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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1919
Page
13
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American delegates in Paris grow annoyed by dilatory European powers. The piece argues the United States should not be drawn into empire ambitions and urges genuine altruism from nations before the US pledges shared responsibilities in a league of nations.
A Senate committee investigation highlights profiteering across landlords tenants and rooming houses. The Saulsbury act protected the public yet caused hardship for some buyers unable to occupy purchased properties. Congress may enact a fair law balancing landlord and tenant interests.
President Wilson rejects the 16 to 27 cent demand from 600000 railway shopmen while approving a 4 cent base raise to remove inequalities. He urges postponement of general wage hikes until living costs ease and notes ongoing cost reduction efforts. He warns that general increases now would hinder the public good and provoke strikes.
The War Department released a casualty list showing only two American expeditionary forces personnel unaccounted for from the battle against the Germans. Earlier reports listed more than 100 missing in action. Total casualties stand at 281,732 with 77,433 deaths from all causes.
Marquise de Fontenoy reports that Rosalind Courtess of Carlisle supports the American pussyfoot campaign in Britain. She will preside at the Women's Christian Temperance Union congress in Westminster Abbey, while managing Carlisle estates and promoting prohibition against liquor.
Congress and committees met from 11:00 to 5:30 PM and again at noon. The land leasing bill was sidelined. Burr, McCumber, Borah, Hitchcock and others debated Shantung, Japan, and the peace treaty. Nominations, investigations, and amendments touched foreign relations, antitrust, rent, military justice, coal, and post office issues.
Inquiry reveals England alone among major nations has kept wartime limits on foreign passport admissions. The State Department said passports will be granted on prewar terms after September 15, but Britain has not removed restrictions to exclude political agitators and suspected loyalists.
The Persian legation denies reports that the former shah has returned to Paris and that the current shah fled due to his return. The legation says there is no foundation for these rumors and that the present shah had planned a trip long before the war but postponed it because of European disturbances.
The Washington Point issues updated train connections to major cities including Chicago, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and others with half-hour departures from Fourteenth Street. Changes include revised routes from Gay to Gayang and new daily timing details across lines P R R B&O and C&O.
Letter from Henry Fashurst warns of danger from a possible Germany Russia alliance. The message quotes Senator Ashprew’s address discussing Bolshevik Russia as a "destructive force" tied to ancient invaders. The author fears a combined German and Russian bloc threatening civilization and a future world war.
A Berlin dispatch notes American businessmen visiting Germany report optimism about an early economic revival. They believe Germany can meet credit security demands and expect unrest to subside once food and raw materials are secured, though coal shortages may slow revival efforts.
Mrs Sarojini Naidu, representing Indian franchise seekers, told the House of Lords that Indian women want the vote. She argued granting suffrage would aid unity and showcase native leadership. The report notes the strong demand among Indian women for political rights.
The article cites Robert W Green on maritime law and U S merchant marine needs. It notes pilots facing exams, calls for less red tape, and urges expansion of American owned ships to curb labor tensions and radicalism. It also reports tobacco farming growth in Tennessee and Kentucky driven by demand and low land prices, with Texas fairs and oil activity.
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