Wilson Calls for League to End War in Historic Address
President Wilson urged the league of nations in a Paris chamber speech, calling for a world-wide vow to defend free peoples and renounce armaments. The talks yielded a Poland Czech Slovakia accord ending Texchen disputes with releases of prisoners and frontier surveys to follow. Venizelos presented Greek claims to Epirus Thrace and Constantinople, while Crespi proposed a single allied financial accord to cover war damages.
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Siberia
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Czecho- Slovakia
Principality of Texchen
Silesia
Austria
Clemenceaya
Orlando
Teschen
United States
Quai d'Orsay
M. Venizelos
Greece
Tremier Venizelos
Nicholas Politis
Epirus
Thrace
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Simyrna
Aigner Crespi
Indemnities and Postwar Funding Principles
The speaker argues for universal, proportional indemnities from the enemy, favoring smaller states that invested more relative to wealth. Proposes a common fund fed by universal taxes, periodic allocations, and enemy repayment of allied debts with gold, raw materials, and finished products as payment.
Belgian Mason Magnette opposes renewal with German Free Masons
Brussels reports M. Magnette, Belgian Masons grand master, opposes restoring relations with German Free Masons. He sent letters to grand lodges protesting German atrocities during the war. German lodges largely ignored the protest, with Darmstadt and Frankfurt lodges calling the appeal stupid.
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Brussels
Charles Magnette
M. Magnette
Iert
Darmstadt
Dayreuth
Frankfurt
Jorges
Kiev Taken by Bolshevist Forces and Government Moves
Kiev has fallen to Bolshevik troops. General Petliura's forces are partly joining the enemy. The Ukrainian government moves from Kiev to Vinnytsia. Rail links to Kiev are cut at Kovel where German troops try to maintain order amid retreating Germans from Ukraine.
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Kiev
Petlora
Ukraine
Vinnitas
Kovel
Americans Halt Bolshevik Advance Near Archangel
Patrol clashes reported 15 miles south of Sredinak reng, with heavy shelling on the Vologda line but overall quiet elsewhere. In the Dyina sector near Tulgas, American and Allied forces repelled a night assault, killing 20 Bolsheviks, wounding 20, and taking 7 prisoners as bolsheviks move toward the Dvina and Vaga rivers. Northern lights appeared as fighting continued in cold, clear weather.
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Sredinakrenga
Vologda
Archangel
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Shenkursk
Taresevo
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Tulgas
Upper
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Not Opposed To Five Year Plan Declares McAdoo Proposal Needed
Washington February 4 Director General Hines testifying before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee urged a five year extension of government control while favoring private ownership reorganized under close government supervision. He argued for a few large railways with regulated returns and government board representation to balance public benefit with private initiative. He warned against pushing a solution for political ends and noted no current emergency requiring continued control.
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Washington
Hines
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Lathor
Mr. McAdoo
Gates urges return to prewar wheat market rules
Chicago board of trade president L P Gates argued before the House Agriculture Committee that the nation should end government price fixing and restore normal supply and demand for wheat. He urged returning the grain business to a prewar basis, saying wartime controls disrupted the law of supply.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
L. P. Gates
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Hale Hits Wilson Ideals
Senator Hale of Maine told the senate the United States went to war to confront danger not to pursue President Wilson’s ideals. He urged an immediate peace, the return of American troops, and a return to prewar conditions, calling for a clear showdown on the war’s aims.
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United States
Wilson
Hale
Maine
Senate
Listen Well to Words of a Few Men
A compact historical note highlights how a few words create lasting impact, contrasting eloquent speakers with men of few words and underscoring the power of concise speech.
London Strike Widens Leaving Thousands Walking
London workers stage walkout over meal break terms paralyzing rail lines and tubes in and around central London. About 5 000 workers including hotel staff join the action threatening wider disruption if troops enter the district. Engineers and clerks prepare further walkouts as unions press for 30 and 40 hour demands.
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Lansing Heads War Responsibility Committee
Paris Feb 4 Robert Lansing secretary of state was unanimously elected president of the committee on responsibility for the war. The panel would study guilt for premeditated treaty violations and international-law breaches and outline penalties to be applied. The United States response to acting as mandatory for Armenia remains uncertain.
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Robert Lansing
Committee On
Foreign Office
Toansing
Andre Tardieu
Fis
Lansing
United States
Armenia
Turkey
Government Warned by Senator Warning
A senator issues a warning to the government highlighting concerns over policy or action. The official call stresses accountability and potential political repercussions if reforms or oversight are not pursued.
Assails Meeting Over Praise of Soviet Government in Capital
Senator Thomas of Colorado denounces a Washington gathering praising the Russian soviet government as a covert overthrow attempt on the American system. He notes unnamed organizers and cites a prominent House member present while urging protest of such assemblies in the capital. Albert Rhys Williams and Louise Bryant spoke at the event.
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Washington
Thomas
Colorado
Senate
House
Mason
Ilinois
Russia
Peeentatlives Gordon
Ohio
Seu Ff
South Dakota
Albert Rhys Williams
Louise Bryant
Europe to assume care for backward peoples burdened by peace
The passage argues Europe should handle the welfare of backward peoples affected by the peace settlement, noting other powers claim the United States has no territorial aims and should share responsibility for advancement. The U.S. role is framed as non-expansionist in this regional context.
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Europe
Near East
United States
Scent Trouble With Reds
Amsterdam reports German authorities plan to thwart the Spartacist plot to disrupt the national constituent assembly at Weimar. Spartacists are disarmed. strong government forces guard newspapers. Some liberal troops sympathize with the Spartacans as Eleventh and Fifteenth army corps withhold protection. Anarchy persists among some industrial elites.
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Amsterdam
National Constituent Assembly
Weimar
Clown Prince Seeks Divorce in German Imperial Line
Frederick William Hohenzollern, eldest son of the former German emperor, has filed for divorce per a Munich dispatch. The announcement, reported by the Munich Zeitung, notes the legal action initiated by the prince amid ongoing royal lineage scrutiny.
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Frederick Wiliam Holecosollern
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Munich Zeitung
Lowell operatives win 1 hour weekly ban in mills
The Lowell Cotton Manufacturers' Association voted to grant the demand of the operatives for a 1 hour week to take effect immediately. Cotton mills employ approximately 25,000 people in Lowell.
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Lowell
Mass
Lowell Cotton” Manufacturers’ Association
City Operates Street Cars in Wichita Falls
City runs street cars in Wichita Falls Texas after a settlement dispute with employers ending a strike that began last Thursday.
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