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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 26, 1919
Page
8
An excerpt discusses a treaty not tied to a plenary conference with the powers. It mentions the German delegation led by Brockdorff-Rantzau and indicates the treaty will be sent to Tryon for review or action.
In a heated exchange, Calder advocates minimal tariff changes while Crerar presses for revenue options. Crerar backs land value tax ideas. Calder warns cabinet splits risk a political crisis and proposes action to bridge eastern western divides.
Detroit announces a new hotel project costing seven million dollars. The plan includes a 1000 room facility with construction to start within sixty days amid liquor interests concerns.
The article discusses the passive stance of the French toward a proposed movement for a Rhenish republic. It notes promoters aim to keep order amid violence as tensions rise between Austria and the Serb groups. Serbian troops reportedly entered Klagenfurt to restore order after failed Austrian concessions.
The Chinese government cannot halt the boycott led by students with bankers merchants and workers backing the movement in Shanghai. Authorities released arrested students but the protesters remain inside the university. The police chief publicly apologized for the arrests as demonstrations persist.
Report claims German cavalry attacked Estonians aiding Bolshevists under General vom Der Galtz in Bettland, driving Estonians to begin military action against Germany. Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association survey shows over 200 locals approve organized farmers entering politics.
A chaotic street confrontation left Sergeant Frederick G. Copping, Victoria Cross recipient, severely injured after being dragged from his horse. Constable Morrison was shot in the thigh and knocked unconscious amid a hostile crowd as 200 more police arrived to quell the disturbance. Chief Donald MacPherson is relieved. Deputy Chief Chris Newton becomes acting chief as reorganization proceeds.
Paris reports investigations into devastated French battle regions confirming many towns and hamlets are unrecoverable. Vaux Donamont and Fleury are named as ruined, with soil damaged and hidden explosives endangering refugees.
A witness describes a German firing squad executing eighteen Bolsheviks, three at a time, with nine soldiers firing at each condemned man. A ditch was dug for their graves as the men stood facing their executioners and the moving picture operator filmed the scene.
Gen Dobriansky of the Omsk government in Boston claims over 173000 Bolshevik secret agents are infiltrating the United States and Canada. He warns they are organized into districts to topple existing governments and establish soviets, using numbered identities to conceal themselves.
An Irish correspondent notes massive speculation on government aims for Ireland. A high authority claims a broad reform measure is likely as a reward for Ireland's stance at the Peace Conference. President Wilson reportedly secured a firm pledge from the Prime Minister to pursue reform.
Public accounts committee hears chief accountant T Cox report overpayments totaling 202000 identified with 20 000 to 25 000 ledgers remaining. Cox estimates six days for full tally, notes recoveries from pay or war gratuity. Earlier 1917 discovery traced to England and Canada, with minimal cases of pension mispayments to relatives.
The Pittsburgh people led by A. E. Anderson sue the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees for 2 035 000 78 in damages claimed lost due to a recent street car strike. Receivers of the Pittsburgh Railway Co named as partial defendants. The suit questions the right of employees to strike to press wage and condition demands. Also notes a long trip from Ottawa Kansas by Wm Reed with team wagon and dog toward the Peace River country facing possible border issues for his horses and dog.
British War Secretary reports to Parliament that the attorney general’s committee has laid charges in war violations. Private McGraw of the Coldstream Guards died after being tied to a post in a snowstorm at Gastraw camp in December 1914. Private Stimpson succumbed after a thigh wound at Schneidemuhl camp in 1915, dying in January 1916. Private Skett, a POW near Pirie on the eastern front, died after a snowbound march when a sentry killed him after he refused to move on.
Canadian Railway War Board made no public reply to the Railway Federated Shop trades ultimatum. The federation staff says its members, about 35,000 railway shop workers, are prepared to strike at the time limit expiration if no settlement occurs.
Ottawa debate on postwar policy praises veterans returning home and urges government action to help willing soldiers become farmers. Dr Boland argues for aiding farm settlement, stresses loan taxation and cost of living concerns as he outlines postwar economic choices.
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