President Wilton Holds Ground in Submarine Row
Washington officials await Germany's reply to the US demand for an immediate end to submarine warfare methods. President Wilson remains unaltered in his position that concessions must be made now or diplomatic relations will be broken. Ambassador Gerard's ciphered note and press reports hint Berlin may seek conditions unacceptable to the United States.
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United States
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Washington
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Wixon
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White House
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Ei Og Naeme
America
Bernhardt Plans Transatlantic Voyage End of September
Paris reports Mme. Sarah Bernhardt has returned from London and will sail to New York around late September. She predicts the war will end with Allied victory by the time she returns to France, says she saw no Zeppelins in England and would not fear the journey despite threats in letters from the United States.
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Von Bernstorff Silent Denies Note Content
New York May 4 Count von Bernstorff the German Ambassador with his secretary denied himself to interviewers tonight. The secretary said he did not believe the Ambassador approved of the contents of the new German note. The secretary added the Count desired to make no statement. The Ambassador probably would return to Washington tomorrow.
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Prance Calls For Stock H Faria May 4 Finance Minister Ribot
Finance Minister Ribot issued a call to holders of bearer securities of neutral nations to lend them to the government for one year to guarantee exchange operations. Holders may negotiate the securities as if in their own possession.
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Minister of Finance
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Fifth Russian Contingent Reaches Marseilles in Lavish Welcome
A fifth contingent of Russian soldiers arrived in Marseilles this morning. The troops were greeted with notable military and popular receptions before marching to the camp at Mirabeau.
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Berlin ends Paris peace talks rumor in envoy data leak
Berlin reports a Washington leak sparked rumors that Chancellor von Hethmann Hollweg asked Ambassador Gerard to cancel his vacation to convey German peace offers. Gerard denies mentioning peace in the meeting with the chancellor and protests over publicizing confidential messages. Officials fear repeated leaks and seek a fall end to the war amid calls for peace by some Germans.
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All but 36 votes favor draft law in House of Commons
London May 4 The House of Commons passed the second reading of a military service bill for immediate general conscription. A motion to reject the bill failed 828 to 36. Key figures included David Lloyd George urging support, Sir John Elmsly opposing, and Arthur Henderson noting the government had convinced a majority of the need for more men.
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House of Commons
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David Lloyd George
Liberal Party
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Home Secretary
Brittain
Arthur Henderson
Board of Education
Laborites
British May Yield To U S On China Seizure Case
Neutral circles report Britain may order release of Austrians and Germans held on the American steamer China during the Shanghai to San Francisco voyage on February 19. London is also expected to disavow the Laurentic captain's seizure action.
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British Foreign Office
China
Shanghai
San Francisco
Manila
Nagasaki
Japan
England
French at Verdun Laugh as They Rush Forward in Bayonet Charge
Paris reports Verdun gains near Mort Homme described as the most important French success of the battle. French troops, part of an army corps, captured northwest positions after a bold bayonet assault. Wounded officers praise quick, fearless action and the Germans’ surprise.
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Mort Homme
Verdun
Paris
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Germany to Admit Error in Sussex Case and Offer Indemnity
New York May 4 The International News Service reports German officials have outlined a note acknowledging an error by a submarine commander in the Sussex incident and offering compensation. They say submarine crews are forbidden to attack unarmed ships without warning and propose arbitration on arming steamers.
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Sussex
New York
International News Service
Tonight
Berlin Presses Submarine Dispute as Germany Signals Concessions
Berlin yields to pressures over submarine warfare and the Sussex incident stirred mixed opinions on Washington’s path. Officials say Germany may avoid humiliating moves and seek arbitration on facts, while others fear only conditional acceptance. A State Department briefing suggested hopefuls and skeptics differ on whether Berlin’s reply meets Wilson’s demands.
Gerard replies on belligerent status of ships and crews
The memorandum argues crews and ships are belligerents not pirates, citing German naval reports of British merchantmen resisting warships and using false colors. It urges neutral powers to warn subjects against entrusting property or persons to armed ships of warring powers. Paris reports Turkish troop concentration at Smyrna with Gen. Liman von Sander arriving to supervise Asiatic coast defense.
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Paris
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Athens
Havas
Liman von Sanders
Asiatic
Diplomatic Usages Face Wilson Speech Critique
Berlin commentary denounces President Wilson for wartime remarks opening a nurses training camp. Count Reventlow argues the speech insults Germany, asserts America’s humanity stance, and questions timing amid U S Germany tensions.
British worry in India after Kut el Amara victory
Advices to the Turkish government report British authorities in India tightening guards to avert a revolution tied to the Kut el Amara Turkish victory. The Bagdad region holds sacred status for Indian Muslims and recent British gains in Mesopotamia are said to have spurred a new outbreak among Mohammedan and Hindu communities near Lahore.
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Washington Post
Constantinople
India
Kut-el-Amara
Bagdad
Lahore
Verdun Front Bombardment and Gains Amid War Bulletin
Paris reports violent bombardment on Verdun front with French gains at Dead Man Hill. German attacks repulsed as civil population evacuates Metz. Berlin confirms French foothold at Dead Man Hill and English attacks at Lens fail. Casement to be told at once. reply to United States handed to Ambassador Gerard.
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United States
Gerard
Fishing Boat Sunk 150 Miles Off Shore By Submarine
London reports the French fishing steamer Berna dette sunk 150 miles from land May 1 by an enemy submarine. Crew of 34 evacuated. eight rescued, twenty six still adrift. In The Hague an inquiry found the Dutch steamer Berkelstrom sunk April 24 by two German subs over cargo of strawboard cocoa and fish.
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Submarine War Feats Claimed Against British Aircraft
Berlin reports via wireless that a German submarine sank a British aeroplane off the Flanders coast on April 30 and rescued its crew after enemy destroyer intervention. The claim marks an historic first in underwater craft attacking air power.
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Sayville
Flandera
Executions At Dublin Castle End Rising Leaders Fate
Dispatches report the execution of Patrick Pearse Thomas MacDonagh and Thomas Clarke at Dublin Castle. James Connolly remains wounded and is not yet tried. Signatories Sean Mac Diarmada Eamonn Ceannt and Joseph Mary Plunkett fell in the fighting.
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Interned ship captured in gale at Teneriffe
A Lloyds dispatch from Teneriffe says the German steamship Telde, 2,073 tons gross, 90 feet long, built in 1814 and owned in Oldenburg, drifted sea ward in a gale and was captured by a cruiser which towed her northward.
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Bargained For South President Smith On Stand
Interstate Commerce Commission hearings reveal plans to divide Southern rail properties east of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio between Louisville and Nashville and Southern Railway. Milton H. Smith testified of a 1896 meeting with Samuel Spencer on Spencer's private car at Kennesaw Georgia. The stenographer's transcript details discussions of major railroad acquisitions and tentative agreements while dismissing correspondence as unfounded.
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British Extend Mine Field In North Sea Off Belgian Coast
The British government informed the State Department that it has extended the eastern limit of the danger area for the British mine field in the North Sea off the Belgian coast. The new boundary reaches nearly seven miles closer to the Netherlands, covering longitudes 1 35 E to 3 20 E and latitudes 51 15 N to 61 N.
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State Department
Maine
North Sea
Netherlands
Lord John Hay Dead in Fulmer London May 4
Lord John Hay, grand admiral of the fleet in 1888, died today at Fulmer. Slough Admiral Hay was born in 1827, the fourth son of the eighth Marquis of Tweedale, and retired from service in 1897.
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John Hay
Fulmer
Slough
Admiral Hay
Marquis of Tweedale
Irish Rebels Stamp Ready for Issue Found in Dublin
Postage stamps prepared by the short lived Irish republic have been found ready for issue. They are printed in green white and orange with inset pictures of the Manchester martyrs Larkin O'Brien and Allen on a shamrock leaf. Beneath is a harp and the words God save Ireland.
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Irish Republic
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O'Brien
Allen
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