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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1919
Page
1
Paris dispatch reports the supreme war council will impose harsher terms on Germany for the renewal of the armistice. Demobilization, plant production, and transportation are to be tightly regulated while a society of nations form s, with Versailles as preferred capital, to prevent future wars.
Paria Feb 3 By the Associated Press President Wilson spent a quiet Sunday after a strenuous week. He went to church with Mrs Wilson in the morning. After luncheon he took a long automobile ride in the clear frosty air and later received William G Sharg the American Ambassador who has just returned to Paris from the United States. He will tomorrow receive a delegation of students from the law college of Vie w University of Paris and a committee of Tungush women who are in Paris to attend the conference of interallied women about to be held.
Paris interview with Georges Clemenceau notes a lull in the storm and warns of risks from a resurgent Russia. He credits Wilson for backing collective security and praises American troops while urging enduring Franco American friendship and wider use of national strength in peace and war.
The German national assembly passed the first reading of a provisional constitution by acclamation with readings two and three set for Monday. Hugo Preuss outlined powers for a central assembly and a quasi second chamber while safeguarding state territory against unconsented changes. The article notes allied praise for American and French wartime aid and signals ongoing debates over church state separation.
One thousand two hundred troops from the 60th Regiment of heavy artillery, including Battery D and the supply company, arrived at Union Station and marched to the wharf then to Fort Washington for muster out. Regimental band led the procession amid cheering crowds, marking a dramatic homecoming after fighting at St Mihiel and the Argonne. Colonel Wallace, commander of the Sixtieth, was killed in action.
Lisbon reports a new 4 member supreme republican council formed from all republican parties with Maria Silva, Louis Ribeiro Carvalho, Vasco Vasconcellos, Xavier Esteves, Feliciano Costa, and Barros Teixeira Queiros. Royalist forces concentrate around Oporto as mobilization of youths proceeds amid reports of tense conditions and rail disruption.
Dr Wood denounces Bolshevism as a crime and condemns the Soviet system of government. He argues no dramatic upheaval would endure with such qualities and cites a pamphlet by Albert Hhyw Williams.
The text notes that British concern may be eased if full facts are published and that the President has told European delegates he can handle domestic opposition upon his return. A senator says skeptical lawmakers can be swung into line.
In Omak an official note rejects any plan to negotiate with the Bolshevists. Gen Kolchak declares rumors of talks false while the Senate in Petrograd remains suspended. The Russian government vows to press on against the Bolsheviks as ministers and senior officials swear allegiance to the new regime.
Seventy five suffragists began to burn President Wilson’s effigy in front of the White House yesterday. Police arrested 36 participants for public speechmaking without a permit or park-violation charges as a 2,000-strong crowd watched. Captains Flather and Sullivan led the action. suffrage leaders Miss Sue White and Miss Garriel Harris carried the effigy. Names listed include Lucy Burns Mary Ing ham Louise Daniels Rebecca Garrison vs Annie Arniel Madelain Watson Estelle Hyward Palys Cheve Regal F C Haventayer Marie Kenedy Sarah Colvin Willie Grace Johnson Sue White Reba Genboro and Dr L N Ascough.
Premier Hughes in New York demands mandatory control be replaced by direct Australian governance of the Pacific islands. He argues on the spot management yields better development, and urges Australia to retain possession to guard immigration and trade while guaranteeing native protection.
General Harbord led the service of supply in France keeping nearly two million troops fed armed and equipped across 3000 miles with rail road ships and road transport. The piece praises military organization and mentions Moseley Dawes and Chaumont as key administrators amid critique and vast logistical challenges.
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