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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1917
Page
10
The text argues Philadelphia’s mayor faces murder charges amid alleged terror tactics to influence a primary. It claims police henchmen beat citizens, a reform party is rejected, and the city clings to corrupt politics while Republicans refuse cross-party alliances.
The article catalogs German attempts to sway U S policy and public opinion before and during the war. It cites plots to align Mexico and Japan, influence Congress with up to 50000 dollars, use Swedish diplomats as messengers, target munition plants, stir revolts in the Philippines, and threaten black uprisings. It notes Bernstorff’s confidence and questions the value of a pacifist congressman for a price.
Atlantic City businessmen report booming profits and full employment as war funding boosts industries from Colorado gold to Nebraska potash. Yet clerks and salaried workers fear unequal gains as record prices outpace wages, posing a challenge to universal prosperity.
Col Roosevelt notes government knowledge of German facts over two years ago and criticizes lack of timely action. Other views praise diplomacy before war and describe the nation’s gradual shift toward a war footing after Germany repudiated promises and threats.
The text discusses a proposed German policy urging the transfer of Mexico’s lost American provinces and mentions Washington’s government exposure of the scheme. It questions public patriotism and hints at calls to reduce sugar consumption by one third.
The piece weighs Max Harden once jailed for press freedom and his paper’s suppression. It questions if Harden can be trusted as he shifts from wartime praise of conquest to a chastened stance. It notes a Chicago law figure seeking influence for $30,000 against munition experts and his withdrawal from a Friends of Peace group.
The piece urges Americans to cut sugar use by one third to aid France in wartime shortages. It notes the French are consuming one ounce per person daily while Americans use four, and warns of a two month shortage if limits aren’t met.
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