Rockefeller compared with Reginald McKenna in London report
Arthur S. Draper’s cable from London portrays Reginald McKenna as the empire’s biggest financier in a war of exhaustion. He notes Britain’s tax surge, the vast war debt, and the need to maintain export trade while preserving gold reserves as McKenna warns against waste and stresses thrift to shorten the conflict.
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New York Tribune
London
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McKenna Describes Britain's wartime Financial Strength
Mr. McKenna compares Britain's system with Germany's, arguing Germany cannot tax or fund its liabilities without defeating enemies. He stresses Britain's virtually inexhaustible ability to pay, supported by export trade, shipping, and foreign investments, while noting exchange pressures from war imports. An American loan is cited as an exchange operation.
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Germans Leaving Mitau In Northern War Retreat
A Petrograd despatch cited by the Morning Post says Germans are evacuating Mitau their Riga Dvina base and withdrawing from attempting to capture Riga and the Dvina line. Russians reportedly captured Janopol as German efforts to cross were blocked. The Germans bolster winter fortifications with a fourfold trench system and wire entanglements while completing field railways to Germany.
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Germany
Heavy Japanese Guns for Russia Arriving Daily
Berlin telegram reports large consignments of heavy Japanese guns arriving daily at Odessa on the Black Sea coast of Russia. The dispatch implies that Russian forces will join Balkan campaign operations soon.
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Samuel Gets Churchill's Place in the Cabinet
Herbert L. Samuel, the postmaster general, is named chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and will keep his post as postmaster general. He joins the cabinet, taking Churchill's vacated duchy seat while drawing no salary for the duchy post.
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Churchill
London
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Duchy of Lancaster
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Russian Troops to Enter Bulgaria Within a Week
Saloniki dispatch reports the Russian Emperor sent a personal telegram to Serbian Premier Pachitch promising Russian troops will appear in Bulgaria in a week. The Italian government is said to have pledged an expeditionary force of 40 000 men.
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Bulgaria
London
M. Pachitch
Daily Telegraph
Grey Not Yet Ready to Talk About Greece
London November 25 Sir Edward Grey foreign secretary said in the House of Commons he was not yet in a position to provide information on the results of the latest negotiations at Athens.
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Bank of England
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Greece
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Edward Grey
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Escaped submarine heads into gale as chase ends
The French steamer Tania was shelled by a western Mediterranean submarine but the captain steered into head seas and the submarine, unable to match speed, abandoned pursuit after firing three shells. The ministry of marine released the account tonight.
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Ministry of Marine
Mediterranean
Passengers and crew aid boats as Tafna reaches Marseilles
Despite captain orders, some passengers and a few crew members lowered boats and were swamped. The Tafna arrived safely at Marseilles.
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Marseilles
French War Office Report Details Artillery Actions
Paris war office releases describe fighting in Artois and Lorraine with grenades and artillery directed at machine gun emplacements near Fraize valley Somme Roye Beauvraignes Laucourt. Other fronts show routine artillery actions and Belgian front notes report near Noordschoote and positions southeast of Chateau de Vicogne.
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