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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1914
Page
9
President Wilson today acknowledged Emperor William's protest over alleged use of dumdum bullets by allied armies. He said he has read the message with grave concern but that it would be unwise and premature for the United States to issue a final judgment in the controversy.
A cablegram responding to President Peincare of France regarding dumdum bullets was prepared but not made public. It mirrors Wilson's neutral stance and his hope for a future settlement after the war, with accountability and world opinion guiding final judgments.
Washington reports the State Department informed the Japanese embassy that 12 of those named are not in Germany at the outbreak of the war. Among them is Tamaki Miura, famed Japanese opera singer and member of the Imperial Theatre Company in Tokyo.
The cruiser North Carolina now in Brindisi will sail to Smyrna to meet the embassy ship Scorpion and deliver gold for Americans in Turkey. The Tennessee, sent with funds, is expected to return soon after, while both vessels carry relief aims and await coordination with other Allied ships.
Paris reports a massive clash as German forces retreating toward Metz engage Allied troops along a broad front near Noyon Laon Verdun Meuse and areas around Paris. French observers note heavy casualties and exhausted German ranks while predicting eventual Allied success.
A Berlin telegram reports Berlin newspapers reacting to the retreat of the armies believed near Paris. Papers offer strategic explanations while awaiting final results. The German public is also shocked by Austria’s disasters in Galicia.
An advertising feature for GETS-IT corn cure claims it removes corns in two seconds without pain or damaging healthy flesh. It touts safety for warts calluses and bunions, pricing at 25 cents a bottle with Chicago distributor E Lawrence & Co and Boston Riker Jaynes stores.
An analysis notes royal kinships among European powers calling the war a big family scrap. It cites cousins among King Albert of Belgium, the English king, and Kaiser Wilhelm, with German and Russian links through the Czarina and crown princess. King Albert sends thanks to Emperor Nicholas for the St George cross honor.
An English writer Vivian Carter discusses possible war outcomes and benefits. He argues England will reject decadents and pretenders, focus on amusement yet with realism, and wage war on apathy and false idealists who survived amid peril. He praises Belgium’s people and army.
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