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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1916
Page
6
The new British war cabinet will direct the war from daily sessions with Lloyd George and Lord Milner as key figures. A three-man cabinet will control food and liquor, with ministers toward war policy and state action across finance and administration.
The article profiles cabinet members led by Sir Robert Banntyne Finlay with prior government posts. It highlights Sir George Cave, Baron Rhondda, Sir Albert Stanley, John Hodge, Dr Christopher Addison, Baron Deconport, Sir Joseph Paton Maclay, Rowland Prothero, Herbert Fisher, and Sir Alfred Mond, noting their professions, party affiliations, and notable credentials including Lusitania survivor status and leadership roles in transport, agriculture, and education.
Premier David Lloyd George leads a cabinet list with key posts such as Lord Curzon as lord of council, Andrew Bonar Law as chancellor, Arthur Henderson and Lord Milner as ministers without portfolio, Sir George Cave as home secretary, Arthur Balfour abroad secretary, Walter Long colonies secretary, Earl of Derby war secretary, Austen Chamberlain India, and Lord Rhondda with the local government board. The report also notes Liberal MPs and lawyers among the ministers, including Sir Frederick Cawley, Albert Illingworth, George N Barnes, Gordon Hewart, James A Clyde, and Thomas B Morison, plus Henry E Duke as Royal Defence of the Realm Losses chairman.
Bulgarian cross Danube at Tchernavoda and Silistria. Teutonic advance in eastern Wallachia. Russian gains on the Moldavian frontier near Trotus valley but repulsed between Kirlibaba and Dorna Watra. Heavy snow hampers Italian front artillery. intense fighting near Gorizia and Carso. Entente relief attack north of Monastir fails against German and Bulgarian forces.
London December 10 The engagement is announced of Earl Curzon of Kedleston former viceroy of India and cabinet member to Mrs Elvina Duggan widow of Alfred Duggan of Buenos Ayres She is eldest daughter of the late J Munroe Hinds former American minister to Brazil Earl Curzon is a widower His 1895 marriage to Mary Victoria Leiter of Chicago produced three daughters Lady Curzon died in 1906
Ignatius J. O'Brien is retained as lord chancellor of Ireland and has held the post since 1913. He is a well known Irish lawyer and serves as the Unionist member of Parliament for Exeter.
Russians feel the Romanian retreat slows the German push after the fall of Wallachia. Experts say the Jalemitza line near Bucharest is untenable as von Falkenhayn presses north and east, but Moldova defense and Russian reinforcements complicate any rapid German follow up. Colonel Shumsky notes the shortened front reduces risk of a new campaign this season.
The article notes scarce combat beyond artillery in most fronts with Teutonic forces advancing in eastern Wallachia. Romanian counterattacks northeast of Bucharest reportedly push Austro German troops westward along the Ploiești to Buzeu corridor, while Petrograd claims Romanian success against German lines.
News from the front notes Russian troops advancing north of the Transylvania frontier and a Danube crossing near Silistria to Hirsova. Berlin cites Bulgarian movements threatening Romania while Austro German forces push east. French repulse a Vosges attack as Europe endures heavy snowfall hampering mountain fighting.
A captured captain praises German U boat undersea commanders for nerve and daring. He recounts how the U boat commander torpedoed his vessel chatted by wireless with a nearby British warship and hoped the English would locate the submarines.
Captain Curtis and three U.S. officers praised German courtesy after the U Nineteenth century submarine U 19 attacked the liner Columbian off Cape Finisterre on November 8. The ship was torpedoed amidships and sank in 55 minutes, with 69 horses and 40 crew abandoning to lifeboats as the German crew prompted evacuation.
Petrograd reports Romanian forces halted a Teutonic advance in eastern Wallachia and counterattacked along the road from Ploieşti to Buzeu, driving Austro German units back. Russian activity continues along river valleys on the Moldavian frontier amid strong resistance.
In Paris on December 10 prayers for the Greek royal family were omitted at the Greek church by trustees order. Prince George of Greece attended. M Psaroulaki denounced King Constantine in a speech. Five members were chosen to visit the Greek legation to demand removal of monarchy emblems inside the church.
Robert Luce leads a state commission resisting private hearings and seeking open sessions to identify causes and suggest needed legislation. Mayor Curley and reform voices push for public expressions, including a meeting at Faneuil Hall, as Mrs. Ida Hebbard and Boston Housewives League demand transparency. The five appointees include Luce Storrow Copeland McSweeney Tyrrell. The panel meets in the State House.
Lloyd's shipping agency reports the Spanish steamer Bravo of 1214 tons gross was torpedoed. The crew were landed.
Amsterdam dispatch says Greece and the Entente seem close to war within 48 hours on the eve of a crisis that may plunge the Hellenic nation into the world war on the side of Germany. King Constantine seeks aid from US minister Garrett Droppers in Athens.
The Greek crisis deepens as King Constantine receives an ultima from allied representatives and American diplomat Droppers may assume Greece entente duties. Washington sources keep the confidential talks between Constantine and the American envoy, amid German reports of possible Greek intervention with the central powers.
Paris reports a semi official note after the Chamber of Deputies backed the government and secret deliberations ended. The premier is expected to decide Tuesday on reducing cabinet members and creating a restricted national defence committee similar to England.
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