President Wilson Deliberates Covenant Amendments At Paris
At the peace conference in Paris, Wilson and Col. House weigh Swiss sovereignty safeguards and Monroe Doctrine implications while a Japanese reform proposal and Italian Yugoslav concerns surface. Delegates stress safeguarding internal affairs, dispute over Fiume and Adriatic access, and calls for a June plan to resolve German and Italian claims.
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Hans Not to Touch Kaiser's Own Wealth, Send Him $400,000
Copenhagen reports that 660,000 marks were remitted to obtain an advance on the former emperor's property for Dutch land purchases, with 1,000,000 marks at his disposal. A government commission and nonofficial experts study all legal questions about the disposition of his assets, though his private fortune is said not to be touched.
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Belgium seeks Brussels as league capital in peace plan
The Belgian delegation asks the five-power chiefs to make Brussels the league capital, citing practical benefits and a moral gesture for Belgium. They propose direct wireless links to America, a Belgian wireless station, and a loan tactic via former German cables to ensure Brussels serves as a secure, visible seat for peace.
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Doom League Draft Whi Bar Treaty Rider
Senator Poindexter warns the effort to coerce the United States into a league covenant through a peace treaty will fail. He cites broad Senate opposition and argues the US must avoid surrendering sovereignty for a supranational league. Senator Kirby backs pro league sentiment, while Arkansas residents show support for peace and opposition to indefinite entanglement.
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Huns Plot Labor War to Blaze World
Berlin reports outline German strategy if peace terms rejected. Vorwaerts says Germany could provoke social revolution in Entente states to gain leverage, shifting from Bolshevik risk to a new Eastern approach. Dispatch notes German cabinet may welcome an excuse to reject, while warning leaders face a difficult decision.
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British Dominions Would Avoid European Afairs
London March 22 British dominions say they should not decide European disputes where the empire is not involved a memorandum of the league of nations submitted by Sir Robert Borden Canadian premier to the British peace conference delegation The Paris Morning Post correspondent notes it was not sent after consultation with Australian delegates Premier Hughes of Australia says Australia disagrees with it
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Portuguese Indemnity Demand At Peace Talks
A Fortugdes delegation at the peace conference sent to Lisbon more than two dozen reports from conference commissions. One telegram reports a proposed war indemnity for Portugal totaling 4800, 200,800. Details are incomplete due to transmission errors.
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Wilson to Towler May Reconvene Senate on League Covenant
President Wilson plans to reconvene the Senate by May 12 and push a league of nations covenant after returning to Washington. Opponents warn the pact may be modified to win approval, while Republicans cite potential political aims and warn against harm to sovereignty and future amendments.
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Senate faces ratification clash over league covenant
Reported cables from Paris say the league covenant will be tightly woven with the peace treaty, while opposition senators urge waiting to see if it can be separated. Observers note possible extra sessions as Wilson may press both chambers to act on the peace terms and funding.
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Navy Seaplane NC Type Five Readies Transatlantic Flight
Navy officers and one Marine assigned to prepare a NC type seaplane for an Atlantic crossing. Commander J H Towers in charge with Commander K Richardson and Lieut Comdr P N L Bellinger among staff. Crew to be selected, weather charts and new flight instruments developed, weather bureau and Naval Aviation coordinating for atmospheric data.
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Must Choose Between Italy And Slavs, Says Attache
Gen Guglielmotti, military attache of the Italian embassy in Washington, told the Canadian Club in Halifax that the allies must choose between Italy and the Jugoslavs. He urged loyalty to Italy, noting Italy’s wartime fidelity and calling on France and the United States, especially England, to back Italy as Gen Guglielmotti departed for Washington.
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Belgian King and Queen See Yanks Play Football in France
King Albert I and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium visited American forces in France on Friday March 21. They attended the guard ceremony, met Gen. Pershing, lunched with Lieut Gen Hunter Liggett, and watched a football match between Thirty-sixth and Seventh division teams, the Thirty-sixth capitalizing a win.
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Heintz Heads Chicago G O P Headquarters
New York March 22 Captain Victor Heintz of Cincinnati named head of the Chicago regional headquarters of the Republican National Committee. He will be assisted by HV Chilson of Ann Arbor Michigan. The headquarters open Monday. Heintz resigned his Second Ohio district seat to enter service and served overseas in France until the armistice. He was twice wounded in the Argonne and received the service cross. Mr Chilach is a former Michigan newspaper man and former secretary of the Michigan State senate.
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Bankers Back Reds HMS Hope To Stop Food
A garbled foreign cable reports alleged German Bolshevists rely on hungry workmen to disrupt food shipments. It claims German organizers funded Spartacist activity in Hamburg to block relief, with saboteur threats and seamen refusals amid pressure on the Entente.
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