Carranza Seeks to Halt More Troop Entrance
Mexico City reports measures to prevent further American troop sendings into Mexican territory. General Obregon and General Scott focus on preventing repeated incursions and maintaining frontier tranquillity through bilateral cooperation. Carranza’s aim to stop additional troops remains the central issue, with troop withdrawal a secondary concern.
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New York Times
Mexico City
May
General Obregon
Scott
Big Bend
Mexican State Department
Carranza
Ler Cymric Torpedoed Off Irish Coast Near New York
A British ship named Ler Cymric was torpedoed off the Irish coast, with 110 officers and crew carried aboard. The incident is reported from New York with afloat at last accounts indicating a loss of several lives and uncertainties about survivors.
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LER Cymric
Irish
Queenstown
London
Cymric Sunk Off Ireland With War Munitions Cargo
London reports the 13,374 ton Cymric was torpedoed by a German submarine while carrying a vast war munitions cargo from New York to Liverpool. About 100 crew aboard. no passengers. Possible attack off southwest Ireland near Lusitania site. some crew desertions and diversions noted. Captain Beadwell in command. ship built by Harland and Wolff Belfast. previously escorted into Liverpool after prior near misses.
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Wite Star Line
Cymric
New York
Liverpool
Ireland
Queenstown
Cyzanne
Lines
F. E
Beadwell
White Star Line
Baltic
Harland & Wolff, Ltd
Belfast
ISG
Falaba
Admiralty
Kesperian
Tor
Gerabout
Admirsi Sea
Cavalrymen Begin Trail of Bandits in Texas Raid
Marathon Texas grows militarized as two troops of the Eighth Cavalry move toward the border after a brutal raid. Survivors recount attacks on Glenn Springs and San Vicente, with American schoolteacher Mrs. Hart guiding evacuees and aiding injured soldiers amid looting and fires.
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New York Times
Marathon
Texas
Bie Bend
Alpine
Here
Eighth Cavalry
T. Langhorne
Hth C
Exere
Columbus
B. V. Hart
Adobe
San Vicente
Glenn Springs
W. K. Ellis
Mrs. Hart
William Harris
Jesse Deemer
Jack Doster
Doster
Deemer
Rs. Hart
Smyth
Fourth Cavalry
Ors
Hart
New Yorke Times
German Plotters Found Guilty in Ship Destruction Conspiracy
A Federal District Court jury convicted Robert Fay, Walter Scholz, and Paul Daech e on two indictments for conspiring to sink freighters carrying munitions to the Allies by attaching bombs. The jury's five hour deliberation ended with guilty verdicts and soon the judge would impose sentences.
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Robert Fay
Walter Scholz
Paul Daeche
Bridgeport
Fay
Federal District Court
Howe
United States
John Knox
Daeche
Jay
Scholz
Grantwood
N. J
Carl Wettig
Flynn
Secret Service
Union Hill
Daedhe
Herbert Kienzle
West Eighty-sixth Street
Max Breitung
Edward N. Breitung
Englebert Brockhorst
Butler
Orad
Foth Fay
Pratt
Wilsons Note on German Submarine Policy
Washington May 8 Ambassador delivers note to German Foreign Affairs minister outlining U S acceptance of Germanys May 4 1916 declaration to limit naval warfare for its duration. Lansing emphasizes independence of U S rights and nonconditioning on other belligerents.
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Cable Washington
Berlin
United States
Lansing Statement on German Policy and Treaty Obligations
Secretary Lansing explains Germany’s shift to observing naval warfare rules after pressured rights disputes. He notes U S interests in merchant ships and noncombatants, says Britain ties bind policy via treaty obligations, and recounts failed bid to extend similar arrangements to Germany.
Kaiser Sends Peace Hint to Wilson through Gerard
Rotterdam dispatch reports the Kaiser suggested to Ambassador Gerard that President Wilson should mediate peace talks. Germany signals willingness to drop claims on France and Belgium while aiming to seize Cur land and push a Russian front blow as part of a broader diplomatic plan. Prince von Bülow summoned to headquarters by Emperor William noted as politically significant.
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Germany
Dvina
Verdun
Belgium
Eer
Wilson
Journal Des Debats
von Bethmann Hollweg
London Press Rejects German Peace Talk as Insincere
London papers dismiss the German note to Washington as a maneuver. The Daily Telegraph vows Allied pressure to win the war, The Daily News expects firmer German terms soon, and The Daily Mail says German peace talk aims to mislead neutrals and lull Britain into postponing decisive action.
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London
Washington
Daily Telegraph
Daily News
Germany
Pees
Daily Mail
Kaiser Wrote to Pope Seeking Peace
London May 9 The Rotterdam correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph reports Emperor William sent an Easter letter to Pope Benedict hoping the Pope and King of Spain could frame a plan for a conference of belligerents to discuss an immediate armistice and an early peace. Official denials say the Pope made no such appeal to Wilson or Germany. The Foreign Office notes no mediation steps by the Pope and cites Secretary How ard.
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London
Rotterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Yegterdas
William
Benedict
Spain
Humanity League
Pope Benedict
Wilson
Germany
United States
Foreign Office
Sir Henry Howard
the Vallar
Britain Blockade Dispute Not Contingent On Germany
Washington reports that the United States accepts Germany’s May 4 note as abandoning illegal submarine warfare. The U S refuses to make any settlement contingent on Britain’s blockade policy, and Secretary Lansing emphasizes independent American rights and treaty obligations in the dispute.
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New York Times
Washington
American Union
Wilson
United States
Ted
Lillian Dr. Wald
New York
Stephen 8. Wise
The
Free Synagogue
Max Eastman
Masses
Columbia University
Amos Pinchot
J. L. Elliott
Alice Lewisohn
Frederick Lynch
Crystal Eastman
New York City
Middle West
America
Germany
High Seas
Lansing
Great Britain
Berlin
Geremany
Britain
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Gerard
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