Wilson's League Plan Faces Senate Clash
A Whig letter criticizes President Wilson for promoting a league of nations without clear public support. It argues his France trip lacked a mandate, warns of coercive tactics toward the Senate, and urges broad US lawyer input and calm scrutiny before any treaty. It also cites Bolshevik takes and cross‑Atlantic reactions to his aims.
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Commission Appointed to Investigate Laibach Incidents
Paris March 8 The supreme council named a commission to go to Laibach to probe recent clashes between Italians and Jugo-Slavs. Members include representatives from the United States Great Britain France and Italy. The council adopted a Belgian claims report favoring treaty revision and discussed Spa talks. It also set Monday to decide on smaller powers’ representation on the financial and economic commission.
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Security League To Continue Campaigns
The National Security League announced it would continue nationwide educational efforts at primaries urging candidates for Congress to be representative and publish members’ records. It vows to target Americanization by fighting Bolshevism and other un-American tendencies.
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Religion Reforms Rise in Czech Catholic Church
In Washington, Czech Catholic priests push to secularize and democratize church life. They seek right to marry, wear beards, elect bishops, better pay, broader education, and use local language in services. A Prague meeting recorded strong priest endorsement for seven reform proposals.
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Frontier Commission Has First Meeting
PARIS March 7 The frontier commission on the frontiers of enemy states met at the Quai D Orsay at 6 o clock M Tardieu was named president and Marquis Salvago Raggi of Italy vice president. Questions of procedure were discussed and communications prepared to the president of the preliminary peace conference and to civil commissions on territorial problems. The next meeting will be called to a date fixed by the president.
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Plans to form a six division Hungarian volunteer army
Budapest March 8 plans have been completed for a volunteer army. The Hungarian force will consist of six divisions.
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Draft reveals vital draft statistics from mass physicals
Washington reports that selective draft physicals of 3,208,446 men aim to save lives. Early results from New York Division 129 show foreign born registrants lagging in physical fitness and 16.25 percent with defects preventing any service. Analysis outlines potential social hygiene and medical prevention measures.
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Negotiations Aim to End Havana Strike Impasse
In Havana on March 8 President Meno colon conferred with employers and strikers to negotiate an end to the general strike. The talks focused on averting disruptions and restoring work across sectors as both sides seek a settlement.
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