Switzerland's government and direct democracy origins
The article explains Switzerland as a republic modeled on the United States with three federal powers and a bicameral legislature. It describes the bundesrat, cantonal sovereignty, and the initiative and referendum as direct tools for citizens, noting their function as checks on legislation. It recounts Prussia's past claims on Neuchatel, the Vienna settlement, andnja history of religious freedoms, the Red Cross, and asylum for refugees. It ends with a note the piece continues Monday.
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Switzerland
United States
Federal Assembly
Federal Council
Federal Court
Senate
Bundesrat
William Jennings Bryan
Prussia
Neuchatel
Count Pourtales
Frederick William IV
Napoleon III
France
Bismarck
Red Cross
Geneva Cross
Baden
Austria
Italy
Bourbaki
Germans declare Americans used as laborers near Chavignon
Report from March 6 German papers states Americans captured near the Chemin des Dames were used as first line laborers between French divisions. It describes them as Connecticut-born, robust but unmoved by the war, indifferent to German aims, and relieved to be out of the fighting after a violent attack.
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Chavignon
Chemin Des Dames
Connecticut
New York
Germany
Senate Resolution On Casualty Lists Approved
Washington March 16 a favorable report on a resolution of Senator New Indiana requests the war department to give the senate its reasons for withholding addresses of soldiers in Gen Persh casualty lists was ordered today by the senate military committee Senator New plans to ask early adoption to the sense
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Washington, D. C
Senator New
Indiana
War Department
Senate
Balkan War Ends and Balkan States Redivide Territory
A historical overview recalls how Bulgaria Serbia and Greece formed a postwar alliance to partition Ottoman Europe amid rapid Balkan victories. It details the 1912-13 Balkan Wars, Macedonia divisions, the creation of Albania, and the Bucharest Treaty that trimmed Bulgarian gains, driving Bulgaria toward Austria and Germany as World War I loomed.
Balkans Settlement Aims at Self Rule and Compact States
The piece argues for a Balkans settlement free of outside meddling, shaping four states Serbia Bulgaria Greece and Roumania into a balanced compact bloc. It proposes borders along the Vardar Kufrili Silistra lines with Albania divided at the Skumbi river and a Bulgarian amphitheater up to Kavala. It warns against Italian and Austrian claims and envisions four-nation stability backed by great powers.
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Bulgaria
Serbia
Greece
Montenegro
Balkan
Turkey
Kumanovo
Monastir
Yenid
Adriatic
Mr. Wilson
Vardar
Istib
Julgaria Monastir
Salonica
Macedonia
Lake Ochrida
Rhodopian Mountains
Balkans
Vdar
Kufrili
Ing
Buch SC
Albania
Luly
Bur
Italy
Austria
Valona
Epirus
Totranto
Trieste
Fiume
Skumbi
Veles
Istil
Kavala
Constantine
Struma
Sofia
Roumania
Silistrian
Agrianopie
Near East
Europe
Berlin-to-Bagdad
Spain
Balkan Settlement Hopes Rise in President Wilson Aims
President Wilson envisions a Balkan settlement granting territory and security to each state to foster prosperity. He seeks a balance preventing exploitation by great powers and aims to curb future conflicts by establishing a Balkan confederacy, while noting likely shifts in control and potential lasting peace. Labor talks loom as railroad workers and executives plan a committee to replace the wartime ware commission with temporary adjustment boards for rail workers, shop personnel, and clerks.
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Uhink
Wilson
Balkan
Austria
Pivabkys
Bitet
Elmoptrig railway men seek recommended wage hike
Washington March 6 operating employees of electric rail lines appeared before the railroad wage commission and urged a wage increase be recommended next week.
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Elmoptrig
Washington, D. C
Alertric Railrounds
Houston Asks Huge Army to Aid Farmers
Washington, ND March 16 Secretary Jiongton asks Congress for 19,750,894 to fund famine relief and food production law activities. Proposed uses include 5,000,000 to purchase and sell for cash at cost to farmers, 1,080,980 for farm labor, and 6,700,000 for cooperative extension work with state colleges.
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Washington
Jiongton
Congress
Ile
Labor Leader Gompers Recalls Allied Labor Ties
Washington March 26 4 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor has semacy having an important bearing on the labor situation in the allied countries to Arthur Henderson British labor leader and former member of the war cabinet.
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Washington, D C
Samuel Gompers
Fration OF Labor
Hias Semacy
Arthur Tenderson
War Cabinet
Albert Thomas and Labor Leader in France Roles
Albert Thomas, head of the labor movement in France and formerly minister of munitions, is noted for his prominent positions in the French political and labor spheres. His leadership history underscores his influence on wartime and postwar industry and workers.
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Albert Thomas
Labor Movement
France
Adjustable windows drop into car body and doors
The windows drop into the sides of the body and doors and are adjustable.
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