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Wednesday, June 18, 1919
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KNOX APPEALS FOR TIME TO STUDY LEAGUE COVENANT; Asserts Decisions Involved Are Too Momentous to be Settled Offhand in Treaty. DEFENDS HIS RESOLUTION "We Saved Europe; Let Us Consider Well Guaranteeing SpoilsForever to Our Associates."DISCLAIMS BEING PARTISANWarns Opposition of Dangers ofSuch a Course--McCumber to Defend League Today. Disclaims Any Partisanship. Say Resolution Goes too Far. KNOX WOULD STUDY LEAGUE COVENANT Urges Need of Caution. Derogations from Sovereignty. Oppression of Weak Nations. Dynamite in Irish Question. Enforcement of Peace. League of Peace or War? Surrender of Sovereignty. Status of Monroe Doctrine. Criticises Withdrawal Clause. Warns Against "Undue Haste." May Declare War at an End.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Ivan Goncharov (1812)
- Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845)
- Georgi Dimitrov (1882)
- Miklós Horthy (1868)
- Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901)
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Slang of the decade
General
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Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Pop-Up Toaster, Shortwave Radio & Arc Welding.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
39,069 days ago
(107 years, 14 days)