Seven men who direct Britain's vast fighting machine
In England a group known as the seven who matter direct the war effort from No 10 Downing Street. The circle includes David Lloyd George, Andrew Bonar Law, Arthur Henderson, Lord Curzon, Lord Milner, Admiral Jellicoe, and General Robertson. They meet daily to marshal resources across sea land and air.
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David Lloyd George
Andrew Bonar Law
Arthur Henderson
Lord Curzon
Lord Milner
John Jellicoe
Sir William Robertson
England
No. 10
Downing Street
Petrograd
France
Paris
Italy
Rome
John Ellicoe
Navy
Illiam Robertson
Army
Jellicoe
Admiralty
Robertson
Imperial Staff
Europe
Africa
Tigris
Euphrates
Pigree
Nineveh
British War Cabinet
General Robertson
Whitehall
Ellicoe
Kew Gardens
Wgias Haig
General Nivelle
Douglas Haig
Seeret
Bonar Law
House of Commons
India
Lord Br
Union of South African
Cuse
Labor Ad
Hindenburg Line Beaten In Allied Spring Advance
Allied forces shattered the German Hindenburg line as they launched a spring offensive ahead of schedule. British and French gains focused on Fresnoy Gavrelle Oppy and Serny Craonne with fresh penetration of the Wotan and Siegfried lines and continued pursuit toward Queant and Rheims.
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Germany
Hindenburg
Hindenburg Line
Fresnoy
Gavrelle
Oppy
Serny
Craonne
Drocourt
Lens
Douai
Bois Lernard
Roeux
Pelves
Roiry-Nortre Dame
Remy
Hendecourt
Riencourt
Queant
Beaumetz
Villers
Heudicourt
Roisel
Vermand
St. Quentin
LeFere Laon
Sissonne Traonne
Aisne
Rheims
Rally Round the Hoe in Milwaukee Song
A Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin excerpt urges workers to rally around the hoe and labor to grow crops with the chant Feed 'em. The piece frames farming toil as duty and emphasizes collective effort to till vacant plots with nature aiding the effort.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
New Armada II Aims To Build A Postwar Fleet
The Providence Journal notes the proposed Armada II will include ships that may be lost in conflict yet hopes a strong reserve fleet will endure to serve peaceful commerce after the war. The article emphasizes resilience and commercial utility of surviving vessels.
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Providence Journal
Prussian Beast Must Be Conquered to Save Civilization
A Portland letter writer argues Americans must oppose the German government, not its people, and describes the German soldier as a liar and thief while praising the Turk as a gentleman. He recalls Belgium and Dardanelles experiences and urges total defeat of Prussianism to preserve civilization.
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CB. Pye
Portland
Oregon
Germany
Kant
Goethe
Bernhardt
Kaiser
William
Bethmann-Hollwee
Belgium
Suvla Bay
Dardanelles
Suez Canal
Barbarities of Turks in Armenia
Henry Morgenthau Jr former ambassador to Turkey spoke in New York detailing Armenian deaths and Turkish atrocities during the war. He cited confiscation forced taxes pillaging massacres and forced conversion noting Christian relief funds remain spent and the treasury is overdrawn by forty thousand dollars.
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Henry Morganthau
Turkey
New York
Morganthau
United States
The War and Socialism in Wartime Debates
A Detroit Journal excerpt argues war strengthens socialist ideas yet exposes war opponents among socialists. It suggests socialists profit from ongoing agitation and fear disruption of their livelihood if agitation ends, labeling them reactionaries as the world moves forward.
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Detroit Journal
Smuts Voices World War Unity in Empire Day Speech
General Jan Christian Smuts of South Africa addressed an Empire day audience saying Boer veterans join the fight for freedom not out of loyalty to Britain but from shared mortal stakes. He praised English Dutch and South Africans uniting for lasting peace and humanity.
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Jan Christian Smuts
South Africa
Onpem
British Isles
British Empire
Smuts
Gray flour proposal debated by Agriculture Department
The Minneapolis Journal reports on a plan to force mills to produce whole wheat flour, arguing the shift would raise costs by reducing bran for cattle feed and raising prices for other foods. It notes gray flour loses shelf life and storage efficiency while suggesting economists doubt overall gains.
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Department of Agriculture
Minneapolis Journal
Destiny of Europe in Six Months If War Persists
A London Answers forecast argues that the next six months will determine Europe’s fate. It contends Allied offensives may crush Germany or Germany’s retreats could delay victory, with subsistence, food shortages, and revolts shaping outcomes across Austria Hungary and Bulgaria.
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Europe
Germany
Somme
Haig
Maude
Tigris
Hindenburg
Verdun
Austria
Turkey
Bulgaria
Belgium
Picardy
Austria-Hungary
Mankind Will See Things as They Are
Dr. A B Macallum of the University of Toronto urged the allied nations to cultivate sciences to avert future wars. He predicted a postwar world where old delusions vanish, free trade and protection fade, and doctrines yield to practical conditions.
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A.B. Macallum
F.R.C.S
University of Toronto
Royal Society of Canada
When I Saw Smith Last He Was Crowing Over His Car
A fragment notes Smith boasting about a new car, though a second line contradicts with him growling under it. The exchange reads like a witty, clipped quotation from a column or social item. No clear event or date is provided.
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Smith
British Troops Show Supremacy in War Commentary
An open letter to The London Chronicle by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle argues British forces have decisively defeated German units in key battles. He cites prisoner counts and captured guns to quantify British advantage, noting Germans have lost thousands while British total captures approach four hundred.
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Thalondon Chronicle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Germany
Mons
Coe
Ses
Marne
Loos
Somme
Ancre
Arras
Vimy Ridge
le Cateau
la Basse
Lincolns
Plan to Restore Ruined Cities After War
United States students propose to send city-beautiful teams of architects and engineers to rebuild war damaged towns in France and Belgium. Dr James of the University of Chicago Urbano-Champaign will start a six month city planning school July 1 to train professionals for service in these units.
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Washington
Jusserand
United States
Europe
France
Belgium
Dre. Holewound Janes James
University of Chnois
University At Urbana-Champaign
James
School of Architecture
Speech Earns Praises at Club Meeting
A club member praised a speech as the best the speaker had ever delivered after a hearty round of congratulations. The remark followed the speaker’s address at a recent club gathering.
Ingentleman routine fades replace with quick calls
The quotation contrasts old courting etiquette with modern shorthand greetings where a man arrives and honks for the lady to come out. It captures a shift from formal ceremony to casual insistence in social manners.
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Britain
United Kingdom
Mr. Asquith
War Cabinet
Jeliicoe
Armenia
West Front
Answers
London
Dr. Macallum
Royal Society
U. S
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