English Ships Cause Worry Over Canal Neutrality
Colonel Goethals asks for two torpedo boats to enforce neutrality as collier ships from Britain communicate with fleets near Pearl Islands and the Caribbean. Destroyers may patrol the three mile limit. colliers refuse to disclose destinations and some lack health or clearance papers.
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Goethals
Panama Canal
Navy Department
Pearl Isles
Caribbean
Goethulslis
Malling
Balboa
Couthals
Pearl Islands
Panama City
Claude C. Mallet
Panama
Germans Attack Dover Submarine Raid Reported
A Dover dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph claims about six German submarines attempted to enter the Admiralty harbor. Batteries fired around 200 shots in a half hour of combat during a rainstorm, with unconfirmed reports that three subs were sunk.
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Dover
Exchange Telegraph Company
London
Admiralty
Calais
England
Admiralty Harbor
Channel
Belgium resents move to relocate Belgian farmers to the United States
The Belgian government opposes emigration schemes urging farmers to immigrate to the United States after the war and settle on irrigation lands in the west. The Interior Department will take no steps to offer farm homes on public lands to Belgians. Separately, Belle Bunsill of Shadyside was attacked at home. a man cut off her hair, and investigators search for the assailant.
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Belgium
United States
Interior Department
Shadyside
Bellaire
Belle Bunsill
Bunsill
General Survey of the War Highlights Naval Triumph and Balkan Reverses
The week saw a British victory at sea with heavy German losses and rumors of allied gains, while in Poland Russians retreat toward Warsaw and Lodz area. German notes threaten breakthrough near Miazzga as western fronts push German lines back. Belgrade is reported retaken by Germans after a four month siege, with Austrian forces capturing the city on December 2.
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England
Poland
Warsaw
Sturdee
Th Kaiser
Pacific Ocean
Admiral von Spee
Dover Harbor
Firth of Forth
Scotland
Lodz
Mlazzya Cut
Lowicz
Lody
Miazzga
Ypres
Ity
Belgrade
Nish
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