Condition of five principal belligerents after two years of war
London letters review patriotism in Britain two years into the war focusing on Ben Tillett and the labor movement. It notes union concessions, dilution of labor, and coop measures to boost production, with Ireland and Ulster politics, and loyalty of Dominions and India cited as signs of unity. It ends with bankers pledging funds to sustain war needs.
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Missouri
Ben Tillett
Ben
Pankhurst
British Empire
Dockers’ Union
Transport Workers’ Federation
Tilletta and Pankhursts
England
Casements
Ireland
Germany
Tilletts
Organized Labor
New York
Great Britain
John Redmond
Edward Carson
Shin Fein
America
Financ
Ulster
India
French thrift and patriotism drive wartime gold surrender
In Paris, Professor Alcide Betrine notes every French household has turned in gold to the Bank of France for national defense. The public willingly swapped gold for flimsy banknotes, sending vast sums weekly. France also attracts $1 billion in war loans, and awaits $120 billion in foreign securities as collateral for imports, showing deep national confidence.
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Henry Wood
Paris
Alcide Betrine
Boulevard Montparnasse
Betrine
France
Bank of France
Heould
Russia
Germany
Trish
Anid
Ribot
United States
England
Italy's War Spirit Shines in National Celebration
Rome reports a grand anniversary turnout as 200000 march from Piazza del Popolo to Piazza Venezia with Veterans, women and children, military bands, and flags from Italy England and France. Despite Austrian offensives and rumors, Italian resolve grows with women farmers, nurses, Red Cross, and royal sponsorship led by Queen Helena and Queen Mother Marguerita aiding hospitals and relief efforts.
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Rome
Italy
Piazza del Populo
Piazza Venezia
England
France
Trentino
Fven
Red Cross
Princess Doria
Alys Borghese
Thomas Nelson Page
Sisters of Mercy
Helena
Marguerita
Taly
Spirit of Russia Transforms War Effort and Unity
In Petrograd July 4 1916 William Philip Simms writes that twenty four months of war have forged a new Russia. A unified public spirit drives municipal and Zemstvo unions, war committees, and citizen organization aiding the army. The Duma shows rare unity as farmers and diverse groups back the war effort, while common pride grows nationwide.
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William Philip Simms
Petrograd
Russia
England
France
Siberia
Duma
Orkemem
Flere
Radzianko
Ruassia
Dumastes
Ruasia
United States
Zemstvo Union
War Industry Committee
Empire
Popular Spirit in Germany
Berlin July 4. An American diplomat says the war’s error is using the term militarism as Germans rally around the war effort. Public support remains strong, with the Reichstag voting two billion marks for a new war credit despite limited public criticism private dissent is higher. The piece notes widespread concern for peace and private grumbling.
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Berlin
Germany
France
Russia
England
Reichstag
Germany Trusts Chancellor Amid War Politics
Scheidemann and the chancellor act as links between the Kaiser and the people. The public backs von Bethmann-Hollweg and the war aims, opposing annexation while press sentiment will influence the outcome. The military party weakens as reform pledges grow.
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Germany
Scheidemann
Kateer
Reichstag
von Bethamann-Hollweg
Belgium
Poland
Servia
America
Republican Party
Joe Cannon
von Heydebrand
Admiral von Tirpitz
General von Moltke
von Bernhardt
Heydebrand
Tirpitz
Moltke
Bernhardt
Posen
Kaiser
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Gewalled
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London
John H. Hearley
Winter Palace
Tam
Reat
Purishkivich
Carl W. Ackerman
Philip Scheidemann
Tennyson
J. A. Hart Drug Co
Norfolk. Southern
North Carolina
Terminal Station
Norfolk
Asheboro
Norfolk Southern
N. B
Aberdeen
Intermedi
Charlotte
Interme
Mig D. Burkhead
E. D. Kyle
H. S
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