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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1915
Page
14
Reports claim a systematic vilification campaign against Germany stretched from France and England to America. The piece argues Allied media and politicians smeared Germany to justify wartime actions, citing radio broadcasts and public opinion as evidence of coordinated defamation.
Fragmented, oblique OCR recounts chant lines and gunfire amid trench warfare. References to Marseillaise and Deutschland, amid chaotic text, mention of French and Teuton lines, artillery, rifles, and deserters, with scattered names and places and a Honolulu reference.
Fragmentary wartime notice urges preserving all cotton for munitions while clothing and shelter needs are restricted. It hints at a national order and directs production toward essential textile use, with limited supplies remaining for civilian needs.
Long range guns spurred the reuse of the short range hand grenade as trenches force close combat. The image shows a French soldier with a racket grenade on a wire, a bracelet grenade, and a German soldier with a hand thrown or air rifle propelled model.
A century ago in Paris during wartime a young man labeled a shirkers hunter was forced to publish a paper but then drafted into service. He received a new uniform and duties delivering official documents between departments while being watched by those he tracked for avoiding duty. The episode highlights fear and suspicion of able-bodied men deemed shirker targets in 1818 Paris reflected in early 20th century wartime society.
A small party of Belgian farmers will sail to New York and settle on land at Wilmington North Carolina to form La Petite Belgique. They will speak French, maintain patriotism toward Belgium, and farm crops for sale in New York. Travel costs fall by 25 dollars due to rail and steamship reductions. Most farmers pay passage and seek immediate work to aid postwar reconstruction.
The article reports uproar over army wives and other women flocking to French front camps, especially aviation centers, as soldiers and fliers face a strong feminine lure. General Joffre urges officers to set a good example to curb indiscriminate courting and distractions.
A Washington Post dispatch from London describes wartime home education for army officers. Subalterns improvised weapons in dugouts and trenches, leading to onward formalized schools for machine guns trench mortars and flying. The piece notes evolving training amid the conflict and the shift from improvised devices to organized programs. Local commentary on German humor contrasts with grim European stakes as San Marino’s population and army are mockingly tallied against Berlin benchmarks.
London July 3. The Honorable Artillery Company of London, aristocratic and long in war, now fields hundreds from wealthy families. An observer at British HQ describes a rest day in reserve lines with soldiers sunning, one in a shirt, others bare, all quiet and weary. Navvies, longshoremen of Britain, under John Ward, organize a diggers battalion. Ward recalls a diggers war where navvies excel in trench work and support tasks. Ward, once a navvy boy, rose to MP and lieutenant colonel, founding the Navvies' Union in 1889 urging better officer opportunities for working-class recruits.
London reports indicate German nationals in England are not fully interned. Some German staff were sent from English homes, yet many remain unseen in daily life. Observers say this lax treatment affects wartime censorship dynamics and local newspaper reporting.
July 3 report from Uskup Serbia notes great stretches of southern agricultural land left uncultivated due to wartime labor departures. Weeds and wildflowers, including crimson poppies and purple clover-like plants, carpet fields while ponds host white waterlilies as birds and butterflies colorfully vie with the flora.
Parie July 3 A young girl known as Tenfse Cartier, a German bombardment victim, proudly shows her artificial leg. She explains the limb does not grow but was recently lengthened at a factory. she plans to have it reattached on Saturday and walks on crutches meanwhile.
A French soldier wounded near a trench parapet is saved by a peer who leaps into a hail of German fire. When asked if the man has a family, the reply is three children. The rescuer volunteers to go to the wounded man, saying he will risk his leg to ensure the man’s safety and to allow him to see his children again.
Paris July 3 A Washington dispatch reports a Luxemburglike episode showing German spies are vigilant. A man greets a woman with Good-day miss and a guard rushes in to question the use of the term Joffer which in patois equals miss. The confusion reveals spy注意 alertness in Luxemburg where 500 Kaiser's epics operate.
A Warsaw dispatch reports gas attacks causing liver colored faces and gasping for breath in a hospital, with six deaths in transit. The piece notes camphor injections as a treatment and the gas turning blood black. It also covers Dominion troop quotas rising to 130 040 and Canada sending 1 200 to 2 400 volunteers aboard Halifax or Quebec expeditions.
In Rome on July 4 Gugliemo Marconi, famed wireless inventor, started service as a lieutenant of aviation in the Italian army. He was welcomed at the barracks and said he trusted they would work well together to protect country and king.
Rome reports Italian military authorities say all arms, ammunition and explosive factories in the Kingdom are operating day and night. The aim is to secure supplies for the summer and autumn and to cover a possible three year continuation of the conflict, including replacements.
Berlin reports over 5,000,000 killed, wounded or captured in allied countries. The figures, drawn from foreign magazines and German sources, argue Italy’s entry cannot offset allied losses. Russia bears the heaviest toll with more than 3,000,000 casualties. French and British losses also cited.
Holland plans 1916 naval growth with new cruisers and four large submarines. Cruisers cost about $3.6 million each and will displace 6,000 tons, armed with ten 6 inch guns, four 3 inch anti aircraft guns, and reinforced armor. Submarines at $760,000 each will displace 500 tons with air torpedo tubes.
London July 3 The Premier considers sharp measures against some young members of his party amid party discontent. Constituents vent ire at government conduct as the crisis deepens. Most offenders are identified as Scottish radicals, with tension rising over support for policy.
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