Crisis Near Over U-Boat Warfare
Washington reports a grave but unresolved stalemate as the United States awaits Berlin’s response to the submarine warfare issue. Officials fear possible new crises if German proclamations or Lusitania settlements fail and eight days remain before submarine orders take effect.
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Germany
United States
Berlin
Teutonic
Gerard
Count von Bernstorff
Baron Erich Zwiedinek
Vienna
Asquith Introduces War Credits Measure
Premier Asquith introduced to the Commons the government measure for new war credits of more than two billion dollars. Voting these credits will raise England's total war expenditures to eight billion six hundred forty million dollars.
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London
Asquith
Commons
England
Disciplinary note on Count von Bernstorff by State Department
A State Department official says the administration will discipline German ambassador Count von Bernstorff for propagandist activities. He may keep Washington residence only if his conduct improves. recall could follow if not. The move aims to prevent a diplomatic rupture amid German American tensions.
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State Department
Count von Bernstorff
United States
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Lusitania
Lansing
Germany
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Berlin
Alsatians Speak For Germans In Regional Diets
The Overseas News Agency reports that the Diet of Lower Alsace passed a resolution praising Alsatian soldiers in the German army and urging Alsace Lorraine to remain part of Germany. Petri and Andlau led the motion, with Upper Alsace and Lorraine diets echoing support. All members were elected by universal suffrage.
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Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
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Dr. Petri
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Ge*rmany
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Alsace
Colmar
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Lorraine
Fire guts Cathedral of Stanne in Quebec blaze
A fire in Quebec on February 21 partially destroyed the Cathedral of Stanne and kept burning through the afternoon. No cause is given for the blaze.
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Quebec
Canada
Stanne
German Seaplanes Raid English Coast Killing Three
Four German seaplanes raided England's east and southeast coasts causing two deaths and one wound. About 30 bombs fell on Lowestoft and Walmer with material damage but little military loss. A church window and a sawmill roof were among the damages.
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London
England
Lowestoft
Suffolk
Walmer
Dover
Kent
Thames
Knocklight
Kentish
Japan Seeks Footing in Western Hemisphere Purchases
Washington reports Japan renewed efforts to obtain a foothold in the Western Hemisphere by negotiating with Colombia to buy a site on its coast. Earlier talks with Panama for Coiba Island failed. a four page French document outlines terms, including a guarantee of Panama's independence.
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Columbia
Republic of Panama
Panama
Spain
Madrid
Antonia Burgos
Coiba
Don Eusabio A. Morales
United States
Washington
Burgos
Swiss delegates named to neutral conference ten names listed
Stockholm February 21 an unofficial meeting of the neutral conference for continuous mediation announced Switzerland elected ten delegates to the neutral conferences. The roster includes J Scherrer Fulleman Fritz Studer Emile Goetterschim Hermann Greulich William Rappard Marguerite Gobat Eugene Borel Heinrich Scherrer F Bucher Heller Clara Ragaz and Otto Volkart.
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Henry Ford
Nikolaus Gjelswik
Nobel Institute
Switzerland
J. Scherrer Fulleman
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Fritz Studer
Swiss
Social Democratic Party
Emile Goetterschim
Federal Court
Hermann Greulich
Zurich
William Rappard
Geneva University
Harvard University
Mile
Marguerite Gobat
Eugene Borel
University of Geneva
Heinrich Scherrer
International Committee For the Protection of Labor
F. Bucher Heller
Swiss Peace Association
Clara Ragaz
Woman's International Committee For Permanent Peace
Otto Volkart
Ethical Culture Society
Spanish Consul Evicted for Refusing Priest Deportation
Spanish Consul Leguere of Monterey was expelled from Mexico after protesting the deportation of a Spanish priest to Carranza authorities. He received twenty four hours to leave the country and arrived in Laredo, Texas, reporting the demand.
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Laredo
Tex
Leguere
Monterey
Mexico
Carranza
Progressives pick NY delegates to Roosevelt national convention
New York Progressives designated Oscar S Straits and Horace S Wilkinson as delegates at large to the Chicago convention with Virgil Kellogg and Elon Hooker named alternates. The meeting upheld a reform platform and hinted at possible fusion with Republicans, spreading a strong pro Roosevelt stance across all 63 counties.
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Syracuse
Chicago
Virgil K. Kellogg
Watertown
Elon R. Hooker
Roosevelt
Bull Moose County
E. S. Warren
Ontario
Lawrence Co, Pa Goes Wet After Licenses Granted
Newcastle Penn Feb 21 reports Lawrence county moved to wet after five years as Judge Emery grants 25 liquor licenses marking a new era for the county with legal sale of alcohol beginning.
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Newcastle
Penn
Lawrence County
Emery
Military Road to Annapolis proposed defense highway
Representative Sydney Mull of Maryland will introduce a bill in the House to fund a national defense highway linking Annapolis Naval Academy and Washington. The plan seeks 250000 dollars federal aid matched by Maryland, to move troops and heavy weapons quickly in case of invasion while protecting the capital.
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Sydney Bk, Mull
Maryland
House Committee On
House of Representatives
United States Naval Academy Grounds
Annapolis
National
Mr. Mudd
Baltimore
British Hold Echoed as Germans Win Ypres Sector
Berlin reports claim one fifth mile of British trenches seized north of Ypres with 30 British prisoners taken. Berlin cites failed British attempts to recapture and a German attack west of Serre that failed. Paris says Germans tried to cross the Yser Canal at Steenstraete but were repelled. French bombardments and Argonne mining progress noted.
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Serre
Yser Canal
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Meuse
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Argonne Forest
Bonar Law urges U S strength to curb Prussian militarism
London February 21. Andrew Bonar Law, British secretary of the colonies, warned that without curbing Prussian militarism the current war could repeat the catastrophe and barbarism of ancient Rome. He said war requires national unity and noted the United States might join a peace league if it strengthens to fulfill an international policing role.
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Andrew Bonar Law
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Great Britain
United States
United State
Steamers Rescue Marooned Mississippi Flood Victims
Natchez Mississippi February 21 steamers Concorda and Uncle Oliver are rescuing marooned people along the levee and in high ground near Buckridge plantation after a great Mississippi River crevasse. Rescue work to take about a week aided by flatboats. Over 2,000 negro refugees are reported camping along levees from near Newellton south 25 miles amid rising suffering as flood covers Tensas parish and surrounding areas.
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Concorda
Uncle Oliver
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Buckridge Plantation
Tensas
Madison
Morehouse
Newellton
Lansing Sends Second Note to Great Britain
Secretary Lansing sent a second communication to the British Foreign Office asking for replies to his note protesting British mail seizures and inquiring about the application of the Trading With the Enemy Act to American firms.
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Lansing
Great Britain
Washington
Foreign Office
Russians Break Turkish Front in Caucasus Campaign
Russian forces under Grand Duke Nicholas rout Turkish units along the Caucasus front. Turkish corps are split, with one army forming a left wing toward Trebizond and Erzerum pursuit. The Turkish Thirty-fourth division surrenders at Erzerum after isolation, while Russian land and sea forces shell shore batteries and disrupt retreat routes toward Syria.
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Trebizond
Nicholas
Eregerum
Tiftia
Erzerum
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Witde
Cwidje
Natron
Koph
Mush
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Lake van
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Dimrbekr
Bagdad
Syria
Black Sea
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Erzerurm
Deve-Roina
Bere
Bulgarians Clash With Greek Patrols Near Doiran
A sharp clash occurred near Doiran when Bulgarian patrols crossed the frontier and fought Greek troops. Bulgarian forces withdrew after sustaining casualties, with two Bulgarians killed and one Greek soldier wounded. The report notes a visit by King Constantine amid broader Allied relations developments.
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London
Doiran
Reuter
Sarvrail
Athens
Constantine
Greece
London Brief on Feb 21 Front Actions
Report from London dated February 21 describes British positions at Kachouhe under attack by German forces. Captains from the East describe the action as intense with reinforcements and counterfire.
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