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.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Cabinet Crisis In Japan.

New York Times 100 years ago today, December 2, 1912:
The Minister of War Refuses to Accept Colleagues' Decision.
    TOKIO, Dec. 1.— A Cabinet crisis has arisen over the refusal of Lieut. Gen. Uyehera, Minister of War, to accept a Cabinet decision rejecting the schemes for increasing the military forces in Korea.
    After several extraordinary sittings, Premier Saionji informed the War Minister that the Cabinet adhered to its position. Gen. Uyehera then indicated his intention to resign.
    It is doubtful if the Emperor will accept his resignation. The press and public support the Cabinet.

A WWI Diary That Never Was

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Cabinet Crisis In Japan.

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