Showdown at White House on Wilson treaty debate
Senate foreign relations leaders plan a Tuesday conference with President Wilson to press for concrete answers on Asiatic relations Monroe Doctrine and constitutional issues as Republicans seek specifics while Wilson defends the treaty and league covenant. Senator Johnson Knox Lodge Borah Fall Brandegee and Lodge aides will steer questions and proceedings.
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Why the Covenant Must Be Ratified Now
The piece argues readers seek concrete reasons to rush the treaty through and questions why the League of Nations covenant cannot be delayed for Senate review. It suggests calm, later judgment by the American people on the covenant may be possible if ratification proceeds without immediate delay.
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Hitchcock Calls Making Treaty a Tough Job
Swampscott Mass August 16 Senator Hitchcock administration leader in the Senate says negotiating a new treaty with Germany would be a tough job if the Senate textually changes the current treaty He notes a treaty imposed by military force would be resisted and wonders if Germany might sign only a negotiated accord The President joked about sending Lodge and Knox to Germany to negotiate a new treaty as an illustration of the difficulty
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League Antis Firm Negotiations In Progress
A White House conference between President Wilson and Senator Hitchcock signals the administration plans to press for defeat of textual amendments and work toward final ratification with reservations. Republicans led by Senator McNary push for a reservations program with Lodge drafts and support from Elihu Root Taft and Hughes. The fight centers on reservations versus unreserved ratification, with Hitchcock's expected Senate speech shaping strategy.
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Irish Harbor Raiders Riots Spread Across Ireland
Aug 16 reports from Queenstown Londonderry Lisburn Coal Island and Belfast describe riots and looting with troops and police clashing with nationalist and unionist crowds. Gunfire stones and bricks wounded several. property damage runs into thousands of pounds while authorities assess casualties amid ongoing demonstrations. Plunkett defends Dominion Plan while Grange farmer policies reshape political debate in Dublin Washington.
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Berlin Aims to Regain Danzig Under New Regime
Berlin reports the German government has addressed a note to the peace conference. It states negotiations on the internationalisation of Danzig should begin at once. The note adds that Danzig’s people want a swift draft of a new constitution and clarified relations with Poland.
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Subway Strike Looms Across Boroughs in 4 AM Walkout
Aug 16 New York. A planned 4 AM walkout by the Brotherhood of Interborough Rapid Transit threatens to shut Manhattan the Bronx and parts of Brooklyn and Queens as G M Frank Hedley says service will be very grim with 96 percent of workers in the union Mayor Hylan orders full police protection and even calls for state military aid if needed while Burr seeks a court order to block the strike and station managers prepare to reroute traffic with trucks and buses for workers.
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Government to open markets to lower living costs this week
The United States plans a sweeping drive to break high prices by flooding markets with two million dollars worth of surplus army food and hoarded stocks seized under libel proceedings. District attorneys will seek court orders for rapid forced sales as investigations into hoarding grow, with arrests in Chicago Detroit Boston and Columbia and a New York fair price committee meeting ahead.
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Bandit Raisali Seeks Movie Man to Picture Battles
Tangier reports bandit Raisali, famed for scenes of his clashes with Spaniards, seeks fame via film yet camera limits reveal scant detail. Washington plan details army surplus food sales to city housewives, with order blanks, direct home delivery, and parcel post distribution through post offices and War Department.
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U S Asked To Pay British In Armenia
London reports a plan for the United States to fund British led forces in Armenia if Washington cannot send troops at once. The proposal follows a temporary delay in British withdrawal scheduled for August 15 as permanent arrangements with other powers are sought.
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Mexico Bars British Agent as Carranza Battles Britain
Carranza orders William Cummings, head of the British legation archives in Mexico City, expelled as tensions rise with Great Britain. Washington weighs options amid Britain Mexico dispute while Carranza plans to address Congress on relations with the United States and the world.
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Family of seven killed in train collision near West Springfield
The Trainor family of Cleveland seven members including father, mother, four sons and a daughter, along with a female relative, were killed when their car was struck by a New York Central passenger train at a grade crossing near West Springfield, Pennsylvania, while returning from Erie.
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