Views on Monroe doctrine and Latin American integration debate
Readers discuss policy options to uphold the Monroe doctrine without adding debt or taxes. Proposals include making Latin American states part of the United States and issuing bonds to fund development, while criticizing Barrett and calling for prudent, peaceful expansion in the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fadttor
South
South America
British America
United States
Merc
America
Ilippines
Japan
Bill Farmer
Public doubt over neutral gun rules and British ships
Frederic Hagner argues that armed merchant ships threaten neutrality, questions U S policy allowing 6 inch guns on unarmed British vessels, and criticizes Congress and public sentiment after the Virgini an incident. He cites naval speed gaps, German imperial constraints, and calls for a fuller inquiry into American shipbuilding for a stronger navy.
Taft and Roosevelt in slashing 1912 politics
Readers respond to editorials on Taft and Roosevelt with strong partisan views. Letters discuss electoral college votes, rostrum leadership by Taft, and the broader political climate including suffrage, Wilson, Lodge, and American interests ahead of the 1912 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Roosevelt
Republican Party
William the Silent
William the Little
Horace Hill
Beagle Club Stands Alone Against Rabbit Peril
An editorial urges the Washington Beagle Club to mobilize packs to ward off a rabbit invasion threatening the city. It notes dates from November 10 to December 20 for controlled slayings, references Maryland laws, and calls for lawful defense supported by Congress funding while avoiding illegal abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington Beagle Club
Washington
National Congress of the United States of America
Clayton
Chevy Chase, Md
Beagle Club
Huitor
MacGremnor Goodacre
Steve Booth
Fallowexer
Maryland
Congress 4
Congresse
Protest Against Sale of Undrawn Poultry
A reader argues against selling undrawn poultry citing sanitation and hygiene concerns. The letter claims offal pricing deceives customers and urges a District law banning undrawn fowl sales, noting poisons from internal excrement can be absorbed into meat. The writer calls for lawmakers to act without dealer consultation.
Virginious Affair in Cuba Corrected in Editor Post
In the 5th instant issue a piece titled Home of a British Admiral Honored by New York Looted claimed Admiral Sir Lambton Loraine halted executions in Habana in 1874. The notice states the article distorts the case facts and calls for correction of the damaged assertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
New York
Habena
Santiago
Cuba
Habana
William B Cushing
Albemarne
Farragut
Congress
Loraine
Lambton Loraine
Why U S War Vessels Are Slower Than British
Editor suggests Congress start inquiry into why U S battleships like the California lag in speed behind British ships such as the Queen Elizabeth. The letter cites a 23 knot California versus 27 knot British ship, arguing speed is a critical handicap in modern naval combat and recalls a past engagement where a German ship was sunk because it was slower than its British counterpart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
California
North Sea
Majority Rule at Stake in Woman Suffrage Issue
A 1916 editorial blasts Dr Anna Howard Shaw for pressing a suffrage plank at the Republican convention. It argues aliens and their wives could vote after naturalization, urging Lincoln’s warning against minority subversion, and questions the push for universal woman suffrage despite broad public hesitance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Howard
Shaw
Republican National Committee
Anna
Meade
Abraham Lincoln
German Order in Council Justifies U-boat Raids
Editor Louis Jackson from Upper Montclair New Jersey questions why Germany has not issued an order in council declaring it will sink enemy merchant ships with or without warning. He argues the Allies would interpret such a move as international law and suggests its issuance could ease allied concerns.
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Post
England
Germany
Russia
Serbia
Chicago Herald
Stoughton Coolay
Reichsrath
Federal Council
Prussia
Alsace-Lorraine
United States
Washington
Joe Choate
Col
Harvey
New Republic
Norman Hapgood
Senator Lodge
New England
Wilson-Spring-Rice
America
Vetera
Detroit
Mich
Luie Jackson
Upper
Montclair
N J
U.S. Would Have Taken Turk Capital in Two Weeks Time
An editorial argues that if the United States forces had landed at Bulair and cleared the Dardanelles obstructions, combined with naval entry, they would have captured Constantinople in two weeks. The piece contrasts American vs British efforts in the Gallipoli campaign and asserts a harsher verdict on unpreparedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Turk
United States Army
United States Navy
United States Forces
Britain
Dardanelles
Gulf of Savoy
Bulair
Isthmus
Gallipoli
Constantinople
Secret policy on armed merchant ships questioned
The Editor Post questions why the American government has kept secret since September 19 1914 that a belligerent merchant vessel may carry guns up to six inch caliber and still be deemed unarmed. The Lusitania is cited as within range and potentially inspectable if she did not carry guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Catherine Hubbell
Yonkers
Woodson KR Oglesby
Congress
Wiliam W Hubbden
Hubbell
Army
Navy
Court of Claims
Supreme Court of the United States
Eleanor Hubbell
Riverdale Avenue
Luaitania
America
Martha Abercrombie
St Louis
St. Paul
New York
Frederic Hgner
Post
Divars
Guna
Aia
Society Notes from the Seventh Page Social Roundup
Guests include Mr and Mrs Louis Lombard of Chateau de Trevan Lugano Switzerland visiting Sun sine Villa Santa Barbara Cal. Frances Louise Lombard to Walter James Zollinger announces a marriage. Washington society hosts events with many patronesses and a Raleigh dance benefiting veterans.
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Texas
Pillsbury
Louis Lombard
Chateau de Trevan
Lugano
Switzerland
Sunsine Villa
Santa Barbara
Cal
Frances Louise
Walter James Zollinger
Walter W McConibe
Seven Oaks
Cleveland Park
Denver
Local Society Notes From Albany And Washington
Mr and Mrs Phillips lease their H Street Albany home and plan a South trip next month with time in New Orleans. Columbia Country 4 Club women host a semimonthly card party at Chevy Chase Clubhouse at 2 PM today. Mrs Myrtle No Haiterman returns to Cairo after holidays in New York City. Lieut and Mrs W W Hicks journey from Fort Totten NY to Hawaii awaiting a month with Mrs Hicker’s parents, Captain and Mrs William Baird. Mrs Charles Menoher of Fort Myer hosts guests Mrs Kimball and children from Philadelphia. Representative and Mrs Gordon Jones of Georgia return to Washington after holidays at home. they are at the New Cochran. Mr and Mrs Albert Herman announce the engagement of their daughter Anita to Mr Joseph Levy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Howell Smith
United Daughters of the Confederacy of the
Delos Blodgett
Theodore Tiller
J. Willard Ragsdale
Taylor Timberlake
Theodore Shuey
Matthew T Scott
John Sharp Williams
W Ma Osborne
Hoke Smith
Gilbert Berniger
Joseph M. Bailey
Walter E Hutton
Young Ladies' Committee
Dorothy Dennett
E A Brand
Thomas H Patterson
South Trimbie
Baward Hitchner
John & Alverson
W J Kervin
John Boyle
Harry Jones
Hugi Brewater
Martahall J ‘Smith
Ivan B Jones
Robert Cogswell
Wallace Streater
Frank Russell Fravel
Exeensive Council
Joseph Roy Price
Charles H. Keel
District of Columbia
Jane Gregory
T. W .Gragsory
Grace Overman
Lee S&s Overman
Mr. Lee Phillips
H Street
Argo
Albany
New Orleans
Columbia Country 4 Club
Chevy ‘Chase
Gordon Jone
Georgia
Ton
Cochran
Albert Herman
Anita
Joseph Levy
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Edstor
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Willard Hochstter
Rio de Janeiro
Althy UN
W. Niemeter
Senate Office Building
Washington, ID
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Mary Ellen Roberts
Virginius
U. S
Society
la Follette
Wisconsin
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Cairo
Alice Theobald
Leonard G Hoffman
W E Hutton
Pausie C Willson
Frank Godenheimer
Mra Maude
Howell Smith
Claude Swangen
Josephus Daniels
Nannie Randolph Heth
Elisha Meredith
J Willard Ragsdale
R B Dean
George Theobald
William T Baggett
Frank Hester
Laurence Quirelle
Lee Overman
Drury Conway Ludlow
W. Hutton
A H. Mitchell
Lawton Morgan
W .A Wayne
William Oscar Roome
Jennie Munroe
W F Hancock
P Casanave Willson
George Barnett
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Raleigh
William G McAdoo
Lindley M Garrison
Thomas Wait Gregory
Franklin K. Lane
David Houston
William C Redfield
William B Wilson
Lee S Overman
Claude A Swanson
Fred G Dennett
Cordelia Powell Codenheimer
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Herberth
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips
Myrtle No Haiterman
New York City
Charles Menoher
Fort Myer
Kimball
Philadelphia
International News Service
Fopper
Humley
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