Public opinion is crystallizing into the belief that President Wilson has decided that unrestricted submarining by Germany must be followed by a diplomatic break. ...
Article : 241 wordsThe State Department is now issuing passports for Americans leaving for Europe. The Secretary for State (Mr. Lansing) ...
Article : 120 wordsThe Washington correspondent of The Evening Post, who is credited with being a close friend of President Wilson, says:—"President Wilson may definitely commit ...
Article : 141 wordsPublic interest centres just now on the probability that the United States will take up arms against Germany to vindicate the maritime rights of neutrals. A great and characteristic speech has been delivered by the British Prime Minister, setting out the policy of the Government of the war and its ...
Article : 130 wordsSwitzerland will represent German interests at Washington during the continuance of the breach, and Spain will represent the United States at Berlin. ...
Article : 109 wordsWashington officials express the opinion that the Hague Convention prohibits the confiscation of interned ships in the event of a break of relations. A member of the ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Premier of Spain (Count Romanones), in opening the Cortes (Parliament) at Madrid, said the Government had not yet reached a decision ...
Article : 115 wordsA German semi-official agency at Rotterdam states that whatever the course America may take will have no significance, as the step decided upon by ...
Article : 72 wordsPresident Wilson addressed the Washington Congress at 2 p.m. to-day. The text of his remarks is summarised as follows:—The German Imperial Government on ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 619 wordsCount Bernstorff says the has been authorized to arrange for his passage by any American ship which does not carry contraband through the safety line to ...
Article : 111 wordsA French communique states:—"An enemy attack south of Leintrey, in Lorraine, failed. Lively artillery operations are proceeding in the sectors of Louvemont ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Rome newspaper Agenzia Libera learns from German sources that the Kaiser's Fleet is fully prepared for another raid in the North Sea. Hundreds of ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Hague correspondent of The New York Times has interviewed the Dutch Minister of Marine, who says that Holland, must refuse to serve the interests of any ...
Article : 153 wordsAll traffic from Norway toward England and America has been stopped. AMSTERDAM, February 2. The liner Nieuwe Amsterdam left Rotterdam for New York yesterday, but was ...
Article : 161 wordsThe difficulties connected with the maintenance of an adequate coal supply are the main cause of the immediate anxiety in Scandinavia. Norway has ordered large ...
Article : 147 wordsThe following steamers have been sunk by the Germans:—Spanish—Algorta (2,117, tons). Norwegian—Sardinia (1,500 tons). LONDON, February 4. ...
Article : 109 wordsA German official message asserts:—"Between Armentieres and Arras numerous strong English advances failed. Lively reconnoitring activity has been ...
Article : 68 wordsAmericans in London have greeted the decision of President Wilson and the Senators with hearty satisfaction, marked here and there by scenes of strong enthusiasm. ...
Article : 113 wordsAn attempt has been made to wreck the engines of an Austrian steamer interned at New York. The crews of many interned ships have been removed. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Chief Committee of the Reichstag discussed in secret the Chancellor's statement concerning Germany's immediate future war policy. ...
Article : 29 wordsHis Holiness the Pope is appealing to the Central Powers, especially through the Papal Nuncios at Berlin and Vienna, against the projected unrestrained ...
Article : 34 wordsAn American Senator in France has cabled to President Wilson, in behalf of numerous American tourists, saying that they came to Europe on the faith that the ...
Article : 53 wordsAn editorial in The New York World says:—"The United States is now on the verge of war against Germany; but we face the crisis without, fear and without ...
Article : 174 wordsContinued secrecy is being observed by the State Department and at the White House regarding America's intentions. Mr. Lansing refuses to discuss any phase of ...
Article : 297 wordsA diplomatist in London, interviewed by The Daily Chronicle, after referring to instances where big countries had broken off relations with smaller nations and ...
Article : 257 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig has reported:—North of the Somme we have driven off raiding parties of the enemy eastward of Bouchavesnes. In the ...
Article : 144 wordsThe announcement that the United States had decided to server deplomatic relations with Germany was received throughout the whole of the Union with ...
Article : 287 wordsLondon Sunday newspapers state that they are not surprised at Dr. Wilson's decision. Its promptness is interpreted as America's "amour propre" which has ...
Article : 109 wordsBerlin political circles are greatly perturbed by wireless messages announcing America's indignation at the submarine threats. The German leaders had hoped ...
Article : 304 wordsThe Zurich correspondent of The Petit Parisien states that at a Berlin conference Count Reventlow said:—If the United States does not remain neutral we will bear ...
Article : 106 wordsIt is reported that an attempt has been made to sink the United States destroyer Jacob Jones, a vessel of the newest class, which has just been completed. The ...
Article : 53 wordsThe French Friday night communique says:—The enemy made a surprise attack on a post in Belgium, but failed to achieve his objective. In the region of St. Mihiel ...
Article : 51 wordsThe military commandant at Munich, the capital of Bavaria, has closed all the theatres, meeting halls, concert halls, and cinemas, the ...
Article : 72 wordsA crowd of several hundreds gathered outside the American Embassy in London after the publication of the President's announcement. Volleys of lusty cheers were ...
Article : 178 wordsThe Frankfort Zeitnng is annoyed because the Allies are giving no sign where and when they propose to initiate their offensive. Its military critic says:—"The ...
Article : 233 wordsA German submarine has sunk the American steamer Housatonic, a vessel of 3,143 tons. ...
Article : 20 wordsWhen representatives of the press called at the office of the German Ambassador, Count Bernstorff received them cordially, and appeared outwardly unmoved. He ...
Article : 121 wordsTumultuous enthusiasm and a great demonstration marked the announcement to the New York Stock Exchange. German financiers, who had been "bearing" the ...
Article : 150 wordsAmerican officials have seized the steamer Appam, the vessel which was captured in the Atlantic last year by the German raider Moewe, and which was sent to an ...
Article : 66 wordsMessages from various parts of the Dutch frontier report German troop concentrations near the border, including cavalry and artillery. German ...
Article : 60 wordsM. Marcel Hutin states that the Naval Conference recently held in London foresaw Germany's declaration, and ordered that as far as possible efficacious measures ...
Article : 123 wordsWhen told of the condition of affairs existing between America and Germany, the Premier (Hon. C. Vaughan) said that the breaking off of diplomatic relations, or ...
Article : 413 wordsThe Washington correspondent of The Central News, Limited, says the concerted action of neutrals along the lines taken by the United States is regarded as probable ...
Article : 41 wordsBerlin advices state that Germany estimates that her submarines will be able to sink 1,000,000 tons a month of allied tonnage. The New York Tribune states that ...
Article : 214 wordsIt is reported that the German Acting Governor of the Belgian capital, Brussels, has decided to declare martial law in order to facilitate the deportation ...
Article : 40 wordsDespite the German warnings, the White Star liner Adriatic (24,500 ions) sailed for England to-day with 44 passengers, who gave rousing cheers for America. ...
Article : 33 wordsMobilization orders are ready for the army, end at New York orders have been issued calling out the State National Guard and the Naval Reserve. ...
Article : 31 wordsThough, the majority of the Carman newspapers are jubilant concerning the extreme measures which have been resolved upon, several of them display an ...
Article : 226 wordsThe Burgomaster (Mayor) of Berlin has announced that, owing to the frost, no potatoes will be forthcoming for the residents of Berlin during the ensuing week. ...
Article : 52 wordsItaly is mobilizing her 18-year-old youths for military service. The newspapers regard the latest German Note in the light of the gambler's ...
Article : 84 wordsSr. Thomas has submitted a motion in the Washington Senate for an issue of bonds for £100,000,000 to ensure the military preparedness of the United States. ...
Article : 33 wordsOn January 1 the German Ambassador at Washington handed the United States a Note and memorandum, which stated:—"The United States will doubtless ...
Article : 731 wordsIn the event of war being declared between the United States and Germany, America's fine navy may play an important role inasmuch as hostilities between the ...
Article : 242 wordsIt is announced from Berlin that a German submarine saw, on January 18, a British destroyer, of the M class, in a sinking condition after having been torpedoed. ...
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