-Czar Safe Says Report To Berlin
Reports from Berlin Kiev and Darmstadt claim Nicholas II is alive not killed and his family safe despite conflicting dispatches. German papers note death rumors persist while embassies in Basel and London cite no official confirmation. Alexandre Kerensky and anti Bolshevik movements are mentioned as Russia waits for a public update through allied channels.
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Switzerland
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Darmstadt
Nicholas
London
Frankfurter Zeitung
M. Tchitcherin
Ekaterinburg
Perm
Copenhagen
Wolff Bureau
Alexis
Michael Alexandrovitch
Russia
Omsk
Raichael
Alexander Kerenaby
Embasey
Mourmansk
England
Kerensky
Grand Duchy of
Hesse
Alix
Tohitcherin
Nicholas Romanoff
Red Guard Shot Ex-Czar Says Ukraine Report
Ukraine newspapers quoted in German wireless bulletins say the former Czar Nicholas II was killed by a Russian Red Guard in a personal affair. Another bulletin stated that the family of the Czar has been moved to Perm.
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Ukraine
Washington
Cras Nicholas
Peruz
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boundary arbitration pact in Russia Ukraine talks
A Kiev telegram to Berlin papers reports agreement in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine to refer post peace boundary disputes to arbitration. Both sides oppose annexations and agree to limit further territorial changes while prioritizing ethnographic considerations in reconstituting borders.
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Russia
Ukraina
Amsterdam
Kiev
Berlin
Ukraine
Bier
Doubtful Bolshevik Overthrow Report In Washington
Washington dispatch of June 28 reports skeptical views from officials and returning travelers on a Copenhagen claim that Bolsheviks were toppled. Observers cite Korniloff and Kaledines dead, Grand Duke Nicholas unlikely, and Lenin Trotsky still in power. State Department lacks solid evidence and warns communications with Petrograd are severed, suggesting possible German misinformation.
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Copenhagen
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Romanoff
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Gravena
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Vologda
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Trotzky
Vladivostok
Wilson
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Kerensky Appeal Prompts Cautious Allied Advice
London editorials urge restraint in any intervention in Russia. The Westmin ster Gazette warns against hasty moves, noting German exploitation risks and urging support only if broadly desired by Russians. Paris papers hail Kerensky’s return as aiding Allied aims and possible intervention.
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The
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Alexander F. Kerensky
Russia
Wilson
Germany
Kerensky
Times
Petrograd
Bolshevik Rule Near End As Tsarist Support Grows
Reports claim Grand Duke Nicholas proclaimed emperor while Lenin and Trotsky flee. Soviets reportedly overthrown in Irkutsk Blagoveshchensk and Khabarovsk as Czecho Slovak advances and Red Guard treachery aid collapse. Russia may see Kerensky rise as Bolshevik regime falters amid scattered detachments’ surrenders.
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Red Guard
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Ispatch
Ageszeitung
Petrograd
Kerensky
Russia
Exchange Telegraph Company
Gerand
Czecho-Slovak Action Stalls German Prisoner Repatriation
Moscow reports the Czecho-Slovak outbreak halting traffic on the Trans-Siberian and Eastern Railways, disrupting plans to repatriate about 300,000 German and Austrian prisoners across regions from Samara to Orenburg. About 17,000 officers are to be repatriated, with most prisoners in mines, factories, or fields.
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Samara
Volga
Novo Nikolaievsk
Omsk
Siberia
Turkestan
Perm
Ufa
Orenburg
Ukraine
Don
Bolsheviki Weak In Siberia Upheld By War Prisoners
London reports from the Harbin correspondent of The Daily Mail claim Bolshevik power in Siberia is fragile without the aid of released prisoners. He notes 20,000 troops backing Bolsheviks in Trans Balkaria include 4,000 Magyars and says Allied divisions could topple opposition. The dispatch cites unarmed Austrian prisoners in Omsk and widespread nationalization with idle workers.
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Siberia
Harbin
Daily Mail
Trans-Balkaria
Siberian
Omsk
Irkutsk
Krasnoiarok
Ural Mountains
Rder
Vladivostok
Aya
Americans Named Among Canadian Casualties
Ottawa report lists American casualties with names including M. H. Brown of Harrisburg Pennsylvania B. J. Stave ly of Seattle Washington and Allen of Medfield Massachusetts. In Rye New York a club bulletin bans German conversation and restricts speaking with enemy aliens on Manuraing Island Club premises.
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Ont
Brown
Harrisburg
Penn
B. J. Stavely
Seattle
Wash
Allen
Medfield
Mass
Manuraing Ialand Club
Sole U S Aim In Russia Is to Aid Industry
Washington reports outline a nonmilitary U S effort to assist Russia through American business and industrial leaders. The group will provide expert advice and material aid, license exports as needed, and rely on consuls and Red Cross support, with careful security to avoid German distortion of American intentions. Russia’s need for raw materials and goods motivates early action amid German exploitation in Siberia.
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U.S
Russia
Washington
Wilson
America
Germany
United States
1. 1
Siberian
Red Cross
Siberia
Belgium
France
Poincare Decorates Polish Army Flag in France
Official dispatches from France report President Poincaré presiding at a flag ceremony for the first Polish army unit in France. The soldiers swore to defend Poland with priest present. Poincaré recalled Versailles promises for Poland’s independence as he decorated the pennant with the War Cross.
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Washington
France
Poincaré
Poland
Germans to Seize Serbian Food Crops
A June 28 dispatch reports Austria will requisition all Serbian foodstuffs, worsening Serbian misery. Vienna says German deputies urged full harvest requisition in occupied Serbia to ease Austria’s food shortage, birthing broader famine and hardship for Serbs.
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the Tribune
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Uiuse
Caucasian Armenia Declares Independence and Names Leaders
Amsterdam dispatch reports Caucasian Armenia declaring independence. Premier is A. Katehaznani and Foreign Minister A. Shatiasian. A Armenian deputation has arrived in Constantinople according to the Lokal-Anzeiger.
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Berlin
Lokal-Anseiger
A. Katehaznani
A. Shatiasian
Constantinop
Germany Buying Up Incriminating Books
An official Paris dispatch based on Berne sources reports German efforts to suppress memoirs by Prince Lichnowsky and statements by former Krupp director Muehlen that blame Germany for the war. It says pamphlets are bought up wholesale by German agents as soon as circulating texts appear.
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Muehlen
Krupp Works
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Paris
Berne
Switzerland
Lichnowsky
Madilon
German Offensives and Allied Roles in the 1918 Campaign
A military forecast notes Ludendorff's planned peak from July 1 to August 15, the British and French losses since March, and U S expectations of a larger American role. It cites the Frankfurter Zeitung critic on Allied divisions, German prisoner counts, and Baker's estimate of Allied manpower readiness for the summer.
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Ypres
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Somme
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Frankfurter Zeitung
Florence to Honor Wilson on the Fourth
Florence plans a grand Fourth of July event with Florence city citizenships conferred on President Wilson. Tuscany municipalities will send delegates with guild banners. Ambassador Page will send Peter Jay as substitute. Fr. Florelo H. La Guardia will speak among others.
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Italy
Wilson
Tuscany
Thomas Nelson Page
Rome
Peter Jay
Florelo Hl. la Guardia
American Aviation Corps
Congress
New York
Pact Between Bolsheviks and Germany Over Poland
London reports a secret pact with eight articles outlining Germany controlling Poland policy, Russia avoiding interference, vigil over Polish groups, and enforcement against Polish frontiers. It notes unrest in Poland, including the Polish legion's revolt against Bolsheviks and subsequent strikes in Russian Poland and Dombrowa coal fields.
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Germany
Poland
Nation's Voice
Cracow
Galicia
Times
Milan
Russia
Ukraine
Chelm
Warsaw
Russian Poland
Mousnitsky
Dombrowa
French Chamber Declares July Fourth A Holiday For France
French deputies vote to celebrate July Fourth as a symbol of friendship with the United States. Inter Allied leaders praise American troops, with Franklin-Bouillon, Pershing, and Ambassador Sharp applauded as the House expresses unity in liberty and Allied resolve.
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France
Henry Franklin-Bouillon
Wilson
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Jules Pama
Franklin Bouillon
General Pershing
America
Saatman
William Graves Sharp
Aul Deschanel
Chamber
Sharp
Amer-ica
Paris to Host July Fourth Reception for US Officials
City Councillor Poiry proposes Paris join the Fourth of July events with a City Hall reception inviting US representatives and American Red Cross members. An evening in Paris will feature entertainment for wounded Allied soldiers and a program of music and boxing bouts between American ambulance crew and French boxers amid air raid shelter preparations.
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Clemenceau
America
Partien
France
Poiry
Paris
United States
American Red Cross
United States Army
French Socialists Aid Plans to Celebrate Fourth
Paris reports plans for American Independence Day celebrations with French Socialist support. A subscription to fund a gift of art and a flag for the land and sea forces has grown sizable. Rear Admiral ty B. Wilson will preside at the presentation ceremony.
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