Peace Terms for Germany Made Public
A Paris report outlines postwar terms for Germany including return of Alsace Lorain and Saar basin arrangements, Danzig internationalization, and territorial shifts to Poland Belgium Denmark and East Prussia. It calls for trial of the ex Kaiser, reparations totaling 20 billion marks, and acceptance of the League of Nations provisions with many commissions established to enforce the peace.
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Saar Basin
Danzig
Belgium
Denmark
East Prussia
Upper Silesia
Poland
Foe
What Germany Must Do to Gain Peace
Germany must accept territorial and political changes including restoration of Alsace Lorraine, permanent internationalization of Danzig, Saar basin, and cessions to Poland and Belgium. It must renounce rights abroad, abandon prewar debts, accept League principles without membership, and disarm significantly while Allied occupation continues to implement reparations.
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Saar
Danzig
Belgium
Denmark
Silesia
Poland
Europe
Morocco
Egypt
Siam
Congress to Convene May Nineteenth in Extra Session
President Wilson calls Congress to meet in an extra session on May 19 to tackle annual appropriation bills carried over from the last session. Secretary Tumulty notes the president will miss opening day and aims to advance key appropriations before the peace treaty is considered.
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Congress
Tumulty
White House
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United States of America
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House
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Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Representative Mondell
Finland Recognized as Independent by U S De Facto
Acting Secretary of State Polk announced that Finland is recognized by the United States as an independent de facto government in a brief statement.
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Washington
Finland
United States
Polk
Argentina to Oust 1 700 Reds
Buenos Aires reports police rounding up anarchists with 1 700 suspected deportations. In Peoria a strike by 200 stationary engineers in breweries and large plants demands a 10 percent wage increase.
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Buenos Aires
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Clemenceau Stern with Beatenn foe at Peace Congress
At Versailles in the Hall of Mirrors Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau received the terms of the peace from the Allies as Clemenceau opened the session declaring a heavy settlement. He warned Germany to put complaints in writing within 15 days and noted Wilsonian terms while Britain and the US move toward a security pact for France.
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Peace Congress
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Wilson
Belgium
Olock
Army Mustered Out by August
Secretary of War Baker said by August the last man of the American expeditionary force will be withdrawn from France. He cited a monthly movement of 300,000 to the United States and reported that over half has already left France. Facilities used by the force are being returned to private owners or municipalities as the occupation army is dissolved.
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Baker
France
United States
Army of Occupation
Germany
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Brest
Sinn Fein Parade Participants Denounce Belfast Reception
Dublin May 8. Michael J. Ryan of Philadelphia and former Governor Edward Dunne of Davis joined a Sinn Fein procession in Belfast and said they were fully opposed to the reception given in the unionist stronghold of North Ireland.
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Illinois
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Philadelphia
Belfast
Dublin
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Edward Dunne
Davis
North Ireland
Five planes depart on first leg of trans Atlantic flight
U S Army Flight 5 after world honor in flight leads a squadron of eight planes that left this morning on the first leg of a trans Atlantic mission.
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United States Hydro-Airplanes Start Trans Atlantic Flight
Three US hydro-airplanes departed Rockaway Beach at 10 01 A M on the first leg to Halifax covering 540 miles. Commander Towers leads the expedition aiming to cross the Atlantic to the British Isles in a nonstop flight with a nightfall arrival expected in Halifax.
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Evening Journal
New York
United States
Rockaway Beach
Halifax
Atlantic
British Isles
Towers
United States Likely Asked to Become Armenia's Mandatory
May 8 report says the United States is expected to be asked to take Armenia under mandatory status. Indications point to President Wilson submitting the proposal to Congress for consideration.
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America
Evening Journal
Paris
United States
Armenia
Wilson
Congress
Sweden Faces Historic Floods in North Sweden
Stockholm reports the worst floods in years caused by heavy rains and snowmelt. Damage tops 88 million dollars as avalanches and landslides hit the Tromsoe district. Three farms swept into the sea, twelve people died, and Solleften and Hernesand are isolated. Rail embankments and bridges destroyed, villages cut off, and livestock lost.
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Sweden
Tromsoe
Solleften
Hernesand
Belgium to Ask U. S. Loan
Belgium plans to seek an immediate loan of 3.5 billion dollars from Allied nations led by the United States. Minister of Economics M. Jasper warns the country cannot survive without the aid and notes the loan would be secured by German indemnities and not by a priority indemnity of 900 million dollars.
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United States
M. Jasper
Belgium
Bolsheviki Open New Assault on Vilna
London dispatch reports bolsheviki attack Vilna, capital of Lithuania, recently held by Poles. Intense artillery and heavy fighting described as renewed offensive with heavy bombardment and fierce engagements.
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Lithuania
London
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Exedu
Berlin Assembly Delays Peace Treaty Translation
The national assembly peace committee will continue sitting to confer with the peace delegation on terms. It is believed a translation of the treaty cannot be completed before Saturday or Monday.
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