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THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1916.
t,
opening gun hi it buter ampslgn The
public nn much tm evident today
does mm ehnrs the official view
that ill wlthdiai l Ihr ..ugs nil i
irmv ''for imother MM ef eitieriflon'
wall a detllierntely i denned anil aur
folly esecund move The general fart
Ing la I' n the who's I mrilanallaa actio
hi ended In disaster.
Simultaneously with the former At-tntnry-'lenerara
alt ick In lha Unties of
Common csme offielsl reports from
I'-rl.n and Constantinople to-day an
per'lng, In substance, that lha Allies
were literally driven Into the aaa. The
following official statement was Issue. I
fey tha Turk lull War .office this aftar
noon :
on tha Dirdsnelles front on Hetur
d.iv and Sunday, after a violent aitll
lry bombardment, wo attavked tha
enemy pnaitiona noar Ana fart a and
Arl Burnu. The enemy attacked In
order to prevent our operations. He
was forced to the conclusion that the
no ph of our northward attack could
not ie prevented and embarked part
of hla troops In haate on the night of
December It.
Thick fog did not Interfere with our
purault. Anafarta and Art Burnu
have been cleared of the enomy. We
penetrated to the ooaat and captured
a large quantity of munitions and
material.
Wo brought down an enemy hydro
plane at aea and mads tha pilot and
observer prtaonere. An enemy attack
near Hedd-el-Bahr too.; an ordinary
course.
Three men wounded are officially Stated
ho be the total casualties of the British I
in the withdrawal f-om Buvla Bay and
Ansae, The atatetrent adds that sis
sruna were left behind at the Huvla posi
tion, and these were destroyed before
the troops withdrew.
Berlin despatches to-day described
what the British official statements salt
a withdrawal" as anvuntlng to noth
ing short of a rout, s brilliant Turkish
victory, resulting from s general offen
sive for which "the Tuiklfh soldiers had
waited for months."
"TRIUMPH FOR TURKS."
Reich. tas la Told Ualltpoll With
drawal Waa Hi Defeat.
Serial Cable Petpatch to TBS 80S.
Rkrlin, via Amsterdam, Dee. II. Dr.
Xaempff. president of the Reichstag,
announced In the Reichstag to-day that
Oalllpoll had been cleared of the British.
This la not alone a material and
moral defeat for England." he aaW, "but
a triumph for Turkish arms."
The Oerman newspapers publish tri
umphant comments on "the great Turk
ish victory." The Feeatocae WeHMM de
scribes It as "rightful punishment for
the Incredible llghtheartedness with
which the campaign waa started with
out careful preparation."
SPUR TO RECRUITING.
Oalllpoll Withdrawal Will la
ereaar Knllatnaente. la Owe View.
Special Cable Pet patch to Tas So.
London, Dec. 22. The Sydney corre
spondent of the Dally Mall says;
"The withdrawal from Oalllpoll Is no
surprise to the public, as the stories of
returned soldiers have shewn that the
enterprise was hopeless, snd after the
Huvla Bay blunder withdrawal waa In
evitable. It will give an enormous Im
pulse to recruiting.
The Sydney Sua, commenting on the
official list of Australian casualties at
Galllpoll. containing 35.H1 names,
. adopts the words of Abraham Lincoln,
that ths dead 'shall not have died In
vain.' and adds :
" 'We must with the remainder of
our manhood and our money face the
tremendous tsak of retrieving all the
enemy o far has won from us.' "
GERMAN STEAMER SUNK.
British Sabnaorlae Destroys Shlpe
la Sea of Marmora.
Kptrial Cablt Df patch to Tas Sea.
Atiikn-s, via London, Dec. 21. A Brit.
Mi submarine has sunk the steamer
Lsroa and other vessels In the Sea of
Marmora.
The Kteamer Leros was owned by the
Deutache Levante Line of Hamburg. She
was :'.6"9 tons and 291 feet long. When
last reported sho was at Constantinople.
KRUPP PLANT BLOWN UP?
Airmen Dretror Worke car Coa
ataatlaople, la Report.
Special Cablt Despatch to Tas Sen.
CornNHAOEN, via London, Dec 22.
The .VutloniillMfcnde aacrlbea lo a truat
wortliy Dane coming from Conatantl
luiple the Htatemenl that Krupp'a big
new ammunition factory near Conitanti
nople has been destroyed by British air
men. tie adds that all the Turkish coastal
Ktrnmers have been sunk and that Scu
tari, in Asia Minor, In overcrowded with
wounded who are dying from lack of
proper treatment.
STILL FIGHTS CONSCRIPTION.
Irish Party Reaarsna DerUlon to
Reelet to the 1 tnuit.
Special Cable Petpatch lo Tas Son.
London, Dec. 21. The Irish party at
a meeting tu-nlght reaffirmed Its deci
sion lo realat compulsory military ser
vice to the utmost.
Mr. Kedmoml, leader of the party,
presided. The resolution, referrtnii to
the. mm., I ugalnst conscription taken by
i he party last June, eaya:
"All ih.u Mb occurred since more than
jnhtiti.n the attitude then taken by the
lrlh ii.irty. and the magnificent response
of the British people to Ixird Derby's
i crultlng campaign has proved tha.t the I
patriotism of the coufitry can be relied
upon to supply by voluntary effort all
the men htOSOSSry to carry the war to a
victorious conclusion. We repeat our
resolve to resist by every means In
our power any attempt to bring Into
force a system of compulsory military
service."
James O'Grady, member of Parlia
ment for Kast Leeds and a member of
the Joint recruiting committee, aaya, In
an arttde in the Daily Sketch, than Lord
Dgfby'g nine weeks' recruiting campaign
resulted in the attestation of some 2.
r.OO.OOD men The first week, he ssaerla,
brought only 127 recruits, but ss s re
sult of a "wpanklng rally" the figures
Jumped from 74,000 In one day to
ass. nun lii another. During the last
week of the, campaign 1,630,000 men
attested.
The Dnily rtci estimates tfhat 2,
020 OiiO new men were won by Lord
Derby for the British army. Of these,
the paper says, 270,000 enlisted directly.
SPAIN TO BUT TEUTON SHIPS.
Reported as About to Take Over
Interned Vessels.
Special Cablt Petpatek to Tas Sin
ryiNKON, Dec. 21. A nows agency
deapah h from Madrid says:
"Spain Is about to acquire German
and Austrian ships now In Spanish har
borSi aggregating a total of 60,000 tons."
NEW POST FOR GEN. MERCER.
Canadian uairer In ommand
Headquarters I'ntt.
serial Cable Deopatch to Tai ag,
London, Dec. 21 - Brig -Gen M.
of
H
terror or the Canadian forcea la offi
cially gttietted to-day as commander
attached to the tieadquaitters urrlt.
II.- receivM the temporary rank of
Sgajor-i Isneral.
The withdrawal of the main
British army nl the lHrilanple
and the announcement by Pre
mier AsquMh that l.ieut.-Gen.
Sir Archibald Murray, relieved of
his post a chief of the Imperial
General Staff, la to receive an
"Important command" follow
close upon persistent reports that
Germany is planning an Invasion
of J-MVl-
The conquest of Serbia opened
the way by rail from Berlin to
Constantinople and the failure of
the Allies to break through the
Dardanelles has left full connec
tion open between European and
Asiatic Turkey.
According to the plan for the
YOUNG TURK LEADER
SAYS U.S. IS MISLED
Armenian Atrocity Tales Arc
Spread by Foes, Insists
Xazim Bey.
RESENTS FEELING HERE
Berlin, via London, Dec. SI. "Tnrkev
has an abundance of foods and other
I material of all kinds which she can
supply to Germsny If Germany needs
them." ssld Dr. Nailm Bey. secretary of
the Young Turks Committee and one
of Turkey's moat prominent men. In a
etaiement made lo correspondents on his
arrival In Berlin to-lay. "It Is only a
question of transportation, which seems
to be In s fair way to solution.
There Is no lack of anything In Tur
key. For example, we have 30.000.000
kilogrammes of cotton which Germany
can have the moment she solves the
transportation problem, not to speak of
10,000.000 kilogrammes of reserve sup
ply In the shape of mattressea and other
articles In Turkish homes. The same
is true of copper. Of this we liavo at
least 40.000.000 kilogrammes which Ger
many can have at uny time."
This abundance of necessaries and ths
progress of mllltsry affairs up to this
time led Dr. Naslm Bey to prediot
eventual victory for the Central Towers.
He says he Is certain Germany will find
a way to effect transportation communi
cations with Turkey In a short time.
"Such a success will mean indepen
dence for Turkey for the first time," he
continued. "There is Immeasurably less
of peace propaganda In Turkey to-day
than anywhere else."
Dr. Naxtm Bey showed feeling when
the subject of the world's Impression of
Turkish-Armenian relations was brought
up. America In particular, he decl&ied,
had gained a false impression In two
ways. First. Investigators of cndltlona
had not been unbiassed. Second, these
investigators went for their Information
to Greeks, Jews and AmmnJuna, who are
Turkish subjects and have grudges to air.
"Every time a Turk does something
praiseworthy In this WOttd he is hailed
as an Armenian," he continued, "but
every time he commits a crime or acta
baeis he Is a Turk or something elK "
Kxpresslng admiration for America
and mom things American and det-lar-hjg
Turkey needed tho trade of the
United Stutes even more than that of
Germany. Dr. Naslm Hey neverthelesn
averted the !ilment of ammunition l
Americans to the Allies hau tended to
estrantte the two peoples'
He thought u
would be long lifter the war before thii
feeling would die down sufficiently to
make Turkey a Held for American busi
ness. He said the breach had been wid
ened by the "Injustice "f the American
press toward. Turkey."
WIPING OUT ARMENIANS.
Tarke Reported to Be Manarhtrr
Ina at Adrlanople.
Special Cable Petpatch to Thb See.
London, Dec. 21. The Bucharest cor
respondent of the Times reports the at
tempted wiping out of the Armenian col
ony of Adrlanople. About 1,600 have
been arrested and sent to Asia Minor.
Two ships carrying Armenians foun
dered and most of those on board were
drowned. Some were sold at ridiculous
prices, mostly to Jews.
RUSSIANS REPULSE TURKS.
Break t'p Offensive Betweea Ham
ad n aad Tekeraa.
Special Cable Petpatch to The Sum.
Pstsouhad, via London, Dec. 21. The
Russian War Office lasued the following
statement last night with reference to
the fighting In Persia:
Strong enemy detachments were re
pulsed yesterday between Hamadan
and Teheran. The enemy did not re
sume ths offensive.
Urrmaar t 1'eaee Dutch Frontier.
AMSTratiAM, via London, Dec. 21.
Ths Oerman (jovrrnment Intends to
close the whole Ocrinan-I Hitch frontier
with barbed wire because of the In
creasing number of prisoners, who are
escaping over that frontier, say I the
newHpner Miittbodc, whlhih receive! ts
inf. .1 uiatiun from OMensaal. Holland.
Kagdad railway, work on which
i he Turks and Germane have been
rushing, the Anatolian railway
from the Bosporus to Konla has
been extended until It la prob
able that connection has been
made at Aleppo with the road
running south to Damascus. It
is at Aleppo that Gen. von der
Goltt ii reported to be concen
trating his army. From Damascus
a railway rum through Jerusalem
to Jaffa and a branch line con
nects this road with Haifa, where
a French cruiser recently bom
barded and destroyed a German
munitions factory.
The narrow gauge Hejas rail
way from Damascus south toward
Mecca, built as a pious undertak
SERB RELIEF SUPPLIES
MISMANAGED, IS CHARGE
500 Families Starving in Monastir Incompetence and
Dishonesty Render American Aid Useless Con
tributions Sold in Private Shops.
Chicago, Dec. 21. The Chicago I
Trlstme prints the following from Its .
correspondent at Monastir:
An American doctor here makes the
p:edict!on that tills winter will see mar- i
vutlon in Serbia on a larger scale than i
, t . '
eirr uriiiv ucni
en.
There are now 500 families In Mon
am.tr who ar? .-.dually atArving. Later
In tho winter this number will be In
ereaaed and ever) town and village will still
be tl.l.-d with hungry people. All kinds
of supplies of tod and medicine and
clothing will he required, and generous
people could not do betto: than to help
to their utmost to relieve this condition.
The first requisite, however, In the
matter of giving relief to Srrbin is to
see that n-liable and responsible agencies
a b elected for the proier dlatributlon
of these supplies. One hears the most
appalling stories of dishonesty and In
oompetetkcy regarding the funds and sup
plies that have been sent from America
in Uie past.
An Atneilcan doctor told me that there
were warehouses In Nish full of medlcul
and food supplies sent from America
that had never been distributed, owing
to lack of organisation In the Serbian
capital. Mom of these supplies have
now fallen Into the hands of the Bul
sars. Anot'her doctor, an American, to
me that cigarettes and cigars sent for
the soldiers had heen divided amoiig
the officers and that large quantities of
iriiei aocrfih were on saie in
pr'vate
shops In Nish. There was evidence of
shameful dishonesty and graft on the
part of the officials, bit iierliaisi a more
charitable view would bo mat une iaun i rruiury. ine 1OSSIIS I article con
was due mainly to a pitiful incompe- i taina many modifications of the original
tencr' scheme, undertaken hh the result of
Honest Distribution deeded.
ust not he construed
This comment in
as all effort to discourage help for the
Serbians. Tho help should come and In
great quantities very soon, and every
one who hatos to see a woman and
child suffer from actual hunger should
help to his greatest capabilities. Tie
one point of prime Importance Is that I
people should give and the next point.
Of almost equal importance, la that the
Stuff that is given should be properly
and honestly distributed. There la no
gangs In sending supplies which are
either diverted from their real purpowi
Of allowed to lie In warcSiousea because!
of poor organisation.
There are many men fighting In the '
Serb army who have lived In America.
On the train coming from Kalonica there
Was a little detachment of ten or twelve
Mil sg and Montenegrins. Several of
them had lived In America and spoke
English omasingly win.
It has been rather a common expe
rience to start a conversation in falter
ing French with a Serb soldier and then
to hove him come back at you with "I
guess." or "Sure."
My first experience waa at tho station
In Salonlca. I rather expected to find
Oreeks speaking pure American, for
there are a lot of them In the Oreek
army who have lived in the States. But
I was not prepared to And any Ameri-
can hi iseriw,. i ma man wan u u uiiei-
llgent man who hail the look of a lawyer
or a professor He was in the uniform
of a prlvale soldier, carried his rifle and
had a hand grenade in his pocket.
in anotner pooaei ne naa nis pocxet
book with a picture of his wife, who died
about a year ago. There was a epray
of dried and withered flowers clinging
to It, and he aald he had come over to
fight soon after her death
He had been In fterbia ever since, but
until recently had seen no action because
for the greater part of the last year
there has been no lighting in Serbia.
He now belongs to the "comltadjla." a
sort of guerrilla organisation, which Is
not directly under the supervision of the
l.overnmeni, uui which la aioeo ...,- mMk ,,,, lirrunK Rt, allied paerS. A
daily by the Government. i Mter Wll mnl to ireident Wilson on
These com tadjls are an extremely (he ame subJe),t ,ea,dM notices pub
picturearjue elemesi In Balkan warfare. , n , , (erlriariy referring to the milk
The Bulgarians Iinve their comltadjla HhrlaM
organised In Perb territory and the Herbs """ta"-
have their comltadjla organised in Bui- i .,- norvrrflT TA MJTTaTW
gar territory. A reward la offered for DUTCH PROTEST TO BRITAIN.
each comttadjl of the enemy who la
killed, and In consequence there la a lot Demand Immediate It r tarn of
of killing going on. One hundred and . , .. nwka , ,.
fifty dlnara about 120 la the reward 1 r Taken Kroaa a Liners.
ald, and In conaaqurnce of this munifi
cent amount there la a keen activity In
killing as well aa frequent mistake.
Tlie ciimltadjis operate in bands of
thirty land forty and make their head
quarters in the muuntaln tuwns. Be
tween the Bulgar ami Herb comltadjla
i hero Is a constant mid deadly warfare,
and the less frequented roads and trails
ing to facilitate nllr-lmageo to
la about 69 miles wast ot
the Rgyptian frontier at El-Mean.
The disastrous attempt by Um
Turks last winter to aoiao the
Hues canal was mad at CI Kan
tare. Some f00 miles to tha east of
Damascus is Ragdad, against
whieh the British expedition un
der Gen.Townehend was snt.only
to be turned back by the Turks
at Ctoaiphon. The British forces
are naw intrenched at Kut-el-Amara.
The Russian invaders of Persia
have reached and occupied Ham
adan, 280 miles northwest of Kut-el-Amara.
and are reported to be
pushing their way south.
are dangerous fur travellers who ars not
we I protected.
le l'v.;rnment encourages and aids
the comltniljis in their work but refuses
to accept reipoiwlblllty for their actions
If u crime Is committed bv a comltadtl
,n"e is '"tie chance of Justice reaching
mm
MRS. FARWELL SAFE.
a I
Mounailr, Malonl
Ura-
' patch .
Saixinica. Dec. 21. Dr. Henry Forbes
of Boston, Mrs. Walter Farwell, a Chi
cago newspaper correspondent, and Miss
Mitchell are safe an I well at Monastir.
Salon lea despatchea received yesterday
aald thiit Dr Forbes and Mrs. Farwell
were being hoi I in Monastir by the Bul
garian, who had turn down the Ameri
can rl.ig fioin the Red Cross Hospital, of
which Dr. Turtles Is in charge, and aelied
lour which the IteJ CrOM was dlstrlbut
,ng to civilians.
BRITISH ALTER FINANCE PLAN.
Mobilisation of I . 9. jDrearllles Is
tlnipMBcri.
Special Cable Petpatch to Tut Sun.
LONDON, Dee, It, The London Uasttte
publishes detail about the manner in
which Individuals can sell or loan Ameri
can and Canadian securities to the
criticism by stock brokers. These, ac-
?!" to the preas, make the scheme
mUOh more easily workable and increase
the chances of success.
The machinery of the Stock Kxchange
is to lie uaed by holders of eecurltlea
Ih-Iow 125,000.
BARS LOANS TO THE ALLIES.
Bay Slate Bank ( ommlaslonrr .No
tlflra Trast ( ompanlea.
Boston. Dec. 21. Not urea have bean
sent by Hank Commlsaloner Thorndike
to the trust companies wh.ch Invested
in the bonds of the Entente Allies In
forming them that he has decided that
the Anglo-French insun Is not legal for
the Massachusetts trust companies. In
accordance with thlb notice the companlea
will fllspOM ot th.-.r holdings
Mr. Th rndike's view Is that the laws
of this Slute do not permit trust corn
pan, es to Invest in the securities of
any fotelgn Oovemment, no matter how
1 well secured such issues may be. The
idea behind these laws, he believes. Is
that neither the State nor Federal Gov
ernment has any con'.rol over the Is
suance of itmh securities and would be
seriously handicapped ,n Investigating
i the security for the issues
i . . , . .
i APPEAL FOR WAR ZONE BABIES,
v. Will Send Milk to f'eatral
Umpires If Alllra Allow It.
Wakhiniiton, I ioc. 21. At the request
of the t'ltlsens Committee for Food Hhlp
mentH, a charitable organisation with
headquarters In New York, founded to
aave the lives of some of the millions of
babies In Oermany and Austria-Hungary
threatened with starvation by the short
Hire of milk In thoee countries, the Amer
ican National Ited (.'rose transmitted to-
lay to Secretin y linslng a petition ask-
ng lnal , Bllfl! induct for a shipment of
Special (able Petpatch to Ths Bus.
Thk KaOVB, Via Iorulon, Dec. 21.
The Dutch fluverninent has protested to
(ireat Britain against the selsUre of
uuicn man nags aisiara the nuers
Nourflam SIM Rotterdam, demanding
inoir iinmsuisM return aim expressing
toe nop,- wiui me ensures win not DS
rupeauMi.
BIG GREEK ARMY ON
WATCH AT KAYALA
Hellenic Foir Far Rnlff-r
Flank On Eastern
Fronltar.
ALLIES GET MORE MEN
Special Cable Despatch to Tea Si H
London, Dec. 'II. In a despatch sent
by mail to Messina, whence It was tele
graphed here, the Athens correspondent
of the Daily AT all cites among the causes
for the change In the situation In Oreece
the Allies' blockade of Greece and King
Constantlne'a lessening fesr of Germany.
The correspondent adds that the newa
from Constantinople is unfavorable to
the Hermans and that Greek privateer
ing la proceeding along the coast of Asia
Minor. He conttnuea :
"The blockade deprived Oreece of
wheat and severed her communications
with other countries. She Is seen unsble
1 lJLTnmi.n' V". dl",y by cabl6 wlth
I iL - "teles. German threats of
submarine activity In Ionian waters hsva
not materialised In anything like the
a agree promised.
King's Opinion Revised.
"The Oerman declaration that four
fresh army corps would be at the Oreek
frontlsr about November 20 also Is un
fulfilled. These two failures gave King
Constantlne ths first Insight Into the
great shsrt.
"Ths halt of ths German and Bulga
rian forces on ths threshold of Oreece
to-day Is sufficient proof that enough
Oerman troops are at present lacking,
while ths Allies' reenforretnents are ar
riving regularly.
"Oreece Is influenced also by reports
received In Athens from the Oreek Mln
Ister In Berlin telling of the bsd Inter
nal situation and violent riots In front
of the Reichstag building.
"Oerman troops have not yet arrived
In Constantinople. Ths Turks are an
gered by the despatch of flour to Ber
lin, for they have not much to spars.
Exportation of cattle to Germany has
been resisted. Coal snd patrol are
scarce and the entl -Oerman party In
Turkey Is growing. It la led by Ahmed
Kiss, former president of the Chamber
of Deputies, who opposes the Oerman
demands to control the police and the
Ministries of War. Finance and Fabllc
Works."
Ths correspondent regards the crisis
between Oreece snd the Allies as paat,
but adds that Oreece Is face to face
with a greater crisis in the presence
of the Bulgara at the frontier.
The Oreek Government," continues
the despatch, "says the Bulgars will not
be allowed to pass the border, but It
has no plans for dealing with a mixed
Bulgarian and Oerman force. All sug
gestions regarding neutral sonas or with
reference to the Bulgartana not enter
ing Oreece are to be disregarded.
"The Oermans desperately want to
rapture Salonlca as a submarine base
and annul the Allies' prestige In the
Balkans. The t J reeks feel that the Bul
gars are out for revenge and expect
them to cross the frontier.
Woald Load His Araay.
"It seems probable that If they cross
King Constantlne will put himself at
ths head of the army. Generals com
manding army corps throughout Oreece
have Informed the Government that
there la excitement among the soldiers
and thai many officers hitherto under the
Influence of the Germanised General
Staff have said that no Bulgarian ahall
enter Oreece.
Frontier collisions between small par
ties of Greeks and Bulgars have taken
place. Fifteen shlpa have transported
Oreek troops from the Ouevghell sone to
Kavala, where now a large Oreek army
Is facing the Bulgarian flank.
'This may possibly have some Influ
ence on the present Cennano-Bulgarian
halt. Nevertheless they are morally
bound to push on, and if our troops can
support the onset for the first ten daya
it is perhaps not too much to say that
things will go well and that the Balkan
and Turkish situation will be materially
improved "
The Froyrtrr Zeitung reports a
clash between Greek and French forces
In Fort Karaliuma, which dominates
Salonlca. The repurt Is that Oreek gun
ners In the fort opened fire on a Frenoh
detachment because it failed to halt at
the sentry's call and that the French
were put to flight.
While moat of the Greek troops have
been withdrawn from Selonlea, Con-
siantlne's forces still occupy Karaburna
fort. Advices to German newspapers
say the French have failed In repeated
requests that the Greeks abandon this
fort to them.
The number of Aiixtro-German troopa
arriving from the north at the Greek
frontier Increasea steadily. One detach
men of 10. 000 passed through Brusnik.
near Krlvolak. yesterday The Bulgari
ans are lntreiu hlng themselves along
the border.
King Peter Ol Serbia arrived to-day Mt
Caserta. 1 till . ..bout twenty miles north
of Naples Me was aciompanled by
Premier PeohltOh snd several officers.
The KImk aa received by Princess
Natal of Montenegro. lie looked 111
and leaned heavily on his walking stick.
As he proceeded to the royal palace he
was remectfully greeted by the people.
GERMAN LOSSES, 2,524,460,
Hons of Commons Hears Figures
Ituaala I. oat U.ilMT.OK.'l.
Special Cablt Petpatch to Tas Scn.
London, Deo, 21 Harold J. Tennant.
Parliamentary I'nder Secretary for the
Foreign office, announced in the Houae
of Commons to-day the official casualty
figures up to November 30 for the
German kingdoms of Prussia. Haxony,
Bavaria and Wuerttemberg.
He stated the total at 2.S24,40, of
whom 4D4,:ift were killed, 354. 19S
wounded, 27.474 died of disease, while
281. 141 are missing. The naval casual
ties are nut Included In these figures, the
I'nder Secretary explained.
The total Prussian losses In the wat
amount to 2.27,013. according to the
.Viruuir Jfoffrrilunurac Couratnf, which
says that the latest list of casualties
contains 42.S25 names. This paper says:
"There are besides 234 Haxonlan, 315
Wuerttemuerglan and 240 Bavarian lists,
f,0 from the navy and some lists of Oer
man officers and nom-commlssioned of
ficers In the Turkish army.''
The paper adds that the lists, pub
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SHIP SEARCH TO 00 ON.
British Will Halt All Vessels for
Scandinavian Parts,
Peter Fletcher, linen Importer of this
city, who arrived yesterday by the An
chor liner California, from (llaagow,
said that he had learned In Kngland
that the Britlali Government would con
tinue Its policy of holding up all liners
bound for Bcandlnavlan porta and taking
them Into Kirkwall, because It had been
found mat tnny almost invariably car
ried contraband cargo finally destined
jQ ijermany
The California brought 2.7,-fl bags of
Christmas mall from Scotland
and
1 1, 100,00(1 in gold consigned to bank
jars In this tlljr.
YOSGES TRENCHES
TAKEN BY FRENCH
HertmannswHIerkopf Posi
tion A rr stormed and
Germans Captarrd.
CONVOYS ARE DISPERSED
Special CaMs Despatch e Tas Sea.
Pakis, Dec 21. Hartmannsweller.
kopf. the Alsatlsn height which has been
So stubbornly contested a battleground,
sgaln ngures Importantly In the day's
news. The French captured to-dav an
Important aect.on of the Oernvan
trenches on the elopes of the hill.
The attack was preceded by heavy
artillery fire and resultea In the capture
of some prisoners as well as the oc
cupation of what is described In the
official communique Issued to-n.ght as
"a noticeable part" of the Oermaa
trenches.
Urn A ..h.r Interfered With OOSraV
Hons last night and to-doiy, SSM for
the most part there was a i "'""
of the artillery activity, elHiw! In
Belgium and In the district between 8ois-
parsed some Oermin provisioning patllei
by a flra Greeted agalnat the eonvnunl
sons and Rheims 'he rrencn aura ne-
paiiiee
rating works, and also d!re"d a heavy
firs aa-atnjt ihe Oerman posit.. c u.' at 'he
Uint-rtu.Mnii in ohamDagni . at the
Rloust height, north of Pont-a-Meua-
son. In the regions south of Moullnar
Todvent In ths regions of AboncJUrt
and Hlamunt. In Lorra'na The crater
caused by ths 'aploelon of a ilsnn.w
mine northwest of Hill :40. in Allots,
was occupied by tie Frsno'u The e
ninau. nf ih, -nliiA niiaed no dvnsffO.
The official communique Issued by the
War Office to-night follows:
The bad weather hindered the opera
tions on the greater part of the front.
In Belgium and between Boleeone
snd Rheims our artillery bombarded
the communication trenches and dis
persed some enemy provisioning con
voys. In Champagne there was a bom
bardment of the Oerman works at the
Butte-du-Mesnll. ,
A destructive lire on an enemy sa
lient at the Haut-de-Rloupt, north of
Pont-a-Mousson, gave good reeuRs.
In the Vosges. at Hartmannsweller
kopf. a serious sttsck wss launched
by our troops after srtlllery prepara
tions. We were enabled to occupy a
notable part of the enemy trenchee
and tu make some prisoners.
The afternoon communique says :
The csnnonadlng diminished appre
ciably last night. In Artols, to the
northwest of Hill 140, the Oermans
exploded In front of our trenches a.
mine which caused no damage. We
occupied the edge of the crater thus
made.
Between the Bomme and the Alans
there were a number of engagements
among patrols. In the region of
Llhons an enemy patrol was caught by
our Are snd compelled to flee, leaving
several wounded In our hands.
On the plateau of Salnte Leocade.
south of Moulln-sur-Todvent, our
trench auns demolished a German
position.
In Ixirralne our artillery carried on
a well directed Are toward Aboncourt
and Blamont, where movements of
troops were observed.
FIGHT FOR CRATERS.
Ueraaana Lose Heavily In Kngane
menta With British.
Speciat Cable Petpatch to Tim ItiS
London, rec. II. The Mlowing Brit
ish headquarters report was made public
to-night :
During the night bombing engage
ments took place around the quarries
northward of Loos. There was con
siderable enemy rifle fire opposite Ar
mentleres, whero mine craters were
fought for There a-as considerable
shelling by th.- enemy north of loos
and Vpres. We replied.
T-dey tho enemy's artillery bom
barded the same places. We replied
effeettvelv. The enemy twice tried to
009009 craters at Armentleree. accom
panying his att.icks by an artillery
barrage After ntubbom bombing con
tents rhe enemy attacks were repulsed.
The enemy exposed his men freely and
lost heavily.
OFFENSIVE DOUBTED.
British Not Ksperl (ienernl At
tnrk hr Oermans.
Special Cable Petpatch to Tas St.
London. Dec. 21 Correspondent s at
British headquarter" 1n France say that
Putch and Swiss report regarding the
corning Oerman offensive In the west are:
received with indifference. They state
that It Is true that there lias been much
moving o and fro In the German armies
lately, but It Is not believed that this '
can lie interpreted ua foreshadowing a j
general attack.
A staff officer Is quoted as Implying
that the Germans are trying by constant i
novetnents to give the impression of a
tremendous accession of strength.
The correspondent of the Daily .If ail
says :
"Oerman preparations for a defensive
are much more conspicuous than those
for an offensive."
The correspondent points to the arec
lion of a new kind of field fortress of
considerable slie.
ITALIANS RETAKE GROUND.
Surprise llack Rewalna Lost Poat
on the Isouso.
Specttil Cable Petpatch to Tnt 3ck.
ROMMi Dec. t, The Italian forces In
the I'lexio Iraaln, at the headwaters of
the lsonxo. have recaptures! by surprtse
an advanced position which they had
lost to the Auatiians This position had
been mined by the Auwtrians, but the
Italian attack was carried out so quickly
that the Austriiins did not have a chance
to explode the mines.
The tnciden4 I told In the official
sii t .unent lasued by the War Office to
day The statement says:
In the I'lesso basin the enemy,
under cover of a fog, oosuplOs one of
our advanced jwsltlons toward the
Korltnlca torrent and fortified It with
mines. On the night of December 19
H contingent of our Infantry recap
tured the position by surprise before
tho enomy could explode the mines.
The situation Is unchanged on the
rest of the front.
"THREE WEEKS" OUTLAWED.
London t'ourt Denies Kllnor film's
Copyright I'len.
Special Cable Pespatch in Tas Scn.
Ixinpon, Dec. 21. Justice Younger, In
dismissing to-day tfllnor Qlyn'a suit
against the Weston Film Company for
alleged Infringement of the copyright nn
her novel "Three Weeks." denounced the
novel as "grossly Immoral ami mis
chievous." Because of Ita character, ihe
Justice declared. It was his duty to see
to it that tho court did not give It any
protection.
"The film." continued Justice Younger,
"although not Infringing the copyright.
Is almost Inconceivably vulgar and the
action of the plaintiff would In ordinary
circumstances lie diamlssed with the
costs, bul tills court owes II to Its own
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RUSSIANS HAMMERING
RETREATING GERMANS
Big Battle on Near I xkull
Hindenburff Offensive Re
ported Hard Hit.
Srecjl Cable Despatch to Tss 8r.
London, Dec. 21. The Geneva cor
respondent of the Daily Exprcii trans
mits a telegram from Innsbruck to the
effect that the Oerman offensive on the
Riga and Dwlnak fronts has completely
failed.
"Field Marshal von Hindenburg." ths
telegram aays, "has neon forced to re
tire, burying hla cann-n and abandoning
much war material. Five Oerman dlvl
aiono have retreated to Tukam, which
the Russians are now approaching. A
particularly bloody battle is In progress
near Cskull."
The Austrian Wsr Ofllce lasued the
folowtng statement to-day regarding
operations on rhe Russlsn front :
A Russian reconnoitring party
was dispersed opposite Rafalovka. on
the Styr. At other points of the front
there were artillery engagements.
The Oerman report on the operations
In Russia is as follows :
During the night of December 19-20
an advanced Russian division had oc
cupied the village of Dekachl, south
east of Wldoydey, which Is located
near our front. Testerday the Rus
sians were driven out. South of Lake
Wlgonowlkojl and near Coecnlch-
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nowka, northwest of Csaftofrak,
enemy reconnoitring divisions were re
pulsed. TWO BRITISH SHITS SUNK.
Oae Was Formerly a German Hos
pital Veesel.
London, Dec. It. Two more British
steamers have been sunk, It was an
nounced to-day. They are the Huntly.
1,151 tons, formerly the German hospital
ship Ophells, which waa condemned hy
a prise court, and the Belford t Glas
gow, sl ip of lS ton.
The crews of both vessels were saved
A Berlin dsspatch from the Overseas
News Agency, stated that 714 ships of
tha Allies had been destroyed up to No
vember 10. Of these 561 were sunk by
submarines and ill by mines. Of the
ships destroyed. (24 were British.
AMERICAN HELD IN LONDON.
Arrested Oatslde I . 8. Embassy as
I ha rare nf Aato Theft.
Special Cable Petpatch to Tsi Sr
London, Dec. 21. There was ex Its
ment outside the American Ignbaaiy
this afierroon when Henry aWhaffl of
Chelsea. Mass, who had Just applied
for an extension of hla passport, lfl
the embassy and was seized by t
detectives who had been Malting :
arrival for weeks. Baham la charted
with the theft of an automobile, which,
according to the charge, he sold the ialM
day.
The owner of the oar was OUtSidt "
embassy with the detectives whei
ham fame out and Identified him
detective were afraid that Belian
armed, so they "frisked" him Ol
Jump In true American sly'.e
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