Britain’s War Speech Defends Treaty and Europe’s Freedom
In an Edinburgh address the speaker defends Britain’s war aims threefold the sanctity of treaties the independence of small states and the defense of civilization against German dominance He condemns German culture for undermining Europe and praises Allied resolve while urging continued sacrifice and recruitment for the conflict.
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Edinburgh
Asquith
Ciies
Luis
London
Austria
Vienna
Maurice de Bungen
Edward Grey
Germany
France
Europe
Grman
Belgium
Russia relies on peasants as vast fighting force
The article asserts 136 million Russian peasants form the backbone of the army with hardy bodies but harsh conditions. It notes scarce medical care, famine danger, and reliance on Feldshar and basic remedies like baths, reflecting grim survival in rural villages.
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Russian Empire
Thibets Offer of Soldiers and Dalai Lama Rite
A Tibetan Dalai Lama is said to have offered 1,000 troops to King George. The Lamaist creed centers on transfiguration, with the lama expected to reappear in a child after death. Signs, alleged deformities, and a golden urn determine the reborn saint, with a name drawn thrice from papers to proclaim the chosen child.
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Tibet
George
Dalai Lems
The Submarine Abridges Sea Warfare and Its Perverse Danger
The piece describes submarine design and operation with vivid detail. It explains the submarine’s cigar shape, internal layout, periscope mechanism, and the lone captain’s control during submergence. It emphasizes the fragility of crew coordination and the periscope eye as the submarine’s only view.
German officers captured near tes Sreag Sasa cause strict security
Audacious German espionage led Allied staff to harshly treat all strangers within the lines. Two Irishmen arrested recently proved their identity and were escorted to headquarters where two officers, apparently French, sat in front. Behind them two supposed gendarmes with a manacled civilian. The officer said this is why severity increased as five men were German officers captured today near tes Sreag Sasa.
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Eanadomebile
Tes Sreag Sasa
Rain Follows Big Battles Through History
The article argues that rain often follows major battles, cites several historical examples from 1588 to 1877 including Armada defeats, Blenheim, Waterloo nearby actions, Sebastopol, Plevna, and sea storms. It explains the meteorological theory that cannon fire can trigger cloudburst, aiding agriculture by moistening the atmosphere and causing rain.
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England
Armanda
Marlborough
Blenheim
Quatre Bras
Napoleon
Black Sea
Plevna
Osman
Dynasty and Struggle: Hapsburg Rule and Slavic Unrest
The Hapsburg dynasty governs diverse peoples seeking greater autonomy. Austria's foreign policy aims to bind dominions, while Hungary’s troubles and the rise of Slavic nationalism strain the empire. Seria’s growing power and a 1905 tariff war with Bulgaria heighten tensions as conspiracies and forgeries shape imperial actions. The murder of the heir presumptive provides a pretext for Austria’s move.
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Austria
House of Hapsburg
Hungary
Skosnia- Herzegovina
Servia
Hapsburg
Alexander
Draga ii Lis
Bulgaria
European war boosts Cuban sugar trade and spending
A traveler reports that the European war has boosted Cuban wealth and demand for North American goods. Sugar crops are larger and fetch higher prices as continental beet sugar dwindles, making consumers in Cuba optimistic and ready to buy from manufacturers willing to enter the market.
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Republic
Cuba
Portugal Maintains Large Army and Reserve Forces
The Portugal army boasts 30,000 active personnel with 90,000 in the first reserve and 140,000 in the second territorials. All males 17 to 45 are liable for service. Navy is small with one vessel built years ago and a 4,100 ton cruiser among a couple gun boats and an allied battleship from 1878, tonnage 2,972.
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Portugal
Sime
Prohibition on Women Gawking at Prisoners Sparked by Stuttgart Governor
A wartime proclamation from Stuttgart’s military governor bars women from casting amorous glances at British and French prisoners. The harsh orders aim to control behavior in the occupation, painting German authorities as pompous in the eyes of the world, while the text notes soldiers, nicknamed Tommy Atkins, could be mocked for their smiles.
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Stuttgart
Tommy Atkins
Churchill calls for a million volunteers for British army
In Liverpool, Winston Churchill urges a million volunteers for Sir John French's army. He says nations must act now, Britain can field twenty five army corps within six to seven months, and sea control will enable final victory despite heavy costs. He condemns German espionage and vows to fight until peacetime aims are achieved.
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Winston Churchill
Liverpool
John French
Europe
Bordeaux Rising as France's Capital City Phenomenon
The article portrays Bordeaux as the new capital of France, comparing its grand boulevards and monuments to Versailles. It notes Bordeaux’s southern temperament, ancient Roman origins, and periods of English occupation, including a 1871 Franco German war era government transfer.
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Bordeaux
Versailles
Paris
Bordelais
Marseilles
Tartarin de Tarascon
Alphonse Daudet
France
la Colonie Anglaise
England
Louis XVIII
Berdeaux
Man of too many words cited in Detroit Free Press
A witty aside in the Detroit Free Press questions a man’s trustworthiness by calling him a "man of too many words" and implying a lack of reliability. The exchange frames a satirical view of talk versus action.
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Detroit Free, Press
Thrilling Heroism of Gaston Bossier at the Soissons Bridge
Private Gaston Bossier of the 6th Cuirassiers, famed as Dar ino and a Parisian actor, recounts the Soissons bridge explosion during a German advance. Royal Engineers, at heavy cost, laid a fuse to destroy the crossing as German fire raked the area, eleven fall before the twelfth man completed the charge and perished after lighting the fuse.
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Gaston Bossier
Cuirassiers
Darino
Comedie Francaise
Delhi
Bossier
Normandy
Cruirassiers
France
Royal Engineers
Great Britain
Aisne
Soissons
Hell
King Albert Photographs Demand In Canada Reported
A report notes a demand for millions of photographs of King Albert of Belgium in Canada. The legend accompanying the images reads Here is a King among Kings Sas.
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Albert
Belgium
Canada
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