The New York Times Current History: The European war, Volume 14New York Times Company, 1918 - Europe |
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... passed by Commons to recruit men from industries pre- viously exempted : figures for total en- rollment in British armies , 193 : at- tack by London Mail regarded as campaign against caste system , 214 ; new scale of junior officers ...
... passed by Commons to recruit men from industries pre- viously exempted : figures for total en- rollment in British armies , 193 : at- tack by London Mail regarded as campaign against caste system , 214 ; new scale of junior officers ...
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... passed within the walls that day . The following day , ( Dec. 10 , ) while the Turks were being driven further orthward and eastward , General Allenby made his official entry . The ceremony was unostentatious , but impressive . The ...
... passed within the walls that day . The following day , ( Dec. 10 , ) while the Turks were being driven further orthward and eastward , General Allenby made his official entry . The ceremony was unostentatious , but impressive . The ...
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... passed . Australia , on the other hand , at a national refer- endum on the same issue , held on Dec. 20 , defeated compulsion by a much larger majority than at the previous referen- dum in October , 1916 , mainly as a re- sult of the ...
... passed . Australia , on the other hand , at a national refer- endum on the same issue , held on Dec. 20 , defeated compulsion by a much larger majority than at the previous referen- dum in October , 1916 , mainly as a re- sult of the ...
Page xiv
... passed out of existence , leav- ing the supreme power in the hands of the Soviets . In this way , for the first time in history , political control over a great nation was seized by the labor unions . The first step toward the creation ...
... passed out of existence , leav- ing the supreme power in the hands of the Soviets . In this way , for the first time in history , political control over a great nation was seized by the labor unions . The first step toward the creation ...
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... passed under German control , to such an extent , indeed , that the proposal was made to set up a monarchy under a Prince ap- pointed by the Kaiser . Having now seen what happened to those parts of Russia which had been lost by conquest ...
... passed under German control , to such an extent , indeed , that the proposal was made to set up a monarchy under a Prince ap- pointed by the Kaiser . Having now seen what happened to those parts of Russia which had been lost by conquest ...
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Page 291 - The peoples of Austria-Hungary, whose place among the nations we wish to see safeguarded and assured, should be accorded the freest opportunity of autonomous development.
Page 292 - An independent Polish state should be erected which should include the territories inhabited by indisputably Polish populations, which should be assured a free and secure access to the sea, and whose political and economic independence and territorial integrity should be guaranteed by international covenant.
Page 410 - Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial waters, alike in peace and in war, except as the seas may be closed in whole or in part by international action for the enforcement of International covenants.
Page 291 - What we demand in this war, therefore, is nothing peculiar to ourselves. It is that the world be made fit and safe to live in...
Page 260 - December, 1917, of each and every system of transportation and the appurtenances thereof located wholly or in part within the boundaries of the continental United States and consisting of railroads, and owned or controlled systems of coastwise and inland transportation, engaged in general transportation...
Page 260 - The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part thereof, and to utilize the same, to the exclusion as far as may be necessary of all other traffic thereon, for the transfer or transportation of troops, war material and equipment, or for such other purposes connected with the emergency as may be needful or desirable.
Page 292 - A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike. In regard to these essential rectifications of wrong and assertions of right we feel ourselves to be intimate partners of all the governments and peoples associated together against the Imperialists.
Page 107 - Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. 7 and they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. 8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem...
Page 77 - States; and towards such alien enemies as conduct themselves in accordance with law, all citizens of the United States are enjoined to preserve the peace and to treat them with all such friendliness as may be compatible with loyalty and allegiance to the United States...
Page 107 - And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house...