New Submarine Countermeasures Claim End to Menace
A British naval expert outlines contra submarine ideas and shotgun torpedo tubes as a possible response to U boats. He assesses early and later submarine developments, noting limited sinkings and shifting expert opinions amid ongoing debate about German sea warfare capabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Pollen
Martey F. Hay
den- Submarine Company
Imbarton
Scotland
US American Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Arthur Pallen
Hay
Senteh
England
Germany
Iinbo
Simon Lake
Bridgeport
Conn
Str. Hay
America
Lake
Way
Voo Tirpits
Aimot Flaving
von Tirpite
Mr. Hay
England vows to press war until aims achieved
The Providence Journal quotes Secretary Balfour in the Commons asserting that Europe must be free from the military menace of Germany. Britain pledges to overpower the military madmen, meeting force when diplomacy fails, and refusing concessions to the aggressors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Balfour
Commons
Europe
Germany
Great Britain
Provilence Journal
War Service of The Boy Scouts War Service Badge Adopted
The Boy Scouts association authorized red and gold badges for eighty four hours of voluntary war service and another badge for one hundred days at least two hours daily. Seven hundred fifty qualify for the former, one hundred for the latter, with Wolf Cubs also receiving badges in some cases. Scouts aided military and Red Cross efforts, farm labor, waste paper drives, port welcomes, and other war duties, while some refused payment to keep the deeds as daily wood turns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts Association
Red Cross
Boy Scouts’ Cause
Canadian
Boy Scouts
Blue Cross
World Wide Organization
Abdul Hamid’s superstition delays Japan ties in Egypt
Vancouver Sun recalls a mythic episode from Abdul Hamid’s reign. A Turkish warship, Artoghral, carried officials to honor the Mikado. The ship struck a rock in the Indian Ocean and sank with all hands, blamed by the sultan as a bad omen and a reason to renounce Nippon relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abdul Hamid
Egypt
Turkey
Japan
Artoghral
Mikado
Indian Ocean
Nippon-Vancouver Sun
Joffre Donates 20000 Francs to Soldiers’ Orphans
Marshal Joffre provides a 20000 franc donation to children of soldiers in orphanages. This gift appears linked to a broader 50000 franc fundraising effort in the United States in his honor to aid wartime charities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joffre
al Tums
Marshal Joffre
Anacanal Joffre
United States
Preach War Charities
Tortured by German Monsters Record of WWI prisoner abuse
A scarce French medical deposition summary details German crimes against prisoners in 1914 15 at Gustrow and elsewhere. It recounts starvation nakedness executions and brutal torture of Russians French and especially British prisoners by German troops including a scene of an execution squad and Red Cross involved.
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Switzerland
Foreign Office
de Christmas
Ite Press
Letulle
French Academy of Medicine
Monsaigeon
Anny Medical Service
Gustrow
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Chon
Hapress Red Cross
Red Cross
le Bibran
Gailingen
Color Vibrations in Treatment of Shell Shock Sufferers
A novel experiment at McCaul's hospital tests color vibrations to aid shell shocked soldiers. Led by HH Kamp Prosser, the plan uses sky blue ceilings, lemon-yellow walls, and greens to simulate outdoors and boost brain tissues, with violet and orange as strength increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCaul's Hospital
HH. Kamp Prosser
Tlf
Prosser
The Flanders Hell Captured Passchendaeler Sighted by Berlin Post
The Berlin Post article titled The Flanders Hell describes gas clouds and flames from flame throwers as German lines faltered. It notes enemy advances with tanks and support from Scots and Canadians, followed by a counter-attack and renewed fighting as reserves tried to stem the break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berin
Passchendaeler
Berlin Post
Flanders
Senator Sebline Dies in Grief While Held as German Hostage
Senator Charles Sebline of the Aisne department died at age 72 from grief while being transported to Germany as a hostage. He had stayed in Montecourt with constituents during the occupation, and was compelled to accompany retreating German forces after his home sugar plants were destroyed and his estate plundered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sebline
Aisne Department
Germany
Senator Sebline
Montecourt
New York Hotels Lead in Food Saving During War
New York City hotels and restaurants are cutting meat and wheat use as war demands grow. Figures from the U S Food Administration show substantial weekly saves, including about 193 545 pounds of meat and 101 295 pounds of wheat flour on specific days, boosting total weekly savings and prompting suppliers to feel the impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
New York City
China War Roles and Limitations in World War I
The article argues China cannot be a major fighting power in World War I due to lack of modern arms transport and training. It describes a French-backed plan for Chinese troops to serve in France as second-line troops guarding communications, with a Beijing unit status. Twenty five thousand troops are planned, with two hundred Chinese officers educated in French military colleges to bridge language gaps. The piece reflects on how veterans returning to China may influence the republic’s future and international outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Germany
Far Eastern
Gordon
Pekin
France
Beijing
Toronto Globe
Women of Great Britain fully mobilized for war work
Lady Chetwynd, London-born, reports stark contrasts between wartime Britain and New York. She notes British women replacing men in many jobs, quiet discipline, and bold factory work in munition plants. She stresses Britain's mobilized women as essential to victory, and praises American women for adaptability but highlights London’s simpler wartime life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Lady Chetwynd
England
Atlantic
New York
London
Paris
America
Tondon
Hyde Park
Violet M Ryley Leads Canadian Military Hospital Dietitics
Miss Violet M Ryley heads the military hospitals commission dietetics in Canada overseeing 35 000 daily meals. Her team of women assistants at discharge depots in Quebec and Halifax ensure menus meet high standards as 12 000 recovering men are fed daily with beef roast barley soup and other meals.
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Dominion
Violet M. Ryley
Military Hospitals Commission
Military Convalescent Hospitals of
Canada
Ryley
Halifax
Quebec
Dirtitang
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