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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1917
Page
5
Baltic Fleet commander Admiral Madimov is reported by Aurelka newspapers to have been named chief of the Naval General Staff. General Lumhowsky is said to have been appointed chief of the General Staff, with Lescon and Grima noted among Stockholm bound party members.
American Commission members, led by Imu Root, held informal talks with Russian officials in Petrograd. They plan visits to Moscow, Kiev, Odessa, and possibly Romania, with naval officers and a General staff crew visiting military sites.
London dispatch dated June 17 reports the Austrian Court of Justice has asked the Supreme Court to commute Dr Friedrich Adler's death sentence for killing Count Karl Stuergkh to imprisonment. The move is backed by the Russian Socialists and appeals from Amsterdam claim the trial was incompetent and should be before a jury.
Ritter of the Merchants and Manufacturers Exchange of New York City released a letter to the President urging that commercial conventions should not be omitted during the war. The President replied that no reason exists to slow business and that every sensible method to stimulate activity should be used. Washington, June.
Farax Garrison, pendant of 1 Southern Railway and chairman of the Railway National Defence Council, reported yesterday on grain transportation. Based on advices from twenty three principal grain carriers, Harrison said movement is active with little shortage and no farmer or elevator tendency to withhold shipments. Most cars ordered for grain are filled to capacity.
London discusses retaliatory aerial warfare as crowds hear a plan to strike German towns. Two airships attacked English coast towns. one Zeppelin burned after a gun battle while an English pilot survived unharmed. The report details casualties and the dramatic downing with witnesses observing the blaze.
A Zeppelin was attacked by Swedish forces at Cimbrishamn on a Saturday. The airship sustained damage and was driven away to Copenhagen. The incident occurred in June and left the craft in a damaged condition.
The casualty list of Canadian overseas forces issued tonight includes seven Americans. Killed in action is R D Abell from Vittaburgh. died of wounds T A Collett of Gloucester Massachusetts. wounded F Fyffe Marine City Michigan A Leggett Cadyvalles N Batt Buffalo and Thompson Rhode Minngill M M Ge Leake Geend Rapids Michigan.
Campaign on in Uruguay as Dr Brum declared his candidacy for the presidency. The Foreign Service reported details of the dinner hosted by the diplomatic corps and acknowledged Brum’s bid amid political maneuvering.
The Moscow Russkoye Slovo reveals two secret agreements between Nicholas II and Kaiser Wilhelm. Witte, blamed for annulling the offensive defensive pact, claims the Czars weak leadership and shows how he opposed the treaty. He details counter signatures and his role in blocking the deal to spare France and Russia from war.
Dutch Minister F E Posthuma states Amsterdam will export cattle if American restrictions on goods worsened hunger in Holland. He warns Britain France and the American Relief Committee would lose fodder deliveries, risking Holland’s coal iron and grain imports and prompting shifts to Eastward trade.
Countess Sophie Pasin, 45, assumed the post of Minister of Social Tutelage in Petrograd. She becomes the world’s first woman minister, wealthy and active in the Constitutional Democratic party, aiming to shift social institutions to women and oversee charitable work and child care.
A French freighter of 6 677 tons was torpedoed and sunk two weeks ago miles from the port of Trrest France. Forty seven officers and seamen were rescued by a British ship that arrived today. One sailor drowned during the launch to boats. Survivors were landed at Fayals Accres The Mississippi owned by the General Transatlantic Steamship Company Havre was last seen in marine records at New Orleans from Havre in March.
Peking reports General Chang Hsun assumes dictatorship as President Li Yuan-hung becomes figurehead. A convention at Tien-tsin plans a provisional government led by the dictator with a Cabinet to be formed. Motives are unclear but restoration of the Manchu empire is suspected. Southern Canton leaders withdraw support, vow to defend constitutional rights.
Sen Katayama, Japanese Socialist leader and ex-parliament member, told a New York audience that Japanese readiness for revolution grows amid oppression. He cited strikes, autocratic government, police surveillance, and funds spent to suppress Socialists, noting Russia loan and war pressures shape regional dynamics.
Copenhagen June 14 Premier Zable refused Conservatives demand that Socialist Minister T Stauning retire from the Cabinet. His links to the Stockholm peace talks are seen as conflicting with the Scandinavian bloc abstaining from mediation. Conservatives expect M Rotthoer may withdraw, risking a rupture.
Paris dispatch notes 2,006,000 in Catalonia demand independence amid unrest. Barcelona residents threaten to ignore laws for Catalan autonomy as strikes loom in Auturing and Bay of Biscay regions. Coal shortages, stalled exports, and German pressure intensify the crisis, yet a new Premier is expected to resolve the situation.
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