The Independent . enin printing and allied trades. Capitaljoined labor in protest. The MerchantsAssociation of New York telegraphedto Washington its opposition to thezone system for second class mail mat-ter, pointing out the commercial injurywhich would result from the destruc-tion of periodicals or the narrowing oftheir area of circulation. Cuba When Cuba declared war onGermany many in the UnitedActive states thought that in viewof the slender resources and disturbedpolitical conditions of the republic theAllies would reap no material advan-tage from the action of Cuba beyondharmonious coope
The Independent . enin printing and allied trades. Capitaljoined labor in protest. The MerchantsAssociation of New York telegraphedto Washington its opposition to thezone system for second class mail mat-ter, pointing out the commercial injurywhich would result from the destruc-tion of periodicals or the narrowing oftheir area of circulation. Cuba When Cuba declared war onGermany many in the UnitedActive states thought that in viewof the slender resources and disturbedpolitical conditions of the republic theAllies would reap no material advan-tage from the action of Cuba beyondharmonious cooperation with the Amer-ican fleet in the Caribbean. It waseven feared that this advantage mightbe offset by the necessity for anAmerican loan to enable the CubanGovernment to set its house in it now appears that Cuba intendsto take a real as well as a nominalpart in the war. Minister of the In-terior Aurelio Hevia announces that acommission of military and naval offi-cers under General Jose Marti will con-. © Intcinational Film IT TAKES BOATS TO BATTLE HEREThe ingenuity of the retreating Germans has made spring floods a weapon of defense along thewestern front. Huge areas between the lines have been Inundated and in the Soissons region par-ticularly cuttings have been made I turn the river into the trenches. An army correspondentdescribes the fighting under these conditions in a graphic story, published n page 3!>7 of this issue
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