Revolt Rears in Saxony and Mannheim
Spartacans and independent socialists seize power centres in Saxony as railway lines and power supplies are disrupted. In Coblenz, guns delayed by alleged Spartacan interference. Mannheim revolts renew with post office telegraph and railway offices captured, city communications cut.
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Rede
Berlin
Mannheim
Sauers
Weimar
Halle
Munich
Dresden
Leipzig
Saxony
Baden
Gotha
National Assembly
Upean
Copenhagen
Sparta Ean
Plauen Seizure as Communists Evacuate and Armaments Surrender
In Germany a wave of unrest sees independent communists evacuate public buildings and surrender arms while armed mobs seize Plauen’s town hall banks post office and other public buildings. Negotiations lead to the barracks surrender as troops are disarmed.
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Berlin
Plauen
Saxony
Half Million Set for Great Lakes Naval Station Upgrades
Washington reports $500000 of work will start after Great Lakes training station improvements are approved. The first $200000 installment of a $2100000 appropriation has been paid. Navy officials say about $200000 yearly will be spent until completion. Annapolis and Quantico won’t rival the Lake Michigan base.
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Washington
Great Lakes
Chicago
Secretary of the Navy
Navy Department
Annapolis
Quantico
Navy School
Lake Michigan
Germans Named as Delegates to Paris Peace Conference
From Denmark comes word that four German subjects are named delegates to the Paris Peace conference. They are C. P. Hanssen deputy from Noerrenmoelle to the Reichstag Nieniesen and Kroppenborg Skrumeniger deputies in the Prussian landtag and Andreas Grau editor.
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Washington
Denmark
State Department
C. P. Hanssen
Noerrenmoelle
Felclixtag
Nieniesen
Kroppenborg-Skrumeniger
Landtag
Andreas Grau
House Passes Victory Liberty Loan Bill
Washington reports the House approved the Victory Liberty loan bill with only three dissenting votes after a Republican attempt to strike provisions extending the war finance corporation failed. The bill would authorize loans to support export trade financing.
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Washington
House
War Fenance Corporation
Open Door Support At Versailles Morrocco and Poland Debates
The Versailles commission on Belgian claims held its first meeting electing Capt. Tardieu as president and authorizing further instructions. Council discussions covered Poland with inquiries to Warsaw and a deferment on Polish divisions via Danzig. Open door trade parity received backing from Henry White and Arthur Balfour as Lloyd George returns to Paris for three days.
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Paris
Peh
Capt. Tardieu
Supreme Council
Council of the Great Powers
Poland
Marshal Poch
Warsaw
Danzig
Morocco
France
Henry White
United States
Arthur J. Balfour
Great Britain
David Lloyd George
Paria
Russia
China
Mongolia
Manchuria
Shantung Province
Japan
President Wilson Withholds Confidence Vote on League Plan
President Wilson will not seek a vote of confidence from Congress on the league of nations plan. Administration officials say the league should be presented as part of the peace treaty and that the president will confer with leaders on measures including retention of the employment service and funding for related programs. He also urges prompt action on oil lands leasing, Kenyon’s water project funding, and the M. C. reclamation bill for veterans.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
League of Nations
J. Hamilton Lewis
Kenyon
Wilson to Speak in New York Before Departure
Report states President Wilson will address the public in New York, likely the day before or on his sailing date March 5, with the exact timing depending on week’s developments. Cummins attacks the Paris league, opposing mandatory Turkish powers and fiscal burdens.
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New York
Wilson
Congress
France
Cummins
League of Nations
United States
Iowa
Senate
Turkey
Paris
League of Nedions
Carmins
Optimistic Thought Advice After Misconduct
A reflective note urges that optimism follows mischief, likening remedies to medicine after death and suggesting tempered guidance to restore balance and prevent recurrence.
Exchange offer and Baltic recapture report
Stockholm reports American citizen Kolmotizine in Moscow under death sentence commuted by Bolsheviks. Soviet government proposes exchange of Kolmotizne and others for American prisoners at Vladivostok. Baltic ports Lilu and Windan recaptured. Viadivostok battle near Biagevieshkhansk: Japanese lose two officers and eighteen men killed, twenty wounded. Bolsheviks feared to have 3,000 troops.
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Stockholm
Morris
Pdonikh Red Cross
Vuaimed Kolmartiane
Thom
Mremlin
Moscow
Neonesal
Kolomotizne
Viadivostok
Lilu
Windan
Courland
Baltic Sea
Siberian
Biagevieshkhansk
Amur Province
Senators Gorah and Fail Among Few to Decline Wilson Dinner Invite
Washington February 27 Senators Gorah and Fall were the only ones who refused the White House dinner with President Wilson to hear firsthand the drafting of the League of Nations constitution and the president’s views. Most members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee attended the dinner in the state dining room, with invitations issued by the president and a request to keep discussion confidential.
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Gorah
White House
Washington
Congress
Wilson
League of Nations
Resonate Foreign Relations
House Foreign Affairs Committees
Rescue of Nations
Senate
France
Boston
Borah
Kinho
Fall
New Mexico
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pomerene
Ohio
Smith
Arizona
Saulsbury
Delaware
Pittuinn
Nevadna
Shields
Tennessee
Thomas
Colorado
Robinson
Arkansas
Lodge
Massachusetts
Mirblenn
Cumber
North Dakets
Bruncegee
Connecticut
Knox
Pennsylvania
Flow
Virginia
Home Forelen
Wilson Talks After Dinner With Congress Representatives
After an eight o clock dinner, President Wilson spoke to members of Congress detailing covenant articles. He described the task faced by world powers drafting a document to reconcile divergent views for prompt ratification by their bodies.
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Congress
World Power
Big Navy Bill Is Approved By Senate Committee
The senate naval committee reported favorably the $720,000,000 naval appropriation bill without a roll call as part of a new building program. A party split of six to five supported the measure. the Liberty loan department denied rumors that the 11th Liberty loan was canceled following questions from workers.
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Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Senate
Liberty Loan Branc
Treasury Department
Liberty Loan
Rivers and barbers appropriation bill enacted with conference report
Washington February 27 the rivers and barbers appropriation bill totaling 82 million dollars was completed with the Senate adopting the conference report without a record vote. The measure funds new projects and directs expenditures across multiple agencies.
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Washington
Senate
Noske Presses National Army Law Amid Socialist Opposition
Berlin reports War Minister Noske defends a national army bill as necessary to defend frontiers against Bolshevik threats. Opponents warn of militarism and cite risks to revolutionary forces. Paris notes Clemenceau briefly outdoors. Berlin mentions Ebert forming a presidential cabinet.
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Noske
National Guard Wit
Welmwar
Bil
Gustave Noske
People's Party
Berlin
Ebert
von Holtzendorff
Armistice Reports Suspended Amid Misinformation Claims
A reported armistice suspension is alleged due to misinformation. Authorities cite plot suspicions surrounding the event and stress continued monitoring of developing information.
Bolshevists Beaten on Murman Front as Allies Press
Archangel dispatch reports allied forces on the Murman coast advanced twenty six miles Sunday inflicting heavy Bolshevik losses and taking many prisoners. The article notes a suspension of armistice talks and mentions German monarchist coup rumors. Palmer is nominated to be attorney general effective March 4.
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Foventne Journal
Geneva
Berlin
Spa
Germany
Ebert
Kaiser
Odun
Murman
Archangel
Frenme Journal
Washington, D. C
Mitchell Palmer
WAR HERO DESERTER CASE OF RIFLED MARINE
Private Corneline Piske of the Sixth Marines famed for Belleau Wood and Chateau Thierry was sent to New York aboard the President Grant as a prisoner charged with desertion from the Navy. He enlisted at sixteen but saw no action and left to join the marines. Capt. J F Cargan of Boston will represent him at court martial.
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New York
Corneline Piske
Sixth Marines
Belleau Weed
Sols
Chateau-Telerry
President Grant
United States Navy
Itte
Marines
J. F. Cargan
Boston
Miners Agree to Inquiry Move Postpones Strike
London reports the miners federation executive committees accept Lloyd George's government inquiry proposal and postpone the strike call for five days. The decision follows a formal recommendation to pursue negotiations and seek a broader inquiry into mining conditions.
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Lloyd George
London
Miners’ Federation
Bloody riots erupt in Westphalia towns
Reported riots in Westphalia towns bring bloodshed as authorities struggle to control unrest. The Spa movement aims to establish a first Teptubile similar to Bavaria with Duesseldorf under contested control.
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Westphalia
Cologne
Spa
Bavaria
Tuesseldorf
Bishop Hayes Promoted to Archepiscopal Leader of New York
The New York archdiocese announces Bishop Patric J. Hayes as the new archbishop of New York succeeding the late Archbishop John M. Farley. Announcement came from the archiepiscopal residence in New York on February 27.
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New York Province
John M. Farley
New York
Patrics J. Hayes
Mer, Dun
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