Germany Breaks Pledges to America in Submarine Attacks
The State Department reviews the Arabia and Marina sinkings as flagrant international law violations. Germany claims torpedoing without warning, asserting vessels were transports. Britain asked to verify if the Peninsula and Oriental liner was in government service. The Marina sank 100 miles off shore with no safety measures, costing lives including six Americans and horse traders.
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State Department
Arabia
Germany
Marine
United States
Great Britain
Peninsular and Oriental
Mediterranean
Marina
Glasgow
Baltimore
Sussex
Germany Replies to U. S. Query on the Lanao
Berlin reports the German government sent a reply to the American charge's inquiry about the sinking of the steamer Lanao. The Lanao, owned in Manila, was sunk by a German submarine on October 28 off the Portuguese coast.
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Coast
Lanao
Germany
U. S
Berlin
London
Manila
Teutons Progress Reported In War Fronts
Berlin and Bulgarian war offices announce continued Allied repulses in the Cerna River area of Serbia and along the Moldavian front. A Serbian staff note claims Teutonic advances near Suhodol and Monastir, with French gains near Viaklar. Western front artillery and small engagements persist, with quiet in Russia and Galicia.
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Carpathians
Berlin
Cerna River
Serbia
Suhodol
Monastir
Viaklar
France
Belgium
Russia
Galicia
Foreign Office
Cyclades
Aegeanea
Germany
Germans Tell Swiss Not to Meddle With Deporting
Berlin replies to Swiss note on deportations in Belgium, received in Berne. The message is politely worded but states Switzerland has no ground to interfere unless its own interests are affected.
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Paris
Germany
Belgium
Berne
Switzerland
Petain Named to Succeed Joffre in Allied Command
Private dispatches from Paris report that General Petain, defender of Verdun, will replace General Joffre as commander of all Allied forces on the western front. The change follows a centralized wartime management plan similar to England, with Petain once a relatively obscure colonel at the war’s start.
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Washington
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Petain
Verdun
Joffre
England
Three of Britannia Crew Killed Captain Prisoner
Lloyds shipping agency reports three Bri tannia crew members killed after believed sinking. The master of the British steamer Bri tannia is prisoner.
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Britannia
London
Lloyd's Shipping Agency
Allied and Central Forces Report Sporadic Front Actions
War in brief from official dispatches describes major artillery and infantry actions across Dobromir Makovo Pomorzany Ploecti Monastir Corso Champagne Argonne and eastern Wallachia. Reports indicate halted advances and successful Romanian standoffs despite rain and failed bridge crossings.
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Makovo
Cerna River
Berlin
Pomorzany
Lemberg
Galicia
Petrograd
Ploecti
Monastir
Revolt reported in Greek Cyclades as Hydra intercepts messages
Telegrams from Athens claim a revolution has broken out in the Cyclades with the Greek battleship Hydra intercepting wireless messages from King Constantine to Berlin. The report also notes Greek communities in Egypt renouncing allegiance to Constantine.
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London
Athens
Cyclades
Aegean Sea
Hydra
Constantine
Berlin
Egypt
Allies to Attempt New Break on Western Front
Berlin dispatch reports a Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung correspondent in France quoting Allied officers prisoners stating the British will press attacks until a breakthrough. French say the line between Arras Baupaume and Peronne must fall before Christmas as promised by General Joffre and treated as an honor.
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Berlin
Sayville
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
France
Arras
Baupaume
Peronne
Joffre
Lloyd George Seeks Commons Support for New Government
Premier Lloyd George announces to all Commons members that the King has entrusted him with forming a government. The official message indicates a new administration is to be organized following the king's request.
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Lloyd George
Commons
London
House of Commons
Leader to Move Adjournment After Tuesday War Speech
The speaker explains he cannot make a House statement on Tuesday. Bonar Law, as House leader, will move adjournment until Thursday. He says the government must vigorously prosecute the war and seeks continued support if it allocates energies to that aim.
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Bonar Law
British Advance in German East Africa
Reuters report from Nirggoro details a British push along a 200 mile front advancing 60 miles. Forces captured a German corps including officers and white soldiers, plus 260 native troops. The prize included a howitzer, three Maxim guns and 400 cattle.
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London
German East Africa
Reuter
Nirggoro
New Tringa
Kissaki
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