British War Production Surges as Lloyd George Reveals Ammo Reserves
In a revealing interview British Minister David Lloyd George says Britain built massive output after spring 1915. He cites June 1915 ammunition shortages, then notes production now exceeds prewar levels with heavy guns, field artillery, and shells expanding monthly. He states Britain can triple output in six months and highlights Sheffield factories turning ten thousand to forty thousand shells daily. He stresses unmatched wartime capacity and resolve to win.
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London
David Lloyd George
Galicia
Sheffield
Foch
France
Why Japan Sends No Troops to Northern France
Soong Tsung-Fang, editor and Paris Temps correspondent, says Japan did not send troops to Europe because Britain blocked its demand to seize French Asiatic possessions. He notes Clemenceau favored the plan for French Indo China and territories south of China, but Britain refused.
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France
San Francisco Chronicle
Japan
England
Soong Tsung-Fang
Geneva
Switzerland
Tribune
Paris Temps
Clemenceau
China
Great Britain
Europe
Tsung-Fang
Lloyds Insure Anything Even Twins in Odd Coverage Tales
Philadelphia broker Henry C. Townsend describes unusual Lloyds policies from insuring rents and profits to parcel post, baggage, rain bets, and even the cost of raising twins. He cites a Jersey coast man who insured twins against the possibility of having two.
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Philadelphia
Lloyds
London
Henry C. Townsend
Robert M. Coyle & Co
Lloyde
Jersey
Water Jet Damsing Novel Method for Calaveras Dam
A New Engineering Record describes using water jets to erode borrow pits for Calaveras Dam near San Francisco. Pumps move soil laden water through 14 inch pipes up to 4500 feet to the dam edge. The method forms dikes and a pond as fine clay settles, with one man directing discharge to maintain bank and pond balance.
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Calaveras
San Francisco
Plan AN Asiatic Monroe Doctrine in Japan aims
Tokyo reports an Asiatic Monroe Doctrine where Japan would manage Asia, challenging Western dominance. Tokutomi argues Japan must expand yet balance power, preventing white domination while preparing to lead in China. Berlin notes 500 German officers reach Constantinople ahead of a Suez drive. Stockholm reports worsening Russian terrorism in Finland with mass arrests and deportations.
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Tokyo
Japan
Monroe
Asia
Tokutomi
Kolumin
House of Paris
Apete
America
China
India
Persia
Suez
Ae Oe
Pacific
United States
Berlin
Constantinopal
Berlin Tageblatt
Syria
Suez Canal
Egypt
Stockholm
Helsingfors
Aftonbladed
Findland
Sveaborg
Petrograd
Siberia
Levisa
Sweden
Newspapers in German printed in Berne attack Germany and Austria Hungary
A lengthy dispatch from Berne reports two new German language Swiss newspapers attacking Germany and Austria Hungary, contrasting with the French press in western cantons. Also noted are multiple Allied and neutral updates from London, Petrograd, Moscow, and Geneva describing war-time postal, cattle, banking, and social incidents.
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Berne
Switzerland
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Petrograd
Berlin
London
Paris
M. Rubinstein
Neutral powers in the German war strategies
Paris analyzes how Germany may pressure neutrals through three methods across victory doubt and distress. It cites invasions of Luxembourg and Belgium, political and economic coercion, and seeks neutral intervention in peace talks. It notes Sweden, Holland, and Spain as key examples.
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Paris
Jean Herbette
Eche
Luxemberg
Invasinn
Belgium
United States
Wilson
England
Switzerland
Germany
Bismarck
Marck
France
Russia
Great Britain
Europe
Sweden
Baltic
Holland
Sunda Islands
Spain
Mediterranean
Norway
Tidens Tegn
Haman
Burgomaster Max of Brussels Refuses German Food
Former Brussels mayor Max, jailed with thirty officers at Celle, vows never to eat German-made food but survives as Belgian admirers send delicacies. He challenged prison rules, faced discipline, was deemed sane yet erratic, and has recently become less belligerent while in good health.
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Petrograd
Brody
Vladzis Gedroic
Cyril Gerdroic
Gedroic
Natalie Ostroff
Tiflis
Caucasus
Russia
Sweden
Vladzis
Moscow
Poland
Ruskoe Slovo
Tor
Geneva
Lausanne
Fefe
Richard Schmidt
Palace de Lausanne
Tug Fecona
Jas Ee
Berlin
Max
Brussels
Celle
Belgium
Kuropatkin Takes Governor Post in Turkestan Amid Disorders
Gen Alexei Kuropatkin, named Governor of Turkestan, faces unrest and scarce troop support as Russia shifts command roles. His career spans two retirements after command in the Russo Japanese War and the current warfront, with Riga and Poland Galicia battles shaping the scrutiny of his leadership.
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Petrograd
Alexei Kuropatkin
Turkestan
Russia
Kuropatkin
Mukdenjiylen
von Hindenburg
von Mackensen
Poland
Galicia
Grand Duke
Caucasus
Czar
Riga
Brusiloff
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Anese
Flanders
Army Postal Service
Roterdam
Kgia
Max-of-Brussels
Gen
Kuropathin
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