Anglo Japanese treaty sparks renewed world leadership themes
London reports that Britain’s diplomacy moves beyond South African tensions as the Anglo Japanese accord dominates discourse. Analysts see a shift toward open door principles, with England and Japan as leading directors and the US and Germany largely silent. The piece notes public candor and leaks around the Washington conference era, plus debates in Parliament over procedure and naval outlays as the Admiralty warns of rising arms in Russia and France.
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London
England
Japan
Kruger
Philippines
Lord Lansdowne
Per East
Russia
Henry Norman
Manchester Guardian
Canada
Australia
Lord Rosebery
Manchuria
Lord Salisbury
War Office
Manchester School
United States
Germany
Commons
John Kennaway Sterling
Devonshire
Redmond
Wanklyn
France
Washington Conference of April 14 1898 debated in parliament
Washington reports show Lord Cranborne and Lord Pauncefote arguing over the April 14 1898 European Diplomatic Corps meeting in which a memorandum was drafted to urge U S intervention in Cuba be considered unjustifiable. Continental diplomats allegedly transmitted the identical telegrams to their governments. The note's origin and language discussion, including French translations and Austrian influence, are detailed as a matter of public opinion shaping policy.
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Tribune
Washington
Lord Cranborne
Henry Norman
Pauncefote
Spain
United States
Lord Plaincefore
Cuba
Lord Pauncefote
M. Jules Cambon
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Rome
London
Hengelmuller
Europe
Austria
Germany
Yerkes suspends action on stock pledge tax ruling
Washington Feb 15 Rudolph Keppler and H K Pomroy met with Commissioner Yerkes to seek suspension of the stamp tax ruling on stock pledged as loan collateral. Yerkes granted a delay to allow full protest review, with possible Attorney General input or judicial facts. The issue affects borrowers and lenders across Wall Street and extends beyond a single case to broader practice.
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Tribune
Washington
Rudolph Keppler
H. K. Pomroy
New-York Stock Exchange
Yerkes
Internal Revenue Bureau
New York
Circuit Court
Southern District of New York
Keppler
Stock Exchange
Internal Revenue
F. G. Thompson
Treasury
Treasury Department
Thompson
Treat
Wall Street
Murder mystery stalks Brooklyn lovers in Manhattan hotel
Walter S. Brooks, 20, a broker with Brooks & Wells, was found dying in a gas flooded room at the Glen Island Hotel with a bullet wound. Florence Burns, 19, Brooks’s lover, was arrested in Brooklyn on charges of killing him after her threats to marry him were exposed by his father. The case details the hotel sequence, gas leak, bullet wound, and police pursuit, with Burns denying involvement as investigators press the claim of conclusive proof.
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Brooklyn
Walter S. Brooks
Manhattan
Florence Burns
Churchit
Brooks
Brooks & Wells
Jayst
Thomas J. Brooks
Decaturst
East Fifteenth St
Young Brooks
Glen Island
Cortlandt and
West Sts
John Wilson
John Earle
George Washington
Earle
John BR. Sweeney
Liberty St
Pr. Sweeney
Hudson St
Pittsburg
Church St
Halpin
Krotel
Washington
White House Conference With Leader Congressmen Sparks Interest
President Roosevelt summoned key Republican leaders Senators Allison Aldrich Spooner and Speaker Henderson to a White House conference likely touching Cuban reciprocity and Philippine legislation. The gathering followed breakfast with Attorney General Knox and other officials, with no official details released.
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Tribune
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Allison
Aldrich
Spooner
Henderson
Grosvenor
Cannon
Congress
Senate
Knox
Payne
Hanna
Groton
Schley
Senator Platt
Connecticut
Brigands Have the Ransom for Miss Stone
The State Department confirms ransom payment to brigand captors for Miss Stone. Release date unknown. brigands demand one week to ten days for safe retreat before delivery of the prisoner.
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Washington
State Department
Miss Stone
Zelaya Frees Vasquez and Allows Departure
Managua Nicaragua February 15 President Zelaya releases from prison General Vasquez former President of Honduras and grants him permission to leave Nicaragua. Vasquez was arrested in January aboard the steamship Tucapel charged with trying to incite a revolution in Central America against Zelaya.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Vasquez
Honduras
General Vasquez
Tucapel
South American Steamship Company
Central America
British Army Estimates for 1902 08 Released in London
London reports the army estimates propose a total of 69,310,000 pounds for 1902 08 to support 420,000 personnel 219,700 in ordinary service and 200,300 for war service A war head of 40,000,000 pounds marks a 23,230,000 reduction from the prior year War Secretary Brodrick notes funds cover a South Africa field force at current strength for eight to nine months of the new financial year.
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London
Brodrick
South Africa
Government to Buy Mines in Prussia District
Berlin notes a bill in the Prussian Diet authored by Minister Moeller to allocate 58,000 marks to the Prussian treasury for acquiring Line property in Dortmund district Westphalia. The item appears among a set of distant notices and travel snippets referencing South Carolina routes and railroad service.
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Berlin
Herr Moeller
Dortmund
Westphalia
Prince Henry Sails for New York in Kronprinz Wilhelm
Prince Henry sails from Bremerhaven to New York aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm. Admirals and high officials bid farewell along Kiel and Bremen routes. Crowds cheered as the vessel cleared the harbor with flags, a royal band, and tribute notes from U S and German officials. The ship is expected to set a speed record, with passengers including diplomats and officials onboard.
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Bremerhaven
Prince Henry
New York
Kiel
Bremen
Hamburg
Tichirschky
Admiral von Tirpitz
Admiralty
von Plessen
Berlin
Kronprinz Wilhelm
William H. Beehler
United States
Prince Goodby
Emperor William
Henry W. Diederich
Hohennes
Schmidt
North German
Lloyd Line
Associated Press
Spencer Eddy
United States Legation
Constantinople
Eddy
Charles L. Cust. R. N
Admiral von Baudissin Inspects Meteor at Shooters Island
Admiral Count von Baudissin of Hohenzollern inspected the imperial yacht Meteor at Shooters Island and visited Rear Admiral Robley Evans on the battleship Illinois at Tompkinsville. He also met Major Adolph Lankering aboard the Hohenzollern and departed Hoboken on the tug Narkeeta with a party including Lt von Haxthausen and Captains von Holleben and West. The Illinois saluted and music played as Marines lined the rail. This marked his first visit to an American battleship.
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Hohenzollern
Shooters Island
Robley D. Evans
Illinois
Tompkinsville
Adolph Lankering
Hoboken
von Haxthausen
von Holleben
Clifford West
Barker
Karl Buenz
Bob” Evans
Robbins Reef
von Bardissin
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