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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1915
Page
11
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A dated memorandum by Sir Edward Grey promising British aid to France before Belgium’s invasion undermines the British cabinet. The Belgian envoy’s letter from St Petersburg notes early British and French backing to Russia and France, showing the war began on false pretenses. The Liberal government falls amid conscription pressure and Irish opposition, with the publican issue exposing cabinet dependence. The new ministry must pursue conscription or peace while respecting neutral nations and acknowledging Britain’s limits at sea.
During a period of nominal peace with Austria and Germany Italian merchants moved goods across the border, with much American trade reaching Germany and Austria via the Italian frontier. From nine months ending March 1914 US exports to Italy totaled about 59 million dollars, rising to 133 million in the same period of the present fiscal year. The surge reflects more than just Italian demand, as war preparations likely contributed to the higher exports.
The text notes Italy's shift in policy may endanger American trade as Germany and Austria benefited from Italy's wartime exchanges. It predicts Italy will try to disrupt U S shipments while Germany may curb access to Italian markets. The central issue remains whether sea lanes remain free for American commerce.
A historical critique argues cabinets seek scapegoats after disasters. It cites 1757 Admiral Byng and names figures like Kitchener, Wolseley, Roberts, Beresford, and Roberts, blaming Britain's cabinet for failing to prepare the empire for war while praising Kitchener's wartime leadership.
The government defends its hold on American noncontraband cargoes as lawful but admits the action disrupts trade and harms American buyers and sellers. It warns that European cotton buyers may withdraw, closing neutral markets and harming U S shipping and factory activity.
The piece argues Britain uses naval power to direct American commerce and diminsih neutral trade without American consent. It compares this to Germany’s torpedoing of ships, warns of growing conflict between the U S and Britain unless Britain ends its interference with sea rights. It calls for a firm American response to preserve independence and livelihoods of merchants and workers.
The column laments famine in Mexico under Carranza Zapata and Villa and condemns military leaders for halting Red Cross aid. It argues U S aid should not support Mexico’s enemy factions and warns that continuing backing of the leaders harms neighbors and risks feeding starvation.
The libel case of William Barnes Jr. against Col. Roosevelt ends with an unclear verdict and shared costs. The jury’s reasoning wandered amid charges and political ties, leaving the public puzzled about what the decision truly meant.
An Austrian envoy Baron Giskra, long based in Washington, sues the Amsterdam Tele graaf in Dutch courts over a coarse cartoon titled The Waning Empire. The piece mocked Emperor Francis Joseph and Kaiser Wilhelm. The baron claims lese majeste and faces pushback as the paper defends its satire. The broader notes discuss Asquith and Lord Bryce amid wartime outrages, and reference Sir Edward Hutton resigning after cipher-dispute with Australia. MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
A frail paralytic man about 35 moaned for help on Twelfth Street. Two detectives observed him. one warned of a falling box. The man sprang up, realized the ruse, fled, and was pursued and arrested after a short chase through the alley.
Detectives arrested engineer David Baker and porter E Foulke on conspiracy and larceny charges after uncovering a hidden vault panel and a wooden iron frame allowing thefts of music plates from Penn Engraving and Publishing Company at 236 South Eighth Street. About $600 worth of plates were recovered at Gustave Lowenstein's junk shop. plates valued at $3,000 had vanished since October.
A Confederate poem by Florence Ro Mastin portrays a Red Cross nurse tending wounded soldiers amid war's horrors. She consoles English and Breton fighters while dawn unfolds over ruined fields, portraying mercy, faith, and the Christian symbol of the crimson cross guiding relief.
Elisabeth New Jersey dispatch reports inmates in the Union county jail have formed an Educational Club for mutual improvement. Dr Chester L Brown of Plainfield will address the gathering while Sheriff Otto and county officials may attend. The meeting is set for tomorrow at 3 PM with club officers signing the invitation.
A Boston Transcript item notes Eunji Kida, a Japanese mission worker connected with California Friends, being approved as a minister in the Quaker Church. Bunji Kide becomes the first Japanese American to use Rev before his name in Quaker practice, with ongoing mission work under California Friends. The piece mirrors a Houston Post report by Judd Mortimer Lewis.
A historical notice marks Martha Washington’s death at Mount Vernon on May 22 1802 at age 70. The article recounts her marriage to George Washington their children and stepchildren her public virtue during the revolution and her late life including her death and the destruction of letters to preserve privacy.
Johnny Campbell aged five led a toy German submarine in a backyard duel at 423 West Forty fifth Street. His craft built from a tin wash boiler with a stovepipe periscope sparked a mock war with sisters acting as British ships. A toy gun fired from a window caused three bullets to hit him. Joseph Smith, nine, was treated for the imagined conflict.
Albany Dispatch reports Lattie children in New York tenements crack nuts for society banquets. Abram I Elkus urged constitutional convention to empower the legislature to create a minimum wage commission and to prohibit sweat shops. He cited exhausted tenement workers asleep at their benches as evidence.
In York street Canton a Newfoundland dog woke Mrs Dwight M Foster and dragged her from her burning home as flames engulfed the lower level. Her husband, Mr Foster, was away on business. The heroic dog acted at her bedside and pulled her to safety during the early hours.
First hand report from Arthur J Bundy vice consul of the United States in Kingston Jamaica states eight hundred German POWs in two Kingston camps are well treated. They receive wholesome food, orderly quarters, and a canteen funds activities and censored reading. visitors are allowed at restricted times. The report notes guards and barbed wire, with many prisoners survivors of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse.
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