05 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1917
Page
1
This fragment hints at wartime tensions with Austria viewed as an enemy and small provocative actions noted as returning to the start of the European conflict. It suggests a historical framing of escalation and Alliances in the early stages of the war.
Washington reports declare war with Austria-Hungary hinges on alliance with Germany. Austrian diplomatic services aided German war aims in the United States, with submarines flying Austrian flags and German crews aboard. The decision aims to free action against Germany, while noting pervasive German espionage aided by Austrian elements and labor groups. A Rome cable notes Russian nonrecognition of Lenine ministers. No premature peace is sought. German intrigue favors mercy and justice.
Weather forecast for Montana: cloudy on Wednesday with snow in the eastern portion and colder conditions. Thursday looks generally fair.
Washington reported scores of Austro Hungarian subjects suspected of acting as agents would be arrested within hours after a declaration of war. Unnaturalized foreigners would become enemy aliens and face summary arrest and internment under new rules.
Page from Today's Standard reports President urging war on Austria along with submarine sinking a passenger ship. It notes arrests planned, Bolshevik Dukhonin slain, British lines unbroken, and multiple regional items. Also mentions theater scrange advisory boards Red Cross help, Anaconda updates, beer milder, a guard order in St. Paul strike, Walkerville death, education talk, sport, poetry, and mining markets.
Paris reports the foreign office says at the inter allied conference US participation ensured complete understanding and close solidarity among the allies for common wartime questions. A supreme inter allied naval committee was decided upon to oversee operations.
London reports a Petrograd dispatch stating the Maximalist government issued a Bolshevik manifesto to German and Austrian troops. It will be widely distributed by airplanes and other means. The document lists social and political measures taken and urges soldiers to help end the war with a promise of peace within a few days.
London reports a submarine attack near Apapa on the vessel Apapa carried about 120 passengers. The 7832 ton Glasgow built ship of the African Steamship company was fired upon, targeting women and children aboard.
Petrograd reports General Dukhonin, former Russian army commander in chief, killed by lynching after Bolshevik forces captured Mohilev. Ensign Krylenko’s message condemns the act as lynch law while Korniloff fled Mohilev before the Bolshevik arrival.
Rear Admiral Charles Custis Rogers U S N retired died in Washington at 61. A Virginia native, Rogers retired in 1914 due to ill health. He served as executive officer of the Resolute in the Spanish American War and earned medals for conduct in action off Santiago and Manzanillo.
President Wilson declared for a united war effort and a peace based on justice, urging a declaration of war with Austria and calling for the removal of autocratic rule. He urged not to seek dismemberment but restitution for Belgium and the return of territories, while avoiding internal affairs of other nations. Congress prepared to act swiftly, with broad support and opposition noted among a few senators.
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