Woman Aims to Sell Chinese Art for Famine Aid
Nora Jane Douglas Champlin of Washington DC travels to Shanghai to secure Chinese art treasures gifted by the viceroy Chang Jen Chun. She plans famine stamps and to auction scrolls and embroideries in the United States, with all proceeds to aid famine victims in Kiangsu Anhui.
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Balfour Seated Beside Asquith After Gala Row
London dispatch reports a peculiar scene at His Majesty's Theatre where Prime Minister Balfour and his sister were placed in a back row during the gala performance. After being directed to better seats by Asquith, Balfour insisted they move up, despite a courtly remark from a flunkey explaining the seats were reserved for higher officials. The incident underscores tensions within British leadership and public perception during the coronation period.
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Brighter peace path seen as Anglo Japanese pact eases
Berlin and London report a softened Anglo Japanese alliance enabling an Anglo American arbitration treaty. Berlin notes Japan may seal an arbitration pact with the United States while Britain aims to concentrate its fleet at home. Peking and Washington respond to the revised alliance as China frets over sovereignty and awaits U.S. talks.
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Fire on Red Star Finland Steamer in Antwerp Hold
Fire discovered in the hold of the Red Star steamer Finland at Antwerp on July 15 was likely incendiary but was extinguished with little damage. The ship is expected to sail tomorrow with 200 German dockers hired to load cargo.
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Tokyo Paper Sees US Monroe Doctrine as Problematic
Tokyo Mainichi argues that Japan fears every American diplomatic move and urges cooperation with Russia to protect Manchuria and China’s status quo. It contends Washington meddles in Far East affairs, criticizes US fears over Magdelena Bay and a hypothetical Mexico lease, and emphasizes adherence to treaty rights to guard Chinese sovereignty.
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Maharaja’s daring ride at Hurlingham gymkhana
Special Cable to The Washington Post reports at Hurlingham last Saturday during a gymkhana honoring the Maharaja of Bikanir. While competing in ten pegging, his turban slipped and his lance stuck. the gray horse bolted toward a 40 yard hurdle fence. The Maharaja leapt clear, landing on the bridge to stop the animal within a yard of the fence, prompting cheers from spectators including many women.
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Japan Fosters Shipyards to Build Armored Cruisers
Japan plans private yard orders for two 27,000 ton armored cruisers at Mitsubishi and Kawasaki, signaling naval construction autonomy. Yokosuka and Kure yards to start new battleship and cruiser work, with keels soon laid for four vessels. Observers caution powers will monitor private-yard performance as competition grows.
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Romance of Royalty Love Meets Archduke Charles to Zita
Special Cable from Paris reports Archduke Charles Francis Joseph of Austria engaged to Princess Zita of Parma. Zita, 19, comes from the Parma Bourbon line. the match faces dynastic rivals and a potential bid for succession amid royal family tensions.
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Fashionable Feet Readings Replace Hand Analysis
A column notes a shift from palmistry to foot reading among fashionable women. It outlines quirky shoe based traits and how worn heels or soles signal temperament. The piece also surveys the Tango craze replacing the waltz, praising dance figures from Vestris to Louis XIV.
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Keir Hardie Praises Queen Mary After Royal Critique
Keir Hardie M P attacked royal pageantry in London on July 5 calling Westminster Abbey a music hall and noting the whisky bottles in galleries. He then praises Queen Mary, saying she looks like a healthy, bonnie woman and as mother she shows capacity and confidence with her sons. He adds she may counsel King George if needed.
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Mystery over royal invitation stirs London society
Emilie Grigsby attended Westminster Abbey on June 22 sparking an official inquiry ordered by King George. Reports link Mile. Dussau the queen's secretary to obtaining the coveted invitation and recall the Jules Bache scandal at Windsor.
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Kitchener Named British Agent to Egypt with New Powers
London July 16Official announcement that Field Marshal Lord Kitchener is appointed British agent to Egypt succeeding the late Sir Higdon Goret July 12 The post may gain a higher title and salary The command of British troops on the Mediterranean will move from Malta to Lord Kitchener The home country expects him to quell growing native discontent in Egypt.
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Jesuit Father Vaughan Plans U S Temperance Tour
Father Bernard Vaughan, famed Jesuit, completes arrangements for a United States tour. He sails at end of September and stays until after Lent. After a Suffolk mission with a motor chapel, he studies the American soda fountain boom as a temperance propagandist.
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