General strike looms in Brazil and Russia
Reports from Itajahy Brazil and St Petersburg depict two looming crises. In Brazil German deserter Steinhoff was seized by the Panther prompting naval demands for his return and an apology. In Russia a general strike threat grows after the arrest of Ixrustaloff, with clashes at the post office and treasury measures under ukase.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Ixrustaloff
General Post Office
Ihrustaloff
Brazil Germany tension over deserter seizure in Brazilian village
London officials fear trouble between Brazil and Germany after a Brazilian deserter was taken by force on Brazilian soil. Berlin calls it a sailor marines scuffle, while Brazilian sources condemn a flagrant rights violation. The village involved is a small fishing colony with a premeditated German cruiser action.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Itajahy
Panther
Rio Grande Do Sul
Germany
London
Berlin
Brazilian Ambassador Reports German Subject Seized in South Brazil
Ambassador Senor Joaquin Nabuco informs the State Department of the seizure of a German subject from a minor German colony in South Brazil. He says Brazil will demand his return and an official apology for alleged territorial rights violations. The matter is described as of great moment and likely to prompt immediate action.
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Washington
Senor Joaquin Nabuco
Brazil
State Department
Salisbury Will Contested by Five Cousins in Worcester
Dec 10 Salisbury will worth 10 million to be challenged by five first cousins Samuel Hildreth Hubbard Benjamin West Hubbard Henry Scott Hubbard Ellenor G Hubbard and Nathalie Dean Hubbard of Forest Depot Va each to receive 5000. Haverhill relatives plan action to claim more estate. He left most to education and art with a single large sum to a widow known to him.
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Worcester
Stephen Salisbury
Samuel Hildreth Hubbard
Benjamin West Hubbard
Henry Scott Hubbard
Elenor G. Hubbard
Nathalie Dean Hubbard
Forest Depot
Haverhill
Salisbury
Bureaucracy's Days Counted
In Stockholm on December 10, Nobel literature winner Sienkiewicz warned the Russian bureaucracy cannot last much longer, calling bureaucrats thieves and foreseeing possible German occupation of Poland if revolutions spiral. He cited Count Witte as capable but challenged to retain authority and noted danger to both Poland and Russia from ongoing upheaval.
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Stockholm
Tfienryk Sienkiewicz
Poland
Russia
Count Witte
Witte
Russian
Germany
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