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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1914
Page
7
Eyewitness reports from the Hartlepools and Scarborough describe panic and civilian arming after a German raid. Townsfolk organize volunteer constabularies, rail lines and telegraph links suffer, and guards enforce curfews as authorities weigh navy action and possible invasion.
Paris officials led by Minister of Commerce Gaston Thomson urged merchants and manufacturers to seize Germany’s former share of global trade. A committee of key industries and financial institutions was formed to organize France’s aggressive expansion into markets previously supplied by Germany.
A tablet in the Court of Appeals in Paris lists 49 attorneys who practiced there and fell in battle, commemorated December 29 with the inscription.
The Austrian army retreat in Galicia along the Lisko Sabok Dukla Zmigrad front is described as increasingly precipitate and disorderly. Unofficial estimates place the retreating forces at about 175000 men.
Report describes the Austrian retreat aided by rugged Carpathian passes and cold weather. Russian cavalry struggle to scout, and prisoners flood in with 200 officers and 15 000 soldiers captured in nine days along with 40 machine guns.
Richard Wackerow former United States vice consul at Breslau arrived in New York from Genoa and described Helgoland as a virtually impregnable German naval base. He said the island houses concrete gun emplacements rows of contact mines torpedo boats and destroyers with large 42 centimeter guns now deployed and a fleet positioned in its cliffs.
Paris reports the French submarine Curie, 167 feet long with a 24 man crew, sent alone into Pola harbor against Austrian warships and presumed sunk with its crew taken prisoner after failing to return on time.
The State Department warned Americans planning travel abroad that they must carry proper passports. Germany announced that after Friday January 1 no one would be admitted without a passport bearing a photograph. The advisory emphasized secure identification for international entry.
Reports cite widespread complaints from England France and Italy as Americans attempt to enter these nations without valid passports. Officials warn of diplomatic friction and potential denial of entry while stressing the need for proper travel documents.
A Berlin despatch received by the Exchange Telegraph Company states Prince Henry will head the fleet in London reports dated December 29.
Hague dispatch reports the German Emperor summoned Prince Henry of Prussia and Admiral von Hirpitz to headquarters to discuss the British raid on Cuxhaven. The conference lasted hours and Prince Henry returned to Kiel by special train amid belief he will command the battleship fleet. An anonymous piece in the next Sunday Post Magazine describes a reporter's Wall Street exploits.
JAPAN SEAPOWER ships Azuma and Idzumo, after leaving Callao, Peru, docked briefly at Puerto Pizarro near the northern frontier and then steamed northeastward on Sunday, moving through the Pacific.
Catalog lists skirt aprons in standard sheeting priced at 50e and 59e. promotions advertise gathered or poestyle designs. Seats offer sizes and styles for sale.
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