Grave Political Problem in Annexation of Belgium
Berlin debates Belgium's fate after peace as German opinion splits over whether to keep or abandon Belgium. The Frankfurter Zeitung argues annexation offers few military gains and risks Dutch ties and European stability, while maintaining Belgium would not ensure security.
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Belgium
Germany
Poland
Courland
Frankfurter Zeitung
England
Flanders
Luxemburg
Rhenish
Holland
Europe
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Channel
Calais-Dover
London General Omnibus Company
Wolseley
Wancs
Aircraft Are Big Factors in Defeat of U-Boat Drive
A Daily Telegraph special reports that naval aircraft greatly aided the anti submarine effort in September 1917. Seaplanes and air ships covered 110000 miles, saved ships from SOS attacks, and convoyed hundreds. The article notes ships were saved and submarines deterred by rapid air attacks, with the seaplanes often working in tandem with destroyers to thwart U boats.
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Daily
Telegtaph
Great Britain
Germany
British Isles
Coventry
Empire
Women Waacs at Front Aid in Ordnance and Signalling
The Daily Telegraph describes British women at the front, notably Waacs, performing signals and ordnance work. It notes training in post office methods, Wheatstone systems, and special codes, with Scotland supplying many workers and French collaborators understanding coded requisitions for 9.2 guns and trench operations.
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London
Daily Telegraph
France
Post Office
Scotland
Ordnance Department
American Steel Going to Japan
The piece notes Japanese press criticism of U S steel exports to Japan yet reports ships carrying thousands of tons of steel to the Pacific coast. It cites the Sado Maru's Yokohama arrival with 3 250 tons worth 1 000 000 and quotes officials claiming continued steel shipments for war use. It also describes extensive wartime logistics and shifts toward women workers in stores and depots.
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Tokio
Japan
United States
Pacific
Yokohama
Seattle
Viscount Ishii
Masuda
Sado Maru
America
America's Food Control Means German Defeat
Birmingham Post essay by Edgar Wallace argues Allied food blockade and American entry strain Germany. It links Russia’s stagnation and Italian losses to German offensives, warns of shortages in spring 1918, and claims neutral nations cannot shield Germany from food deficits amid American war production.
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America
London
Germany
Birmingham Post
Edgar Wallace
Wallace
Isonzo
Italy
Russia
Allance
Britain
Bulgaria
British Battle Aeroplane Flies to Constantinople
The Rolls-Royce equipped British plane from Hendon to Paris and Lyon to Marseilles then over the Alps to Salonica, bombing Constantinople and the German staff headquarters. The 640 mile round trip took 19 hours with four bombs on the Goeben and two on the General, despite anti aircraft fire. Engines performed faultlessly though radiator overheated on a hot day.
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London
Constantinople
Handley Page
Basil Johnson
Rolls-Royce, Ltd
Hendon
Paris
Lyons
Alps
Marseilles
Sperazia
Pisa
Rome
Naples
Otranto
Albanian Alps
Salonica
Savory
Sea of
Marmara
Golden Horn
General
McLellan
Nothan
Coxtinople
Rawlings
Germans Appeal to Jews to Court Turks Over Palestine
A Berlin professor urges Jewish leaders to back Germany and Turkey in Palestine as Jerusalem falls. He argues Zionism aids English plans, warns Jews against aligning with the Entente, and predicts English sovereignty in Egypt regardless of battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Ior
Palestine
Berlin
Sas
Jerusalem
Delbruck
Univer
Lord Rothschild
Pressor Zener
Turkey
Ter Zeitung
Dettruck
England
Gaza
Althow
Egypt
Zio
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Kaiser
Brescia
W.A.A.C
American Steel
Constantinope
Eagh
Jeruslem
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