Paris Union urges prompt action to save Russia
Paris-A. Fe Kerensky and members of the Parisian Union for the Regeneration of Russia appeal to democracies for immediate action. They propose a mission of delegates from all powers and organized labor to travel to Russia and explain democratic aims to the people and Russian governments, while rejecting any intervention that infringes on Russia's sovereignty.
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Paris
A. Fe Kerensky
Parisian Union For the Regenération of
Russia
German Peace Delegation Faces Treaty Facts
Paris reports a shift in tone as German sources reveal the scale of wartime plunder and devastation. The Liepziger Volkszeitung acknowledges vast indemnities while criticizing early ignorance among Germans about army crimes. London notes Prince William of Hohenzollern faces possible trial under the peace treaty terms.
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London
Frederick William Hohienzollern
A. Bonar Law
Italians Hold Back Paris Peace Talks Delay
The Temps reports the St. Germain peace treaty revision on Austria’s plenipotentiaries will be delayed for a few days. Italian ministers resist approving the Austrian Jugo Slovak frontier while the Italy Yugoslavia border issue remains unsettled.
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Paris
St. Germain
Italy
Jugo-Slavia
Papal Secretary Pleads For Germany In Peace Talks
Cardinal Gasparri, papal secretary of state, wrote to Col E M House for the US peace delegation. He transmitted German ship arguments claiming peace terms are impossible and urged President Wilson to influence the other delegates for a lasting settlement.
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Rome
Cardinal Gasparri
E. M. House
United States
Gasparri
Germany
Col. House
Wilson
Germans Resent Week Of Mourning And Palatine Stand
The week of mourning decreed by the German government met with limited success as musicians protested loss of income and music halls stayed open in places. Berlin and other papers acknowledged weak effect while Halle’s Volksblatt quipped mourning should have begun in 1914. In Kaiserstraße occupation zone a Palatinate gathering of over 500 schoolmasters pledged loyalty to Germany and opposed Palatinate separation.
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Paris
Germany
Berlin
Volks‘blatt
Halle
Kaiser- Strautern
Palatinate
Germans Get Seven Day Grace for Peace Pact
Entente representatives extend seven days for Germany to study the peace treaty details. Talks cover frontier, occupied territory, indemnity terms, and payment method. Berlin reiterates unwillingness to sign, warning signing would imply the end of the empire and bring political consequences.
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Associated Press
Beens
Germany
Entente
Associated
Irman
Origaye
Berlin
Typhus Rages Through War Fronts in Eastern Europe
Typhus spreads among Bolshevik troops and civilians from East Romania to Ukraine and East Galicia. Swiss Red Cross agent E A Frick arrives in Vienna ill with typhus after Galicia and Ukraine travel. About 2,000 Austro-Hungarian prisoners return home via Russia. one tenths die en route. Bodies lie unburied along tracks as typhus devastates hospital wards in Lemberg and fears grow Poland's army under Gen Haller may contract the disease.
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Vienna
Romania
Ukraine
Galicia
Lemberg
E. A. Frick
International Red Cross
H.C. Frick
New York
Russia
Haller
Russia and Romania Open War After Ultimatum Refusal
A Moscow wireless dispatch states Russia and Romania are at war after Romania ignored the ultimatum demanding evacuation of Bessarabia. Bolshevik troops crossed the Dniester, defeated the Romanians in the Tiraspol area, and occupied Tchegrutchi and Bender. Bender lies west of the river, 58 miles from Odessa, near Varnitza where Charles XII once sought refuge after Poltava.
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London
Rumania
Bessarabia
Russia
Moscow
Dniester River
Tiraspol
Tchegrutchi
Bender
Dniester
Odessa
Varnitza
Charles XII
Poltava
Zecho Slovaks Return Shipping To Transport Fighters
The Czecho-Slovaks once allied with Austria and featured deserters from Russia are gathering ships to move back to Bohemia. Reports from Czecho-Slovak officers say they will travel via Vladivostok and the Mediterranean with almost 30 tons of archives from their Russian campaign, including exhibits, aboard ships originating through Winnipeg Toronto and New York.
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Vancouver
Russia
Siberia
Bohemia
Vladivostok
Mediterranean
Arriv
German Captain arrested on charge of common robbery
Coblenz reports Max Kausch formerly a German army captain arrested by U S officers on charges of holding stolen French property. At the French request he was to be returned for trial and killed himself in a Boppard jail after being held for the night. Linen and other items found in his Coblenz home reportedly stolen from French homes in Douai during the war.
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Coblenz
Max Kausch
United States
Stollen
France
Kaasch
Boppard
Othier
Douai
Reds Prepare New Drive Amid Bolshevik Reported Moves
A wireless message from Paris cites foreign minister Tchitcherin and Hungarian communist leader Bela Kun discussing a feared Bolshevik counter-offensive against Admiral Kolchak’s Omsk government. The message claims Kolchak is in a weaker position than thought and signals a new Red push.
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Reds
Paris
Tchitcherin
Bela
Admiral Kolchak
Omsk
de Clarea
Bolshevists Routed by Poles at Vilna Front
On the Lithuanian front the Bolsheviki attacked Podby of Vilna with strong forces but were repulsed with heavy losses. Felis advances.
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Bolshevista
Warsaw
Bolsheviki
Podby
Vilna
Felis Advan
Germans Must Share Economic Losses in Peace Terms
Paris delivers a reply from the allied governments to Germany’s protest over economic terms of the peace. It states the terms aim not to destroy Germany’s economy but to share economic losses, noting disarmament will reduce taxation and free soldiers for production. It argues German submarine warfare caused merchant ship losses and global job impact, justifying Germany’s share of economic disadvantages.
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Paris
Germany
Rumanians Protest Polish Advance In Galicia
Rumanians protest Polish advance in Galicia after Paris agreement suspended hostilities. Premier Paderewski’s inability to fulfill Poland’s pledge to the entente causes embarrassment to the allies. The supreme economic council weighs continuing aid to states seeking supplies as fighting continues. Ukraine and Poland representatives briefed the Council of Four but no decision reached.
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Tommis
Galicia
Paris
Paderewski
Poland
Supreme Economic Council
Ukraine
Council of Four
Resignation of Baron Cochin Over Peace Treaty Critique
Minister of Blockade Denys Cochin resigns from the right group in the chamber after a meeting where members decided to send a note to Premier Clemenceau criticizing the peace treaty. He tells Temps the treaty is too generous to France and allies and would burden Germany with costly reparations. Delegates deem terms unacceptable at Spa as German leaders seek a practical peace within the limits of justifiable demands.
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Paris
Baron Denys Cochin
Chamber of Deputies
Clemenceau Criti
Temps
France
Germany
Copenhagen
Spa
Gerwidny
Willeave
Prohibition Upheld as Commons Debates War Measure Act
In Ottawa the Commons passed a government bill validating orders in council under the War Measures Act relating to prohibition with modifications. Hume Cronyn’s export beer allowance was defeated. N. W. Rowell defended the bill, noting ongoing pledge fulfillment and potential provincial views next year. The Prince of Wales is said to tour Canada in August and open Ottawa’s new Parliament buildings and Toronto’s Canadian National Exhibition.
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Ottawa
Prince of Wales
Canada
Thomas White
Prince of Walles
Toronto
Commons
Hume Cronyn
Ontario
Blake
North
Winnipeg
N. W.rowell
Rowell
Cronyn
British Aviator Raynham Aims For New Ocean Flight
British aviator Raynham, recovering from a Martinsyde wreck, announces another non stop ocean air cruise. Navigator Captain Morgan will not join. wireless patrols in the north Atlantic report no trace of Walter Hs plane. In Salzburg western Austria a autonomous government defies Vienna, banning Vienna residents from Salzburg and opposing foreign food import exchanges. Salzburg also withholds income tax proceeds from Vienna.
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St. John's
Frederick Raynham
Harry Hawker
Raynham
Handley-Page
Vinty
C. W.F. Morgan
Morgan
Wireless
Atlantic
Walter
Signal Hill
Arctic
Salzburg
Vienna
Austria
Armistice Commission Dissolved as Polish and Ukrainian Talks Evolve
The supreme council appointed commission to arrange Poland and Ukraine armistice has been dissolved. The next steps depend on actions taken by the Polish side as tensions and negotiations continue to unfold in Paris.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Poland
Ukraine
Canadians Did Not Fight In Siberia
Winnipeg reports Captain J. King of Toronto led 230 Canadian Siberian troops with little actual fighting. Bolshevik activity caused sporadic trouble inland, Canada aiding British Japanese and other allies to restore order. Vladivostok described as filthy with pigs common on main streets. Chinese student leaders in Tokyo sign with their own blood urging 4000 Tokio students to return to protest Shantung at the Peace Conference and Japan's China ambitions.
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Winnipeg
Vladivostok
J. King
Toronto
Tokio
China
Shantung
Japan
Polish Women Fight Ukranians Near Lemberg
Polish women battalions and troops from the Lemberg garrison carried out an advance against Ukrainian forces in the Kulikoff region north of Lemberg, according to the Polish national committee.
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Paris
Kulikoff
Lemberg
Polish National Committee
Complications Rise Over Turkish Dilemma at Peace Conference
At the peace conference competing delegations seek a solution to dismember the Ottoman Empire without sparking a religious war. The United States faces doubt over accepting a mandate for Constantinople, while Britain pushes to keep the sultan in place as head of the Moslem faith with only spiritual powers. The talk shifts to avoiding territorial transfers in Asia Minor.
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Paris
United States
Constantinople
Council of Four
Great Britain
Asia
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