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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1915
Page
2
Secretary Lansing reports the American government finds the Austro-Hungarian reply unsatisfactory and demands prompt compliance with the U S notes. He notes translation variations but says the meaning remains clear and rejects delays. A German Austrian embassy liaison and cipher dispatches surface amid Ancona negotiations.
A sharp attack on the Monroe Doctrine unsettled Worcester during a Clark University conference. Harvard professor Albert Bushnell Hart and German literature instructor John A. Walz delivered forceful addresses. Vienna comment follows about the Austro-Hungarian reply to the Ancona sinking, described as moderate though caustic in Neue Freie Presse.
Dispatches from Petrograd report German activity in the Dvinsk area as Berlin gathers forces for possible offensives on both the eastern and western fronts. Neutrals note continued movement of troops and guns toward the western theatre, with timing depending on favorable conditions.
Berlin reports limited fighting due to hazy weather with small British trench penetration near Armentieres repelled and similar British attacks thwarted. Russian assaults between Lakes Narocz and Miadziel failed with 120 prisoners captured. Bjelopolje in Montenegro seized with 700+ prisoners.
The Italian steamer Porto Said of 5167 gross tons has been sunk. Records show she sailed from Genoa on November 17 for Alexandria. the loss is announced from London.
Berlin dispatch copies New York reports suggesting Washington would sever relations with Austria-Hungary and Germany if Austria refuses to meet American demands about Ancona. Tageszeitung notes the claim lacks legal basis and warns overreach to pressure Berlin and Vienna could fail.
Police allege Herbert and John Locke, once prominent in social clubs, manipulated Boston & Maine payrolls. They created fictitious workers, cashed time checks across New England, and bought a $9400 house and a touring car. Investigators say over 60 payrolls were doctored for about $20 weekly per employee.
Joseph F. Noone, a special deputy naval officer of the port of Boston, died yesterday at his residence in Somerville. He served on the local waterfront and is mourned by colleagues and family.
Professor Walz warned that a German victory would not create a German monopoly at sea but offer hope to neutral Europe. Professor Hart stated that the world is in formation with many future map changes and that the Monroe Doctrine, once a peace plan, now faces practical dependencies and enforcement challenges.
Earl de la Warr died of rheumatic fever and pneumonia in Messina while serving in the Dardanelles. Gilbert George Reginald Sackville, the eighth Earl, was 46 and succeeded the title in 1896. His heir is his 15 year old son Lord Buckhurst of Eton. The de la Warr family dates to 1209. Delaware is named for a Lord de la Warr.
Official communication reports intermittent artillery fighting near Anafarta and Ari Burnu. Turkish guns silenced enemy mountain artillery near Anafarta and caused a fire in the enemy camp.
European papers praise the calm tone of the American reply while disputing the propriety of demanding punishment for the Ancona's commander without accessible evidence. They insist Austria Hungary remains a sovereign state and warn against using the Lusitania precedent to threaten its officers. London and Vienna see potential for a diplomatic solution, denying a rupture.
The Frankfurter Zeitung comments on Austria's note regarding Ancona, saying Burian's reply matches American neutrality in tone. It argues Washington’s summary style prompts formal inquiry, and that Austria-Hungary is justified in presenting its objections and evidence, not merely conceding to Washington.
The text notes German consideration of moving into the St Mihiel region where their line reaches the Meuse while bridges are being destroyed by the French. It reports ongoing mining bombing and aerial combat in the west, with Balkan fighting in Montenegro and Albania between Serbs, Bulgarians, and Austrians. Italians have landed about 30,000 troops to support Serbia.
In the western front near Lake Drisviaty and Muravitzy, Russian forces claim prisoner and equipment captures plus repulsed enemy assaults. East of Butchach near Medviednitza, enemy attacks were repulsed. In the Caucasus near Ardjick by Lake Van, Armenian detachments fought Kurds, routing them with 60 enemy dead. 100 head of cattle taken. Ramadan occupied by Russian forces.
A despatch from Athens reports Premier Skouloudis and Interior Minister Gounaris told the German minister that the entry of German and Bulgarian troops into Greece would raise questions likely to place Greece in difficulties, according to Kiros.
Paris dispatch reports a violent cannonade across the Franco British front with French and British guns silencing German batteries at Massiges and attacking enemy trenches in Belgium Artois Champagne Argonne and Lorraine. Turkish mining at the Dardanelles was repelled and overall front conditions remained unsettled with patrol encounters and artillery exchanges.
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