Greed and graft shadow Saloniki’s great war works
Saloniki residents eye the French British and Serbian presence with mixed feelings as profiteering and profiteers multiply in post war projects. Greek contractors skim profits from lumber, labor, and road contracts, using deceit and strikes to extract 30 cents per man per day, netting over $8,000 on a single job while amid refugees and shortages.
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Greece
Ots
Patricks
Equator Se
Chalcidic
Macedonia
Rey Force
Thrace
Asia Minor
Retreat From Kut Debate Ends British Mesopotamia Push
General Townshend surrenders with 9000 men at Kut leaving General Gorringe's army in a dangerous position. The Baghdad march is defeated and Kut offers no justification for further offensive moves. Likely plan: fall back to Amara to shield Anglo-Persian oil fields east of the Tigris, key to British navy fuel supplies. The episode sparks sharp criticism of the government and could shift Ottoman, Russian, and regional power dynamics.
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Tigris
Basra
India
Persian Gulf
Persia
Egypt
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Verdin Fort Defenses Hold After German Assault
Paris dispatch recalls the March occupation of Port Douaumont and the fierce French defense amid smoke and shellfire. A French infantry officer describes two German thrusts, surprise helmets, and the high cost in lives as trenches, ravines, and the village of Douaumont endure brutal combat and a stubborn defense.
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Associated Press
Paris
Port Douaumont
Verdun
Deuaumont
Hall
Opium Dens Proliferate in Paris as War Boosts Drug Trade
Paris reports reveal many opium, cocaine, and morphine users, with at least 20 illicit dens in Montmartre. Deputy Charles Hernard notes fashionable districts also see drug activity. Law raises penalties to 10 000 francs and up to two years imprisonment. In London, funerals loom large as war losses drive ritual offerings. Peking notes government workers earning over Mexican 100 a month must contribute to the domestic loan.
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Corresponden
Paris
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Montmartre
Chamber of Deputies
Sxocle
Peking
Restoration of Churches Sparks Restoration Debate
Paris reports that more than 280 churches along the French front were destroyed by fire and shell. The question is who should finance postwar restoration, with state indemnities and preservation of historic art versus modern reconstruction. Church advocates urge state restoration of “classed” churches and other art-worthy edifices. Officials note many 14th to 16th century structures were demolished, provoking plans for temporary chapels until full restoration.
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Paris
France
Boundary treaty failures cost nations millions in maps
London April 10 Sir Thomas Holdich argues lack of graphical knowledge led to costly treaty errors. When maps were absent arbitrators used straight lines, causing long term disputes in Africa and North America. A San Juan dispute nearly sparked war before arbitration awarded the archipelago to the United States.
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Thoma Holdich
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Royal Geographical Society
Africa
England
Belgium
United States
Canada
Vancouver
San Juan
Sanjuan
Suspiciou
Associated Press
Paris
America
Russian courts report 1910 to 1915 crime trends
A ministry of Justice report covers five years 1910–1915 in Russia detailing 25 000 indicted with 10 000 acquitted. Convictions rose before 1908 then declined, with political crime patterns by religion and education. Industrial workers' political crime counts fell. rioting arrests dropped.
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Petrograd
Ministry of Justice
Particu
Dutch To Place Large Gold Mining Plant Order
The Hague April 2 A big order for a gold mining plant is likely to be placed in America soon by the Dutch government for a major exploitive project on Sumatra island. Estimated gold value reaches 8 million with potential 32 million more in belts. First year cost about 240 thousand dollars, second year 160 thousand, machinery the major expense.
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Hague
Netherlands
America
Sumatra
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Gerri
United State
Italian teen hero drags German gun from trenches
In April Otograd a 16 year old Italian volunteer Constantine Zapolit is celebrated for risking his life to recover a German gun. Crawling through Russian trenches he located the weapon and, with a rope, dragged it back to the Russian lines as Germans watched in alarm.
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Switzerland
Francis Joseph of
Austria
Associated Press
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Constantine Zepolit
St. George
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Zapolil
Bethe
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