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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1916
Page
2
Debates over a compulsory service bill unfold in both Houses. Prime Minister Asquith argues exemptions safeguard married men while forcing single men and widowers into service. Labor and Nationalists lambast the plan as a dangerous shift from policy, with Irish opposition led by Nationalist members.
London reports Field Marshal Kitchener defending voluntary service as the best system under unprecedented war conditions. He urges Parliament to sanction change to maintain army strength, noting compulsion affects only wartime, and pledges to keep voluntary principles for married men while meeting urgent needs.
Advertisement advises dyspeptics to avoid acidic foods and suggests moderate meals followed by a teaspoon of Bisulated Magnesia to neutralize stomach acid. It claims the remedy improves digestion without acting on the stomach lining and promotes eating what you like in moderation.
Italian war office reports success in the Riva zone with troops occupying higher ridges from Bracesa to Rochetta and seizing two trenches on Mont Sperone. In the Carso zone at Monfalcone a detachment moved from trenches to a new advanced position.
London Jan 5 The American embassy reports Reverend Homer R Salisb urn an American passenger aboard the Peninsular and Oriental liner Persia which was sunk in the Mediterranean and he is not among the survivors.
The Rev. Mr. Salisbury of the Seventh Day Adventist mission, superintendent for India, boarded the Persia at Marseilles to rejoin his wife in India. Officials say he is returning to Levik, India, after a recent North American division conference in California. His mother resides in Battle Creek and his brother in Glendale. He planned to sail from London with another missionary but altered plans after departure.
The Volks Zeitung defends arming the British steamer Persia as justified and a warship act. It disputes Reuters on American stance and says President Wilson will seek accountability from Britain for arming a passenger vessel in war zones risking noncombatant lives.
Vienna says Austro Hungary troops held off Russian assaults in eastern Galicia and Bukowina frontier with heavy Russian losses. Croatian and south Hungarian regiments stood firm as attacks near Toczienska and Juslovice failed. On the Isonzo front artillery was active near Oslavia and Kra district and Italians made no gains. Aircraft shelled Ola and Strigno military establishments.
London official statement says artillery on both sides more active on the southern front. A hostile dawn attack near Maricourt was repelled by rifle fire. Allied air forces bombed Douai aerodrome. A German bomber flew over Boulogne but caused no damage.
Report from London on January 5 notes ongoing battles on the Bessarabia border with Russians claiming more enemy positions. Petrograd believes continued gains could force a break in the Central Powers lines.
The Russian command concentrates forces to widen the gap between the German armies and the southern Austrian units. Austrian attacks near Kolki aim to hamper this move, with fighting expected to last long enough to shape spring strategy for both sides. Other fronts remain comparatively quiet and British conscription anxieties rise ahead of a London conference.
London January 5. No official word on the nationality of the submarine that sank the British steamer Persia in the Mediterranean. Allied warships patrol the disaster area as reports note German submarines are supplied to Austria Turkey and Bulgaria.
Hyman J. Danzig announced the mortgage on Beth Israel Hospital was paid and occupancy will begin in spring. At Roxbury Ladies Auxiliary meeting 250 members heard that over 7000 was raised in 30 minutes to clear the mortgage and a 20000 fund will renovate and sustain the hospital. Rabbi Gorowitz Leo Lyons and Benjamin Freedman spoke urging ongoing funding.
Reports list a missing American missionary Homer R Salisbury from Battle Creek Michigan. German bombardment near Hill 193 and Butte de Tahore repulsed by French forces. Kingani surrender to Britain on Lake Tanganyika. A German submarine seen in English waters during Christmas week but driven off. Leto mines off Holland but continues voyage. French aviators bomb Bulgarian positions near Petri ch Strumitza. Italians capture higher positions from Biacesa to Rochetta and take Mont Sperone trenches. Monfalcone advances consolidate new position. Russian attacks along Toporoutz and east of Baraneze repulsed. Italians fail to take Dollie trench on Isonzo front.
Official details on the Persia sinking remained scarce as President Wilson and Secretary Lansing prepared to decide the United States stance. Washington officials kept an open mind amid a gravely tense international crisis and awaited concrete information.
Today an hour long conference between the President and Secretary of State reviewed receiving data on British neutrality shipping and German submarine talks. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will meet Friday under Chairman Stone to discuss the overall U S relations with Teutonic powers with caution guiding action.
The war office statement says during the night after a violent bombardment the Germans delivered a strong attack against our trenches between Hill 193 and Butte de Tahore. They were completely repulsed with no other important front events reported.
John Redmond stated his party cannot support the conscription bill. He warned Ireland sees the war as its own and will make sacrifices for a speedy, successful issue. He noted Premier Asquith claimed the bill was needed to fulfill a pledge and asserted Ireland already has more soldiers than it can train equip and command.
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