Destruction of Griesheim Elektron Factory Deals German War Blow
A well informed dispatch details the November 3 explosion near Frankfurt at Griesheim Elektron, a major German chemical works. The blast reportedly wiped out one of the world’s largest munitions suppliers, disrupting nitrate and dynamite production, gas outputs for Zeppelins, and poison gas laboratories, with wide potential effects on Germany’s war effort.
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Griesheim-Elektron Works
Griesheim-Elektron
Frank- Gort
Aften
Germany
Griesheim
Frankfort
Chemical Works
Ays
Ena
Rottweil
Germany’s claim to sea freedom fuels race for colonies
German publicists press freedom of the seas as the key to reviving colonial empire. They advocate strengthening U boat power to paralyze British shipping, annex vast Africa holdings, and secure outposts from Azores to Madagascar as part of a pan German vision.
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Germany
Freedom of the
German War Party
Triepel
Berlin University
Dr. Irmer
France
English Channel
Hang Delbruck
Tahrbacher
Central Africa
South West Africa
Siemens
Persius
E. Krenkel
Komische Zeitung
Central
Africa
Togoeland
Dahomey
Nigeria
Congo State
Angola
Uganda
British East Africa
Rhodesia
Azores
Madeira
San Thomas
Madagascar
Guinea
Europe
Belgium
Congo
England
Portugal
Cecil Rhodes
Cape
Cairo
Reading Should Be Joy Not Penance Says Pett Ridge
Briton recalls losing a single beloved book after twenty years. At the Mansion House the City of London College prizes were handed out. Pett Ridge urged skipping as a fitness for the mind and told tales of a man who began Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea twenty years ago and never finished it because another man borrowed it and stole it away.
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Daily Chronicle
Akers Douglas
Home Secretary
England
United States
Handling of Aliens After the War in Britain
J D Whelpley argues in the Observer that postwar alien policy should avoid blanket punishment and keep asylum rights. He supports targeted controls for enemy aliens, warns against broad passport and registration schemes that harm international relations, and urges preserving personal contact and freedom to foster goodwill.
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J. D. Whelpley
The
Observer
England
D. Co. R A
United Kingdom
Arma
Russia
Turkey
Teuton
Germany
Britain
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Big War
Kaiser
London
Great Military Plant
Dr. Triepel
Perseus
Berlin Tageblatt
Italy
Japan
City of London College
Enga
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