Open Door principles in China critics argue for concert of powers
The essay reviews Hay's Open Door policy, noting failures to secure binding international commitments. It traces treaties with Japan, England, France, and Russia, arguing they bind Japan more than others and warning against US-China entanglement. It calls for a Western-led concert and cautions limits of China’s current grip for any binding agreement.
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China
Hay
Mate Bounds
Mr. Hay
England
Japan
Russia
Portsmouth
Kay
France
America
United States
Auckland Herald
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Gibraltar
Honolulu
Pago Pago
Philippines
London
India
British Columbia
Manchuria
Talk of an Alliance and Kept Interest in Fleet Visit
Dispatches from London on August 15 report strong interest in the American fleet visit to Australasia. The note attracting the most attention is described in the cable.
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NEW York Times
London
Australasia
Germans Hopeful for Peace After Cronberg King Edward Meeting
Berlin reports indicate official elation at the Kaiser and King Edward Cronberg encounter. They see it as easing tensions and a pledge toward peace, with promises of Berlin visits and potential Anglo German naval understanding amid broader European realignments.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
King Edward
Cronberg
Germany
Edward
David Lloyd George
Carlsbad
England
Turkey
Near East
Francis Joseph
Titoni
Clemenceau
Isvole Eky
English Alarm Over German Peril Provokes Debate
London dispatch reports widespread English fear of a German invasion with Emden port as focus. Admiral Bridge argues landing can be prevented while Arnold White and Keir Hardie counter alarm and warn against scaremongering amid royal visit previews.
Murders Rival in Gay Crowd at Fort Hancock
Fort Hancock was the scene of a fatal shooting after a dispute at Bayside Yacht Club. Capt. Hains admitted to the deliberate shooting that killed Annis, 38, advertising manager and former editor of Recreation. The two men, from Fort Hancock and Fort Hamilton, faced arrest with no bail set.
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Helen von Hunvanbein
Burr McIntosh
Recreation
Bay Side Yacht Club
Thornton Hains
Eighty-sixth Street
Day Ridge
Hains
Capt
Town
Hotel Astor
Flushing
Claremont Avenue
Manhattan
Fort Hancock
Fort Monroe
Ambler
Hatlet
Amity Street
Frey
Boston
Ruthenbergs
Haines
Ruthenberg
Bayside Yacht Club
Fort Hamilton
Pacific
Accuses Her Husband In Domestic Strife Case
A Fort Monroe witness describes years of harsh treatment by her husband and in laws. She recounts alleged insult and abuse, a forced separation from her children, and an incident at Fortress Monroe amid his pursuit of divorce. She says a key witness, Mr Annis, was shot, a shock she cannot explain.
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Winthrop
Soecers
Fortress Monroe
No Car Barns in Streets Prompt Rail Commission Action
The Public Service Commission has ordered the Metropolitan Street Railway receivers to answer a complaint from seventy four residents of upper Lexington Avenue about cars stored on street tracks at night. If not resolved, a hearing may be ordered and cars could be stored elsewhere. Complaints also cite noise and Amsterdam Avenue car turns at lth Street.
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Public Service Commission
Upper
Lexington Avenue
Board of Aldermen
Metropolitan
Amsterdam Avenue
Lth
Churchill warns miners over war talk in Swansea
Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, addressing a Swansea demonstration, denounces wild language predicting an Anglo German war. He says no grounds exist for panic and that any war would harm all, noting Canada Australia South Africa and India will not be drawn into conflict. He doubts 10,000 Germans would truly contemplate attacking Britain.
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Swansea
Winston Spencer Churchill
Board of Trade
Mr. Churchill
Canada
Australia
South Africa
India
Germany
Great Britain
Mrs Hains Says Husband Crazy After Maine Shooting
Boston August 15 Mrs Claudia Libbey Hains wife of Capt Peter Do Hains Jr reacts to news he shot William E Annis of Long Island She recounts trouble with divorce filing and a troubled marriage dating back to their youth and military life ending with his return from Fort Monroe after orders.
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Boston
Mass
Claudia Libbey Hains
Peter Do. Hains, Jr
William E.annis
Long Island
Peter
Hains
Claudia Libbey
Charles H. Libbey
Crest Avenue
Winthrop
Fort Banks
Fort Monroe
Divorce filing details touch Hains family history
Washington reports Capt. Hains and his wife Claudia Libbey married in 1909 when she was 16. Their marriage soured after a May dispute following his Pacific Coast return. Brig. Gen. Hains corroborated a confession and now holds custody of the three children.
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Hains
Capt. Hains
Claudia Libbey
Winthrop
Mass
Pacific Coast
Brig
Gen
New York
Gen. Hains
Five Die In Mine Blast At Benson Mines Plant
Five men were killed in a premature dynamite explosion at the Benson Mines Iron Ore Company plant in Trenson Mines New York. The dead include Poleger Harry Hominick William King Evangeline Poms and an unidentified worker. One survivor Joseph King went insane from the shock as authorities investigate.
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N. Y
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Trenson Mines
Benson Mines
Carthage & Adirondack
Carthage
Poleger
Harry
Hominick
William
King
Evangeline
Poms Ge
Joseph King
Drury
Gouverneur
City Brevities Report Swimmer Drowns and Two Other Incidents
Nicola Scavone, 19, of 349 East 112th Street drowned after cramps while swimming in Pugsley's Creek off Clason's Point Road. Thomas L Hamilton, 342 West Twenty-seventh Street, showed steady improvement after hospital admission and may undergo surgery soon. Mrs. Florence May of Arlington Apartments, 18 West Twenty-fifth Street, died by gas inhalation after years of insomnia and caring for a ill daughter.
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Pugsley's Creek
Clason
Florence May
Arlington Apartments
West Twenty-fifth Street
George C. May
Boys Run Behind Trolley Car Struck and Killed
Seven year old Timothy McCarthy was killed and five year old Edward Maher injured when they darted from behind a trolley onto the track on Southern Boulevard at Alexander Avenue in the Bronx. Motorman Maeterman Healy was restrained by police after a crowd gathered.
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Bronx
Edward Maher
Southern Boulevard
Wills Avenue
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Michael Healy
Healy
McCarthy
Cooley
Lincoln Hospital
Maher
Crogan
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