Lex Anteinternet: Thursday, April 16, 1914. Marines contemplating Vera Cruz, Fallout from scandal in Japan, Chinese troops prevail.

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Thursday, April 16, 1914. Marines contemplating Vera Cruz, Fallout from scandal in Japan, Chinese troops prevail.

Coaling the USS Louisiana, April 16, 1914.

The 4th Marine Regiment was activated at Puget Sound with Col. Joseph Henry Pendleton as its CO in anticipation of military action in Mexico.

Ōkuma Shigenobu became Prime Minister of Japan for the second time, this time at the request of Emperor Taishō after the administration under Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was dissolved due to the Siemens scandal.

The scandal had involved kickbacks from European shipbuilders for contracts with the Japanese Navy. When World War One broke out the men were pardoned and one of the ships involved, the battlecruiser Kongō, was reordered. Rebuilt as a battleship after World War One, she was sunk in November, 1945.

Chinese troops defeated the forces of Bai Yung-chang, the "White Wolf," near Sian-Foo in northwest China.

Last prior edition:

Wednesday, April 15, 1914. Troubles for the Mexican Federal Government.

1910s, 1914, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, Tampico Mexico, U.S. Navy, Vera Cruz Mexico

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