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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1915
Page
8
Report outlines strained offshoots among Roumania Greece and Austria Hungary as wartime diplomacy and resource strain intensify. Bulgaria claims gains near Monastir while Montenegro resists in mountain warfare and Italian forces push on the Isonzo Front amid broader Balkan operations.
Prime Minister Asquith told a large labor conference that Britain must fund the war through loans and taxes, urging wage earners not to seek broad wage increases. He noted living costs rose sharply, but insisted workers are better off than at the war’s start and urged patriotism in restraint. Reginald McKenna added wage hikes raise government costs, justify government borrowing, and stressed workers should save to support war loans.
French war office reports intense artillery actions damaging German defenses. German armored train shelled. Turkish defences at the Dardanelles damaged. Franco British front quiet on Serbia. French artillery bombards German positions along the Somme. Bulgarian troops reportedly take 15 000 Serbians at Pris Zend. Austrian cabinet resignations noted with no official explanation. Kaiser's veto alleged on Austria seeking separate peace.
King George left Buckingham Palace for the first time since his return to England after his French accident and visited Queen Mother Alexandra to mark her birthday.
London reports an order in council issued yesterday mandates passports for all persons going abroad in ordinary cases whether British or alien. The directive broadens travel controls as officials enforce entry and exit measures across the empire and beyond.
In response to a House of Commons question Harold J. Tennant, Parliamentary under-secretary for war, stated that about 33 000 British prisoners of war were in Germany. The figures were released in London on December 1.
Cambridge voters for the School Committee election on December 21 show 8926 women registered, a record and 2023 more than 1914. The final day saw 1140 women register and 200 waiting at closing. total voters reach 17,889.
A federal jury in Augusta Ga reports it cannot reach a verdict in the Thomas E Watson case charged with sending obscene matter through the mails. With the jury unused since Tuesday afternoon, the judge ordered a mistrial tonight.
War office communiques describe heavy artillery exchanges along the front from Belgium to Artois and the Somme Oise sector. British and French guns damage German defenses, halt a German armored train, and sink or disperse enemy columns. Belgian front reports note calm nights with counter-shelled bombardments and aerial actions over Lens and surrounding areas.
The Tribuna reports that Kaiser Wilhelm’s trip to Vienna aims to stop Austria’s Madrid Vatican mediated negotiations for a separate peace with the quadruple entente. Berlin favors separate treaties to weaken the alliance, while Vienna seeks a real peace to ease mounting tension.
An autograph letter from Emperor Francis Joseph confirms several Austrian cabinet resignations. He accepts the resignations of Interior Minister Karl Heinold d'Udynski, Commerce Minister Rudolf Schuster von Bennett, and Finance Minister Baron Engel von Mannheim.
An advertisement urges keeping Hyomei on hand for croup and catarrh. It instructs dropping 30 drops into boiling water for inhalation during attacks and cites testimonials from users including Mrs. C. W. Fitts of Washington, D. C., praising rapid relief.
For catarrh head colds and sore throat, place a few drops of Hyomei in the inhaler and inhale four times daily. Breathing Hyomei fills air passages with a healing balsam that kills germs, soothes inflammation, and promises rapid lasting relief. The first day shows improvement and if it fails to help, the druggist refunds the purchase price at Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
Prince Hohenlohe Schillingfuerst, head of the Supreme Court of Accounts, becomes interior minister. Ritter von Leth moves from postal savings bank to finance minister, and Herr von Spitzminster, kreditanstalt director, is named minister of commerce.
In Geneva Mgr Werthmann bishop of Freiburg in Breisgau met Prince von Buelow after a Lucerne visit. The aim is to drum up Catholic support for peace among neutrals and belligerents, with Von Buelow aiding the effort.
In Athens and Saloniki, Greek King Constantine I faces political crisis as Venizelos gains power. Princes George and Andrew observe mobilization near the Serbian front, while the king delays direct leadership and the royal family backs his cautious stance amid foreign troops and domestic upheaval.
Rome reports Great interest as Parliament reconvenes with Premier Salandra expected to outline Italy role in the European war. The premier likely will review actions taken and future plans while only a few Socialists may protest.
France and colonies face a sugar deficit requiring imports of 800000 to 825000 tons. Much has already been bought in Cuba and the United States, with more purchases planned. The government will set sale prices and ration quantities.
London December 1 Sir John Simon home secretary said in the House of Commons Ted Sloan the former American jockey has been deported and that before issuing the order he determined it was not in the public interest for him to remain in Britain at the present time.
Paris dispatch reports General Gallieni orders a reduced supply of automobiles and horses for generals and high officers of the French army.
Vienna reports Austro-Hungarian command captured 78 officers and 12,000 men and 32 machine guns on the northeastern front in November. Italian theatre notes calm on the Isonzo with repelled attacks on Monte San Michele. Southeastern battles describe advances toward Plevlje and a fortified border plateau, with Prijsrend seized by Bulgarians.
The official communication says no change on the western front. In the Caucasus near Lake Van Turkish forces were dislodged from two fortified positions near the village of Varkounis and retreated westward, pursued by Russian troops.
Bucharest reports Roumania will issue an ultimatum to Austria once Entente powers deploy 500,000 troops in the Balkans, according to a Central News despatch from the city.
General headquarters reports a rest day for infantry as they strengthen positions under heavy artillery fire. Flames from enemy strikes were controlled at the Civic Hospital in Monfalcone. bombs hit villages Paularo and Bemi sincinea with no damage. About 30 prisoners taken in minor skirmishes and a quick firing gun captured.
Berlin says Prisrend in western Serbia yielded 15 000 Serbian prisoners and captured mountain guns. It notes Bulgarian troops took 15 000 prisoners at Prisrend and raids damaged British trenches with German mines. Western front mining damaged English positions and one English and one French aircraft were shot down with crews captured. Eastern theatre has nothing to report.
The British embassy told the U S State Department that the admiral commanding the British fleet in North Atlantic waters denied that his ships chased the American Transatlantic Company's steamer Vinland inside American territorial waters while Vinland was sailing from New York to Norfolk.
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