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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 16, 1915
Page
7
The article argues Britain bears a vast wartime burden across Belgium, France, Gallipoli, and beyond. It cites Allied and Central power strengths, naval blockades, and diplomacy, noting Turkey, Greece, and Armenia as focal points while warning of domestic and international pressures on Britain.
Count Okuma in Tokyo tells Paris correspondent Japan will financially assist France and provide naval and military support while not sending troops to Europe. He cites shipping limits, a 30 million yen government loan, and keeping the Trans Siberian supply line safe as core principles.
A Chicago man’s horse, recently stolen, returned home after a few days wearing brand-new harness and drawing a spotless wagon. Inquiries about the wagon and harness owner yielded no response. The piece mocks the idea of vehicles returning with parts, noting no car or airplane performs such feats.
The Lancet reported garlic as a powerful antiseptic aiding war wounds. Drs Cooke and Gabriel credited Paddington Infirmary with 100 successful cases and front line use showing rapid infection control. Garlic juice, costing about six cents per ounce, is prepared by crushing and diluting then applied with a syringe.
An officer in a Highland Territorial battalion describes the impact of large calibre high explosive shells. He recalls a sequence of a thunderous crash, white smoke and chalk, and a looming cloud rising over German trenches as trench mortars and aerial torpedoes explode behind the lines.
A war ministry order requires large placards reading Keep silent be careful the enemy is listening to be displayed in Paris Lyons railway trains street cars and other public places by the military government and generals.
The piece recounts wartime food shortages and German civilian distress in Berlin and other towns, noting mass hunger at meat depots, long waits, and police barriers. It contrasts British resilience with German hardship, cites Allied and German press views, and mentions rioting in Aix-la-Chapelle, Cologne, and Coblenz amid scarce rations.
The Boston Globe notes that a single careless remark by a German official undermined Germany’s standing among neutral nations by dismissing Belgium neutrality as a scrap of paper. The British exploited Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg’s hasty remark to their ambassador in Berlin, a blunder that fed anti German sentiment and stressed the fragility of treaty obligations.
The Navy will replace the term helm with rudder across operations. The shift from Starboard your helm to Right rudder aims for quicker comprehension and action, dropping picturesque language for efficiency.
Sir Henry Lucy in the New York Sun argues that foreign rulers of Bulgaria and Greece threaten Allied aims. He critiques Berlin’s influence over Turkey and Bulgaria, warns of renewed German strength, and notes British and French advances while questioning why Germany withheld artillery from its trenches.
A Rheinische Westfälische Zeitung report describes a market riot in a historic Rhinish city where escalating food prices sparked violent clashes. Shouting protesters hurled butter, eggs, and vegetables at dealers, injuring some as bystanders joined the fracas amid dancing near open caskets. A horse tied to a wagon was smeared with butter and high priced dairy items adorned hats as rioters proclaimed if they cannot eat butter or eggs neither shall you.
Four year old Austin McCreary who vanished in 1914 was renamed Joan Roe and then Finney Jay Shepard as he became heir to Helen Gould Shepard and her husband. The Shepards adopted him after legal steps and efforts to locate his birth family failed. Experts deem him from a good family with a bright mind.
The quote portrays Kaiser Wilhelm asserting sole mastery and threat to Europe. French and German rhetoric reflect a century of claims and rising tensions. The London Daily News and Leader frame the menace as driving nations toward catastrophe and ruin.
At a London meeting for relief of wartime Jewish victims in Russia, 1.5 million Jews were said starving. Leopold de Rothschild presided as leaders including Lord Swaytholing and Israel Zangwill attended. Hertz urged vast effort as British Jewry’s response lagged, noting Russia sought 1,060,000 pounds and only 60,000 raised.
The Dominion has completed a census of alien enemies, showing 165 775 individuals from countries at war with England living in Canada. With eight million population, the figure is large yet the country remains calm, noting that these residents pose little trouble. The report argues that panic or persecution would have caused unnecessary disruption given the minimal wartime impact.
Mr G Willingmore of the Dominion department of agriculture tours western points to warn farmers about losses from exporting unfinished cattle to the United States. Cattle shipped from Winnipe g and other centres arrive at US packing plants in poor condition, fetching low prices. The issue is urgent and highlights the need to finish cattle locally where grazing is abundant to secure higher market prices.
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