Socialists Issue Cable Dispatches From World Capitals
The telegrams report Samuel Gompers seeking details on the Stockholm socialist international meeting with American labor delegates likely to attend. Paris and London discussions set September dates, aiming to gather all affiliated groups for a unified conference.
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Stockholm
Camille Huys- Mans
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Hagemans
Paris
International Socialist and Labor Conference
Rusenlan Council of Soldiers and Workmens
Christiania
International
London
Petit Journal
American Labor Party
War Talk in Peking Split with South Grows
In Peking on July 31 cabinet discussions consider war on Germany and joining the entente to resist the southern rebellion. Foreign minister Wang Tah-Sieh urges action, finance chief Hei Liang Chi-Chao calls for a large loan to cope with opposition. Parliament in Shanghai claims Li Yuan-Hung as president and prepares to reconvene in Canton. Leaders appeal to American, British, Russian, and French legislatures for aid and loans while warning foreign powers against southern loans.
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Peking
Germany
Wang Tah-Sieh
China
Siam
al Hei
Liang Chi-Chao
Li Yuan-Huneg
Feng Kwo- Chang
Shanghai
Li Yuan Hung
Canton
Wang
Senate
Duma
Chamber of Deputies
Tuan Chi-fui
Feng-Kuo-Ching
Li~Yuan-Hung
Tuan-Chi-Ju
Ribot Defends Tardieu In French Chamber Vote
Paris July 31 Premier Ribot refused to accept Boursson's resolution calling for MPs not to be charged with ship purchases or commercial affairs. He blamed Capt Andre Tardieu, currently in the United States on a government mission. The chamber voted to move to the next business day 200 to 157.
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Paris
Premiser Ribot
Chamber of Députies
Ferdinand Boursson
Andre Tardieu
United States
Premier Ribot
Chamber
American Ambassador Raises Tax Issue with London and Washington
Walter Hiney Page acting as American Ambassador at the request of the American Chamber of Commerce in London has approached the British foreign office and the U S State Department in Washington to protest the dual income tax.
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London
American Chamber of Commerce
Walter Hiney Page
British Foreign Office
State Department
Washington
Chamber
DISSENSIONS THREATEN KERENSKY CABINET POLITICS
Petrograd July 31 reports say cabinet reform talks stall over socialist roles in the council of deputies and Kerensky’s reform program. Constitutional democrats urge noninterference by autonomous bodies while councils demand adherence to reforms, with socialist ministers Tchernoff and Skobeleff seen as essential. Revolutionary leaders urge citizens to rally behind the provisional government to preserve the revolution.
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Red
Constitutional Democrats
Mageretells
George Plekashoff
Nicholas Tschaikovsky
Catherine Breshkovskaya
Vera Zassulitch
Batavier II Sunk After Submarine Attack Near Texel
TheBatavier II was shelled outside Dutch waters by British submarine L-65 near Texel on July 27. The damaged liner sought shelter inside territorial waters, crew abandoned ship, prize crew boarded, then left as Dutch authorities signaled neutrality. The Batavier sank after drifting back into Dutch waters.
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Hague
Netherland
Netherlands
Batavier
Texel
German seizure of Handelsbank funds shocks Swedish banking circles
Stockholm reports that Germany seized 6,000,000 crowns deposited by Handelsbank in several German banks amid an underhand contraband rubber deal involving a Norwegian agent. The case, tied to a Berlin war rubber committee, has prompted protests from Sweden's banking associations and a Ham burg court sequestration summons.
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Stockholm
Stockholm Handelabank
Germany
Handelsbank
Christianio
Havre
Alexandrovsk
Russia
War Rubber Committee
Berlin
Hamburg
Sweden
Americans Leave Turkey Arrivals Reach Berne on July 31
A large party of American consuls and missionaries from Turkey Asia Minor and Palestine arrived in Berne including W S Hollis Ralph F Chesborough Beirut Jesse B Jackson Aleppo Leslie A Davis Harput Edward I Nathan Mersina Theodore J Struve Haifa Otis A Glazebrook and H H Dick Jerusalem with families about 21 persons They report 60 missionaries and 90 Jews remaining in transit and say Turks and Austrians treated travelers well They plan to stay in Palestine until Washington issues guidance. 500 Jewish American citizens in Palestine have permission to leave but many choose to stay Also notes 150 other Americans mostly teachers in Turkey. Former French Marine Minister Pierre Baudin dies in Paris on July 31.
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Berne
Turkey
Asia Minor
Palestine
W. S Hollis
Ralph F Chesborough
Beirut
Jesse B Jackson
Aleppo
Lesle A. Davis
Harput Edward I Nathan
Mersina
Theodore J Struve
Haifa
Otis A Glazebrook
H H Dick
Jerusalem
Glazebrook
Washington
Seventh Berlin loan opens in Copenhagen campaign
Copenhagen July 31 Berlin Vossische Zeitung reports subscriptions for the seventh loan will be received by end of September. Special measures target rural subscriptions. Furloughs are offered to influential farmers in the army to gain cooperation. A publicity campaign has begun in newspapers.
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London
Amsterdam
Liege
Belgium
Groneret
Copenhagen
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Spain Interns German U-Boat at Ferrol Port
Madrid reports Premier Data states the German submarine UB-28, once at Corunna, is now at Ferrol, with Spain pledging strict adherence to regulations on belligerent subs. Corunna notes UB-23 anchored, damaged, crew silent. both alongside interned Beleirano as decrees bar submarines from Spanish waters, to internment till war’s end.
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Madrid
Corunna
Ferrol
Spain
Belerano
Alfonso
Cadiz
Will Subdue Russia in Two Months, Hindenburg's Promise
Report from Petrograd via London claims a British Admiralty wireless release says Germany’s offensive followed secret service testimony about Russian army conditions. It notes Field Marshal von Hindenburg allegedly promised Emperor William to neutralize Russia within two months. Michael Stakevitch, former governor general of Finland, has returned to Belinsky.
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Finland
Belsingtora
Ls Os Eee Ay
Coastwise Trade Rule Urged To Include Foreign Vessels
Secretary Redfield urged Congress to permit foreign registered ships to engage in U S coastwise trade during wartime or emergency conditions. He cited coal and ore transport needs on the Great Lakes and calls for Canadian vessels to move cargo between American ports. Legislation to enact the recommendation was introduced in both chambers.
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Redfield
Congress
Great Lakes
Northwest
Hedfield
Secretary of Commerce
United States
Norfolk
Galveston
Senate
House
Speeding up shipbuilding discussed at dual conferences
Government shipbuilding speedup to be debated by the shipping board at two conferences on labor and lumber output. Labor deliberations include board members, Secretaries Wilson and Redfield, shipbuilders, labor leaders, and Rear Admiral Capps of the emergency fleet corporation. Plans cover diverting labor to shipyards and preventing cross-yard poaching. 200 Southern pine producers invited to the lumber talks amid timber supply difficulties.
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Shipping Board
Wilson and Redfield
Capps
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Fleet Corporation
French Senate
Paris
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
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Erzberger
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Durich
Lloyd George
Balfour
England
Wilhelm Strasse
Eroberger
Rome
Kleines Journal
Reichata
Tal
Grimm
Michaelis
Geneva
Dr Michaelis
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Switzerland
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Tardieu
Page
Kerensky
Council
Norway
T. Ec Qnsvlg
Pierre Baudin
American Bankers’ Association
Exchange Department
American Security and Trust Co
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Fifteenth Street
Charles J. Bell
Hindenburg
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Palais Royal
A. Lisner
Eleventh Streets
Washington, DC
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