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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1915
Page
9
In Peking, Yuan Shikai and Lu Chengxiang contest Japan's demands on Manchuria and Shantung. Two sets of proposals outline long leases, land rights, railway concessions, and joint police controls, signaling a deepening crisis in East Asia diplomacy.
The King may lead by example and ban alcohol in royal households as drastic wartime measures loom. Government debate grows over total prohibition or strict sale hours to curb munitions disruption and keep troops supplied. Labor and liquor groups prepare to press Lloyd George for action.
It is believed in Pekin that the conference tomorrow will likely break the deadlock over this question after weeks of stalemate. If no break occurs, some fear Japan will issue an ultimatum. At yesterday's conference M. Hicki, the Japanese minister, displayed an attitude that Chinese delegates fear signals further pressure on their nation.
Pekin government received one set of Japanese demands as the basis for negotiations while a second set was handed to American, Russian, French, and British ministers. The dispatch from Pekin on February 25 outlines ongoing talks stemming from the Japan China dispute and related diplomatic discussions.
Advertises GETS-IT as a painless corn cure using two drops to shrink and remove corns, calluses, warts, or bunions. Claims no pain and no limping, with bottles selling for 25 cents and available in drugstores nationwide.
A London despatch reports Britain near prohibition during wartime. A cabinet committee discussed compensation for saloon workers, with a first step to be announced and fears of long term loss to revenue. The World cites three days lost per week due to drinking and notes Britain's high drink bill and stockpiling by merchants ahead of action.
The passage argues selfless buyers will avoid alcohol while the poor face sacrifices. It notes a social revolution aimed at ending the war and securing victory. It questions if Ireland can be prohibited, but suggests Irish people and soldiers would benefit from same wartime restrictions.
Amsterdam dispatch says 30 German soldiers were killed and 60 wounded near Thourout Belgium when five Allied airmen dropped bombs on Saturday. The Tijd adds bombs were dropped on the German submarine base near Bruges yesterday with unknown results.
Samuel Weinstein, 30, of 97 Poplar Street Chelsea, drank half a tumbler of camphorated oil thinking it castor oil. He was treated at Frost Hospital where a physician and stomach pump saved him from serious harm.
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