Kaiser's War Plans and Hidden Histories Revealed
Analyzed disclosures from Krupp director Muhlen and Prince Lichnowsky show the German leadership, including Kaiser Wilhelm, actively pursuing war in 1914. Corroborating statements claim Germany welcomed the conflict, with plans involving Serbia and calls to surrender Toul and Verdun. The piece argues the Kaiser misleads as a pacifist while economic and political power moves urged global war.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Tion
Cambrai
Marne
Kateer
Prince Lichnowsky
Kai 6
Wuhlen
Krupp’s
Switzerland
Krupps
Muhlen
Helfferich
Berlin
Serbia
Russia
Dr. Muhlen
Hefferich
Rrector Muhlen
Esn
Krupp von Bohlen
Great War Plant
Reichstag
Tce
von Payer
Statin
Dr.uhlen
Germany
Belgam
Rance
von Jagow
Kaiser
France
Toul
Verdun
The
New Yorkvening Post
Germany to open prisons for military draft
The Springfield Union reports that Germany plans to release prisoners and draft all criminals into military service, noting it is surprising this step has not been taken earlier given Germany's wartime use of lunatics from the war's outset.
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Germany
Springfield Union
Dominion Post Office Edicts on Mail to US Expeditionary Force
Canadian postmasters are instructed to mail only parcels for US forces that contain articles sent at the addressee’s approved written request. The sender must enclose the request with the parcel and mark the wrapper accordingly. Unapproved or mispacked parcels must be returned to the sender.
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Dominion
Canada
United States
Europe
United States War Department
Canadian Post Office Department
Study of Agricultural Meteorology in 1916 Report
The July 1916 census and statistics monthly notes a new Dominion Meteorological Service section in Toronto under A. J. Connor to study weather effects on field crops. Dominion Experimental Farms record data, and crop correspondents will observe wheat dates from May to September to correlate weather with crop growth and harvest stages.
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Census and Statistics Monthly
Russia
Dominion Meteorological Service
Toronto
A. J. Connor
Dominion Experimental Farms
Census and Statistics Office
Dominion Meteorological Office
Frederick Stupart
Depth charge theory and new magnetic air propulsion device
A historical piece explains depth charges rely on water incompressibility to spread blast force. It cites 500 pounds of TNT destroying U boats within 125 feet and describes F R Lewis’s magnetic air depth charge that latches to hulls then explodes as a periscope sub dives, creating bubbles and oil on the surface.
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Hudson
F. R. Lewis
New York
Reprisals Pay After British Term Grant
The German release of two British airmen Captain Schultz and Lieutenant Wookey who were sentenced to ten years penal servitude for dropping leaflets is noted. The piece urges applying the lesson in German psychology to air defense by stationing officers in London Dover Margate Ramsgate Broadstairs Southend and other claimed bombing targets. It argues Germans disregard their own men but fear harm to German officers.
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Schultz
Wookey
London
Dover
Margate
Ramsgate
Broadstairs
Southend
Daily Mail
Apathist described as dead weight in war effort
The piece rails at a figura apathist who avoids rallying for war work yet supports Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps. It laments this detached citizen’s mental myopia and materialism, arguing he would fight only if the conflict neared his block, not across the seas.
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Ermany
Flanders
Thos
Addison
New York Outlook
Irish Conscription in War Time Sparks U S Debate
A New York Times editorial urges Ireland to share in wartime duties, warning against Sinn Feinism and German sympathy. It argues American opposition to conscription would not favor Irish slackers and stresses kinship with England, France, and other Allies.
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Ireland
United States
Congress
Lloyd George
England
Sinn
Britain Makes Two War Time Decisions
The British war cabinet resolves to defend the last line of British natives against the German tide and to rely on the United States to sustain Allied manpower. The speaker declares we are now the last line of reserves with no other major source of manpower.
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United States
New York Tribune
Thanks for Nothing to Monsieur Bord of Hell Cow License
Pete writes to Monsieur Bord of Hell to inform that his cow license has expired and jokes that the cow “beat you to it” by expiring weeks earlier. The tone is humorous and formal in a colonial style.
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Monsieur Bord
Hell
M’sieur Bord
Pete
His Time Is Money Bill Sparks Lawyer-Client Clash
A client balks at an enormous bill while the lawyer offers to explain for ten dollars. The exchange highlights tension over charges and the need for clarity between attorney and client.
Finance Canada as a wartime ally and neighbor
The New York Sun urges the United States to fund Canada’s war effort and foreign trade. It argues Canada’s population, battlefield record of 300,000 front-line troops, and a funded treasure exceeding a billion dollars merit large U S loans to support Canada’s war needs and its role as a key ally and neighbor.
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Canada
United States
France
United Kingdom
New York
Great Britain
Italy
Belgium
Serbia
Roumania
Greece
The
New York Sun
Baron Rhondda's Message to Canada in War Food Drive
The text notes Baron Rhondda urging Canada to boost food production as Germany seeks to starve the Old Country and then invade. It warns that starvation and destruction will fail, but victory requires greater food output and Canadian farmers are urged to answer with increased production.
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Baron Rhondda
Canada
Germany
The Man Who Blows His Own Horn
A concise reflection notes that a person who plays to himself only is a self-entertainer, highlighting vanity in personal showmanship.
Call to Canada and U S Reinforcements Now
The Toronto Globe urges Canada and the United States to send steady streams of infantry now as the allied front demands immediate manpower. It praises Canada’s parliament for acting yet stresses urgent reinforcement to hold the line against the Hun.
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Atlantic
Son
Canada
Jonathan
United States
Britain
Toronto Globe
Why Money Is Scarce Says Woman In Crowd
A tired woman in the Vancouver Province crowd challenges men to stop arguing about reasons and start hustling to solve money scarcity. She implies the men waste time just talking while action is needed.
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Vancouver
Annoying English in Egypt Letter Outlines Absence
A native interpreter in Egypt writes to his chief about overstaying and a missing wife. The letter, intended as a complaint, reads awkwardly with phrases like My absence is impossible. Some one has removed my wife.
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Egypt
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Edmonton
U. S. Expeditionary Force
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Chevrolet Motor CO. Canada
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