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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1915
Page
1
U.S. prepares formal warning to Mexican leaders Carranza Villa and others declaring no tolerance for chaos. Proclamation cites starving people and food seizures for aid victims and mirrors Cuba intervention precedent. Mexican factions given short time to unite and end current conditions.
Washington reports President Wilson prepares to intervene in Mexico. Immediate notices will warn warring factions that intervention will follow if conditions fail to improve. The White House says a formal statement on the situation will be issued after a Cabinet meeting.
Attorney General Harry C. Attwill fires a major bombshell on railroad bills in Massachusetts. The five measures before the Governor have been jolted and the Legislature, nearly prorogued, will reconvene Tuesday to face renewed battles over railroad legislation.
Washington hears that Germany may justify torpedoing the Lusitania if she carried war supplies. The note implies a harsher stance toward American ships and neutrality. Public reaction grows as officials assess the risk to civilian vessels.
Investigation by naval officials and a U S Constructor found the Nebraskan injury resulted from a torpedo rather than a mine. The vessel will be placed in dry dock for thorough study as British observers confirm torpedo damage.
In a Thursday communication to the Governor the attorney general attacks Boston & Maine and four New Haven road validation bills. He argues that the State’s rights are not protected and warns that railroad repudiation could force the state to break contracts or raising costs for taxpayers. He seeks clauses obliging absorption of shifting charges at the South Boston dock.
An Austrian submarine boat was sunk in an engagement yesterday as Italian torpedo boats attacked. The action involved Italian forces sinking the vessel during naval combat.
Berlin May 28. The Tages Zeitung despatch from Constantinople says the Italian ambassador to Turkey and his staff have left Ankara, leaving the Turkish capital without the Italian mission.
Rises at 4 11, sets 7 12. Moon phases noted May 28 full, June 4 last quarter, June 12 new, June 20 first quarter. Full moons listed through December. Day counts and celestial objects Saturn Venus Jupiter highlighted. Anniversaries include Union of New England colonies 1643 and Patrick Henry 1736. Empress of Ireland sinking recalled.
Unsettled forecast for Boston and vicinity with Saturday showers at night and Sunday showers following a fair Saturday. Temperatures steady with moderate easterly winds. Forecast for southern New England calls for fair Saturday and Sunday showers. northern New England sees fair Saturday and warmer conditions in eastern Maine, with Sunday cloudiness increasing.
London reports Italy captured Rhodes at the Aegean entrance from Turkey, a move seen as strategic even without formal war. Italian ambassador leaves Constantinople as more operations, including Dudrum bombardment, hint at broader campaigns in Asia Minor.
London May 29 Daily Chronicle Rome correspondent Martin Donaho e reports Austrians retreating along their defensive line. He says they are burning houses stores crops forage and destroying roads and bridges as they withdraw and lay waste the provinces.
The article notes a movement toward the Dardanelles to aid the Triple Entente and gain a foothold on the Asia Minor coast. Rhodes lies about 300 miles southeast of the Dardanelles entrance, with further details continued on Page 7 First Column.
Berlin prepared to defend sinking of the Lusitania arguing it could be an auxiliary cruiser with concealed guns and Canadian soldiers aboard. The German reply to the U S note aims to delay ruling on submarine policy until both sides confirm whether the ship was a peaceful merchantman or an armed auxiliary of the British navy.
Berlin reports Germany will deliver its reply to the American note on submarine warfare to the American ambassador tomorrow and furnish it to the German press on Sunday for publication.
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