Australia Opposes Racial Equality Clause in League Covenant
Premier Hughes declares Australia cannot accept any language in the League of Nations covenant that would threaten sovereign rights over immigration naturalization and domestic policy. He argues the proposed amendment seeks league control over internal affairs and would erode state sovereignty, insisting no free nation would accept such dictation. London reports Andrew Bonar Law says the UK will not bind its customs duties or sovereignty through Paris agreements.
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Paris
Willars Hughes
Australia
Associated Press
League of Naions
League of Nations
Peace Council
Council of Ten
League
Therm
Jeading
United States
Hughes
America
Tom
London
Croft
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
United Kingdom
Defeat Daylight Saving Bill in Commons Vote
A daylight saving re-enactment resolution failed in the Commons by 105 to 20. Major R. C. Cooper moved the measure with Hon Rodolphe Lemieux seconding. Ontario and prairie delegates largely opposed, urban BC and Quebec largely supported, maritime votes split. seven Ontario members favored daylight saving.
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Ottawa
Major R. C. Cooper
Vancouver
South
Rodolphe Lemieux
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Quebec
Maritime Province
Huns Hold Danish Residents in Paris Detained
Advices reaching the French foreign office report that Germany detains Danish residents of Schleswig who wish to return home after being released from Russian prisons. These men were captured by the Russians during the war and released in Russia, then tried to go back to Schleswig but are imprisoned in Germany and denied permission to return.
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Paris
Germany
Schleswig
Russia
California Syrup of Figs Ad Claims Gentle Laxative Benefit
An old advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults. It emphasizes stomach cleansing, relief from feverish and cross behavior, and states the product should be the genuine California Fig Syrup Company version. It warns against counterfeit imitators and urges asking for the genuine bottle at the druggist.
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Cross
Nate Narally
California
Ben
California Fig Syrup Company
Weather bulletins to aid Atlantic air crossing
The Marconi Wireless company arranged a weather bulletin system for aviators crossing the Atlantic. Weather conditions over the route will be compiled from sea advisory reports and broadcast from the Glice Bay station to air crews.
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Montreal
Marconi Wireless Company
Glice Bay
Paving the Way For Permanent Peace
London reports from the Pall Mall Gazette citing a UK Paris correspondent. Proposals by the great powers form the basis of a first treaty resembling the 1871 Versailles settlement and aim to secure France, strengthen Italy and Poland, and create a League of Nations for enduring world peace and postwar reconstruction.
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London
Paris
Pall Mall Gazette
Kow
Versailles
Lloyd George
Wilson
France
Italy
Poland
League of Nations
British Strikers Resume Work After Settlement Talks
National Union of Railworkers conference rescinds strike and accepts government settlement terms pending satisfaction on remaining points. About 30,000 South Wales miners return to work. rest of miners expected to follow. Also reports to Mons reception for Canadian General Loomis and Poineer decrees ending the French high commissioner post in Washington. Weimar discusses alleged post armistice demands, German chancellor Schiedemann warns against punitive terms, blaming radical elements and urging unity against oppression. Spa cited as worse than Brest-Litovsk in punitive measures.
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London
National Union of Railbusymen
J. H. Thomas
South Wales
Ure
Weimar
National Assembly
Chillip Schiedemann
Germaeny
Scheilemann
Jeft
Brest- Litovsk
Bucharest
Great Britain
Herr Scheidemann
Germany
Spa
Brest-Litovsk
Leviathans of Atlantic Now Being Handed Over
Despatches from Berlin report continued delivery of German merchant ships to the Allies. Vessels from the Hanseatic Lloyd lines Bremen and North German Lloyd lines such as Zeppelin Waldeck and Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm sail, with tonnages listed. Additional ships like Prinz Ludwig Frankfort Altenburg and Meissen are slated to depart soon as other Lloyd steamers prepare to follow.
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Atlantic
Copenhagen
Berlin
Hanza Line
Bremen
Zeppelin
Waldeck
Prinz Friedrich Wilhel
Meiningen
Prinz Ludwig
Frankfort
Altenburg
Meissen
Gereman Lloyd
Crerar Defends Personal View Against Fixed Wheat Price
In the agricultural committee Ottawa, Hon Crerar said opposing a fixed wheat price was his own view and not the government’s. He noted ministers often speak for the government, though inwardly cabinet sentiment aligns with him. Saskatchewan MPs plan to push a parliamentary resolution, but prospects look poor.
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Ottawa
Crerar
W. D. Cowan
Regina
Agricultural Committee
Saskatchewan
Dominion Troops Parade in London Details
Lord Milner attends to ceremonial dispatch of Dominion troops in London before their departure for home. Newspapers lament overseas soldiers leaving with little or no farewell gesture.
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Dominion
London
Lord Milner
Botanics
Hone
Kidney Liver Pills Claim Lasting Cure for Rheumatism
An Alberta reader testiies that Dr Chase s Kidney Liver Pills cured years of kidney trouble and rheumatism with lasting effect. The letter recounts suffering in back and leg, doctors failed, then pills provided relief after one box, with ongoing use cited. Endorsed by a local official and sold by Toronto dealers.
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Sangudo
Alta
Mn Robinson
Chase
Dr. Chase
Thad
Iirst
BL. Kun
Qaths
J. A. Robinson
Soldiers' dependents must pay own repatriation costs
An order in council amended the repatriation rules for soldiers' dependents. Dependents who left Canada for the United Kingdom, France or Belgium on or after November 11, 1918 will have to return at their own expense. Those who left since the armistice signed are affected.
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Canada
Ottawa
England
United Kingdom
France
Belgium
Lenine Warns Hungary Over Russian Tactics
Premier Lenine of the Soviet government warns Bela Kun and the Hungarian foreign minister via wireless that the new government must be genuinely communistic and not simply socialist. He cautions against imitating Russian tactics in detail due to peculiar circumstances.
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Copenhagen
Lenine
Hav
Bela Kund
Kun
Rhine Territory Retention Backed by German Assembly
German dispatches report the Prussian national assembly voting unanimously against relinquishing any Rhine territory especially the Saar basin. Protests against what is called an enslaving peace are spreading across Germany, reportedly organized by the government through Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, the foreign secretary.
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Germany
Paris
Prussian National Assembly
Rhine
Saar
Zurich
Count von Brockdorff-Raptzau
War Shows Britain’s Financial Strength After War
A U S financial expert argues Europe will not fall into general collapse. He says Britain will be stronger within a year due to tax and financial discipline, with a war debt around 40.06 billion dollars. Allies owe Britain about 9 to 10.9 billion as of after the war.
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Britain
Paris
Europe
United States
England
Cahen
Great Britain
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