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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1917
Page
11
Despatches from Petrograd report intensifying clashes between Cossacks and the Maximalists in southern Russia. The conflict spreads north along the Volga from Astrakhan to Samara. Maximalists control Astrakhan with Cossacks closing in. both sides wield machine guns and field guns, cannons scarce.
An Atlantic port report says U S Army General Hugh L Scott returned from Europe aboard an American liner. Navy gunners aboard the same ship fired on a possible German periscope and a hit was reported, believed to sink the submarine. Also, Zionist leader David Ber Borochow died in Petrograd at age 36.
Paris December 20 a new American department in the French government will be directed by Jules Cambon formerly French ambassador to the United States. The unit will assist Premier Clemenceau in addressing the needs of the American expeditionary force and other American activities in France.
Although M Cambon is not in the cabinet his duties will be as significant as cabinet rank. He will act for the premier in all dealings with the ministry and related authorities.
A central office of orders and buying for the American army will be established in France under M. Ganne who worked with Captain Andre Tardieu. The department, designed to aid Americans in France, will coordinate efforts, harmonize views, and expedite American needs and policies there.
Buenos Aires reports the Argentine government issued 57 of more than 400 Luxburg despatches from the German minister and Berlin. The releases come with an official note saying telegrams contain untruths though several assertions match known events.
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