Kaiser Blames Russia and Pleads with the Czar for Peace
London dispatch reports rising American distress as citizens crowd American and steamship offices seeking cash and passages home. Herbert Hoover funds aid for 300 stranded Americans. British markets face price shocks as fish and meat costs surge and ship cargo insurance is established.
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London
West End
American Express Company
Steamship Lines
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Herbert C. Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Transatlantic Liners Seek Safe Ports as War Looms
Amid an England Germany declaration many German liners rush to U S ports to avoid capture. Kronprinzessin Cecilie and other ships seek neutrality while authorities guard vessels such as Vaterland and Belgia. U S agencies mobilize to repatriate Americans and safeguard ships and crews.
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New York
England
Germany
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Bar Harbor
Cape Race
Cherbourg
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Hamburg-American Line
New Jersey
West India
Hamburg
Nantucket
Cincinnati
Boston
Cardinal Connell
Falmouth
Prinz Adalbert
Philadelphia
Belgia
Kursk
Libau
Plymouth
Germany Explains War Began In Imperial Speech
Berlin reports Emperor William’s throne speech detailing calamity from the Balkans crisis and the archduke's assassination. He cites Russia and France actions and vows unity with allies, while Bethmann-Hollweg outlines Germany’s defense and mediation efforts before mobilization.
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Berlin
William
Europe
Balkans
Francis Ferdinand
Francis Joseph
Russian Empire
Austria-Hungary
Irishmen Lead Britain's Land and Sea Forces
Dublin reports that the top leaders of both the British army and navy are Irishmen. Earl Kitchener leads the army while Sir George Callaghan commands the navy famed for the Pekin relief expedition.
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Dublin
John E. Redmond
House of Commons
England
Earl Kitchener
Europe
George Callaghan
Pekin
British warning on German ports detaining ships at Manila
The British consul warns ships to avoid German ports as authorities detain vessels. The admiralty orders ships to abandon regular routes and complete voyages without stopping to coal, instructing captains near England to approach with lights blinded. Pa Van Loon is praised for tangoing in the next Sunday Post.
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Vaterland
Hoboken
New York
Hudson
Germany
Imperator
Hamburg
Lloyd
Bremen
Sandy Hook
United States
Europe
Tennessee
Brooklyn Navy Yard
United Fruit Company
Luckenbach Steamships Company
S. V. Luckenbach
United States Army
McPherson
of Luckenbach
Newport News
Harry J. Luckenbach
Brooklyn
Athinas
Athens
Mediterranean
St. Paul
Southampton
New Y. É Mook
Pas Theig
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cunard
International Mercantile Marine
Vaderland
Red Star Line
Dover
Olympic
Minnehaha
Lorraine
Havre
Manila
England
Pa van Loon
Germany Declares War Readiness as Mobilization Surges
The German Chancellor cites self defense and necessity as Germany mobilizes and occupies Luxemburg while warning France and Belgium. He says England will remain neutral if it does, and Germany pledges no attack while France is accused of border breaches. The Reichstag approves a war credit and emergency financial measures.
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Alsace-Lorraine
France
Schluchpass
Luxemburg
Brussels
Belgium
Lower Rhine
England
Edward Grey
House of Commons
Egland
Germany
von Moltke
Reichstag
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Kaiser
Russia
German Line
Wells-Fargo CO
Cashel
Paris
Prussia
Page
Bryan
North Sea
Billingsgate
Smithfield
David Lloyd-George
Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Mid-Atlantic
American
Atlantic
Fire Island
Queenstown
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Anchor Line
Glasgow
Frederick VIII
Copenhagen
Scandinavian
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
American Line
Essex
Herbert J. Haddock
Haddock
Quarantine
Austria- Hungary
French
German Empire
Imperial Castle
James W. Gerard
von Bethman-Hollweg
Bethmann-Hollweg
Austria and
Servia
Great Britain
St. Petersburg
Vienna
Britain
British Admiralty
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