France Rejects Annexation Claim in Alsace Lorraine Row
Premier Ribot responded to German chancellor Michaelis by denying Paris sought to annex left bank Rhine territories. He cited secret February 1917 Petrograd letters, defended autonomy for Alsace Lorraine, and urged a peace founded on national rights without conquest or invasion.
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Death notices from Washington area July 31 1917
Obituaries list multiple figures with residences and funeral details including Allen Ashford Colt Deew Elghison Hastell Hatcher La Montague Hars Smith Williams and Thomas with services scheduled August 2 to 3 in churches and private interments across the city and surrounding areas.
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Eliza Personint
Carlile Pollok Patterson
Washington DC
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Holy Trnity
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Holy Trinity Church
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Emergenv Hospital
Dwight Gordon Smith
Emily Raed
Isabella” Halen Smith
Irwin C Smith
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Stephen
Mhureb Williams
Auburndale
Thomas Wue Tams
Anius Wo Callahan
Thomas J Willis
Special Cable Dispatches From Foreign Capitals
Foreign capitals report on German aims and peace terms after the Potsdam 1917 decisions. German chancellor Michaelis faces questions about war aims while Russian foreign minister Tereshchenko denies specific declarations attributed to him. The interallied conference to review May 18 declarations will examine these positions.
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Russians Strike Back At Czernowitz Front
Fresh Russian forces rushed to defend Czernowite as Austro German troops press advance along the Czernowitz corridor. Rail points from Bukowina to Horodenka captured, while Russian losses mount in Galicia and near Trembowla. London dispatches praise British gains as tanks support infantry in breakthrough along multiple ridges.
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Horodenka
German denial of Potsdam conference July 5 1914 claim
The German government issues an official denial rebutting The Times claims of a joint Potsdam conference on July 5 1914 with German and Austro Hungarian leaders. It states no such meeting occurred with or without the emperor and that Germany did not influence or know the Austrian ultimatum contents before dispatch. The Wolff Bureau calls the allegations pure inventions and The Times is contradicted.
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the Times
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Times
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Leave Greece to Greeks as Allies Withdraw
Athens reports rapid withdrawal of Franco British troops from Piraeus and Thessaly and Epirus in line with the Balkan conference decision. Italians also prepare to leave Janina and other Piraeus areas, leaving a small triangle near Aviona. Greece to regain control, classes of 1916 and 1917 to be called up totaling about 60,000 men. The government congratulated by allies for recognizing Greece’s territorial integrity.
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Germans Lose In Africa as British Drive East Africa
London reports British forces have driven Germans from positions on the Lugungu River in German East Africa and advanced in Kilwa after a brief halt caused by heavy rains. The war office notes sharp fighting with enemy withdrawals at Ntulira and Narpon gombe before resumed progress. Madrid dispatch notes a 28 million peseta credit approved for war department needs and army corps improvements.
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Pope Benedict declines Erzberger peace plan support
Rome reports Pope Benedict refuses to back the German Catholic party or Matthiaus Erzberger. Vatican sources say the pope avoids favoring any peace agitators and seeks a just Christian peace through independent action, not through others' agencies.
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Henderson Denies Peace Conference Interest
In London a crowded Commons debated whether Arthur Henderson, a war council member, resigned to join a pacifist mission to Paris with Ramsay MacDonald and George Wardie. Henderson denied plans to discuss the war or go to Italy, stating the mission aimed to consider an international socialist conference invited by French and Dutch groups.
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George James Wardie
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Workmen's and Soldiers’ Group
Ambassador Fletcher Returns From U.S. Visit
Henry P Fletcher the American Ambassador to Mexico City was in the United States and returned to his post in Mexico City last night after a visit to the United States Aug 1.
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Henry P Fletcher
Mexico
United States
French airman downs fiftieth German aeroplane
Captain George Guynemer, a top French flyer, returned to duty half cured from hospital in late July and on July 28 claimed two victories. He brought down a German airplane north of Ypres and another near the South of the Stork escadrille, reaching his fiftieth victory.
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George Guynemer
Ypres
Belgium
Southulst Forest
Jellicoe Urges More U Boat Chasers and Ships Needed
London August 1 Admiral Sir John R Jellicoe first sea lord and chief of the naval staff warns in an Associated Press interview that the submarine menace is serious yet not mastered by either side. He calls for more patrol ships and increased merchant shipping output to sustain the Allied war effort and shorten the submarine threat.
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John R Jellicoe
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Peace prospects in Europe cited by Vienna and London
A Zurich dispatch reports Count Czernin welcomes Cecil’s statements as showing no real barrier to peace talks between Vienna and London. It notes he could mediate between Berlin and London and that France and England show little direct hostility to Austria. German papers warn against roundabout talks, while Austria’s view toward mediation is welcomed by some observers.
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Humanity's Problem Now Tonnage Says French Chief
Paris Aug 1 Anatole de Monzie French undersecretary for sea transport and merchant marine said that the future of humanity hinges on tonnage due to submarine warfare. He stressed that progress depends on communication between states, and that France must supply and feed war ports as the United States joins the war. He noted the war has made France a principal port and that the New World strength supports the Old World effort.
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Wehterman
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Duke of Oporto engagement to American former typist reported
Rome August 1 reports the engagement of the Duke of Oporto to Mrs Van Valkenberg a 46 year old American described as a former typist in New York The Duke of Oporto is of royal blood and the notice circulated today to the press
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Hard to parse battle claim from unnamed English sources
The text recalls rapid, unchecked advance with light losses and alternating rests at about 1000 yards. It notes the French were irresistible, held a canal and bridge, and praised the dash in crossing and reinforcing. English troops near the French are cited as witnesses to these events.
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French Advance Half Mile To Germans Third Lines
Gerald Campbell reports from the French front in Flanders that the left French flank near the flooded canal toward Hoords chot reached near the German third line after bombardment cleared German positions. American airmen, limited by 300 foot clouds, could not aid and returned. By 9 o'clock the French had taken most of the third line and dug in. further advance anticipated.
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Washington Post
Public Ledger Company
London
Gerald Campbell
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Hoordschot
Germans Saving Troops to Use in Counter Attacks
London reports that Germans are adopting a defense scheme built on rapid counter attacks. They reduce front line garrisons while boosting rear supports and reserves held in force, organized for immediate action.
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Aliens in France Must Now Enlist for Service
Paris reports the chamber of deputies passed a law requiring aliens resident in France who are liable for military service to serve in French regiments or be treated as deserters. The measure aims to facilitate enlistment of Romanians Serbians Montenegrins Russians and Dagreh men returning with difficulty.
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Chamber of Deputies
France
Foreign Legion
War aims talks to begin with Lloyd George speech
London reports the war aims committee plans a nationwide meeting campaign. The first gathering is scheduled for Saturday with Prime Minister Lloyd George as the principal speaker. About one hundred members of Parliament will attend.
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