Britain's Supremacy Shaken by Asquith Naval Speech
The House of Commons erupts as Prime Minister Asquith declares the two power standard no longer workable and Britain must mobilize all resources to maintain naval supremacy. Debates over Dreadnought production rise, with A. J. Balfour challenging admiralty plans amid warnings of German gains and Austrian naval links. The talk extends to possible Brazil dreadnought purchases and broader imperial security concerns.
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House of Commons
London
Asquith
Germany
England
Mr. Asquith
Reginald McKenna
Admiralty
A. J. Balfour
Tlam
Balfour
McKenna
Great Britain
Pall Mall Gazette
Austria
Mediterranean
Lord Roseberry
the Times
German Delegates to Promote Trade With Canada
Berlin reports that the German Canadian economic association plans to send a delegation to Canada to lobby for closer trade ties. Delegates will include businessmen and aim to appear during Dominion Parliament sessions to seek relief from current German trade imposts. The program includes lectures to boost Canada Germany relations and promote German products and emigration destinations.
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Canada
Berlin
German-Canadian Economic Association
Dominion
Germany
Whient Brothers Order Six Aeroplanes for Immediate Build
London report says the Whient brothers ordered six aeroplanes from a London firm for immediate construction. The move signals expanding interest in military and commercial flight projects amid postwar aviation growth.
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London
Whient Brothers
Foreign Trade Shows Increase for Canada in February
Canada’s February trade data show rising imports and steady exports. Imports entered for home consumption reached $23,126,380, up $2,188,614 from last February, the first large increase in over a year. Domestic exports totaled $14,233,101, slightly below last year’s February. The month’s grand total, including coin and bullion, was $38,058,827, up $1,614,799. For the eleven months of the fiscal year imports total $254,372,419, down $67,815,871. domestic exports total $224,205,610, down $4,811,871.
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Ottawa
Canada
Prophecy on Pacific Shipping and Flags in Harbor
R P Schwerin of Pacific Mail warns that ten years hence Orient steamers into San Francisco may fly the Japanese flag if Japan sustains forward progress while U S harbors discourage their merchant marine. He comments on Dodwell & Co planning a line from the Orient to Salina Cruz Mexico for oriental freight to New York and Europe via the Tehuantepec railroad.
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Pacific
New York
Orient
San Francisco
Japan
United States
R. P. Schwerin
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Dodwell & Co
Salina Cruz
Mexico
East
Europe
Tehuanpec
Canadian Aerodrome Wins Scientific America Cup
Sydney Nova Scotia reports the Silver Dart won the heavier than air cup at Baddeck. Pilot McCurdy faced 8 to 14 mph winds while attempting a record run over eight miles and planning a 50 mile flight, drawing praise from Dr Bell and The Standard in London for Canadian aviation achievement.
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Sydney
N.S
Aerodrome
Silver Dart
Baddeck
McCurdy
Hammondsport
Glenn H. Curtiss
Bell
London
The
Standard
Pleads for Big Defence Council Across the Empire
The Standard argues overseas dominions doubt Britain can defend the fleet to guard one third of the world coast. It calls for a definite overseas stake in the empire council of defence and joint responsibility for imperial sea forces.
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London
Britain
Council of Defence
General Booth to visit St Petersburg amid welcome from czar
London dispatch reports General Booth, long barred from Russia, has won clearance and will reach St Petersburg around April 1. He is to be hosted by the English Club as an honored guest and is expected to be received by the Czar.
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New York
London
Booth
St. Petersburg
Drunkenness and salvation in a Sunday school lesson
The text reflects on Proverbs 23 29 35 as a study in drunkenness and its woes. It argues for using related passages to teach repeated lessons, emphasizes looking unto God for salvation, and links the drunkard to Christ's atonement and redemptive love.
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American Pross Association
Hezekiah
Saul
Tarsus
Isay
Rev
Rev. ix
Hell
Gethsemane
Bethlehem
Nazareth
Bethsemane
Gelgotha
Lazarus
Vision
King Edward Witnesses First Heavier-Than-Air Flight
In Pau France King Edward saw a Wright brothers flight for seven minutes and praised the display. Wilbur Wright then demonstrated thirteen minutes aloft with his sister as Katherine Wright present. The king’s positive reaction may push English military funding for aeroplanes.
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Pau
France
Edward
Wright
Biarritz
Wilbur
Orville
Katherine Wright
Race Across Atlantic Opens for Spring Quebec Montreal Travel
Prospective lively contest among ships Empress of Britain Corsican and Canada for first mails to Rimouski and Montreal as Corsican and Canada sail from Liverpool March 22 and 30 and Empress follows a day later. Cassidy first Donaldson liner departs Glasgow April 24 arriving May 3.
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Montreal
Quebec
C.P.R
Dominion
Canada
Gulf
Liverpool
Rimouski
Donalson
St. Lawrence
Cassandra
Glasgow
Big Steel Plant for Winnipeg
Dominion Bridge Co plans Winnipeg’s west factory to become the region’s largest steel plant. The Montreal based firm will triple current output from four hundred to about twelve hundred tons per month by adding a large building and new equipment. Local manager E E Sheppard says tenders will be let and construction begins within thirty days. Stockpiles of three to four thousand tons of material are planned with about $100000 in increased equipment and stock.
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Winnipeg
Dominion Bridge Co
Montreal
Notre Dame West
E. E. Sheppard
Persian Forces Rally At Julfa Frontier Clash
Despatch from Julfa reports 1,000 Persian government horsemen and 6 500 infantry marching from the Araxes river bank toward Julfa. Villages, including Russian settlements, are pillaged and burned as troops kill fleeing peasants. Women with children were shot crossing the Araxes. 300 families seek refugee on a river island opposite Julfa.
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Julfa
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Strathcona Horse Forms Western Mounted Unit in Canada
Ottawa notes the Strathcona Horse is organized as a branch of the Canadian Mounted Rifles with headquarters at Calgary and depots in Alberta south of Red Deer Col. S B Steele will command the organization but may move to Ottawa headquarters within a year. Efforts aim to transfer banners of the original Strathcona Horse from South Africa to the new western corps.
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Ont
Strathcona Horse
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Calgary
Alberta
Red Deer
S. B. Steele
South Africa
Western Corps
Russ Confiscated For Tolstoi Excerpt Publication
The St. Petersburg newspaper Russ was seized for publishing extracts from Count Leo Tolstoi's Christianity and the Death Penalty. The confiscation highlights censorship of the controversial moral treatise and the authorities focus on the church state clash.
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St. Petersburg
Russ
Leo Tolstoi
Winnipeg to push 1912 Canadian world exposition
Winnipeg leaders report favorable notes from St Louis Seattle and Portland committees on a 1912 Canadian exposition. A prize for naming the fair may be offered and a national scope is sought with immigration and western development benefits. The finance committee plans railway outreach and a deputation to recruit western city support before Dominion grant talks.
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Seattle
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Winnipeg
T. M. Daly
T. BR. Deacon
F. O. Fowler
N. T. Macmillan
C. F. Roland
Mayor Evans
T. R. Deacon
A. L. Johnson
H. M. Belcher
E. D. Martin
D. K
Roland
Dr. Jones
Hugo Sutherland
D.C. Cameron
Daly
England
Canada
Lord Selkirk
Red River
Showing the Second Cruiser Squadron to show the flag abroad
London reports a plan to set the Second Cruiser Squadron as a permanent unit of the Atlantic fleet. The four-ship squadron recently visited South Africa and South America, pleasing distant British communities by showing the flag and will make periodic foreign visits.
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London
Atlantic
South Africa
South America
Dominion Fisheries Commission Appoints Royal Inquiry Panel
An order-in-council names Prof. Prince as Dominion fisheries commissioner and D. T. Reid of Selkirk and T. L. Metcalfe of Winnipeg to form a royal commission. It will probe fisheries conditions in Lakes Winnipeg and Winnipegosis to draft regulations for better Manitoba fisheries preservation. The inquiry will hear evidence from fishermen and others on changes needed to fix current regulations, similar to prior Georgian Bay and Great Lakes work.
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Ottawa
Prince Dominion Fisheries
D. T. Reid
Selkirk
T. L. Metcalfe
Winnipeg
Winnipegosis
Manitoba
Georgian Bay
Great Lakes
British Columbia Tug to Patrol Hecate Strait Fishing Grounds
The Department of Marine and Fisheries charters the BC Salvage Company's tug Wm Jolliffe to help the fisheries protection cruiser Kestrel patrol the northern halibut grounds in Hecate Strait this summer off Victoria B C.
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Hecate Strait
Victoria
B.C
Hecate Straits
British Columbia Salvage Company
Wm. Jolliffe
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Kestrel
Seven Women Councillors in Copenhagen Council
Copenhagen reports seven of forty two municipal councillors are women after recent elections. The piece notes seven percent of provincial candidates elected are women.
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