President Wilson Visits Carlisle Church in Rain
President Wilson toured Carlisle, visiting his grandfather’s church site and his mother’s home. He spoke briefly at Lowther Street Congregational Church, praising moral force and duty, and received a warm civic and religious welcome amid heavy rain and cheering crowds.
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Annerwell Lstreet
Cavendish Place
Lowther Street Congregational Church
Edward Booth
Wilson
Thomas Woodrow
Salvation Army Hall
Cavendish House
Warwick Road
Mr Booth
Mshop
Carhule
Booth
Carlisle
Christ
Crown Mitre Hotel
Peace Terms and Lloyd George Wilson Accord
British and American leaders announce harmony on peace basics after talks. Lloyd George pledges full war indemnities from Germany and support for a league of nations, while President Wilson signals acceptance of key British aims. The article details indemnity emphasis and anticipated broad approval in Washington.
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Albert W. Fox
Washington Post Co
Lloyd George
Wilson
Great Britain
United States
League of Nations
Arthur J. Balfour
Mr. Balfour
Germany
Bristol
Entente
Taft Renounces Lodge as Foe of League
Former president William Howard Taft states that Henry Cabot Lodge is not a foe of the League of Nations. Taft argues Lodge merely seeks a postponement of a phase of peace discussions. He defends the broader United States aims and current obligations in his Massachusetts speech.
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Booth
Pilgrim Fathers
America
Cor
William Howard Taft
Lodge
Massachusetts
United States
William
the Public Ledger Co
Senate
General League of Nations
Mr. Lodge
Tie
Washington
Jefferson
Senator Lodges Senate Speech On Peace Treaty Responsibilities
Senator Lodge delivers a comprehensive speech praising the aims of a postwar peace and warning against a narrow US entanglement. He argues for continuing US leadership, occupation duties, and support for liberated peoples including the Jugo slaves, Czecho-Slovaks, Poles, and Lithuanians, to prevent a future German threat.
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League of Nations
Hether
Senator Lodge
Germany
Jugoslave
Lloyd George pledges vast sum to allies and seas policy
Britain aims to secure about £8.9 billion in funds while Lloyd George pledges alliance harmony with Wilson. He vows to maintain fleet supremacy and insist on Kaiser accountability for war crimes. The two leaders reportedly align on colonial stance and postwar arrangements to protect common interests.
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Great Britain
America
Lloyd George
Wilson
Germany
Britain
United States
Premie
Fire Sweeps Bristol Banks District in 1.5 Million Loss
A five story hardware structure housing the Dominion National Bank and other large businesses burned in Bristol Bristol, Tenn Dec 29. Firefighters from Kingsport aided after explosions from stored shells as flames spread to the electric light building and Kimble Cochran building. Loss estimated at 1.5 million with water supply hampered by street fires.
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Bristol
Tenn
Dee
Dominion National Bank
Kingsport
Hames
Electric Light Company
Kimble-Cochrane
Rioting in Posen as Flags Spark German Polish Clash
Reports from Warsaw and Berlin recount street fighting when allied and American flags flew over Posen city hall on arrival of Ignace Paderewski. German soldiers fired, Poles resisted, dozens killed including women and children, and chaos spread through Polish guard posts and police HQ. A British mission protest and a German neutrality stance on munitions followed.
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Paderewski
Warsaw
Associated Press
Posen
Ignace Jan Punderewskii
Ality Hall
Londen
Pasen Las
Wachange
Copenhagen
Posen Vridau
Germany
Schimmelseng
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Lokat Anzeiger
Ebert Keeps Power as Haase Ousted in Berlin
Foreign Minister Haase and two others left cabinet as majority Socialist and liberal bourgeoisie move to form a new government led by Ebert Schiedemann and Landabur. Sailors declare loyalty. demonstrations planned amid heavy fighting on Christmas Eve. Berlin shaken by open-air meetings and shelling.
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Associated Press
Herlin
Haase
Ottemann
Central Council
Ebert
Schiedemann
Publicity Landabure
Council of Soldiers and Workers
Council of the Cabinet
Herr Harth
Hugo Haase
Herr Barth
London
Berlin
Copenhagen
Amsterdam
Friedrich Ebert
Philipp Scheidemann
Imperial Palace
Berlin Tages Zeitung
Reichstag
League Formed To Defend Kaiser In War Probers
A league for the protection of the personal liberty and life of the Kaiser has been formed. It will appeal to former emperor advisors and diplomats to submit documents to prove his innocence of causing the war. Prince Henry of Prussia proposed Von Hindenburg for the post.
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Associated Press
AerHa
League For
Prince Henry of
Prussia
League
von Hindenburg
Five Sailors Found Dead in Courtyard Vestibule
The ministry of finance closed the emperor's private rooms. Five sailors lay dead in the small vestibule of the second courtyard, authorities report the grim scene and ongoing investigations.
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Peror
Ministry of Finance
Economic Decline Deepens in Bavaria as Unemployment Rises
A weekly demobilization ministry report shows Bavaria’s economy deteriorating. Munich unemployment climbs from 15,643 to 22,261, with 2,754 seeking sales positions in 34 open roles. Laborers plan relocations to the countryside as the government orders agricultural projects to employ returning troops amid worsening coal shortages, fuel and power constraints, and tight transport. State aid aims to overhaul industry, while gas and electric facilities operate under strain.
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Munch
Bavaria
Munich
Ministry of the Interior
Bohemia
Saxony
Kent
Meatless Days Grow Common as Horsemeat Prices Rise in Coblenz
In wartime Coblenz during December the Allied occupation notes meatless days widespread as horse meat gains. Horse sausage 1 mark 80 pfennigs per pound, horse meat 1 mark 60, horse liver 1 mark 40. Obergemeister allows double weekly meat via horseflesh up to 1 pound per person, war-time flour usage down to 70 percent of wheat. Poor bread digestibility cited. Food conditions improving in rural Germany but cities lag due to idle land and soldier labor.
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Associated Press
Germany
Coblenz
Election results show Lloyd George coalition support gains
Complete returns reveal coalition unionists 34, coalition liberals 127, coalition laborites 10, unionists 46, Asquithian liberals 37, laborites 65, national party 2, independents 5, socialists 1, Sinn Fenners 72, Irish nationalists 7. All coalition with unionists and national party likely backing Lloyd George. opposition from Asquithian liberals, laborites, independents.
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Tandon
Associated Press
Coalition Liberals
Coalition
Laborites
Asquithian Liberals
National Party
Socialists
Sinn Fenners
Irish Nationalista
Unionists
F National Party
Lloyd George
Goethe Mementos Stolen From Basel House
Burt Blars broke into Goethe’s former Basel residence, lifting mementos of the poet. The house, built in 1709, housed Goethe from 1792 to 1832 and later became the Goethe National Museum bequeathed to the state in 1885 by the poet’s last grandson.
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Basel
Switzerland
Burt Blars
Goethe
Lhe State
Goethe National Museum
Vatican withholds white book on Pope diplomacy during war
The Gloriale D Italia reports the Vatican will not publish a white book detailing the Pope's wartime diplomacy. The paper says the planned white book will focus instead on humanitarian efforts during the conflict.
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Rome
Havas
Glornale D'Italia
Vatican
Pentiit
France Reaffirms Peace Terms and Russia Intervention
Paris reports the chamber turmoil as Foreign Minister Pichon outlines France’s aim for full publicity of the peace conference and insists intervention in Russia will be defensive. He states no annexations, supports a league of nations, and notes Russian troops may act if Bolshevik forces threaten Ukraine and Caucasus.
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Paris
Stephen Pichon
France
Russia
Clemenceau
A. Biehen
M. Franklin-Bouillon
Committee On Foreign Affairs
M. Pichon
Maichon
Tribune
Depiuty
Marcel Cachin
Mrnday
Clenceau
League of Nations
Mo Bracke
Alsace Lorraine
M. Franklin-Boullon
Vatican
M Pichen
Ukrain
Caucasua
Siberia
Odessa
Pichon
M. Clemenceau
M . Beachanel
Chamber
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