Taft Letters Shape Debate On League Covenant
Washington 1919 report outlines opposition senators view the league covenant at low ebb with ratification slim unless substantial changes occur. Taft proposals praised by some and criticized by others as senators push for direct amendments and reservations.
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Wilson
United States
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Senate
Bulgarian Peace Talks Delay Nobel Group Impasse
The Bulgarian peace delegation sails for Neuilly as Austrians resist the Lusitanian treaty while a Baltic commission urges neutralizing the Aland Islands under League of Nations guarantee. The conference stalls amid calls for Austrian acceptance and continued peace talks influenced by opposition from Dr Renner and concerns over postwar borders and economic relief.
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Aland Islands
Lider League
Austria
Hungary
Budapest
Sofa
Neuilly
Paria
Baltic Commission
Bulgarian Attack Wounds French Regiment at Danube Landing
An Associated Press report from Belgrade says a French regiment was attacked by Bulgarians as it landed at Lom Palan Ka on the Danube, 22 miles southeast of Vidan. The three-hour fusillade killed three French soldiers.
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Associated Press
Lom Palan Ka
Danube
Vidan
Belgrade
Geneva
Sofia
Berne
Bureau Stalea
Tempest in Teapot over French pact debate in Senate
The Senate heatedly debated President Wilson's handling of the Franco American treaty as Lodge and Brandegee accused the President of withholding the document required for simultaneous presentation with the Versailles treaty. Brandegee cited magazine text and London Times references to press for the treaty's submission alongside Germany's peace terms.
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Senate
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Brame
Brandegee
Foreign Relations Committee
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Figaro
Paris
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United States
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May Not Try Kaiser in London Says Earl Curzon
London July 24 Lords ratified Anglo French and peace pacts and debated trial of former German emperor William there or abroad. Earl Curzon suggested a trial in London might become a spectacle. no decision made. In Tokyo and Fukuhima debates echoed resistance to imperial trial.
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London
Earl Curzon
Associated Press
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House of Lords
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Wart Cudzon
Charles I
Napoleon
Britain
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Washington
Baron Kuckmaster
Tokyo
Fukushima
Japan
Katsuji Debuchi
Fukuchima
Debuchi
William Hohenzollerh
8000 Mile Flight Repair During Army Plane Journey
Sergt Tobias repaired a water tank leak on an 8000 mile round the country flight over 31 states and 95 cities. The bomber, commanded by Col R S Hartz, began in Mineola and will proceed to Augusta Me and Cleveland, with four crew members aboard.
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Cleveland
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Eola
Long Island
Gant
Baltimore
Seret
Jeremiah Tobias
Tseut
R . Hartz
Bollingfield
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Hartz Jaent
Ernest E Harmon
Lieut
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Fla
Washington
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Col Hartz
Maine
Aviators threaten strike over reinstatement dispute
A group of aerial mail pilots at Belmont Park threaten to desert their planes today unless two pilots discharged for refusing to fly in fog are reinstated by the Post Office Department. Telegram from Second Assistant Postmaster General Praeger cites unclear orders. pilots cite unsafe planes and inadequate stabilizers as reasons, with pay and civil service status noted.
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Post Office Department
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E Hamilton Lee
New York-Washington
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New York
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Sanborn
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Washington
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Chicago
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Bellefonte
Noted Prelates Sent to Bombay
The Rev Engens De L McDonnell and the Rev F X Donnelly S J former rectors of Gonzaga College are ordered to Bombay India to strengthen the diocese’s education system now under New York province. McDonnell is in Baltimore and Donnelly at Holy Cross College Worcester Mass.
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India
New York
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Baltimore
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United States
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Worcester Mass
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Gonzaga
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Holy Trinity Church
Diocese of
Brutal Treatment Allegations Hit House War Panel
Clarence Ball, imprisoned for mistreating prisoners at Paris-area camps, will testify Monday before a House war investigating committee chaired by Johnson. The probe seeks accountability of superior officers for cruelties against American prisoners in detention facilities near Paris.
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Paris
House War Investigating Committee
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Dallinger
Egyptian Revolt Toll Reported by Allenby Forces
London July 24 Eight hundred natives were killed and about 600 wounded in Egypt disturbances, with European civilians suffering 31 dead and 35 wounded and military losses 29 dead and 114 wounded. Forty natives faced death sentences, 27 life detentions, and over £1000 in short-term imprisonments were levied. The military executions were largely waived, sentences trimmed by three months.
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Associated Press
Egypt
E H H Allenby
Cecil Harmsworth
Foreign Office
House of Commons
Race riots end in capital as calls grow for more police
National Capital returns to quiet after five nights of clashes. Maj Gen W G Haan with 000 troops plans to keep order and maintain normal conditions. Officials press Congress to authorize stronger civil authority and ongoing federal troop presence to prevent a recurrence while demobilization strains military manpower.
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Pullman
United States
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Washington
Brownlow
Congress
Pershing Receives Cambridge Degree
Gen John J Pershing commander in chief of the American forces today received the honorary degree of doctor of laws from Cambridge University. Admirals Sturdee and Wemyss and others including Gengawlinaan Birdwood Wilson Horne Currix Monash attended. The reception for Pershing was cordial with undergraduates cheering as the public orator quieted the crowd.
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John J Pershing
Cambridge University
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Wemyss
Gengawlinaan
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Horne Currix
Monash
Har
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Chief Rabbi of France Dead in Pau Hospital
Alfred Levy, chief rabbi of France, died today at Pau where he had been undergoing treatment for two years. Hin agaistant, lareel Levy, will succeed him in office. Hotel Ax Roet Table d hote dinner mentioned.
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