Autonomy of peoples to decide peace terms urged
Washington reports the United States can no longer accept President Wilson's peace basis with Austria-Hungary. It insists that the Czecho-Slovaks and Jugoslavs must themselves determine actions that meet their rights and aspirations. The Austrian reply via the Swedish minister arrived late and was published with Czecho-Slovak independence news.
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United States
Austria-Hungary
Wilson
Austria
President Wilson's Note to Austria-Hungary Full Text
The State Department released the full text of President Wilson's note to Austria-Hungary dated October 15 1918. It explains that due to events since January, the United States can no longer accept autonomy as peace terms and insists that Czecho Slovakia and Yugoslavs decide their own actions, with recognition of their sovereignty and stated aims. The Austrian note offering an armistice and negotiations based on Wilsons fourteen points is also published.
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Austria-Hungary
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Secretary of State
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Department of State
Austria- Hungary
Congress of the
Cezeche Sloveks
Family of Nations
Robert Lansing
Vienna
United States of American
Congress
Wisons
Yanks Drive Germans From Loges Wood
American forces fighting near Verdun drive Germans from Loges Wood and the northern edge of Grand Pre while sustaining shelling with mustard gas. North of Cote de Chatillon patrols push into Entanglements of the Kriemhilde lines as encounters continue through the day until darkness.
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Newton €. Parke
Verdun
Loges Wood
Grand Pre
Cote de Chatillon
Kaiser Hides as Berlin Palace Is Stoned
London dispatch reports peace rioters attacked the Kaiser's Berlin palace on Wednesday, smashing about one hundred windows with bricks. The Kaiser was said to be in hiding as police and soldiers moved in, bayonets drawn, to quell the attack.
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London
Kaiser's Palace
Berlin
Amsterdam
Daily Express
Over Two Million Americans Embarked Overseas in War Update
Washington reports more than 2,000,000 American soldiers now overseas or on foreign soil as Gen. Pershing relays that the Belgian coast from Bruges to Holland is clear of German troops. German retreat continues 250 miles front from coast to Meuse while Allied forces breach the Hindenburg line and gain ground near Saint Gobain Forest and Chemin-des-Dames. Casualty lists lag due to lost transport Otranto and scattered muster rolls.
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Senate Military Affairs Committee
Az Department
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Holland
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Foch
North Sea
Swiss
Oise
Argonne
Meuse
Kriemhilde
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Chemin-des Dames
Argonne Forest
la Fere
Hindenburg Line
March
Otranto
Fas
Turcoing
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Bellegheth
Luinghe
Courtrai
Yeebrugee
Zeebrugse
Cording
Dover
Ostend
Zeebrugee
John T. Parkerson
Western Battle Front
Vance
Lille
le Cateau
Eli River
Tihe
Flanders
Pete Towrh
Douai
German note to Wilson delayed by last minute deliberation
Washington reports Swiss dispatch indicating German authorities postponed sending their reply to President Wilson. German war cabinet met long to decide, with military leaders present. Officials say serious questions and moral considerations prompted delay as Germany seeks further deliberation before action.
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Washington
Adv
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War Cabinet
Germany
Washington Weather Tonight and Sunday Forecast
Fair tonight with frost tonight and warmer Sunday near Lake Erie. The outlook calls for clear skies and light winds as temperatures rise across the region by Sunday afternoon.
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Washington
Lake Erie
Fourth Liberty Loan drive nears successful finish
Washington reports optimism as nationwide subscriptions surge toward the $6,000,000,000 goal. Cleveland and the Fourth District near overfulfillment with strong local totals and anticipated over subscriptions. Chicago surpasses daily targets with banks keeping long hours to meet the quota. New England campaigns intensify with rallies and slogans to push the district over the top. Maryland aims to raise $17,425,340 to meet its $82,108,000 target as final curtain nears.
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Liberty
King George Praises American Aid at Hospital Visit
London reports King George and Queen Mary visiting an American hospital where the King thanked the United States for aid to the common cause. Wounded soldiers cheered as the king expressed appreciation and the crowd shouted their delight.
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London
King George
Mary
German reply to Wilson note may reject no armistice
Copenhagen report outlines four points allegedly in Berlin: war must continue, no armistice firm, Wilson concessions not rejected, and denial of German atrocities in occupied areas. Washington awaits official word as diplomats monitor Swiss and Bern channels for the fate of any armistice terms.
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Wilson
Berlin
Germany
Joan Edwin Nevin
Washington
Berne
Madrid
Scandinavia
Marshal Fock
Versailles
Midwest Troops Help to Repulse Enemy Patrols
Texas and Oklahoma troops of the thirty sixth division fighting with the French on the Champagne front repulsed several enemy patrols in the Aisne river sector and captured prisoners from the Prussian guard. German artillery heavily shelled Attingy and Givry regions.
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Texas and
Oklahoma
Thirty Sixth Division
Aisne
Attingy
Givry
Plague Claims 300 In Chiago District Friday
Chicago Illinois February 19 Every effort is being made to check the influenza epidemic which took 18 lives yesterday. Cars of elevated and surface lines are fumigated before use. Children are not to gather in public groups and when they do they are sent home by police. Public gatherings are strictly enforced. Open air schools may replace meetings. Hotel lobbies are cleared to prevent loitering. Dr H N Bundesen returns from Boston with serum said to be successful in that city.
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Plas
Cr Ain
H. N. Bundeson
Boston
Berlin crowds demand peace as German coast evacuees reported
Amsterdam reports a thousand strong crowd gathered before Cologne town hall shouting Make peace We are beaten Down with Hindenburg on learning Germany evacuated the Belgian coast authority advices indicate the action occurred this afternoon amid the war’s shifting fronts and public weariness with the Hindenburg government.
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Amsterdam
Hindenburg
Cologne
Germany
British Fourth Army Near Valenciennes in Verdun Front
Furious fighting continues on the American front northwest of Verdun as American forces clear Loges Wood of Germans and drive enemy troops from the ground just north of Grand Pre Guards.
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Grand Pre
Frank Charlton
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Douai
Lille
Ghent
Belgium
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St. Quentin
Wassigny
Gambrai
Cambrai
British War Office
Seuge Canal
Emmerchicourt
Petequencourt
Emerchicourt
Pacquencourt
Doua
Allied forces trap 6000 Germans near Becloo and border
Allied troops reportedly crossed Becloo and trapped about six thousand German soldiers between Becloo and the Dutch border. British and French advances push toward Ghent and Cambrai while American and British units seize rear guards near Emerchicourt and Pacquen court. The Paris war office notes multiple towns captured and prisoners taken as fronts shift along the Oise and Aisne sectors.
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War Office
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