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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1913.
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SATURDAY EVENING REVIEW OF THE WEEK'S EVENTS HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE
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THE WEEK IN
WASHINGTON
Interesting and Important Events
In National Capital During Legis
lative Vacation.
Washington has devoted tlio major part
of the week trying to dccldo whether
the Democrats or the Republicans would
control the House In the next Congress,
With substantial gnlns In tho Senate,
Administration leaders professed to seo
In the election results a great Democratlo
victory. "Tho victory was an overwhelm
ing ono for the Democrats," said Post
master General Burloson on Wednesday,
after he had conferred with President
Wilson. "It waB the first time In tho
history of tho country that the party
In power won tho House after revising
tho tariff, except at the time of the
Dlngley tarlfT, when tho Spanish war
was on and the party In power had tho
Advantage of patriotism."
Politicians nro Indulging In much specu
lation as to tho Republican Presidential
possibilities for 1916. Two candidates nro
looming up strong as a result of Tues
day's elections. They nro Governor-elect
Charles S. Whitman, of New York, and
Dr. Martin a. Brumbaugh, vho won the
Governorship in Pennsylvania by a ma
jority that surprised Democrats and Re
publicans. Others being discussed In con
nection with tho 1916 contest Include Rep
rcsontatlvo Frank B. Willis, of Ohio, who
defeated Governor Cox In 'hat State;
Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho;
Myron T. Horrlck, retiring American Am
bassador to France, and Associate Jus
tice Charles K. Hughes, of tho United
States Supremo Court. i
In nn effort to stop tho spread of the
GOOD
foot and mouth disease among cattle the
Government put several States under
quarantine. The Secretary of Agricul
ture declares that the outbreak of tho
disease Is the worst ever known In tho
United States. Congress will be asked
', for an emergency appropriation, It la
sold, to finance the campaign against the
' disease.
President Wilson took steps on Wednes
day to preserve order In the strike zone
01 Arkansas. Troops were ordered to the
territory in the vicinity of Fort Smith,
and the President Issued a proclamation
directing the soldiers to carry out the
mandates ot the United States Court to
i maintain order In the zone. In the procla-
matlon the President urges the troops to
act with all the moderation and for-
Ebearance consistent with the accomplish
Iment of their duty."
The Comptroller of the Currency an
nounced that New York banks charging
more than 8 per cent, on secured call
Joans had agreed to reduoo their rates to
that levtl.
October's export balance In favor of
American trade will amount to (60,000,000,
I according to an announcement by the
! Department of Commerce. This would
show an Inorease, It was explained, of
(11.000,000 over September's balance.
Acting Secretary of State Lansing on
Tuesday served notice on the German
cruiser Geler, which had been In the har
bor ot Honolulu since October IS, that
she must leave the harbor before a fixed
date, which was kept secret, or be In
terned until the end of the war, On the
following day Information reached Wash
ington that two Japanese warships were
oft shore from Honolulu keeping watch
for the little German craft.
General Carranxa was notified by the
State Department on Monday that the
soldiers and marines under command ot
General Funston will not be withdrawn
from Vera Crus until the American Gov
ernment receives the guarantee It has de
manded respecting Vera Crux. The
United States has demanded that am
nesty shall be granted to Mexicans who
have held office under the American ad
ministration at Vera Crux and that there
shall be so duplication In the collection
of customs and taxes at Vera Crux.
FOOTNOTES ON THE WAR
There Is but one race which bids fair to
gain a little from it all the Jewish. If
the. Czar, so often faithless, keep his -word
this time there may be a great change
for the unhappy Jews among' his subjects.
Having been permitted to die for the
Little Father only as private soldiers,
they are now to furnish oflloers fdr the
slaughter, and there ore intimations ot
other distinctions and privileges. In Ger
many, too, some bars ot race seem to
have been let down In the War; and the
Csar has held out hopes of a Polish re
nationailxatlon as well.
Here ore perhaps some brands to be
matched from the burning but what
trifles. If we survey the whole world!
JJew York Bvenln Post
Both British aristocracy and British
dtiaocrooy ore on trial In (his war. the
aristocracy, or certainly the wealthy
classes, furnish the majority of officer to
both the army and navy. A man must
I have considerable private means to be
I comfortable as an ameer, for the nay U
imtil la comparison with professional and
Dual aewsnas. tub wiauur iwt Dear
1rns to the courage and devotion of
tta sataera. uao aeaaooraay Is
tie lb ranks c nOtshecMr'aarBsr.1
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swing. In Much supreme moments as
thoso through which Great Britain Is
passing, soolal Questions oro postponed
to peaceful times. When peace comes we
may see mutual rcspeot and considera
tion, engendered by war experiences, gov
erning the relations of the aristocracy
and the democracy, for bo It remembered
that the British aristocrat Is not brutal
and the British democrat's democracy Is
ordinarily not of the militant type. Bos
ton Transcript.
Let every American learn to shoot a
rifle. When foreign hunger for Ameri
can conquest Is no reckless that the of
ficial outline of a couple of first rate
Invasions Is shown to ono of our leading
citizens the Damoclcan sword hangs by
u slender thread. GIvo tho armor plate
makers the United States Treasury.
Sound the bold toosln, and everything
else out of which n. sound can be beaten
or blown or squeezed. Theso are par
lous time? Tho warning has been given.
Our blood will bo upon our own heads
If wo neglect to defend ourselves and by
that neglect encourage European and
Asiatic rapacity. Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal.
INDICTED DIRECTORS
The Indictment of 21 directors, past
and present, of tho New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company,
comes hard upon tho discussions before
the Interstato Commerce Commission
concerning a raise In freight rates for
tho great transportation ngoncles of the
country. Tho 21 men woro Indicted for
violation of the Sherman act, tho speclflo
Instanros belnt; thoso which led to tho
eo-cnlled "thiottllng" of Now England by
tho ownership of railways, trolley lines
and Sound steamers In tho hands of prac
tically tho same body of men. "The most
striking thing connected with the Indict
ment," says tho Springfield Union, Is tho
omission of tlio name or Charles B.
Una the Jw York Bus.
NIGHT!
Mellon, the assumption being that Mr.
Mellen has been' granted Immunity.
Against this the Union protests. On the
other hand the Hartford Post and the
New York Sun consider the Indictment
I and the ignominy of criminal prosecution
uu uiiuuo siaruonip lur men vrno, it jb
admitted, are not of the criminal class.
The point made by the Sun Is ot particu
lar Interest because tho entire prosecu
tion Is considered as an Indication of a.
change of moral Ideals In business.
"About a score of honest and honor
able men of business," say the Sun. "are
subjected to all the annoyance and to
more or less of the Ignominy attending
criminal prosecutions In order that new
moral concepts may be established and
new interpretations of law tested."
Indictment of 21 directors and former
directors of the New Haven Railroad for
violations of the Sherman antUtrust law
is evidence of this Administration's con
viction that corporate guilt necessarily Is
personal guilt, and of the Administra
tion's purpose that Iawbreaklng of this
character shall be followed by punish
ment. Richmond Tlmes-Dlspatch.
The Indictment returned by the Federal
Grand Jury against U directors or ex
dlreotors of the New Haven Railroad
forms by all odds the most Important
action ever taken toward making guilt
personal under the Sherman anti-trust
law." New York World.
.NOVEMBER
COMMENT ON
THE ELECTIONS
Causes of Tuesday's Results Re
sponsibilities That Now Confront
Republicanism.
The mid-term elections held throughout
the country last Tuesday are considered,
by the editorial writers whose opinions
have to far come to hand, to Indicate
many things, but It Is noticeable In many
coses that the significance ascribed to
the election Is largely colored by the poli
cies of the papor whloh happens to point
It out. Thus Democratlo papers generally
assort that the retention of a majority In
an off-year election Is a positive triumph
for President Wilson and his fellow
workers) Republican organs. Jubilant In
latory, are certain that the election por
tends a complete repudiation of Demoa
rncy In 1816; between them the fate of the
Progressiva party Is cheerfully announced
as oblivion. Comment on the elections
In Pennsylvania are concerned chiefly
with tho triumph of the party, personal
questions being largely put by the board.
The case Is summed up by the Boston
Transcript, which prides Itself on Its Re
publicanism, when It says) "It Is the
Republican cause, not the candidate, for
whom Pennsylvania has rolled up over
200,000 majority." The New York Sun,
In tho same vein, sarcastically says:
"Thank God for Wilson! Thank Wilson
nnd his tariff for Penrose." Yet the Eve
ning Sun rails the real tragody of tho
cloctton not tho roturn of Ponrose, but
the "moral bankruptcy" of Theodoro
Roosevelt and his party.
Many Republican papers, including the
Boston Transcript, tho New York Tri
bune and tho Ohio Stato Journal, are
agreed that the Republican success car
ries with It certain perils. The fight for
progrcsslvlsm within tho party must bo
continued, In ordor that Penrose, Gal
llngcr and their kind may not stand bo
fore the public as representing tho spirit
of Republicanism. Penrose Is rogarded
as a heavy handicap by reason of what
the country at largo believes him to be
the personification ot a generally dis
credited kind of politics.
A mistake will bo made If the Pen
roses and the Cannons construe what has
happened as their victory. They wrecked
their party two years ago. The oplrit of
their leadership was condemned at tho
polls not only by n plurality for Wilson,
but by a larger popular voto for Colonol
Roosovelt than for Mr. Toft New York
Globo.
Tho country rebelled at that peculiar
nloofness In Mr. Wilson's character which
made him willing to experiment with the
wholo structuro of business life, regard
less of tho losses and suffering which
might come to hundreds of thousands of
individuals. Those disarrangements gavo
htm Httlo personal concorn. Ho drove
credit Into Us hiding places, crippled In
dustry and trnde and throw men out of
work with no more feeling than he would
have shown In working out a problem In
algebra.
Ho allowed Congress to elaborate plans
for recasting methods of business, even
after the depression caused by tariff leg
islation had become acute. He pormltted
tho railroads to bo starved, although con
fessing that If thoy were not prosperous
few other Industries could be oxpectod
to prosper. Last summor he began to
realize the danger of his course. But
It was too lato. New York Tribune.
It Is too early yet to analyze satis
factorily the causes which led to such a
general reverse. But of the three ex
ceptionally Important measures passed
by tho last Congress one, the currency
act, has the country's full approval; the
second, the anti-trust legislation, has
awakened real Interest neither one way
nor the other; the third la the tariff.
This Is tho only one that could have
awakened party antagonism, the only
one that has or could have made Itself
felt In lnfluenoe adverse to business and
conUnued employment Baltimore News.
Mr. Wilson has not altogether escaped
the penalty of success whloh the country
so often visits upon a President In the
second year of his term. Even though
lie has shown and maintained his mas
tery over a fractious Congress and has
shaped its action to his will, even though
he has in leas than two years carried
through a program ot legislation un
equaled tn variety, scope and Import
ance In the record of any other Presi
dent's complete term, even though he has
won and deserved the gratitude of tho
country tor keeping us out of the war
with Mexico at this most critical time,
in the election held Tuesday, even though
Congress has been saved, the verdict is
not favorable to htm or to his party.
New York Times.
To have a real ralson d'etre, the Pro
gressive party would have to be both
more radical as regards Its specific pro
gram, and more conservative In Its gen
eral expressions of purpose, than it has
actually been. As it stands. It promises
nothing that cannot be aohlered without
It, and yet suggests Indefinite possibil
ities of dangerous Innovation. New York
Evening Post
In districts where the protection Issue
was unclouded the Republicans mad
great gains. The Democratlo majority
In the House h. i narrowly escaped anni
hilation. The Democrats foolishly pitted
the personal popularity ot the President
against the real Issues before the peo
ple, and they have lost Washington
Post
JTmn the Wsihteitwi Ktrwtax Sis
THIRD
THE PRESS ON
PROSPERITY
Nation-Wide Optimism Over Pres
ent Conditions and tho Promise
for the Future.
Thero Beems to bo a wide dtfferenco of
opinion concerning the reasons for pros
perity, but thoro Is no disagreement as
to its certainty. Even before the elec
tion editorial representatives of all par
ties were marshaling fact and figuro to
prove that prosperity was already here.
Optimism of a sane variety was expressed
in every quarter, regardless of politi
cal adherence. Tho cotton question con
tinues to bob up occasionally; but Its
bobblngs are comparatively serene, and
Southern editors seem to be particularly
grateful to Congress for having forcod
the South to work out Its own destiny In
tho inntter OC Its groat staple The do
mand for American manufactures from
abroad continues, and each new order,
from belligerent or neutral. Is hailed Joy
fully by the pross of the section which
supplies that order. Trado with South
America Is now looked upon by editorial
writers as something much harder to
gain than was first Imagined; but as the
Atlanta Constitution has it thero Is
"encouraging news of the right and left
wings of business from all along tho In
dustrial lino." Following the election, In
which the swing to Republicanism was
largely explalnod by tariff and unem
ployment papers supporting the Admin
istration and those opposed to it agree
In promising prosperity as a. general re
sult Business Is on the upgrade In the Pacific
Northwest nnd throughout tho nation. A.
L. Mills, president of the First National
Bank, says "the country and the Admin
istration are all right fundamentally and
financially," Mr. Mills Is an apostle of
good times. He does not lose sight of the
$30,000,000 which this section of the coun
try will receive this year for la grain.
Oregon Dally Journal.
Above the bleatlngs of the campaign
alarmists Is heard the voice of hard busi
ness sense. There Is plenty of cheerful
news, such as Increased exports, Increas
ing tonnage of railroad traffic; orders for
goods and material, reopening ot factories
and mills, floating of new enterprises and
calls for labor. The only trouble Is that
some business men, like folks we hear
about once In awhile, are enjoying 111
health. Grand Rapids Press,
If any person thinks that the crazy
schemes for cotton relief, which certain
Congressmen proposed, were the prod
uct of unanimous thought, he needs only
to look over the abler Southern news
papers. The South, If we Interpret th'e
Atlanta Constitution aright. Is not pros
trated because the Government declined
to give speclflo financial aid. The South
knows that co-operation with the other
parts of the country Is possible. But
more than this, It has confidence In Its
own ability. Indianapolis News.
Chairman Gary, of the United States
Steel Corporation, professes great confi
dence in the Industrial future of his
country. Because of war or In eplte ot
war, our "opportunities for progress and
ruceess are greater than ever before."
New York World.
EDITORIAL BREVITIES
At least Doctor Eliot cannot be called
a roe to German culture; no man has
done more to bring German Influences Into
American education, and the first choir
of Germanic culture In America was
the one which he established at Harvard.
In view of his record It is hardly worth
while to accuse him of being unduly
biased toward England. Springfield Re
publican. England seems to be totally Incapable
of devising any means of getting George
B. Shaw out on the firing llne-Los
Angeles Express.
The forts of Paris ore impregnable,'
says La Patrlt, a French newspaper,
Antwerp Is said to have been the best
fortified city in the world. Augusta
Chronicle.
Ruinous as the war Is, It Is a matter
ot course that the foundations of great
private fortunes are being Uld; In the
most troubled waters there is always
good fishing for the bold and lucky.
What great fortunes will date from
i!lT Springfield Republican.
Mr. Qulnn proves himself something of
an adjeetlver and a very volcanlo vocabu
lotor by saying; "William Jennings
Bryan, whose unshackled tongue flings
open the floodgate of his thoughts,
causing a glorious explosion of eloquenae
f winged words to be poured out with
cllnsblng faets from the coneeatrate4 In
teSeot, wielding the omnipotence of truth
with the strong triumphant argument of
persuasion and convincing knowledge ot
the topics ot the timed." Dayton Jour
The UsKed States sai seeat H.090JOO.M9
in pftrtUn for war daring the Lut
U y. Mi that saljrisi: at Vera Crus
THE NEWER FREEDOM
is the only thing we have gotten out
of it Florida Times-Union.
Tho Ottoman Is beginning to look more
like a doormat Boston Transcript
M. Maoterllnck, who lately counsoled
tho pursuit of tho bluebird for happiness,
now advocates tho burnjng of Bo'rlln for
revcrujo. That's what war will do to tho
kindest poet Now York World.
As a patriotic measure England has
forbidden tho Importation of sugar. By
and b) England may become so patriotic
that wo shall have to resort to forciblo
feeding. Grand Rapids Press.
Small boys cannot see why thoy Bhould
learn geography until Colonol Roosevelt
and tho othor great powers get through
changing the maps. Chicago News.
Is the Kaiser also going to take Allah
Into his firm? Louisville Courier-Journal.
VARIOUS TOPICS
The question of making laws to regu
late marriage so as to rule out the unfit
from that relation Is going to keep alive
until something is done. One of theso
days it will blossom Into a law that will
make unlawful the marriage of defec
tives, either of mind or body. There Is
a great opposition to it, but thoro Is a
growing publla sentiment in favor of
some law to prevent such marriages.
Thero Is a feeling that humanity should
be bred up and not down, which Is not
the rule in vogue now. But It will be
one of theso days. Ohio State Journal.
Why should any one think of closing
an Important Colorado Industry that Is
doing Its part toward meeting an In
dustrial situation marked by Increasing
unemployment? Tho proposal Is too ab
surd for serious consideration. It Is for
the interest of the mine owners and oper
ators, their employes and the publla that
tho mines be kept open. The Colorado
government has appeared to vory poor
advantage ever since the beginning of
the trouble. Its failure to protect its
citizens and their proporty Interests is a
reproach to tho State and a sufficient
Justification for keeping United States
soldiers on the ground as long as their
presence Is required to make life and
proporty safe, The question of closing
tho mines Is one for the owners, not the
President, to decide.
Why Is it, in the face of prompt and
vigorous action in Arkansas, that the
Federal Government dawdles with the
strike situation In Colorado? Now that
the campaign has closed perhaps vre may
hope for a strong hand raised not for
one side or the other, but In the interest
of law and order and honest work. Bos
ton Transcript
Incessant drill at sea or at stations
liko Guantanamo had been the praotlce
of the North Atlantic fleet before Secre
tary Daniels took charge. Whether our
navy Is a great or a email one, the
American people have a right to expect
that It shall remain true to Its traditions
as ship for ship and man for man the
most thorough-going and efficient in the
world. Boston Herald.
Then why this appalling deterioration
of tho youth of the Commonwealth? In
casting around for a speclflo cause, we
are impressed by a third phenomenon
which seems to go along with the In
crease In Juvenile crime and the cor
responding inorease In State and school
supervision. This Is the notorious and
lamentable decrease In parental oversight
of the young. Fathers and mothers are
more and more being relieved of their
natural responsibilities by the State, and
In the same ratio they are either being
shorn of their authority or they are vol
untarily abdicating It Compared with
conditions half a generation ago there
is practically no control In the home by
the parents ot children. Detroit Free
Press.
Professor Jonks, of New Tork City Uni
versity, said In a recent lecture that the
war would .force radical changes In our
laws governing the admission of aliens,
and ho added; "Immediately following
this war wo will have a flood of immi
gration such as this country has never
seen." Nothing now furnishes a suf
ficient basis for thin confident predlotlon.
Unless the war continues until the na
tions are utterly exhausted most of the
xnta left will be needed at home. The
work of destruction must be followed
by that of restoration. There is no prob
ability that the close of the conflict will
find England, Franoe and Russia at the
end of their resource and no certainty
that Germany will be unable to under
take the task of re-establishing her in
dustries. No one can tell what the fu
ture has in store, but if the war should
end muoh earlier than now seem prob
able, Europe would be busy for years
to ocrae. It 1 doubtful if auy radical
modification of our Immigration laws will
he needed. The present statutes must
be rigidly enforeed, and If changes are
made they should be -4b the direction ot
greater strictness, to prevent the ad
mission of persons likely to become a
charge upon th .-bile. The Industrie I
sltuattea la the Unite States dea sot
warrant atty toarease Is ualgratiaa
Heefcester Pest-kw.
Xrom th Nw Tork TWbun.
IN COMMERCE
AND FINANCE
Significant Developments of the
Week In the World of Stocks
and Bonds.
The already confident feeling In the
financial community lncrcasod during the
last week, which was marked by a con
tinued easier tone In the money markets
In this country and by a larger volume of
trading both in open nnd private markets.
This trading Is now tho largest slnco tho
stock oxchanges were closed. Another
Influence Is to be seen tn the conferences
which have been held In Washington be
tween International bankers on plans for
taking caro of American obligations
abroad, tho opening of tho Steele ox
changes both hero nnd in Europe, the re
sumption of trading on the cotton ex
changes and other goneral plans to put
business back on a normal basis. Bankers
believe that something definite will re
sult from these conferences that will con
siderably help general conditions.
The bankers In conference agreed that
tho New York and Liverpool cotton ex
changes should open on November 16 for
resumption of business, simultaneously
with the oponlng of the 12 now Federal
Reserve Banks. The plan of the $135,
000,000 cotton pool fund to relieve the
cotton sltuaUon In the South, to which
bankers and manufacturers throughout
NO TIME FOR
the country will subscribe, further ad
vanced this week. The Federal Reserve
Board, which has the big pool In charge,
received Information from many seotlon
of the country that their subscriptions
were ready. In this city a committee of
nine presidents of banks and trust com
panies was appointed to take charge of
the collection of the $10,000,000 allotment
of Philadelphia.
The statement ot earnings of the Penn
sylvania system for September and for the
first nine months of the fiscal year was
Issued. The September showing was
somewhat below that of August, but it
was much better than for July, The total
operating revenue for the month was
J32,JJ.0TJ. This waa about te, TOO, 000 smaller
than tor the same month of last year.
The annual report ot the Baltimore and
Ohio for the year ending June 10. 1914,
showed operating revenue of ft7.Ul.til,
compared with Ul.t,lJl last year. The
surplus for the year was J6.815.8M,
against .V79,SJ in the previous year.
The company earned 4. JO per oeat o
IU3.017.144 common stock In the year,
compared with T per cent on f 1,Q47.
131 stock last year.
Charles A. Prouty, ehalrnun ot the di
vision ot the Interstate Commerce Coat
nsisjlea having charge at the physical val
uation ot raUroads. eatacested the oia
ten that VUm wfk trA xwt fca comply tt
ttata July. 1SU.
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COURSE OF THE
EUROPEAN WAR
Battles on Land nnd Sea, and the
Week's Effect on tho General
Situation.
Germany's naval sueconses and Tor
key's aotlve participation In tho war -or
the naUons were the outstanding fea
tures of tho world conflict during the last
week, overshadowing Germ any a reverses
In both the Russian and western seat of
war.
Great Britain's vaunted navy has thu
far failed to strike any effective blow,
while the raider's warfare of tho German
eeacrafl has been the great surprise of
operations on the water. Tho effective
ness of German sorties has stunned the
British Admiralty. A serious blow was
delivered by the German fleet oft tho
coast ot Chill.
Turkey, duped bj German commanders
of their warshlpB, according to authentlo
reports from Constantinople, Is plunged
Into the war against tho wishes of its
old party, and once In, Is steered by the
radical Young Turka. Great Britain has
formally declared war, and It Is sold in
every quarter thoro is now a race to see
whloh of tho allied Powers can get to
Constantinople first.
Gorman strategy apparently has failed
In both France nnd Russia. The drlvo to
tho coast from Ostcnd Is now admittedly
blocked, nnd a now attompt through tho
region from Ypres and Dlxmude has been
Checked. More significant still is tho fact
that R'isstans are now on Gorman soil.
Tho Germans lihvo re-formed their lines
after the retreat from Poland, but the
Russian avalanche has not been chocked.
Tho most sensational news told of tho
defeat of tho British squadron off th
South American coast The British cruiser
Monmouth was sunk and the flagahlp
Good Hopo disappeared In the darkness,
badly damaged. Tho Glasgow and the
convortcd liner Otranto took refugo In
Coronel harbor, Chill. They woro fol
lowed thoro by the Lelpslo and Dresden.
Tho Scharnhorst, Gnelsonau and Nurn
berg afterward appeared In Valparaiso
harbor but little damaged and reporting a
loss of only two men. Their officers esti
mated tho British loss at more than 1000
men.
Two movoments of the main German .
fleet were reportod. ono of a raid on the
British const and the other of a blockade
of tho Gulf of Finland. In the former,
designed to luro the British patrol into
tho North Son, tho British submarine D-5
was dcotroyed.
Tho Gorman armored cruiser Yorok
was sunk by a mlno In home waters
near the naval base of Wilhelmshavcn.
Tho Koenlgsberg was put out of action
In the Indian Ocean, (according to a Lon
don report The Karlsruhe destroyed a
merchantman off the Brazilian coast
Turkish operations consisted of sinking
a Russian cruiser In the Black Sea, sink
ing 13 transports, shelling the cltlos of
Odessa and Theodosla. and land conflicts
with the Russian troops, which have
crossed the Caucasian border. A Turkish
raid on Egypt has been pooh-poohed by
Great Britain, which has a large force
ready to meet such an Invasion. How
over, it Is said 2000 Bedouins has crossed
the bordor and 300,000 Turks are massed
ready for tho stroke. The Russian fleet
hus driven the Turkish squadrori, Includ
ing tho former German cruiser Goeben,
back to its base In the Bosporus, ac
cording to tho Russian Admiralty.
In Belgium tho week saw the definite
abandonment by tho Germans of the
crossings of tho Yser River, between
Nleuport and Dlxmude, In consequenco of
the floods caused by the opening of the
dykes. However, there was no evidence
that they had relinquished their plan to
reach Dunkirk and Calais. Thoy merely
withdrew further Inland and concentrated
their efforts to break the Allies' lines nt
Ypres, between Dlxmude and the River
Lys. The fighting In this region was se
vere all tho week, resulting In slight gains
by the Kaiser's forces in their efforts to
encircle Ypres on tho north, east and
south.
The Germans rushed heavy land and
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naval forces to Bruges, from which point
they fortified the canal to the coast at
Zeebrugge, It was reported that they
brought up several submarines over
land.
Southward, the Allies repulsed violent
attacks at Arras and Roye. On the
Alsne, the Frenoh were hard pressed by
repeated German assaults, which twice
drove them across the river near Sols
sons and Vallly,
On the French right wing, there wu
no Important change, tho Kaiser's efforts
to cut off the forts ot Verdun and Tot
meeting strong opposition. In the Vosgea
there was much fighting, back and forth.
the Frenoh regaining some lost ground.
The German army ot Invasion lu Pound
baa been pushed closer to its own fros
tier. In some place the distance being
mss than W miles. The Russian hav
retaken Klelce and Sandomlr. tn the
southwest used by the Germans as baa
tor their advance toward Warsaw,
toward the centre the Osar force Bu
continued vigorous pursuit of the retreat
ing German.
Reorganized behind strong eitrMA
acnu in Bast Prussia, the KaUer's fprees
have resumed the offensive, but without
making any gains against the Saeatast
advance, which agaia ha penetrate 0sv
huui territory. The Oaraan are a
their original hattU line trout Lye t
Biala. Berlia ha admitted estreat tnm
the Vistula
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