League Covenant Details 45 Nations to Form Original League
The revised covenant for the League of Nations would start with 45 member states and dominions of the British Empire excluding Germany and seven others pending fulfillment of obligations. It lists 32 core nations and 13 neutrals invited to join, with Mexico omitted from charter status and Monro Doctrine noted. The text outlines assembly and council structure, admission rules, arbitration, mandates, and labor and humanitarian provisions.
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British Empire
Mexico
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Australia
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
China
Cuba
Czecho-Slovakia
Ecuador
France
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Hedjny
Honduras
India
Italy
Papan
Liberia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Roumania
Servia
Siam
South Africa
United States
Uruguay
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Denmark
Netherlands
Norway
Paraguay
Persia
Salvador
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Venezuela
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League’ of Nations
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Japan
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Argentine Republic
Corn Crop In Danger From European Borers
Dr. J. L. C. Howard of the U S Department of Agriculture warns that European corn borers, a new parasite from foreign shipments, have taken hold in New England and New York with severe damage. He fears western fields may face irreplaceable loss and notes only a slim chance of eradication.
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Philadelphia
United States
JL. C. Howard
Bureau of Entomology
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Howard
New England
New York
West
King Albert Hosts U S Navy Secretary Daniels in Brussels
King Albert received Josephus Daniels secretary of the navy in special audience and later hosted a luncheon at the capitol. Daniels attended a reception at the city hall in the afternoon and visited the Waterloo battlefield and Brures.
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Brussels
Albert
Josephus Daniels
Capitol
Mr. Daniels
City Hall
Waterloo Battlefield
Brures
Demobilization Plans Target Complete Return by September
Washington May 6 President Wilson insists no American troops stay on German soil longer than necessary after the peace treaty. War department plans push for demobilization with full expeditionary forces home by September. General March aims to accelerate withdrawal as embarkation officials estimate September as the maximum pace.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
War Department
Europe
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Rhine
General March
New Wheat Disease Reported In Illinois Fields
The Illinois wheat crop shows yellowing and vigor loss from an unknown affliction. Grain expert B W Snow says a root-attacking fungus is to blame. Known in Australia as take-all and in France as foot rot the condition is the first crop damage noted this season.
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Chicago
Illinois
B. W. Snow
Australia
France
Snow
Wheat Crop Outlook Forecast by Trade Groups
The Department of Agriculture and the United States Chamber of Commerce predict a record wheat crop for this year surpassing 1914. An unprecedented acreage has been planted and a yield around 900 million bushels is forecast along all sections of the country.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States Chamber of Commerce
Belgian Delegation Presses Plea at Peace Talks
Berlin May 6 Belgian delegation to the peace conference expresses dissatisfaction with the preliminaries. Belgium gains only Malmedy in Rheinish Prussia, a territory with a Walloon population before the war, while other Belgian territorial claims are not granted.
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Berlin
Malmedy
Rheinish
Prussia
Walloon
China protests at peace conference over Kino Chau handed to Japan
The Chinese delegation at the peace conference protests the decision that hands Kino Chau to Japan. The statement claims the move substitutes Japan for Germany in Shantung, expands Japanese railway rights in southern Manchuria, and grants Japan practical control of northern China.
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China
Paris
Kino Chau
Japan
Germany
Shan' Tung
Manchuria
Cables Returned to Private Ownership by Government Action
Washington May 6 American cable lines taken over by the government in November were restored to private ownership and operation by direction of President Wilson. The turn back was without formality.
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Washington, D. C
Wison
Demand Yanks Quit Russia
Relatives and friends of Chicago soldiers in northern Russia telegraphed a demand for immediate withdrawal of the troops to President Wilson after a meeting of 1,000 people.
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Russia
Chicago
Wilson
Airships to Become Common in a Decade
Alan R. Hawley of the Aero Club of America predicts airships will be as common as cars within ten years. He spoke at the second Pan American Aeronautic Congress in Atlantic City on May 6.
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Neb
George Creder
Buck Grove
Iown
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Gilbert
Atlantic City
N. J
Alan R. Hawley
Aero Club of America
pan-American Aeronautic Congress
Western Canada Seeding Sparks Record Hope and Trade
Western Canada seeding is well under way as moisture favors crops from Manitoba to the Rockies. Farmers report strong optimism, ample labor in places, and a rush of tractors. Wheat oats and barley promise high yields with favorable spring rains. Australia and France receive shipments of Marquis wheat as land values rise.
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Canada
Manitoba
Rocky Mountains
Western
Calgary
Akr
Cabri
Saskatchewan
America
Western Canada
Australia
France
Bitro-Phosphate Promises Quick Weight Gain for Thin People
An advertisement extols organic phosphate known as bitro-phosphate as a cheap remedy to combat extreme thinness by feeding nerves and body cells. It claims rapid bodily transformation, improved energy, and brighter eyes, while warning against use by those not seeking to gain flesh.
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