German Delegates Power Shapes Versailles Peace Carveup
Paris dispatches report German foreign minister Brockdorff-Rantzau will send delegates to the peace talks without full powers, fueling alliance talk among France Britain and the United States. The council of four debates publishing the treaty text with proposed staged releases to ensure a clear, prompt explanation to the public.
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France
Great Britain
America
Cable transmission of peace treaty text to Washington in progress
The text of the covenant of the League of Nations has been telegraphed to the state department for release when authorized by President Wilson. Other treaty parts will be cabled during the week. The final dispatch could reach about 100000 words and be sent in four or five hours if cables are clear.
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Great Britain
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Germany
League of Nations
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League
State Department
Washington
1349 Yanks Reach NWY On Charleston Arrival
The cruiser Charleston arrived from Brest with 1,349 troops including the 411th telegraph battalion 12 officers and 213 men the 41st field hospital 4 officers and 74 men and the 330th field hospital 4 officers and 78 men. The rest were infantry marine and air service casuals from Arkansas Illinois Colorado Iowa New York and North Carolina.
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Charleston
Brest
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Colorado
Iowa
North Carolina
Russian Plan Outlined For Russian Problem at Paris Peace Talks
The Russian embassy releases the outline of a plan presented at Paris to solve the Russian problem. It asks recognition as de facto of all national authorities backed by democratic ideals and popular support, pending a federation of Russian States.
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Washington
Paris
Detroit Exceeds Victory Loan Quota In City Effort
Detroit claims the honor of being the first large city to exceed its Victory loan quota with 57 million dollars raised by 4 15 o clock Monday afternoon against a quota of 50 5404 414. An effort will be made to double the quota.
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Detroit
Mich
Germany Gloomy Over Peace Terms At Versailles
Berlin April 22 The German cabinet spent less than thirty minutes shaping its reply to the entente invitation to Versailles and to receive a draft of the peace terms. Officials foresee no chance of mitigation in the dictated terms and expect the terms to be final. Public stance whether to accept or protest remains unsettled amid anti capitalistic sentiment among workers and pro social forces among the bourgeoisie.
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Ships of the Rainbow Division Sail Toward New York
About 7 000 officers and men of the Forty second Rainbow division sailed from Brest April 18 on the Leviathan, due in New York April 25, with Maj Gen George W Reed and Maj Gen Douglas MacArthur aboard. The Aquitania, due April 24, carries Seventy seventh division troops and support units, while the Kroonland and Orizaba carry additional units and staff as transatlantic movements continue toward New York ports.
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Leviathan
New York
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Douglas MacArthur
Eighty Fourth Infantry
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Siready
Samuel D. Sturgis
Navy transport ships bring home wounded and units
The Siboney due in New York April 27 carries headquarters company supply section and medical detachments from multiple units including the One Hundred Sixth field signal battalion and Companies A B C. Other ships Kanawha May 9 Alloway May 3 Western Hero May 2 bring a few casualties as they reach New York and Newport News.
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Siboney
New York
Kanawha
Alloway
Newport News
Chicago Sells Record Bord Offering On First Day
Chicago reports a first day sale total of more than 17.5 million dollars for a bord offering described as the best ever. The figure nearly doubles the daily quota needed to reach the 189 thousand dollar subscription target.
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Chicago
Airplane broadcasts Wilson Victory Liberty loan message
From an airplane 2600 feet above the treasury steps 15000 people heard President Wilson’s Victory Liberty loan speech via wireless phone and a new sound amplifier. Admiral Sims followed, speaking through the same device as Lieut Metcalf helped project the president’s words clearly to the crowd. The opening campaign for the $4,500,000 note issue proceeded with no excitement and operated smoothly.
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Air 22
Wilson
Treasury
Admiral Sims
H. E. Metcalf
Victory Liberty Loan
Wilson to Issue Plea to World Amid Italian Demands
Paris April 22 President Wilson planned a public statement if no accord is reached as the council of four resumes Italian claims hearing. Italian parliament postpones its Rome meeting to May 6 due to stalled Adriatic negotiations. Germany to send six delegates led by Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau to Versailles, arriving April 28.
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German Peace Delegation Plans Dial In for Treaty Text
The Foreign Office misread the initial meeting with the peace conference. Germany expected to receive the draft and return home to confer before talks, leading Count von Brockdorff Rantzau to propose a smaller delegation of six plenipotentiaries. Plans by the Council of Four shifted as the April 25 deadline demanded ready text, altering the German approach and size of its delegation.
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Germany
National Assembly
Count von Brockdorff Rantzau
Versailles
Berlin
Armistice Commission
Council of Four
Five More D.S. Medals Awarded for Meritorious Service
General Pershing informed the War Department that Distinguished Service Medals were awarded to Maj. Charles L. Joly and First Lieutenants William J. Schmitt Paul Chapin and Carroll B. Reece for exceptionally meritorious services with expeditionary forces. Maj. Alfred F. E. King received the medal posthumously as munitions officer of the Fifth Army Corps.
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Washington
General Pershing
War Department
Charles L. Joly
William J. Schmitt
Paul Chapin
Carroll B. Reece
Alfred FE. King
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Noted French Flyer Said Killed in Rome Flight
Paris reports an unconfirmed account that Jules Vedrines, famed French aviator who left Villacoublay for Rome, died in a crash south of Lyon. His mechanic is also reported killed in the same incident.
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Vienna Reds Fail Attempt To Seize Government
In Vienna on April 22 the communist effort to seize control failed as many Hungarian agitators were arrested. Edward Steiner, a Red guard officer, was among those detained. authorities found over 1,000,000 kroner in his hotel rooms along with jewelry and valuables. Bela Kun denies involvement. Budapest reports note discontent over the failed bid and fears from advancing French and Roumanian troops in Transylvania.
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Hungarian Government Resigns After Soviet Setback
The Hungarian government resigns amid defeat by Soviet troops, signaling a major political shift as authorities announce stepping down in the face of advancing forces. The move follows pressure from external and internal turmoil impacting leadership stability.
Revolt in Turkey as Bolshevik Committee Seizes Constantinople
Budapest dispatches report Bela Kun led Hungarian government to resign under pressure from Roumanian troops. Chaos spreads as Romanian forces advance and Hungarian capital faces turmoil with defections and clashes.
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Evening Journal
Amsterdam
Bela Kun
Budapest
Ted
Revolution in Turkey reported by Kiev telegram
APIS reports a revolution in Turkey with the Soviet government proclaimed and a revolutionary committee set up in Constantinople. A Bolshevik envoy in Odessa says the Turkish Consultate has received official word of the government change.
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Seelal
Evening Journal
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Turkey
Constantinople
Kiev
Odessa
Adriatic claims deadlock seen as serious
Officials in Washington report anxiety over Italy Adriatic claims deadlock. A Paris message summarizes progress at the peace table yet officials foresee a final adjustment in a amicable manner, with continued cautious optimism despite the tense situation.
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Italy
Adriatic
Paris
Five Army Officers Die In Plane Crash At Neyhill
Five crew members, all British army officers, died when a Handley Page airplane crashed to earth at Neyhill near Andover England on April 22. The fire, caused by the crash, burned the bodies beyond recognition.
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Fvening Journal
Andover
Eng
Neyhill
Communist Rhetoric in Austria Warns of Proletariat Ruin
A fragment discusses threats of continued efforts leading to Austria's ruin and potential food supply disruption, with communist counterarguments claiming adequate food for the proletariat and that starvation of the well-to-do harms no one but the ruling class.
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Austria
Soviet Edu Commissary Proclaims Religious Freedom in Hungary
Budapest April 22 The commissary of education instructs clergy to declare from pulpits over three Sundays that the soviet government guarantees full religious freedom to all and will not interfere with churches or religious buildings nor change marriage and family life or attempt to communize women.
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Budapest
Seaplane Flies Into Lake During Victory Loan Drive
A seaplane taking part in the Victory loan campaign crashed into Lake Michigan near Grant Park. Pilot Lieutenant Brown and mechanic Robert Lee were rescued by submarine chaser No. 144.
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Lake Michigan
Grant Park
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