Reconstituting the east front to weaken the Huns
The article argues for rebuilding the eastern front to reduce German strength in the west. It outlines a new British right wing from Archangel to southern Russia, a left wing in Siberia, and aims to aid Russian nationalists while avoiding Bolshevik and German obstacles.
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East
Baltic
Bukovina
Caucasus
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Caucasia
Armenia
Persia
Russia
Maud
Dardanelles
France
Palestine
Damascus
Aleppo
Gaza
Jerusalem
Mosul
Bagdad
Murman
Archangel
Siberia
Finland
Iman
Germany
Open Sea
Scandinavia
Danish
Kiel
Atlantic
Belgium
No Sweets for Bees Rule Affects Honey Market This Winter
The food board bans feeding bees with sugar syrup this fall, requiring bees to winter on their own stores unless disease is present. This reduces honey used by beekeepers and raises costs for professionals, while households face higher winter hardships with less affordable sugar.
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Food Board
Please the Next Time You Speak to Him
A tale about General Smith-Dorrien during the South African War who, after reading urgent despatches, told an orderly he would be ready to move in two hours and added to say please the next time. The anecdote reached Kitchener through the orderly’s humorous reformulation of courtesy.
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Smith-Dorrien
Gibraltar
Kitchener
Concrete Armor Proposed for Ships by Italian Engineer
An Italian naval engineer proposes reinforced concrete as armor for ships. The plan calls for three concrete coats, outermost very thick and hardened by a sealing method, using Portland cement sand and basalt or porphyry, broken into aggregate.
Plans for a University in Jerusalem Gain Momentum
The Manitoba Free Press notes the drive to establish a Jerusalem university backed by Great Britain and donor Jacob Schiff. It highlights prior Jewish educational efforts from high schools to an agricultural station, and predicts global Jewish youth seeking professional training at the new institution after World War I.
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Echoo Mey
Jerusalem
Great Britain
Zion
Allenby
London
Zionist Organization In
New York
Jacob Schiff
New York Evening Post
Palestine
Aces
Jaffa
Agricultural Experiment Station
Manitoba Free Press
Palestine Jews Rush to Join Colors
Volunteers in Jerusalem and Jaffa rush to enlist in British army units for Jewish battalions coming from England. The spontaneous mobilization, led by Russian-origin colonists, grows after Balfour’s Zionist support declaration, with essentially all able presuming to serve.
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Jerusalem
Jaffa
Palestine
England
Reuter’s Limited
Zionist Commission
A. J. Balfour
Great Britain
Meaning of Alloa and its sea bound name
Alloa the industrial town on the Forth in Scotland reportedly got its name at the first town council meeting. After a long silence a councillor stood and said Til awa. The phrase allegedly became Alloa, thought to mean The way to the sea, fitting the town’s coastal outlook.
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Alloa
Forth
Scotland
Germans Claim Krupp Made Port Arthur Cannon
German reports allege Krupp constructed the famous Port Arthur cannon captured by Japanese forces. In fact the piece was cast at sea under Wilmot's supervision between 1254 and 1256, mounted on a gunboat in the Taku Forts action of 1861, salvaged by the Chinese, then taken by Russians and placed at Port Arthur for use against Japan.
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Archangel
Vologda
Russia
Kuban
Sea of Azov
Don
Volga
Saratov
Samara
Sembirsk
Kazan
Astrakhan
Alexieff
Germany
Black Sea
Port Arthur
Krupp
Eee On
Seer
Largest Gold Refinery In The World At Ottawa
The Ottawa mint has expanded to become the world’s largest gold refinery with a second plant adding a monthly output of one million ounces of fine gold. During wartime it refined 14,048,803 ounces of gold bars valued at 290 million dollars and recovered 1,175,500 ounces of fine silver. Newfoundland coinage was produced in 1917 and 1918, with 1,670,000 silver pieces and 700,000 bronze pieces.
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Ottawa
Department of Finance
Imperial
Bank of England
Royal Mint
Mint
Newfoundland
England
Canada's War Toll Reaches Fifty Thousand In Four Years
The Canadian death toll from four years of war is about 50,000 with over 100,000 wastage including wounds illness and other causes. Draftees 58,713 plus 23,523 reported for duty and later discharged or on leave, plus 19,477 voluntary enlistments since November. Wastage up to Picardy totals around 43,200 killed wounded and missing plus 2,774 POWs, and about 50,000 after recent battles. About 30,000 pensions cost over 4 million annually. Deserts transfers to air service and other branches not counted.
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Canada
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Air Service
Imperial Army
British declaration to Russia vows allied aid without annexation
British representatives publish a declaration to the people of Russia saying the allies come as friends to save them from German destruction. It states allied troops will aid Russia with no territorial ambitions and no attempt to impose a political system, allowing Russia to determine its own government.
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Vladivostok
Murman
Archangel
Russia
Germany
Fragmentary Childhood Dialog in Khaki Uniform
A fractured excerpt shows young Freddie in a khaki uniform with long trousers asking his mother if he can go to the barber with a dime to get shaved, a window into a family scene.
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Freddie
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New Institution
America
United States
Sir Campbell ‘Stuart
Montreal
Sir Campbell
Crewe House
Curzon Street
Quebec
Duchess of Connaught
Great Republic
Ernest H. Stuart
Stuart
Europe
Ireland
Duchess of Knaught
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