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December l (concluded).
A Boer detachment occupied the Magilies
Mountains (between Johannesburg and
Rustenburg) in the southern part of the
Transvaal.
Japan declared Tsing-tao to be a naval
base of the first class. Merchant vessels-
including English--were forbidden to enter.
The Japanese press opposed the sending of
troops to Europe. which the Triple Entente.
especially France. was striving to bring
about.
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The Government at Washington made a
general protest to London against the Eng-
lish practice of conhscating American car-
goes of conditional contraband consigned to
specified persons in neutral ports.
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The Brazilian press protested against the
presence of English warships in Brazilian
waters.
On December 2,
the German Reichstag in its second
war session granted the request of
the Government for a new appro-
priation of 5,000,000,000 marks.
The vote was unanimous save for
one dissent. The house then ad-
journed to March 2.
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Lampernisse. seven kilometers west of Dix-
mude. on the left bank of the Yser. and
Aix Noulette. west of Lens, were shelled
by the Germans.--In the Argonne. a French
position in the Grurie Forest was mined
and blown up.
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The presence of several German submarines
in the English Channel was reported.
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Two hundred Portuguese officers had en-
listed in the English army.
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The German troops made further progress
before Lowitsch by incessant fighting.
The troops which had been uninterruptedly
engaged before Lodz for three weeks. were
reinforced and took the offensive. They
met with considerable success. especially on
the right wing near Lask. southwest of
Lodz. The Russian losses were heavy.
The Austro-German troops, which had ad-
vanced from Wjelun on November 22.
forming the juncture of the army of
Mackensen with the Austro-Hungarian army
fighting at Nowo Radomsk. were thrown
forward from Szczercov toward Petrikau.
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The German Emperor. together with the
Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Hun-
The entire net proceeds go to the needy
children of German soldiers in the new