Bessarabia Proclaims Republic Amid War Turmoil
News from London and Warsaw reports Italian troops occupying Pressburg near Vienna and Bessarabia declaring a republic with Bol shevik support alleged. Lenine warns Hungarian authorities against mirroring Russian tactics as a Czetno Blovak mission is held at the border.
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Pressburg
Vienna
Buda- Pest
Berlin
Oderen
Offdale
Bessarabia
Avreputtic
Warsaw
Roumania
Moscow
Budapest
Russia
Trotzky
Lenine
Copenhagen
Bela Kun
Kun
Vressburg
Hungary
Ah Czetno-Blovak
British Rail Men Agree
London March 28 delegates to the conference of the National ...
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British Rail
London
Miners Continue Strikes Across Wales and Midlands
Union of Railwaymen accepts government settlement offer while miners press for full federation demands. Despite a delegates vote to refer a strike to members, workers are urged to work until ballots are completed. Over 60,000 strike in South Wales plus 7,000 elsewhere in Wales and many in Nottingham and Derbyshire coalfields.
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Union of Railwaymen
Miners’ Federation
Miners’ Conference
South Wales
Welsh
Nottingham and
Derbyshire Co
Yankees Block Hun Strike In Coblenz
In Coblenz Germany March 28 the general strike planned in the American zone failed to materialize as workers returned to their jobs after seeking higher pay. The Coblenz burgomaster warned Germans to show more self control toward American soldiers and avoid acts that could be viewed as insulting to the U S uniform.
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Coblenz
Germany
Deny Masaryk Has Quit Denied by Czecho Slovak Mission
Washington reports an official denial of massaryk resignation rumors sent from Berlin via Copenhagen. Secretary Baker plans to sail for Europe around April 6 and expects a brief overseas stay of a few weeks.
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Washington
Masaryk
Berlin
Copenhagen
Baker
Europe
General Mangin to Curb the Reds in East Europe
Paris reports General Mangin will be recalled from Mayence to undertake a major eastern European mission, likely in the Balkans, with possible operations on the Hungarian frontier and southwestern Russia. Military commentators suggest a thrust through Germany toward Poland to check Bolshevik forces.
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Paris
Mnangin
Mayence
Hungary
Europe
Balkans
Russia
Matin
Germany
Poland
Maldeterre
Alles
Marshal Foch
Cienern Mangin
Manein
Soissons
Iis
M. Joffe
Berlin
Vilna
Final Draft of League Is Finished and Wilson Defense
Paris and Washington reports say the final draft of the League covenant is nearly complete. President Wilson defends the process, denies delaying peace, and notes the commission’s conclusions were the first to be presented to the plenary conference. He says criticisms have sparked revisions and neutral aid is being sought.
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Aris
League of Nations
Wilson
League
Paris
Estecurenty
League Covenant Edges Toward Final Draft
The conference notes strong interest from neutral nation representatives to join the league. The revised covenant is nearly finished and will be drafted by a committee before a public presentation. Commissioners say meetings avoided delaying progress on peace questions.
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League
Allies massed on Archangel and Siberian fronts total 360465
Paris reports French foreign minister Stephen Pichon told the chamber that allied forces in Archangel and Siberia number 360 465. breakdown lists United States 41 000 plus several other nations including Britain 140 000 France 140 000 Italy 40 900 Serbia 10 000 Poland 2 100 and Japan 57 4. Total on eastern fronts cited as 86000 and 384700 for other fronts.
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Paris
Archangel
Siberian
Stephen Pichon
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Siberian Front
Cecho-Slovarke
M. Pichon
Red anarchist Vasili Gambaghit arrested for Bolshevik propaganda
Perse March 28 report states Russian refugee Vasili Gambaghit of Lyons was arrested for distributing Bolshevik propaganda. Authorities say papers found in his possession outline plans for a popular uprising in Praner.
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Lyons
Perse
Vasili Gambaghit
Matin
Praner
Scheidemann Denounces Peace Terms as Worse Than Brest-Litovsk
In Weimar on March 28 Chancellor Philipp Scheidemann railed against semi official reports predicting harsher peace terms. He warned such tales aim to silence German protests and cited Brest Litovsk and Bucharest treaties while condemning Britain for rejecting an international war responsibility tribunal.
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Weimar
National Assembly
Philipp Scheidemann
Herr Scheidemann
Brest-Litovek
Bucharest
Great Britain
Herr Scheidenau
Germany
Spa
Brest Litovek
Spon
First American Food Ships Reach German Ports
Berlin reports the first American food ships arriving to ease the food crisis. Potatoes in Greater Berlin drop to three pounds weekly with no fresh meat available as German hopes rise on peace approaching after the Versailles conference prep in Weimar.
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Berlin
Greater
Weimar
Versailles
Germany
5500 U S forces listed as missing in war report
Washington reports General Pershing states 5500 officers and men of the expeditionary forces are still listed as missing. The tally compares with British and French figures of 161800 and 290000. All 5500 names have been published and grave registrations aid identification.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
Interurban Crash Kills One at Camp Custer Site
A Camp Custer interurban car collided with a lighter near the camp station in Battle Creek Michigan killing one person and injuring fifteen including camp laundry workers soldiers and several women.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Camp Custer
Wobbles Seek Freedom From Pen Bond Release Sought for Haywood and 35 Associates
William D Haywood known as Big Bit of the IWW begins appellate efforts from Fort Leavenworth to gain immediate release on bond for himself and 35 associates while awaiting rehearing. Government officials, led by D S Cooke, oppose the move citing risk of renewed violence and bomb outrages.
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Chicago
William D Haywood
America
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Federal
Fort Leavenworth
Haywood
D. S. Cooke
United States
Wobbiles
Charles F.lyne
Cooke
Soviet decree puts factories under worker control
A Copenhagen dispatch reports a decree by the new revolutionary government placing all industrial enterprises with more than twenty workers under worker control. Commissaries, appointed by the governing body, will manage these establishments. The government also orders compulsory labor.
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Copenhagen
Budapest
Spartacan Uprising Plan Falters as Troops Move In
Report describes a failed plot to trigger an uprising by Spartacan forces. Military units act swiftly, seizing key positions and suppressing dissent as authorities restore order and secure strategic locations.
Recognition requested for Soviet government by Lenine and Trotzky
Special to Evening Journal from London reports American troops in Germany disrupted a bolshevik plot. The Spartacan faction in Spandau planned an uprising for Thursday and to arm several thousand Russian prisoners under American guard. After discovery, prisoners were moved onto trains and dispersed across Germany.
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Evening Journal
London
Lenine and Trotsky Ask U S Recognition
A Paris writer reports the United States received a note from Lenine and Trotsky requesting recognition of the Russian Soviet government. The writer adds he cannot say whether President Wilson would favor such a move.
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Social
United States
Lenine Ad Trotsky
Echo de Paris
Wilson
Bandits Loot Express Car for Fifty Thousand
Special to the Bvennne Journal reports bandits raided an express car on the Prisco train near Memphis last night, stealing fifty thousand dollars. No further details available on suspects or method. Police investigations underway.
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Bvennne Journal
ST. Louis
Prisco
Memphis
Palmer discloses interned enemy aliens totals
Attorney General Palmer announced that four thousand enemy aliens were interned during the war. He said paroles would be granted to six hundred, others repatriated, nine hundred held indefinitely, including two hundred T. W. W. cases referred to the labor department for deportation.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Palmer
Department of Labor
Huns Organize Soviet Army in Hungary
Basle reports the new Hungarian government mobilizes a revolutionary army from workers and soldiers. The Red Army chief acts as adviser, while the people's commissioner for military affairs holds control. Soldiers will receive 450 crowns monthly and be supplied by the state.
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Basle
Red Army
Budapest
Bring Home Yanks Bodies Mission Details Released
Secretary Baker disclosed that former Attorney General Gregory now on a mission in Paris to gather information and arrange the return of American soldiers' bodies. He plans to sail for Europe around April 8 and stay a few weeks.
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Washington
Baker
Gregory
Paris
Europe
Yanks Replace German Crews at Cowes
German steamships Kaiserin Auguste Victoria and Croft Waldersee arrive at Cowes with five large ships under supervision of American naval officers. German crews are replaced by American crews in the port operation.
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Cowes
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Croft Waldersee
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