Netherlands Peer Peace Feelings Report From Van Dyke
Americano Minister to the Netherlands, on leave, describes Queen Wilhelmina and Dutch people desiring peace but deeming now opportune. Van Dyke notes U.S. timing rests with President and Secretary. expresses hope for U.S. noble role in peace if settlement nears. He visits Washington, cites Dutch neutrality and Belgian relief efforts.
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Netherlands
Herry van Dake
Trave
Wilhelmina
Secretary of
Slate
Nema Hureps
Br van Dyke
Todas Har
Mite Ponse
Ptimari
Washington
Tftland
State Department
Va Dihe
Men
Ef Rts Rade
Holland
Hoaland
Hialland
Belgium
Franca
Germanus
Stork
Turks Flee Before Russians in Euphrates Valley
An official Russian general staff telegram reports Moscovite forces rout Moslem troops in the Euphrates valley. The Koristian column under General Staff action dislodged the foe from positions near Syria and captured a number of prisoners and a small village, with Turkish forces retreating before the advance.
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Valley of the Euphrates
Paris
Briny T
Caucasus
Petrosranlars
Valley of the
Euphrates
Sycanna
Violent Fighting on User Battle Front
Rear activity continued along the Arras northern sector with German infantry attacks. Artillery fire raked the Aisne region as Font and Argonne areas saw ongoing combat without changes in the overall situation. Vosges reports were quiet with nothing to report.
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Arras
Aisne
Ormattent Arrtillery
Argonne
Wovee
Vosges Thre
Sees War With Japan Cos Fist Id From First Page
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss causes of present war and national spirit. Mentions appeals to cowdiel and unfocused phrases about nations, defense, and social tensions on the eve of broader conflict.
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Cos
German fleets strengthen in Baltic toward Petrograd
Copenhagen December 1 Scandinavian and Russian dispatches say the German fleet is growing more active in the Baltic with plans to strike at the Russian port of Petrograd possibly entering the Gulf of Finland. Reports also note a large concentration of warships and transports along the Baltic coast and a withdrawal from Kiel to reinforce the Baltic squadron north of the Gulf of Bothnia.
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Copenhagen
Baltic
Porte
Gulf of Finland
Petrograd
Hi Ja
Kiel
Gulf of Bothnia
Von Moltke Returns to Front After Cure
Berlin reports Count von Moltke chief of the German staff has completed a Hamburg illness and leaves for the front. Amsterdam notes a Berlin dispatch confirming his recovery and return, with earlier unconfirmed rumors of Falkenhagen succeeding him briefly.
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von Moltke
Teuton Staff
Berlin
Count von Moltke
Vossische Zeitung
Hamburg
Amsterdam
Coutt von Moltke
Falkenhagen
Fifteen New Dreadnoughts Promised by Churchill
London reports Winston Spencer Churchill aged 40 yesterday receives praise from leaders and public. Lord Kitchener confirms Antwerp expedition valued for strategy. Churchill states fifteen new dreadnoughts will be ready by next year amid broad acclaim.
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Churchill
London
Winston Spencer Churchill
The
Admiralty
Antwerp
Lord Kitchener
Germans Break Russian Ring at Lodz After Three Days Fight
Berlin reports German headquarters describe a three day battle near Lodz where German forces attacked on the right flank and in the Russian rear, taking 12,000 prisoners and one German gun lost. Losses are acknowledged as substantial but not described as awful. Hindenburg is honored with a promotion and congratulations from the Austrian emperor.
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Berlin
Kaiser
Lodz
Hindenburg
Posen
von Hindenburg
Killing of German Prisoners Justified by British Coroner Jury
A British coroner's jury ruled the execution of several German POWs at the Isle of Man detention camp during a riot was justified. Col Madoc testified the riot appeared prearranged, with a cardboard red hand on the dining room table and a chair hurled through a window. Guards fired after being attacked and while unable to use bayonets, with hunger strike talk and stirring by an arrestee noted. diary entries described chaos and threats to guards as aliens attacked.
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Vale of Man
Bec
Isle of Man
Col Madoc
Cal Madoc
Col. Madoc
Chandler Hale
London
Douglas Aliens
Douglass Blackburn
Japanese Cruiser Fires on American Steamship off the Coast of Mexico
Special to The Washington Post Norfolk Va Just in from the Pacific coast with a cargo of dried fruit and canned goods Captain George Wright and crew of the steamer Montanan of the American Hawaiian Line recount being fired on by warships and warned by wireless calls. A Japanese warship signaled the Montanan to stop and fired on her but the crew stated the Montanan was an American vessel bound between American ports and the Japanese officers declined to board after learning the ship's nationality.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Pacific
George Wright
Montanan
Mexico
R Kaiser
Wright
Goeben Duped British Sent Order From London
Correspondence reveals Admiral Troubridge in the Mediterranean was ordered by a coded message to permit the Goeben and Breslau to escape from Messina. The ships later joined the Turkish fleet, and Britain later learned the order did not originate with the Admiralty. The incident highlights German spy reach and code weaknesses at the outbreak of war.
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King George's
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Breslau
Goeben
Straits of Messina
London
E . T Trowbridge
Toeben
Messina
Troubridge
Great Britain
Admiral Troubridge
Troutridge
Lnrder
Dardanelles
England
Germany Has 58 Army Corps in Line Fighting Germany and Russia
Paris reports a semiofficial German communication stating Germany fields 58 active and reserve army corps on the two fronts, with 21 percent and 22 percent of active and reserve corps fighting France and Russia respectively. Including landwehr units, about 30 territorial divisions are engaged, each corps usually comprising 40,000 men.
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Germany
France
Russia
Paris
Landwehr
Todny
Preparing for Kaiser in Antwerp City Refuses to Pay Fine
Amsterdam reports that Antwerp faces a cash payment standoff after a 2 000 000 pound fine. German and Belgian authorities clash over honoring the pledge not to requisition or commandeer supplies. Deadlock remains as Belgians demand prior undertakings and cash compensation.
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Kaiser
Antwerp
Washington Post
Amsterdam
Crown Prince to Command in France
Report from Belgium says the crown prince will assume German command on the western front with a large reinforcement influx. Estimates indicate 3,000 arrived last week and 120,000 more to be received. Oberstein district calls for compulsory enrollment of youths fifteen and older, with fines for noncompliance. English subjects up to 55 are sent to concentration camps in Brussels.
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Crown Prince
France
Washington Post
Rotterdam
Western Front
Belgium
Vorwaerts
Oberstein
Brussels
German Navy Plans Submarine and Airship Strike
Telegraphed from Copenhagen the Daily Mail reports German preparation for a massive submarine and airship attack aimed at Britain. It notes renewed German dockyard focus on subs and floating batteries, the fleet reentering the North Sea, and vast East Prussian refugee displacements amid wartime hardship.
Secretary of State Finds No Evidence of Submarine Shipments
The Secretary of State said there is no proof that the United States is building submarines for European belligerents. He noted agents found no work on foreign war craft and would rule if a definite case arose. He also recalled submarines were built in sections during the Russo-Japanese War and shipped to Russia.
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Holand
van Dyke
Simvere
John
Foster
Inlaw
Robert Jansing
State Department
Russia
Secretary of
United States
Essela
Secretary of State
Life in Russia delightfully staged at Biltmore Hotel
A Russian festival arranged by Miss Barbara Rutherford at the Biltmore Hotel drew a renowned audience including Ambassador Bakhmeteff and former U.S. ambassadors Curtis Guild Meyer and Riddle. Prominent society guests and patrons, many hosting dinners, filled box seats as ushers sold programs and the event supported war relief for Russia.
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Guwild, Meyer
Riddle
Misa Barbara Rutherford
Washington Post
New York
Biltmore Hotel
Barbara S Rutherford
Committee of Mercy
United States
Mme Bakhmeteft
Russa
Curtis Guild
George Vonn Meyer
John Wallace Riddle
Misasa Marjorie Curtis
Beatrice Claflin
Cammeila Morgan
Claire Bird
Audrey Osborne
Edith Mortimer
Edith Morgan
Half Million Austrian Troops in Servia Front
A Petrograd dispatch to the Times says Austria has about 500000 men on the Servian front but the Servians retreated into stronger defensive positions. The Servians now hope the Russians will soon appear beneath the walls of Budapest.
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London
The
Times
Petrograd
Servia
Austria
Budapest
Princess Shakovskaya Joins East Prussia War Effort
Princess Shakovskaya, famed aviator, has sailed to the front to join General Rennenkampf’s East Prussia army. She becomes the first woman to receive a war commission from Petrograd, after overcoming initial fears she would be treated as a spy if captured. The princess learned to fly in Germany and has visited New York.
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East Prussia
Rennenkamp
Petrograd
Shakovskaya
Rennenkampf
Princesa
Germany
New York
German ship Preussen confiscated at Sabang
Berlin reports the minister of the colonies says the German merchantman Preussen is in the hands of Sabang in the Dutch East Indies after confiscation. The captain faces prosecution for hiding a secret wireless plant in the rigging, operated from the officer’s cabin.
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Preussen
Sabang
Dutch East Indies
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