Young British Generals Lead War Effort Says Letter
London reports a British regimental officer praises Sir Douglas Haig for youthful leadership at the front. The letter argues British generals average about 20 years younger than rivals and credits Haig with new tactics, tanks, and a mobile staff guiding decisive Somme operations and major captures.
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London
Sir Douglas Haig
Haig
Douglas Haig
Hubert Gough
Beaumont Hamel
Somme
Thiepval
Ovillers
Fricourt
Port Arthur
Metz
Liege
Antwerp
Henry Rawlinson
Mme
Gough
Henry Horne
Mametz Wood
Bazentin
Lord Cavan
Combles
Claude Jacob
Loos
British Desert Campaign Builds Fortifications and Water Lines
Cairo reports British forces fortify the canal ends with concrete pits and parallel defenses along the entire canal. Massive pipe lines to the Wells of Moses supply the desert army with water and food while rail links extend from Cairo deep into the desert as artillery and trenches reshape the frontline.
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Cairo
el Arish
Suez District
Canal
Port Said
Gebel Murr
Gibraltar
Weber
Moses
Ayum
Desert
Royal Engineers
Mies
India
Desert Army
Norwegian Fisherman Foiled Escape Bid From Prison
A German prisoner escaped from captivity on the Kota Peninsula and after a trek through Russia and Siberia, hid by a lake crossing near the Norwegian border. A Russian man who had helped him was betrayed when he turned over the escapees to the frontier guard.
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Thiepval
Congreve
V. C
Longueval
Lord Cavan
William Birdwood
Birdwood
Pozieres
Julian Byng
Cannadians
Courcelette
Kiggell
Haig
Kavanaugh
Ypres
Hunter Weston
Ian Hamilton
Henry Wilson
Townshend
Kut
Smith-Dorrien
Mons
Geveral Marchand
Fashoda
Somme
Berlin
Kota Peninsula
Euroepesatay
Rank
Veta
Iber
Siberia
Frank Tacha
Ikhols
Pias
Qin Cline
Miller
Tome el Top
Norway
Frontier Guard
War Prisoners Death Rate Rising in Siberia
The Swedish Red Cross confirms a rising death rate among German, Austro-Hungarian and Turkish war prisoners in Siberia. Winter conditions worsen, hunger grows as food grows scarce, hospitals are crowded, and doctors and medical supplies are lacking.
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Berlin
Swedish Red Cross Society
Siberia
Malthusian Plan Proposed to End German Power
Geneva reports French Deputy Sixte Quintin proposes anti clerical propaganda for German prisoners to convert them to Malthusianism or die. He argues prisoners should return home as anti church economists who favor birth control, aiming to halt German population growth and remove the danger.
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Geneva
Sixte Qcentin
Populaire du Centre
Malthus
Japan's 19th Century Trade Values Revealed
Tokio reports Japan's foreign trade at 925 million dollars for the year. Exports total 559 million and imports 375 million. The United States is listed as Japan's top customer, followed by China and England respectively.
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Tokio
Danish Newspaper Man Charged With Espionage
Berlin reports a Danish newspaper correspondent, name withheld, arrested for espionage. He traveled freely in Germany and on fronts with Danish credentials, later suspected of acting as a spy for Britain and sending reports through English secret service agents.
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Berlin
Berlin Tageblatt
Germany
Vineland
London
Copenhagen
National Romanian Relief Expedition Planned From London
Under Lord Mayor leadership a movement forms to equip and send a rescue expedition for starving Rumanians. The National Romanian Relief Expedition will sail under Red Cross colors soon. Several American women play prominent roles.
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London
National
Red Cross
Cross Holder Dies in Eastbourne Victoria Cross Recipient
Eastbourne January 27 Captain H. M. Jones the oldest living Victoria Cross holder has died here. He received the decoration for gallantry in action during the Great War, according to local notices.
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Eastbourne
H. M. Jones
American Girl Aviator Katharine Stinson in Japan
Miss Katharine Stinson, 19, the American aviator touring Japan, wins adoration and gifts from officials, nobility, and crowds. She flies three times, receives jewelry and a gold medal from The Jip, and meets Marquis Okuma and Prince Kranin while the nation pines over her youthful aviation feats.
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Tokio
Katharine Stinson
Aviater
Japan
Nippon
Art Smith
Smith
Miss Stinson
Womon
Threoenor
Nemiuichai
America
Marquis Okuma
Enor
National Aviation Society of Japan
Immerial Theatre
Prince Kranin
Wmmperor
Jip
German Socialists Endorse War Effort Despite Peace Calls
Berlin dispatch reports Philip Scheidemann, former Reichstag vice president, defending Germany’s war footing. He says 1914 defense united the nation, warns defeat would ruin workers with high costs and unemployment, and asserts social policy risks if Germany falls. He adds England seeks to bar German markets and demands resolve for victory.
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Berlin
Philip Scheidemann
Reichstag
Hamburg
Lias
Chinese Law Makers Go To The Courts
Chinese Parliament members have filed legal actions against several colleagues over injuries from a violent clash in the House of Representatives during the constitutional conference. Chairs and ink bottles were used as weapons and mediation failed as each side blamed the other.
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Peking
House of Representatives
Griffith Profits From Horse Sales to European Governments
Clark Griffith reportedly made a tidy profit from selling horses to European governments. He runs a Montana ranch where he breeds and raises horses and cattle on an extensive scale.
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Tis
Clark Griffith
Washington
Montana
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