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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1914
Page
5
Germans and sympathizers resent anti German bias in American papers amid scarce news from neutral outlets. A New York Staats Zeitung cartoonish exchange mocks editors and alleges fake dispatches about German troop movements, Swiss border neutrality, and Allied victories to skew public opinion.
Alexander McKay and others contribute funds to the Americans' charity fund chaired by Mr. Hoover to aid the embassy and consulates. Volunteers including Congressman Augustus Gardner assist at the embassy as they handle pass ports and rescue efforts for families in Normandy amid wartime disruption. Five hundred Americans arrive from the continent by channel boats as displaced business people seek work.
The Cunard liner Franconia plans to depart East Boston at 6 PM with 120 steerage passengers aboard, following Liverpool orders. Captain Miller says no special camouflage or convoy is planned, awaiting developments as British ships may protect the voyage toward Queenstown and Liverpool.
Paris reports discovery of German Bouillon Rube posters used as covert military signals. Variations in poster shapes colors conveyed locally actionable details such as food abundance and mined ground. Geometric figures and symbols, including a Stars and Stripes motif, aided messages placed months earlier along rail corridors.
Washington moves to shield neutrality with new rules on foreign ships and reservists. Officials assess conversions of ships like the Olympic and Vaterland while relief aid flows to Europe, including funds to Paris Rome and London. Diplomatic talks touch China Far East and mediation offers to Germany, France, and Russia amid cable isolation and tensions.
New York August 7 federal port authorities faced a dilemma as thousands of foreign reservists in the city awaited transport home. The Olympic of the White Star line was cleared for Southampton while other ships worded for sailings awaited decision after customs review. Collect or Malone to rule tomorrow on authority to depart.
The American citizens' committee reports that with tomorrow morning's steamer arrival from the Hook of Holland bringing the British ambassador to Germany and five refugees, there will be no Americans left at Belgian Dutch or French ports. Regular boats run Dieppe Boulogne and other French ports to England, while Ostend sails resume. The Folkestone Ostend line is suspended but Chatham rail service continues as industry assists Americans to reach the seaboard and then England.
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