German disarmament terms aim to curb army and fortifications
Paris dispatches report terms to reduce the German army to 100000 men, destroy Rhine fortifications within fifty miles, and forbid new works. All arms and war materials beyond fixed limits must be surrendered or destroyed. Naval limits resemble police and frontier control strength. some ships may be used to offset Allied losses.
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Rhine
London
Thertillery
Emi
Germany
Hun union foe visits Paris
Geneve March 21 Doctor Lam hinseh former premier of Austria and a strong opponent of the union of German Austria with Germany is on his way to Paris. The newspapers here consider his journey of great importance.
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Geneve
Lam Hinseh
Austria
Germany
Paris
Cotton Great German Need
Washington reports Germany's cotton imports are estimated at 4,700,000 bales of 500 pounds each in several dispatches citing prevailing opinion.
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Washington
Germany
Averal
Pershing Praises Fourth Division After Meuse-Argonne
General Pershing completed his inspection of German occupied areas in Cechem-en-Moselle and reviewed the 4th corps and Fourth division. He commended officers and soldiers for their role in the second Marne St Mihiel and Meuse Argonne offensives. Frank H Hitchcock observed the review on a sight seeing trip.
Reed Defies the Assembly in Missouri Campaign Stance
Senator James A. Reed responded to Democratic Missouri House members who urged his resignation and re election bid to gauge public sentiment. He stated he would not resign and clarified he does not regard opposing President Wilson with disrespect, while insisting he does not conduct a campaign by abusing dissenters.
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St. Louis
James A. Reed
Missouri House of Representatives
Wilson
Tam
Bolshevik Networks Reported Inside Germany
The Hague reports Otto Wertz claims Radek formed 25 Bolshevik groups in Germany to spread communism. A German Soviet in Petrograd issues German newsletters smuggled into East and West Prussia, while a Bolshevik school trains 10,000 German POWs for propaganda. A Western Communist division of 20,000 is organized for possible invasion defense and propaganda duties.
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Hague
Berlin
Otto Wertz
Petrograd
Lenine
Tretzky
Radek
Germany
East Prussia
West Prussia
Niini Novgorod Samara
Sberia
British commander Allen arrives in Paris for Near East council
Paris March 21. General Allen commander of British forces in Palestine arrived from Egypt to advise the supreme council on Near East questions. He is expected to discuss operations and policy with Allied leaders.
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Paris
Allenby
Palestine
Egypt
Supreme Council
League of Nations work opens with neutrals heard
Paris March 21 neutral nations invited to submit amendments to the league covenant with Lord Robert Cecil chairing a sub commission and President Wilson presiding over the main meeting. Japan seeks equal rights for nationals in member states while others propose Monroe Doctrine related provisions and alliance preliminaries with Germany.
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Robert Cecil
Paris
League of Nations
League
Supreme Council
Reuter’s
Enid
Europe
Asia
Central and
South America
Holland
Switzerland
Lord Robert Cecil
Great Britain
Ventyelos
Greece
M. Vesnich
Kia
Paul Hywans
Belgium
Col
Ki. M. House
United States
Leon Bourgeois
France
Wilson
League of Nations Commission
Mr. Wilson
Amer
Ica
Thomas W. Gregory
Bolshevik advances repulsed south of Archangel
Allied forces defeated Bolshevik troops in an attack south of Archangel. The official bulletin reported Morjejovska falls and five prisoners taken, 57 dead, many wounded, and six machine guns captured. Separate reports note Lettish forces capturing Mitan southwest of Lion and Bolsheviks retreating.
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Copenhagen
Mitan
Lion
Pinsk
Brest-Litovsk
Warsaw
Berlin
Germany
Austria
National Zeitung
Vienna
London
Archangel
Morjejovska
Large Nitrate Surplus to Be Used as Fertilizer
The War Department reports slow cancellation of war contracts and states that about 1.5 billion pounds of surplus sodium nitrate worth 57 million dollars will be disposed of for agricultural and commercial uses. The Department of Agriculture will purchase 284 million pounds at cost price for fertilizer.
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Department of Agriculture
Army
Washington
War Department
Interior Department
Ordnance Department
United States
Nitrate Board
American Nitrate Pool
Chile
Munitions
Crowell
Six Hour Day Five Day Week Backed by UMWA Subcommittee
The subcommittee of the general policy committee endorsed Frank J. Hayes’s proposals for a six hour day and five day week, wage increases, and nationalization of coal mines. It urged full use of United Mine Workers influence and empowered international officers to draft a bill for nationalization to present at the special convention and then to Congress.
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Indianapolis
Frank J. Hayes
United Mine Workers of America
General Policy Committee
United Mine Workers
Congress
Memorial Service for American Soldiers in Westminster
A memorial service for American soldiers and sailors who fell in the war is planned in Westminster Abbey on April 4. The service is to honor those who served with the American forces.
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Westminster
London
See Jap Plot in New Mexico Land Sale Probe
The California and Mexican Land Company plan to sell 800000 acres on the Mexican border to a Japanese syndicate, a move the State Department will investigate as it may violate the Monroe doctrine. Information was sent to Washington by Senor Phelen.
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Washington
California and Mexican Land Company
Mexico
California
State Department
Sencior Phelen
Reds Take Over Ukraine as Allied Forces Withdraw
London dispatch reports Bolsheviks control virtually all Ukraine with heavy fighting at Nikolaiev near Odessa. French garrison withdraws to Odessa after fierce battles while Bolsheviks push toward Crimea from Isthmus of Perekop. Ukrainian Bolsheviks and Moscow troops advance, driving Petliura forces from Kiev toward Vinnytsia and Podolia.
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London
Ukraine
Nikolaiev
Odessa
Verekop
Crimea
Russia
Bolsheviks Ea
Moscow
Kiev
Zhitomir
Petiura
Vinnitza
Proskurey
Podolia
Galicia
Yanks Help Win Ocean Race Across Atlantic
The Matoika transporting 659 men of the 114th machine gun battalion of the Thirty Seventh (Old Hickory) division arrived in Newport News from St Nazaire France. One hour later the Rundem carrying the 188th field artillery of the Thirty sixth (Lone Star) division reached the port. The ships raced across the Atlantic with fire and engine rooms aided by civilian workers.
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Newport News
Coal Embargo Delays Surrender of German Fleet
The surrender of the German mercantile fleet is postponed due to coal shortages. Strikes among miners and transportation disruptions hinder regular fuel supplies and delay the handover.
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Strke
Claims for Loss of Life and Property From War Reach Billions
A report notes demands for maximum compensation totaling up to a billion as casualties and property losses mount amid ongoing conflict. Analysts highlight wartime costs across sectors and the dire need for relief measures.
Italy Makes Stand Over Fiume in Peace Terms
Paris March 21 The United States calculates war losses at a billion dollars. Individual lives valued at 250000 dollars each as part of damage claims. Italy withdraws from conference unless Fiume assigned to Italy in peace terms. Special to Evening Journal.
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Evening Journal
Paris
United States
Italy May Withdraw From Peace Conference
Paris March 21 Italian delegation to the Peace Conference votes to withdraw unless Ficome is assigned to Italy with the conclusion of peace.
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Eventre
Paris
Ficome
Army artillery programs planned costs and gun orders
Washington outlines artillery projects for the army detailing expenditures totaling 4 212 855 for heavy howitzers 240 mm and 153 mm guns 8 inch and 9 2 inch howitzers Browning machine guns and related equipment to be completed without interruption and including thousands of units.
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Washington
War Department
French Enter 2 German Cities Under Spartacist Outbreaks
Geneva March 2 French troops have occupied Mannheim and Karlsruhe east of the Rhine due to Spartacist outbreaks. The Vossische Zeitung of Berlin reports that Reinau five miles south of Mannheim and Winn Hafen were also occupied.
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Switzerland
Mannheim
Karlsruhe
Rhine
Vossiche Zeitung
Berlin
Rheinau
Whinhafen
France demands share of surrendered German warships
France insists surrendered German warships be distributed among victors as legitimate prizes of war. Paris argues for a fair share reflecting France’s role in the conflict and opposes the submarine pressure policy.
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France
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