Germanys Secret Agitations to Involve U S in War
Germany allegedly funded and directed propaganda campaigns in the United States to stir anti-British sentiment and undermine US neutrality during the Great War. Documents claim officials including Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg supervised activities from Berlin, with a weekly cost of about 2 million dollars for underground efforts.
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Germany
United States
Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg
German Empire
Berlin
Call Goes to Chiefs to End Mexican War
Pan American appeal to Mexican leaders seeks steps toward constitutional reconstruction and immediate elections. United States and other conferees offer services as mediators to set up a peace conference, with Carranza and Villa among those contacted and ten days for replies. Counter proposals expected if Carranza responds.
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Call
Mexico
State Department
Lasue
United States
Geos Carranza
Villa
Carranza
Detalia
Aerial Attacks Hit Brest-Litovsk Fortresses and Rail Lines
Special cables report German air forces attacking the Russian fortress of Brest-Litovsk with official dispatches noting initial bombardment and repulsed assaults. Zeppelins reportedly harass Malkin-Delna along Ostrotenka Warsaw railway routes as fronts remain unsettled. Train and excursion details from August include fares and schedules.
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Brest-Litovsk
Washington Post
Petrograd
Hreat-Litovsk
Malkin-Delna
Pan American Plea to Mexico Seeks Peace and Elections
A public State Department release presents a joint message from US Secretary of State Robert Lansing and ambassadors of Brazil Chile Argentina and envoys of Bolivia Uruguay Guatemala. The text urges Mexican political and military leaders to meet away from conflict to decide a provisional government and hold immediate elections with a neutral conference site.
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Mexico
State Department
United States
Brazil
Chile
Argentina
Bolivia
Uruguay
Guatemala
United States of America
Robert Lansing
D. DA Gama
Edo. Baurez-Mujica
R. 5. Naon
L. Calderon
Carlos Maria DE Pna
Nvoy
U S Takes British Consulate in Riga As War Threats Grow
American Consul Douglas Jenkins has seized the British consulate at Riga as German threats increase, while Petrograd reports from Ambassador Marye. In Bialystok supplies and factory equipment are being moved out, residents flee, civil government and banks mostly operate, and roads toward Lomza Ostrow and Malkin are crowded with refugees and processions.
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Douglas Jenkins
Riga
Russia
Marye
Petrograd
State Department
Bialystok
Lomea
Airship Crash Kills Fifteen Women in Germany Exhibition
A young German aviator with a newly issued license crashed during an exhibition flight in Lauasane Germany while landing, fatally striking a crowd of spectators and killing fifteen women. The incident, reported by cable, notes the limited experience of the pilot amid the dramatic accident.
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Washington Post
Lauasane
Selobhsim
Germany
Balkam Campaign Begun by Teutons in Balkans
London reports a Balkan crisis as central powers mass troops on Balkan frontiers to force a way through to relieve Turkey. Serbia faces artillery pressure while Roumania resists shell passage, Roumanian army mobilizes, four reserve divisions called up, and Bulgaria remains aloof awaiting responses on alliances.
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London
Alaie
Balkans
Balkan
Turkey
Roumania
Beggar Leaves Riches Death of Madrid Miser Reveals Estate
A Madrid mogul documents a vast $33,650,000 fortune upon death, yet leaves most to bishops of Madrid Barcelona and Ensen. His wife and mother are largely ignored and his widow vanishes, delaying probate.
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Romagess
Spain
Sevillano
Count de Romanones
Paris
Champs Elysees
Irving
France
Cuba
Argentina
Chile
Bank of France
London
Hie
Amother
Barcelona
Enenon Airen
German Chancellor Names Embassy Team in Washington
New disclosures reveal Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg appointed a group led by Count Johann von Bernstorff as ambassador and included Franz von Papen, Heinrich F. Albert, Hugo Schmidt, Hugo Schweitzer, S. Sulzberger, Waetzoldt, and other agents. The documents show a coordinated German propaganda effort to draw the United States into the European war, with plans protected and financed to ensure execution.
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Count Johann von Bernstorff
Washington
Franz von Papen
Heinrich F. Albert
Herr Hugo Schmidt
Deutsches Bank of Berlin
Hugo Schweitzer
S. Sulzberger
Frankfort
Germany
Herr Waetzoldt
German Bureau of Information
Secret Service
United States
German Plan to Control US Press and Lecture Platform
A deciphered outline shows a broad German program aimed at shaping American media and public discourse. It cites the chancellor, the American ambassador and chief financial agent Albert as directing efforts to establish newspapers and news services and influence public opinion in the United States. The narrative references multiple cities, dates, and financial maneuvers tied to this propaganda scheme.
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Albert
United States
German Influence Uncovered in American Press Program
A World investigation reveals German government backing for a campaign of public sentiment shaping in favor of Germany and against the United States. It cites a monthly bonus to a magazine writer and a disputed $900,000 option involving Courtland Smith of the American Press Association, which Smith denies, asserting his enterprise is purely American.
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York
The
World Today
United States
Wilson
Albert
M. B. Claussen
Courtland Smith
American Press Association
Smith
Germany plans to build big plants for ammunition in U S
The World reports on German propaganda efforts including a plan to set up an American news agency secretly controlled by Germany with bureaus in New York and Berlin at a cost of 1 000 000 marks to supply impartial news. The correspondence shows German influence operations and a claim for compensation in negotiations for acquiring the New York Evening Mail. CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE.
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Edward Lyell Fox
Germany
New York
Berlin
Amdiperiodicals of
America
New York Evening Mail
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