Working men oppose war policy at St James Hall meeting
A crowd of workers gathered in opposition to government war policy, convened by the Workmen's National Peace Association after a St James's Hall meeting. They raised questions about war gains, burden on the working class, and the duty of leaders to lead by example. The dialogue questioned potential outcomes, urging peace and restraint. The protest reflected broad anxiety about involvement in a continental conflict and its domestic costs.
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Alabamas
France
Germany
Bismark
Republic
St. James’s Hall
Workmen's National Peace Association
Paris War News and Italian Air Balloon Plans
Reports from Ipswich note two French army shoe contracts at 20000 and 30000 pairs. Dispatches recount Moltke’s doubts about further fighting, pockets of German occupation in France, French officers breaking parole, and preparations like a Bordeaux balloon mission to reach Paris.
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Ipswich
Count Bismark
Duchy of Luxembourg
Echo
Count Moltke
Versailles
M. Gambetta
Paris
Vanvres
Issy
Atlantic
Alsace
Strasbourg
Carlsruhe
France
Nancy
Imperial
Dr. Russell
England
Russell
Birmingham
Berlin
Germany
M. Garabetta
le Mans
Comte de Chambord
Charette
le Manse
Bank of France
Vaterland
Munich
Bavaria
The
Scotsman
Bordeaux
M. Wilfred de Fonvielle
M. Brunel
London
Vinoy
Times
Washburne
Count von Moltke
Paris Food Prices Amid Siege and Fashion Despair
Extracts describe Paris under siege with food shortages and rising prices for meat fish eggs and staples. Traders report cats eaten to curb pests while dogs and poultry remain scarce. prices for turkey goose and fowl soar and fish supply improves via the Mariniers-sauveteurs aiding hospitals and markets. A second letter recalls imperial Paris luxury unraveling as extravagant dress and high prices collapse, with a famed English milliner profiting from siege conditions.
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Paris
MM. Joigneaux
Ofrtelier
Compagnie Des Mariniers-sauveteurs
Seine
Marne
Halles
Daily News
St. Petersburg
Europe
Articles de
Louis Philippe
New York
Raphael
Lance
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