Bombardment and armistice talks loom for Warsaw
Berlin dispatch reports outer forts under bombardment since Friday while Poles counter Bolshevik fire. Russian notes say Polish delegates will cross the front August 9 and armistice talks begin at Minsk August 11, as Britain and France push plans by Marshals Foch and Wilson to save Poland. London and Hythe sources indicate Russia ready to withdraw to 1918 lines if Poland accepts terms.
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Britain awaits Mannix vessel at Fishguard harbor
Fishguard harbor masters and coast stations were told to stand by to remove Archbishop Mannix from the Baltic. Inspector Scott of Scotland Yard and an assistant are aboard a small steamer in the harbor awaiting orders. The Baltic is expected to dock at 6 p.m. Monday, but no word has reached the Archbishop. The Dublin deputation seeking his freedom expects him to refuse.
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Irish Coercion Bill Passed By Commons
Government pushes through the Irish coercion bill by a large vote in the House of Commons. Debates were lengthy but less heated without Lloyd George and Asquith present. Dupuy, Venezuela's first minister to Japan, seeks to promote Japanese emigration to Venezuela for agricultural labor. currently none reside there.
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Herbert H. Asquith
Xeregz Dupuy
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Rates Slashed in Sea Freight War Involving California
The U S Shipping Board cut berth freight rates to 20 dollars a ton from Pacific ports to the United Kingdom, a target compared with 28 dollars on US Shipping Board vessels and 23 dollars charged by British freighters. The move signals a broader rate war among American British and Japanese lines as Pacific grain exports exceed 750000 tons and are expected to ship directly on American ships.
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Europe
U S Plans Big Sale Of Wooden War Vessels
Washington reports the United States Shipping Board is mobilizing about 170 wooden ships at James River for conservation and sale to any interested buyers, American or foreign, ending the era of wooden war vessels.
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