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April 11, 1918 issue

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The article presents developments related to war around the world. U.S. President Thomas Woodrow Wilson in a speech at Baltimore on April 6 on the occasion of the opening of the Third Liberty Loan campaign, declared that the United States accepted Germany's challenge to decide the future by force, and that force to the utmost would be used the righteous and triumphant force. British as well as Japanese, forces landed at Vladivostok, in Siberia, on April 6, without notice to the authorities. Admiral Kato, Japanese Minister of Marine, said he was compelled to take steps to protect the life and property of Japanese and Allied subjects, in view of the murder of one Japanese soldier.

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WAR; WILSON, Woodrow, 1856-1924; PRESIDENTS -- United States; SPEECH; MURDER; INTERNATIONAL relations; GERMANY; UNITED States
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