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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
6
The document outlines the allied note to President Wilson, endorsing League of Nations aims and explaining that peace hinges on a revised European map. It stresses the need to end Turkish rule in Europe, curb German agression, and ensure durable security beyond treaties, citing Belgium and neutral powers.
Fragmented obituaries list multiple individuals with varied details. Entries mention names such as Laura B. Ander and George de United States, with dates around January 1917, funeral arrangements, residences, and burial contexts. The text intertwines memorial services, family notices, and military associations in a dense compilation.
Count F de Jehay public letter to Dr Morten Prince of Boston conveys King Albert of Belgium’s gratitude for the Allied nations address signed by American citizens. The letter commends the United States for its sympathy and for standing with Belgium in the war.
Britain’s note surprised officials yet pleased them as a sign toward a world federation to preserve peace, aligning with Wilson’s speeches and peace note. Advocates argue international sanction behind law and treaties is needed to deter aggressors, a stance likely to widen American foreign policy debate.
Berlin reports the emperor ignored a Hansa League appeal urging unrestricted submarine warfare in reply to Entente war aims. The public addresses, from states, parliaments, cities, and organizations, expressed loyalty and support as the manifesto response drew praise for conduct of the war.
Stockholm report from Berlin cites scarce potatoes, no cheese since August, eggs hard to obtain, and milk only a fraction of normal. Berlin vendors restrict clothing and shoes by police permit as distribution fails. Lentze says blockade weighs heavily but Germany will not starve, vows perseverance toward victory and future peace through disarmament talks.
Berlin reports a German reply to British admiralty statements about the December 18 sinking of the Westminster. It claims only one torpedo was fired, no cannon shots, and asserts the survivors were not shelled or murdered. The German report calls the British account untrue in all details.
A cable from Charles J Vopicka American Minister to Roumania Bulgaria and Serbia arrives in Berlin awaiting orders after being expelled from Bucharest with other neutral diplomats. The message provides first direct news since Bucharest fell and Germany has not announced Vopicka's next movements while the United States awaits information on the diplomats removal.
Berlin report from January 17 states sixty six Allied aircraft were shot down in December across fronts. Twenty two of the captured machines are held by the Central Powers. Central Allies losses in the same period totaled seventeen aircraft.
Paris January 17 Premier Briand met ministers from Switzerland Sweden Denmark and Norway and gave them a copy of the Entente Allie reply to President Wilsons note He said the reply sets the allies peace attitude and why they could not consider the neutral requests He praised Switzerland for aiding internees and wounded and commended the Swiss note deescalation efforts.
New York January 17 Thomas F Ryan proposed to give the War Department about 2,000 acres of his 10,000 acre Oak Ridge estate in Nelson county Virginia for a cavalry remount station. Officials have not said if the offer will be accepted. The estate is valued over 1 million dollars and the offered property over 200 thousand. Ryan envisions breeding and breaking remounts to develop efficient cavalrymen.
Berlin reports an official note demanding that all German prisoners of war in the French zone be moved at least 290 kilometers behind the line and housed in camps with equal treatment to French POWs. If refused, thousands of French prisoners may be moved behind German lines and subjected to the same conditions. Reprisals will continue until German requests are met.
Rome reports an Austrian passenger steamship Zagreb of 837 tons was torpedoed off the central Dalmatian coast with the loss of 26 lives. The Vienna dispatch of January 15 says the ship was sunk without warning and confirms a French submarine attack near the Kalmatron archipelago.
A Villa partisan in Lateva claims Francisco Villa wrote offering to guard the American border and district residents during and after the punitive expedition. The letter, said to be from Villa, was forwarded to the New York junta on Saturday via a contact in Lateva.
Mrs Lucey O Donnell widow of Simon O Donnell formerly manager of the Union Stock Yards married Stephen A Rapp of Pittsburgh in Washington. Rapp, formerly a chauffeur, recently entered the automobile business in Pittsburgh. The couple, planning a Florida honeymoon, left quietly yesterday for Somerset and then onward to Florida. A three person wedding party accompanied the couple and the ceremony was performed by T E McGuigan, priest of St Patricks Church.
Mrs Van Buren Johnson of Wyoming Ohio filed for divorce from Nelson Head Johnson of Washington. Married July 29 1907 she cites three years of neglect, asks restoration of her former name and lists two sons in college while living in Wyoming for over a year. The suit was filed through Maxwell Ramsay and Robert Taft with the Wyoming Episcopal Church rector’s family connected through the wife of Rev Stanley Cleveland.
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