Canada and United States United Neighbors and Comrades
The Minneapolis Tribune extols US Canada friendship as a model of peaceful neighborliness. It cites a 3500 mile gunless boundary, arbitration, and mutual trust built over a century, urging all nations to imitate this peaceable alliance. Canada’s wartime role is praised as voluntary, bearing costs and conscription to defend democratic internationalism and stand with the United States.
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Wilson
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Pacific
Dominion
Europe
Paris
London
France
England
Germany
Emperor Charles Letter Defends Non-Responsibility for War
The New York Times reports an autograph letter from Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary to his brother-in-law addressed to My Dear Sixtus. He expresses sympathy for France and rejects responsibility for the 1914 war, stating Germany and his predecessor may bear blame, but not him.
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Austria-Hungary
Poincare
France
Germany
Sixtus
Charles
Francis Joseph
Austria
New York Times
U Boat Losses Quarter Review Shows Lower British Ship Toll
A New York Evening Post synthesis notes a three month total of 690000 tons lost to U boat warfare plus 60000 more from marine accidents bringing quarterly losses to about 750000 tons. It compares to last year’s quarterly highs and highlights a lower toll in this period. The record covers 11 ships sunk this week and 21 ships over three weeks.
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Eric Geddes
Great Britain
Geddes
New York Evening Post
Dangerous Woman Spy Madame Marie K de Victorica Arrested
Federal agents say Marie K de Victorica a top German agent active in the United States for the last 15 months was arrested at a fashionable Long Island hotel and brought to New York as a dangerous enemy alien. Margaret Sullivan her maid was held as a material witness. The mission was to spread German propaganda among Irish and recruit Sinn Fein sympathizers to undermine British ships.
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Marie K. de Victorica
Department of Justice
Germany
Long Island
New York
Margaret Sullivan
United States
Sinn Fein
Awaiting Owners Over 200 Years in London Press Letter
Sidney Preston urges recovery of unclaimed funds shown in an official ad. The West New Jersey Society, dating to 1691, faces no dividends since 1692. The society reportedly holds £41,879 tied to stock and the search seeks shareholders or representatives.
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London
Sidney Preston
West New Jersey Society
Company of Adventurers
British North America
World gaining new insight into character of Prussian beast
The piece cites von Rulbert, the Prussian governor of Louvain, who halved the weekly sugar allotment for nursing babies and invalids in punishment for alleged wood theft. It decries German rule as barbaric and urges Americans and Canadians to take the war seriously. The Cleveland Plain Dealer and Toronto Globe echo the call for decisive action.
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Hun
Louvain
Belgium
Kultur
Cleveland Plain Dealer
von Rulbert
Louvair
the Plain Dealer
von Ruylbert
Toronto Globe
Exchange Prisoners Between Germany and Russia Underway
A Moscow arrival of a special commission led by Count von Mirbach signals start of prisoner exchanges with Germany. Three million Russians are held by Germany and one million Germans in Russia. Exchanges will begin with women, boys under 16, and men over 50, then POWs. Target 40 000 weekly at ten points. Most Germans are in Siberia. transport relies on water routes due to rail disruption.
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Germany
Moscow
Count von Mirbach
Russia
Siberia
Egg strikes Countess Markievicz at Irish political meeting
At a South Armagh political meeting an aggressive partisan threw an egg that hit Countess Markievicz in the face. She wiped away the debris and continued her speech.
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Ireland
Flanders
South Armagh
Markievicz
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Cowan
Marie Bruo
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