The Daily Colonist, August 18, 1914

#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• Dire news! Canadian tea supply down to a mere 3-week supply.
• Story of French aviators from yesterday's paper reprinted. Reported altitudes are different.
• Man loses four fingers on his right hand in construction of Hudson's Bay store on Douglas Street.
• Not-so-subtle vilification of Germans continues with a story of a German mob killing a wealthy French woman's husband and baby.
• Full text of Anglo-Japanese treaty printed on editorial page to explain Japan's rôle in the war.
• Editorial on how the extent of censorship by the Imperial government is only allowing the most vague reporting on the war.

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