President Urges Strengthened Army Navy and National Readiness
The President's annual message calls for a larger and better equipped military force, government owned merchant ships as naval auxiliaries, expanded rural credits, self government for the Philippines and Porto Rico, broader vocational training, and new revenue measures to fund defense. He also proposes a railroad transport commission and tougher penalties for neutrality violations.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Philippines
Porto Rico
Teutons Plan To Attack Allies Along Grecian Border
London dispatch reports German and Austrian forces prepare an offensive against French and British expeditionary troops along the Greek border. Mackensen advances into Bulgaria while Gallwitz leads assaults near Anherive and Kosovo area, with two German divisions with Bulgarians near Scaraminta. Petrograd notes the Duma session is postponed indefinitely as the budget unresolved.
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London
Serbia
Mackensen
Bulgaria
Gallwitz
England
France
Teutons
Scaraminta
Berlin
War Office
Champagne
Anherive
Grecian
Vardar
Montenegro
Ipek
Disclosures Link German Agent To Labor Strikes
Federal Prosecutor Snowden outlined German involvement in labor disturbances in American munitions factories. He identified Rintelen as the organizer, noting about four hundred thousand dollars spent. A labor peace council formed by Rintelen proved ineffective as union leaders resisted his influence and redirected funds. The piece ends with a local call for a square deal in Ketchikan.
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New York
Snowden
Rintelen
Peace Council of Labor
Hungarian Socialists Granted Amnesty Decree
In Budapest on December 7 a broad amnesty decree signed by Emperor Francis Joseph frees those accused or convicted of political crimes. The measure affects a large number of individuals, many charged with excitation against the state and similar offenses, with Social Democratic party members benefiting in particular.
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Budapest
Hungary
Francis Joseph
Social Democratic Party
German Professor Takes Warsaw Chair at Berlin University
Professor Wilhelm Paszkowski head of the Academic Bureau of Information at Berlin University received six months leave to assume the chair for German language and literature at the University of Warsaw and to advise the general government on university matters. He is well known to Americans studying at Berlin University.
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Berlin
Wilhelm Paszkowski
Academic Bureau of Information
Berlin University
University of Warsaw
Paszkowski
Aged French Corporal Receives War Cross
Paris reports Corporal Charles Surague 76 year old volunteer and former mayor of Auxerre receives the war cross. The citation notes his service as sapper and miner in trenches under constant fire from the war start, with a prior veteran of 1870 and a Legion of Honor red rosette.
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Paris
Charles Surague
Auxerre
Monsieur Surague
Legion of Honor
German Field Marshal With Turkish Troops Arrives
Reports say German forces, led by Field Marshal Von Der Goltz, will aid Turkish troops in Mesopotamia and aim for a broad campaign around Bagdad. Goltz reputedly travels to Bagdad to command allied German and Turkish units as heavy guns and supplies are pledged. Pope Benedict urged belligerents to seek peace, with Cardinal Hartman presenting German views for a Christmas armistice.
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Mesopotamia
Bagdad
Teutons
von der Goltz
London
Rome
Cardinal Hartman of
Cologne
Pope Benedict
Prisoner Exchange Plans Between Russia and Germany Restored
Stockholm Dec 7 Preparations are complete for resuming exchanges of wounded prisoners between Russia and Germany. Transfers will follow the original plan with innovations to ease long journeys and new sanitary precautions to protect the wounded.
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Stockholm
Russia
Germany
Secretary Lansing Demands Recall of German Attaches
Secretary Lansing informed the German ambassador that the United States requests the recall of Von Papen and Captain Boy-Ed from the German embassy due to their pernicious naval and military activity that threatens U S neutrality. President Wilson is informed and approves the withdrawal. The administration remains firm regardless of German response.
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Washington
Lansing
von Bernstorff
United States
von Papen
Boy-Ed
Wilson
Germany
Krupp engineers build cruiser for Holland
Twenty seven Krupp engineers from Essen arrived at Flushing to supervise construction of a Dutch navy cruiser. Holland chose Krupp plans last summer for two cruisers one at Flushing and one at Amsterdam. Other firms declined due to war conditions. The Dutch also plan three submarines under Dutch supervision.
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Amsterdam
Dee
Krupp
Essen
Flushing
Holland
The
Hague
Bank Stocks Suffer From War Hit
London reports a sharp fall in English bank shares over recent months. Once seen as safe bets with par values and yields around four to five percent, the ten largest banks now average a 6.75 percent yield based on current prices, signaling eroded equity values amid wartime uncertainty.
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London
Japan to Supply Russia 3 Million Shells and Wool Cloth
Tokyo December 7 An order for 3 000 000 shells has been placed by Russia in Japan through the Japanese army ties and will be distributed among private factories and the Empire arsenals. In addition the Russian government has placed a large order for woolen cloth.
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Japan
Russia
Tokio
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