France Fears League Police Force Delays Draft Endorsement
Paris reports, Bourgeois urges an international army under a generalissimo to police key regions, while Britain and the United States resist. French anxiety over a League without a permanent force delays adopting the draft as Wilson nears departure.
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League of Nations
Leon Bourgeois
Foch
Rhenish Provinces
Dardanelles
Kiel Canal
Vistula
Great Britain
America
Wilson Salls
Convoys of Agony at Paris During Early War Days
Eyewitness memory recalls trainloads of wounded arriving at Gare La Chapelle and U S Marines halting a German advance near Chateau Thierry. Ambulances with bloodstained bandages rolled through heat swept streets, curtains up, daytime hospital trains too numerous to hide from Parisians.
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Gare la Chapelle
U.S
Chateau Thierry
Paris
2084 More Troops Arrive In New York From Graeast
The transport Stockholm docked in New York carrying 2,084 American troops from Grest. Included were units of the 369th Infantry Regiment and 93rd Division plus transportation corps personnel. Also aboard were over 400 casual officers and men, 14 nurses and 18 civilians.
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New York
Stockholm
Grest
Maryland
Iowa
Mississippi
Losses in Russia totaled 214 killed and wounded
A cablegram from American expeditionary forces in France reports casualties in Siberia up to February 9: 10 officers and 214 men killed or died of wounds and disease and wounded and missing in action. The note lists Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois, February 13, with a lighter mention of warm weather bringing grasshoppers and blooming dandelions.
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Washington
Siberia
France
Camp Grant
Rockford, Il
Miners Vote No on Government Terms in Britain
The Miners Federation of Great Britain meeting at Southport rejected government terms. With 800,000 members seeking a six hour day and a 50 percent wage rise, a strike appears likely, worsening the coal shortage affecting manufacturers and households. The government offered a representatives committee and a one shifting day to the war bonus, with other wage demands sent to the committee.
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London
Miners’ Federation of Great Britain
Southport
Miners’ Federation
Plot to kill President Wilson leads to arrest in Cleveland
Pietro Pierre an alleged I W W leader was arrested in Cleveland on a conspiracy to kill President Wilson. Federal agents say Chicago was the plan hub and the plot targeted arrival of the peace delegation from France. Pierre to be tried in Kansas City on conspiracy charges with bond set at 10000 dollars.
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Kansas City
Pietro Pierre
Clevelaand
Ohio
Wilson
Chicago
Secret Service
France
Fred R. Robertson
Kansas
Pierre
Kas
Robertson
Leavenworth
Cleveland
Plot Follows War Era Coal Miner Involves McAdoo
Secret Service reports a wartime plot involving Pierre a Marquette Michigan coal miner and aimed at McAdoo former treasury secretary. The scheme reportedly included anarchists and involved two Italian convicts at Leavenworth with one under observation while the other is a noted IWW agitator tied to the Arizona mining camps and the 1917 Globe strike.
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Pierre
Marquette
Mich
McAdoo
William G. McAdoo
Arizona
Glohe
Alfonso to Visit South America
King Alfonso of Spain will travel to South America visiting Buenos Aires Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro. The date of the voyage is not yet fixed according to the canal reports.
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Alfonso
South America
Paris
Spain
Caniels
Buenos Aires
Montevides
Rio Janeiro
Navy Bill Safe in Lower House After All-Day Debate
Administration leaders won support for naval expansion with a three-year building plan for ten battleships and ten scout cruisers. The House approved the naval appropriation bill totaling 721 million dollars for next fiscal year, alongside a rules resolution to proceed with the policy.
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Washington
House
Congress
Rules Committee
Mann
Naval Committee
U S Reds Tie to Russian Disorder Allegations
Senate inquiry hears Rev G A Simons claim Yorkers on the lower East Side backed Russian anarchists. He cites Yiddish influence and German links, noting claims of German funds and a Petrograd committee with many New York natives. He says most Russian peasants oppose anarchism.
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New York
Washington
Russia
G. A. Simens
Methodist Episcopal Church
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
United States
East Side
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Shnons
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Petrog
Doctor Simons
Petrograd
Gordon
Rand School of Social Science
Washington Square Methodist Episcopal Church
Walcott
Delaware
American Friends ask Wilson for moral world order and disarmament
The American Society of Friends sent a message to President Wilson praising his drive for justice and urging him to unite nations in a league based on moral force. They call for complete disarmament as essential to humanity and international order.
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Paris
American Society of Friends
Wilson
American Friends
Ebert Accepted as Germany’s Leader Amid Jubilant Crowds
In Weimar on February 12, Friedrich Ebert, socialist leader and former saddier, was hailed as president of Germany. Bells rang at 4 15 pm as crowds cheered the first head of state from their own ranks. A national assembly session featured dramatic speeches amid interruptions by an Independent socialist woman, as Germany and Austria relations and armistice terms drew strong reactions.
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Weimar
Friedrich Ebert
Germany
Ebert
Austria
Wuerttemburg
Edouard David
National Assembly
David
Wilson Warns Armistice Terms Must Not Be Violated
The article quotes President Wilson warning that non execution of armistice terms by Germany would count as a grave eventuality and justify further action. It notes the seriousness of enforcement and potential consequences for Germany if terms are not followed.
Romania in Revolt and Wilsons War Stance
Paris February 13 President Wilson said in conversation that resuming hostilities would only be justified by essential terms. He indicated non execution of armistice terms by Germany could justify renewed war and that he would order the American army to take up arms again if needed.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Germany
Guiness
Lioyd George
Journaly
Paris
Wilson
Romanian Uprising Progress Amid Royal Flight Wounds King
A Vienna dispatch reports a general insurrection in Romania as King Ferdinand and the Royal family attempt to flee Bucharest. Working men block roads, the king is slightly wounded in the ensuing battle, and workers demand overthrow of the dynasty seeking a republic.
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Rumania
Vienna
Ferdinand
Bucharest
Dlassy
Americans Rout Bolsheviki In Archangel Region
American reinforcements arrived to aid the British near Sredmakrenga and Bolshevik forces were routed, according to dispatches.
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Archangel
Sredmakrenga
President Ebert Receives Enthusiastic Address
The house erupted in a long cheer as President Ebert spoke, then sat with bowed head and folded arms during the address.
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Ebert
Germans Seek Naval Aid to Halt Archists on Baltic Coast
German representatives have asked the armistice commission at Spa for permission to use warships against archists seizing towns on the Saltic coast and have requested allied naval support.
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London
Vo Amosterdam
Central News
Armistice Commission
Spa
Saltic
Germany
Anarchist Forces Hit Sredimakrenga Front
Anarchist units in Arkhearngrel advance in Sredimakrenga region claiming early blockhouse gains. Prioh and Russian counter-attacks retake positions as the fighting continues.
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Arkhearngrel
Sredimakrenga
Still Love the Ex Kaiser Celebrations in Switzerland
German officers in Bern Switzerland held a birthday celebration for the former emperor at Le Berne praising his return to power. They drafted a telegram to the Kaiser but the telegraph office refused to deliver it as it was deemed insulting to the Entente.
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Switzerland
le Berne
Germany
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