A WWI Diary That Never Was

WWI Diary was to have brought you the whole of World War I as it was reported in the papers of the day, exactly 100 years later. For a year I blogged news leading up to the big war, thinking if there was any real interest regular readers would trickle in. They did not. Count: zero. So I stopped blogging the war news. For students of the time, 1914-1918 editions are available on the Web as thousands of individual articles via a Times service called Spiderbites.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Vera Cruz Fears A Clash.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 20, 1913:
Seamen Recalled to Gunboats — Business Men Apprehensive.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Aug. 19.— Conflicting reports are reaching this city concerning the extremely delicate condition of international peace. The population is aroused as to the probable intention of the United States in regard to intervention.
    Conservative business men are apprehensive that President Huerta's boldness and abruptness will precipitate matters greatly and endanger a peaceful handling of the situation.
    The various Mexican gunboats and transports in the bay have called all seamen and officers aboard, which is regarded as a sign that fears are entertained that relations between the neighboring republics are becoming strained.

A WWI Diary That Never Was

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Vera Cruz Fears A Clash.

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