Senator Hitchcock Shifts Stance on Embargo amid War Pressures
The article traces Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska and chair of the foreign relations committee as he explains a change from strict neutrality to support for embargo measures. It covers his 1914 position, debates in 1915, and role in the shift toward armed neutrality and later war, noting key dates and statements.
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Hite K
Nebrasan
Be Foreign Relations
Mane
Albert Bushnell Hartoo
Harvard
Willie
Hitelweck Ltd
Himy
Hitchcock
Thette
Senate
Ornansa Americea
Germany
Speer
Abandonment of Cantonments Works Planned by War Department
The War Department orders abandonment of additional military distribution projects. Cantonments for two artillery brigades are halted at Camp Kearny California. Enlargement of Camp Dodge Iowa and Camp Travis Texas sanitary reserve plant at Camp Cody New Mexico are also affected.
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Washington
War-Department
Artillry
Camp Kearny
Calif
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Sanitary Reese
Camp Travis
Texas
Codv
Hearst Papers Face War Era Controversy Over Zimmermann Note
A 1917 analysis pieces discuss forged documents and spy claims tying Hearst papers to anti war efforts. The text cites editorials accusing officials of moral lapse and notes internal communications about flag imagery and patriotic editing.
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France
Gregory
Aden Sweetor
Francis
Zimmerman Bhote
England
Orgress
House
Supreme Bench
Burleson
Wilson
Congress
United States
Panama Canal
British
Secret Service
Hale
Philip Francims
Intre
New York American
Cummins
Democratic Party
Hearst
Caravalho
F. W. Kellogg
Washington, D. C
Harper's Weekly
Carrvalho
Chi‘azo Herald
Germany
New York
W. R. Hearst
Palm Beach
Fla
Berlin
British Establish Control at Cologne Amid Riots
Rioting and looting plagued Cologne as British forces bridged control over the Rhine. Civilians faced shortages with food and fuel scarce while authorities urged order and civility. German troops were disarmed as revolutionaries seized power. Cologne’s Burgomaster faced pressure to maintain governance amid shifting control and a starving populace.
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Cologne
Belgium
France
Eng
Germany
Rhine
Sravery
Cologie
Eax
Oratunte
Westphalia Declared Separate Republic Amid Rhine Tensions
Cologne reels with revolutionary ideas as factions argue over Rhineland governance after Westphalia proclaimed a separate republic. The March 1917 Zimmermann note fallout cited, with Reichstag budget committee debate and diplomat resignations linked to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cologne
Rhineland
Westrphalia
Mexico
United States
Reichstag Budget Committee
Berlin
Stormiet
Zimmermann
von Bernstorff
Zimmerman
Satie Sear
Hun posing as American tried to start revolt
Berlin report says William J. Martin and two German officers Von Bardner and Matuschka planned an uprising against the soldiers and workmen's council. Martin, posing as American, had ties to German annexationists and was exposed after a wreath incident involving an American flag. Both officers disappeared as Berlin blamed them for the derailed plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hun
Associated Press
Berlin
William J. Martin
von Bardner Ane Matuschka
Martin
Ve Iin
League of Truth
American Martin
James W Gerard
Annexationista
Foreign Office
von Rheitbahr
Haron Rheinbaben Woo
Matuecka
Lothuania
German Foreign Office
von Rheintbacher
Matuchka
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