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Thursday, August 2, 1917

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ALLIES EXCHANGING VIEWS ON AUSTRIA; BELIEVED TO HAVE A BEARING ON PEACE; CZERNIN MAY EXERT PRESSURE ON BERLIN; LINKS WITH MICHAELIS TRIP German Chancellor's ConSultations With EmperorCharles Opportune.ITALY HAS SPECIAL CLAIMWill Oppose Separate Peacewith Vienna as SacrificingHer Interests.CECIL GIVES AN OPENINGSpeech in House of Commons Interpreted as Showing Consideration for Austria. WIDER AUSTRIAN AMNESTY. Pope Is Said to Have Inspired Step About to be Taken. WANTS ALSACE AUTONOMOUS. Reichstag Member Recounts Grievances of Its People.

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General

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Soldiers

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Suffragette

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Catchphrases of 1917

  • Uncle Sam wants YOU

Tech Check

Modern Zipper & Drone Torpedoes.

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

39,755 days ago

(108 years, 335 days)