President Wilson presses for allied harmony in peace talks
Paris and London dispatches report President Wilson confers with Italian Premier Orlando and other leaders on creating a united postwar order. He receives an honorary doctorat at the Sorbonne, pledges to foster the League of Nations as a moral force and to pursue freedom of the seas with allied support.
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Lodge Warns Wilson to Drop Five Points Before Pact
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge warned that five of Woodrow Wilson’s fourteen points must be removed for the peace treaty’s ratification. He urged keeping the league out, opposed open covenants, freedom of the seas, removal of trade barriers, and armament limits. He stressed the Senate’s right to amend and the need for guarantees and indemnities in any German settlement.
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Common Counsel to Bring a Worthy Peace, Wilson Tells Sweden
President Wilson reads a message to Sweden's Riksdag acknowledging their peace initiative. He expresses hope that common counsel will secure a peace worthy of Europe's aspirations and pledges to do all he can to promote it. The note is read in both chambers in Stockholm on Friday, December 20.
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Trade Journalists Call for Enforcement of War Crimes Laws
London letters from the American Trade Journalist party urge President Wilson to restore laws against piracy murder and pillage after observing ruins in Belgium and France. The unsigned missive cites organized vandalism and demands restitution and punishment of German leaders and agents to ensure future compliance.
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Frederick S. Cutler
Boston
400 000 U S Greeks Urge Wilson to Help Free Race
In Philadelphia 1560 Greek representatives from across the United States appealed to President Wilson to press the peace conference for Greek freedom. The cablegram urged protection against future Turkish rule, redress of Greek territories, and rehabilitation for Greeks expelled by Ottoman and Bulgarian authorities.
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Germans Seize Guns Near Zhitomir and Bolsh Between Riga
Reports say German troops were sent against Bolshevik forces near Mitau and captured fifteen guns from reds 80 miles southeast of Wies. Revisions claim Bolshevik authorities arrested 460 in Pskov for counter revolution, sentenced some to death. Berlin debates socialization of industry while Krupp abandons dividend amid unrest.
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Expect Allied Upset Hope for Row in England
Special dispatch from London Times notes uncertain German view of January elections in Germany. Analysts expect the assembly to meet in Berlin or Frankfurt with Ebert interim rule until a new constitution and president. Public mood ranges from cautious optimism to fear of Bolshevik and revolutionary action amid socialists and demobilized soldiers.
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Bolshevik Boasts Of Work In U S
Berlin reports Vorwaerts says Adolph Joel's division funds will be issued soon after his claim of no longer owing to Cain. Joffe and independent leaders deny Bolsh reception of rubles. Cohen went to Moscow. Radek implies large Bolshevik funding linked to New York. Belgium receives 95 million in gold from Cologne transfer due to armistice terms.
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Votes for 1920 Tax Individual Normal Income Tax At Eight Percent
Senate votes 37 to 31 to adopt war tax levy for 1920 and set the individual normal income tax at eight percent in a party-line tally. Debate centered on rates for 1920 and 1921 excess profits taxes with the chamber adjourning to resume tomorrow.
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