Peace Treaty With Germany Called Scrap of Paper
Petrograd reports the Brest Litovsk pact dismissed as a scrap of paper while enthusiasm for battle surges. A pan executive council summons soldiers peasants and Cossacks for a Moscow session on March 12 to decide on peace or possible repudiation and a holy war. The drive to unite democratic parties for defensive fighting gains momentum.
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Germany
Brest- Litovsk
Pan-Executive Council
Moscow
Bloody Days Ahead as Americans Enter War Front
Special Cable From Star Reporter in France reports American troops in first line trenches and airmen fighting independently. Describes German submarines sinking U S troop ships and gas exposure, with leaders urging grim resolve and readiness for large casualties.
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Star
Pershing
France
America
Recall of Miss Strong Prompts Public Vote Tomorrow
Anna Louise Strong, school board member, faces recall tomorrow over anti conscription and anti government activity months ago. She now proclaims Americanism and patriotism and says she supports the government. Seattle voters decide if her conversion is genuine.
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Anna Louise Strong
Tommorrow
Train Smashup Near Creed's Crossing Kills Two
A Fort Dodge Des Moines Fort Dodge passenger train collided head on with a freight train near Creed's crossing five miles east of Boone. Two bodies were recovered and about 30 injured as the telescope car was torn open.
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Des
Allenby Forces Make New Palestine Gains
General Allenby’s troops pushed up to 2000 yards northward along a 124 mile front between Jerusalem and Nabula with minimal resistance. The advance occurred Saturday and Sunday, according to official dispatches from London.
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Jerusalem
Nabula
Raids intensify on the Western Front as German forces clash
In the past 48 hours five events quickened along the west front with heavy artillery, machine guns and raids. Marshal Hindenburg probes while suffering losses. German raiders imitate British tactics but lack their dash. In Polygon Wood, five Germans reached the line with three killed and two captured. 21 dead reported elsewhere. Shelling west of Lens persists amid thaw after a snow storm.
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Philip Simms
United Press
France
West Front
Marshal Hindenburg
Flanders
Polygon Wood
Hne
Lens
Scarpe
Cambrai
Dry law arrests for Gordon and Simonson in Seattle area
George Gordon of 5224 Twelfth Ave N E and Peter Simonson of 216 Bell Ave were taken into custody Sunday for alleged violations of the dry law.
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Twelfth Ave
N. E
Peter Simonson
Bell At
Bradford Declares The Star Lied About Me
The Star asked Bradford for specifics on editorial errors but he offered no statement after consulting advisers. His campaign manager said Bradford would not issue a reply, claiming The Star is correct in its Saturday editorial and accusing Bradford of courting un-American elements.
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Otto A. Case
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United Press Writer Stays in Petrograd
United Press staff correspondent Jos. Shaplen remains in Petrograd today as the sole American newspaper man in the city. He wires the United Press general office that all is well and asks to convey love and assurances to his family. Mrs. Shaplen lives in Philadelphia where he formerly worked for the Evening Leader.
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Jos. Shaplen
United Press
Petrograd
Wired
Germans Roast Japan Paris War Pretext in Siberia Plan
The Rheinische Wentfachsche Zeitung accuses Japan of using intervention in the Far East as a pretext for “Japanization of Siberia.” The piece notes war horrors kept from French children and is reported by Lillian Chester from France. It will appear in Tuesday's Star.
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Rheinische Wentfachsche Zeitung
Far East
France
Lillian Chester
George Randolph Chester
Star
The
Europe
Reds Blowing Up Bridges on Siberian R R
Washington reports that Russians are destroying bridges on the Siberian railway near China. The rumor, relayed by American Railway Commission chairmen Stephen, comes as officials downplay its significance while observers see possible implications for Japanese intervention and Ambassador Francia movements. Communications with Moscow and Petrograd remain open. no word on Francia’s plans or Vladivostok supplies.
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China
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Chita
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Moscow
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Japanese Urge Entry at Once into Siberia
With the German Russian peace pact signed, Japan is expected to act in Siberia. Officials doubt allied approval and fear Japan may pursue a solo expedition if necessary. Indications are she will be allowed to protect her interests, with a formal allied statement looming.
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Siberia
Japan
Allied Consuls Reach Moscow
The American British and French consuls have arrived in Moscow from Kieff. American consul at Kieff is Douglas Jenkins and the consul at Moscow is Dewitt C. Poole. It appears all American representatives in the affected parts of Russia are moving to places of safety.
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Douglas Jenkins
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Dewitt C. Poole
Russia
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Brown
Paris
White
Petrograd
Meyer London Protests Japan Plan Invasion
Representative Meyer London of New York introduced a resolution protesting the suggested invasion of Russian territory by Japan. In Petrograd, three people were killed and five wounded when a German airman bombarded the city, with little material damage reported.
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Meyer London
New York
Japan
Petrograd
French Hear Wild Rumors But Still Carry On Their Battle
Seven Americans in Paris amid cafe gossip fear Paris may fall as rumors swirl of French army shortages and a vast Russian advance. Brown warns of a possible evacuation while the group clings to each other awaiting confirmation from a trusted source. The tense scene unfolds over soup as wartime rumors ripple through the table.
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Big Jones
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Paris
Brown
London
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Dooflab
Russia vows continued war despite Brest-Litovsk peace
Agricultural Commissary Kalegayeff says the sporadic revolutionary war will persist across Russia even after peace, with civil and class war against German counter revolutionists and White Guards. He predicts bread shortages in German-occupied areas and asserts Germany cannot conquer the workers and peasants, so true peace remains impossible.
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Finland
RUSS SIGN PEACE TREATY WITH GERMANY AT RASSE
Rassen Swiss report says Germany and Russia signed a peace treaty at 5 p.m. Sunday. Russian delegates yielded without opposition to the German terms and announced they would attach their signatures and depart. A new clause would detach Karabagh Kars and Batum from Russia supposedly for the peoples right to self determination.
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Switzerland
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Russia
Berlin
Petrograd
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Trotsky
Karabagh
Kars
Batum
Met
Tury
Petrograd Dazes as Peace Talks Stir Unrest and Rumors
In Petrograd on March 3 noon, reports claim the Russian peace delegation refused to discuss terms, denouncing the German dictated peace. Rumors spread of German occupation, a puppet government, and white guards forming against the allies, with Kerensky’s agriculture secretary named in speculation.
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M. Kirvostein
Kerensky
Ariculture
Caucasus
Turkey
Berlin
Pskoff
Germany
Francis to move embassy to Vladivostok
American ambassador David R. Francis plans to relocate the U S embassy from Moscow to Vladivostok. The dispatch cites a wireless message from Viscount Uchida, the Japanese ambassador to Russia, indicating the Japanese embassy will also be moved.
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Francis
Vladivostok
Ralph H. Turner Tokio
David R. Francis
Russia
Viscount Uchida
Bolsheviks claim 200 executed by Germans in Wolmar
Petrograd dispatches report Bolshevik circular stating that German troops entered Wolmar on February 20 and hanged 200 Russians in the market square, arousing international outrage as details arrive in London.
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London
Petrograd
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