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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1919
Page
1
Amid Paris reports of urgent peace terms, the supreme council eyes a swift conference. American proposals on Teschen and Danube protection stir debate while Hungarian unrest and Danube river measures threaten entente subjects.
Hitchcock prepares to argue the League of Nations plan alongside Lenroot and Pepper as part of the Senate foreign relations committee proceedings. The discussion centers on collective security and postwar diplomacy shaping international policy.
Paria March 24 The supreme war council met today from four to six o clock to review submarine cables captured from the enemy and decide their future status The drafting committee will handle the terms The American proposals concerning the powers of the Teachen commission were adopted A former Congress member announced acceptance to debate the constitution for a league of nations with Senator Lenroot in New York on April 5 and in Philadelphia with George Pepper The debate will be sponsored by the Contemporary Club of Philadelphia and the League for the Preservation of American Independence Governor Sproul will preside Senator Hitchcock invited Senator Knox to join the talks Dates include March 25 Newark and April 8 Boston April 17 and May 3 Philadelphia
Boris reports Lithuanian government signed a commercial treaty with Great Britain granting Lithuania a credit for purchases worth several million francs. An American mission probes Lithuania’s food questions while a French military mission arrived March 19. A British mission is expected to arrive soon. In Montreal a British official said no food has been sent to Germany except where areas are occupied, until Germany meets shipping and finance conditions. Rotterdam holds supplies and about 42000 tons of foodstuffs reached Germany and Austria. German naval ships remained in Bremen harbor as food ships departed Hambourg under an entente shipping agreement.
Adams of Irbuna testifies at Gov Governors Island court martial about a chemical mixture claimed to be 84 percent water and 5 percent chemicals but described as a saturated solution of picric acid and gasoline. Government argues it could destroy internal combustion engines and harm submarines and munitions. Wykeham-George testifies the British mission submitted the mixture for possible use as gasoline substitute with no remuneration. Tremorandum to Burnett valued substitutes at 7 cents per gallon. notes on production and costs refer to water sources.
Despatches from Budapest report a Czech led move against Hungary while a Hungarian Soviet government proclaims socialization of industry and wireless links with Lenin. Lenine greets the Hungarian proletariat, and a Bolshevik army crosses the Dniester as Entente troops are reportedly disarmed.
Viema B Blames Entente notes Hungary adopts bolshevik stance as Entente officials push a neutral frontier belt along the Hungarian Romanian border. Vienna reports the zone aims to force troop withdrawal within ten days, while allied forces hold strategic posts behind the belt. Analysts warn German collusion with bolsheviks and speculate about broader eastward pressure.
Reports from Omsk say Kolchak troops push west of the Urals with gains near Perm and Okansk. Petrograd experiences a deadly wave with smallpox typhus and hunger, daily deaths around 4000, 7,700 leaving the city, and coffins rented for funerals as hospitals fill.
Copenhagen reports Masaryk resigns as president of Czecho Slovak government while in the United States He was inaugurated in Prague December 32 amid a Berlin London alliance dispatch noting Bolshevik activity and German Austrian forces stirring up opposition to the government In Bohemia clashes earlier this month casualties occurred as Czech troops resisted German attempts to form a German Austrian national assembly.
Vice Admiral William Sims, retiring commander of American naval forces in European waters, will lunch with King George at Buckingham Palace today, meeting the king and royal family before returning to the United States.
London March 24 British papers led by the Times attribute the Hungarian Soviet revolt to German intrigue. The reports analyze the recent upsurge and speculate on Allied responses while noting Hungarian authorities seek support from Western powers.
The article reports a disputed Pershing reorganization plan for the U S Army aimed at universal service and the star system, with Gen March accused of unilateral action defying Congress. It notes allied pressure, congressional scrutiny, and the War Department’s expected inquiry into the secretary of war and Pershing’s comprehensive proposals.
In Camden New Jersey on March 24 the superdreadnought Idaho first joins the United States Navy. Admiral Hughes district commandant A Kapa apr hands the ship to H A Magoun of the building company as the crew of 1407 stands at attention. The flag union jack and commission pennant rise while orders from Secretary of the Navy Dantals appoint Capt Carl Vorelgesang to command. The vessel will head to Philadelphia then New York for machinery before its maiden voyage.
Paris reports the Soviet government may grant large timber concessions in northern Russia to Eduard Haanesse and Norwegian promoters in exchange for building railways. The Isvestin Moscow source notes a condition that foreign capital be allowed only if Russian capacity cannot develop the plan.
In Fort Worth Texas March 24 the War Secretary Newton D Baker described an American made automatic guided aircraft that flew over 100 miles without a pilot then landed near its target. General Feyton C March accompanied Baker at Camp Bowie as he warned of future war dangers and the need for a league of nations.
Gen Robert C Paris confirms the execution of the former emperor Nicholas II his wife and daughters by Bolshevik troops in Ekaterinburg Siberia The czar and his family were shot in the basement after being moved from a room The bodies were supposedly taken by night to nearby villages and cut into pieces during the killings
Pieces of burned cloth found by officers opposing the Bolsheviks are linked to the czarist royal family. The garments are identified as those worn by the Romanoffs, with the Qlamende cloth noted as recovered from the royal procession.
Raoul Villain was placed on trial in Paris for the 1914 assassination of socialist leader Jean Jaures, shot during dinner near the bourse. Arrested soon after, he claims the act was political vengeance over the war crisis as he denounced Jaures’ stance amid the outbreak of conflict.
Berlin dispatch reports Radek released from custody as Spartacan agitation grows in Germany amid Hungarian Revolution. Ebert opposes any peace treaty that cedes Danzig or parts of Silesia, while neutralizing the Vistula is proposed. Kautsky to Moscow to assess Russo-German relations.
New York officials discussed using underground pneumatic tubes, once part of the mail system, to distribute the city milk supply and cut costs. A tube network could carry six to ten pint containers every six seconds across a large portion of the city, per the report from the continuing investigation into the high cost of milk.
Alarm grows as chaos and bolshevik influence threaten Hungarian government upheaval. State Department reports Hungary overthrown by communists, with new leaders from Trotzky circles, as entente peace terms stall amid League of Nations debates and fears of renewed warfare.
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