Bavaria proposes Bavarian royal rule in place of Hohenzollerns
A Bavarian pamphlet translated from Munich argues for abdication of William II and his son and replacement by the Wittelsbach dynasty as a path to a less disadvantageous peace. It claims Entente hostility toward the German leadership and compares Germany’s fate to Napoleonic France, praising Bavarian royal figures.
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London
Bavaria
House of Wittelsbach
Berne
Germany
Heinrich Sieger
Vereinigung Suddeutscher Manner
Association of
Munich
Berlin
T’eace
England
France
Russia
William II
Napoleon
Luis Miil
Raygwrecht
Métz
Leopold
Warsaw
Wittelsbachs
Herr Roscher
Herr Gierke
German financiers in panic curtail all transactions abroad
A Zurich based banker, fresh from Germany, warns that the nation’s finances are in a nervous state. He notes US and neutral markets selling German securities, and cites new German regulations effective Feb 9 to control foreign exchanges and payments. The rules require Imperial Bank consent for foreign currency dealings, contracts in German or foreign currency with abroad domiciled parties, and disclosure of abroad indebtedness, with penalties up to 1,540 marks fine or three months in jail.
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London
Switzerland
Germany
United States
America
Spain
Brazil
Argentina
Berlin
Gerard
Nhot
Imperial Bank
German Empire
The Double Event at Queen's Theatre Delights London
Sydney Blow and Douglas Hoare stage four act comedy The Double Event with Ethel Irving as a glamorous commission agent entangled in a web of last minute schemes. A country rector, an uncle soiled by betting, and a bustling brother drive the farce as a scheming country squire plots to outwit her. Allan Aynesworth supports with quiet humor as the target of her pretended husband ruse, and the audience enjoys her charm and wit.
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London
Sydney Blow
Douglas Hoare
Queen's Theatre
Ethel Irving
Miss Irving
Jerry
Larce
Mr. Allan Aynesworth
German Youth, 17. Takes Command of Forlorn Hope
Berleen reports a seventeen year old German private took command after officers fell in a Somme trench. He describes rescuing eight men, sharing coffee, repelling shellfire, and enduring thirty hours without food or water. He survives to receive the Iron Cross first class from the Emperor.
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Berleen
Somme
Ime
Anyvnay
Fortescue Plans Eighth Volume of History of the British Army
The eighth volume of J. W. Fortescue's History of the British Army from Macmillan will cover up to 1812 and is slated for release soon. The author intended to publish the eighth and ninth volumes together but will delay the later work to complete the current narrative.
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London
J. W. Fortescue
Macmillan
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Wittelsbach
Kaiser
Hindenburg
William Tr
Napoleon I
Reichsbank
Belgium
Serbia
Zahlunesmittel
Porderingen
Trench
Irém
Boyd Cable
Whit
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