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ASSAULT ON SUEZ
2400 Lost in Desperate At
tacks on Positions-Along
Canal Campaign, Re
garded as Hopeless-.
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CAWOt Egypt, Feb. 6.-TV0 hundred
additional prisoners have MHen Into the
hands of the British, follow Inir tlieTufk'
lh defeat on the Buei Canal lat 5Vli
day, as nlao have three machine guns
and it camels loaded with slorea and nr
munition.
During the lighting al.Tlisun the Turk
left behind them 400 men. In i killed ami
A, total nt GnO nrliniwri. Judfflnir ffom Ilia
o
4 reports the total casualties of the Turkey
JIUIIlUOr 1 ICHOl 1UV IIIWII, ,1.1., , v .-.
prisoners. The body Of a German officer
liae been found among the Turklah dend.
The British casualties total 15 men killed
and 92 wounded.
An observer of the campaign In Egypt
j writes:
9 "Conversation with military men who
k ara In charge of the work leads me to
It conclude," he said, "that It will be a phy-
j steal Impossibility for the Turks to cross
5 the canal. An unlooked-for piece of
strategy on their part may turn the trick,
p but unless they succeed In their object
J during the early part of the campaign
their forces are likely to be brought tac
i to face with a danger far greater than
shot and shell, namely, that of a nnler
"j scarcity and famine.
3 "The small canal .which conveys fresh
It water to Port Bald, Iamattla and Port
j Tewfik extends along the westerly edge
t of the ship canal and Is the artery of life
T In this mostly desolate region. The telf-
Phone lines by whlcn fnfllc Is regulated
3 through the ship canal ntsn oxtend along
S the westerly edge anil the rallronil irom
4 Port Said to Cairo, by way of Ismailla,
parallels both of these.
"It Is a matter of doubt where the Turks
c nT caiiiuiitjiieii iii.jir imao ul Huppiic io
I support their advancing columns, but the
i glaring disadvantage under which thev
p must conduct the campaign, with nil thu
mj natural resources In favor of the Hrltlsh,
j Is so apparent thnt tholr operations can
end In no other way than as n fiasco
J "British war vessels are stationed at
J Port Tewflk, Port Said, In the Flitter
$ Lakes, at Lake Tlmsa nnd at other point
along tho waterway. One or more of
these supported by hiiiiiII armed caff.
aro always within a few minutes' steam
ing distance of nny point where tho Turkn
might attempt an offensive. The line f
communications which extcndH to these
yei&cla In Is constant touch with everv
r ot of the cannl, and both vessels nnd
land forces can be moved with such east
and rapidity that It Is Tossihl tnr thm
to go from ono end to the other of the
waterway In half a day."
U. S. SHIPS ARE
SAFE FROM GERMANS
Continued from Pagr One
warning may also ho taken as In tho na
ture of nn answer to the ofTer of a prize
of J2500 made In England for tho flrat
British merchant ship that should succeed
In ramming and sinking a German nuli
niarlne, an offer calculated to revlo the
long-abandoned practice of privateering."
DUTCH ENVOY CONFERS
WITH V. S. OFFICIALS
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 -An Informal
conference between Acting Secretnri ot
State Lansing and Dutch Minister Van
Itappord marked the (list move today
toward concerted action bv neutrals in
answer to the German Admiralty's warn
ing to their shipping to avoid the Kngllsh
coast after February 18.
At the State Department the text of the
German food decree was still awaited.
Great Britain's announcement of Its In
tention to prevent all further food ex
portation to Germany has not been offi
cially communicated to. this Government.
All these questions Interlock; nothing
csn be done by the department, officials
explained, until It Is In possession of all
facts. Administration officials today re
peated their hints that a protest will be
forwarded to Germany. They were reti
cent concerning the situation. In advance
of receiving from Berlin tho note already
published. No effort was made, how
ever, to conceal the gravity of the situa
tion, as viewed by officials.
Acting Secretary of State Lansing later
conferred at length with President Wil
son over the war rone, situation. At the
close Mr. Lansing insisted no action had
besn taken yet. He held that nothing
will be done until the two Oermnn notes
are officially before the depaitment. It
waa assumed that the Secretary gave- the
President a full report of tila talk with
the Dutch Minister.
Acting Secretary of State Lansing
pointed out that "a change of only a few
-words" In the official text might cause
art entirely different Interpretation to be
placed upon lt
"This la a. matter of such grave im
portance." lie added, "that you can well
i-ee why 1 should not discuss It now, I
expect to hear soon from Mr. Gerard, 'to
whom urgent Instructions have been sent
tn forward to the State-Department by
cable an official copy ns soon as possi
ble." DUTCH ASK EXPLANATION
OF OEIIKANY'S DECREE
THE HAGUE, Feb, 6,-The Dutch Gov
ernment has made representations to the
German Government requesting an ex.
planatlon of" certain points in, the procla
mation of the German Admiralty, making
a War aone of the English Channel, the
Irish Sea, the Strait of Dover and part
or tho Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea.
Dutch steamship owners have protested
to their Government. The butch Cabinet
ha held a special meeting to consider
Germany stand on the shipping question.
BRITISH "PERFIDY" BLAMED
FOR BLOCKADE BY OBRMANY
MEni.TN, Feb. .-Qrat Britain' con
tinued Violation of the International laws
M part of her program to "starve Ger
msn out" compelled Germany to adopt
drastio measures, tho German Govern
rtnt stated In o, memorandum explaining
the "blockade" of Great Britain made
fuMle thl afternoon,
"Great Britain hu confiscated German
property aboard neutral-ships," .the, jqeiji
ramSuni asserted. "She haa Imprisoned
aerauiMi et ratutary-oge aboard, neutral
MIllDH.
a object pf these, meaaurea waa the
Striata hi tli ..-.,,!.. 4k-
UencuaijUt Ufa and tha aiarirailnri
h (jwhikh people. Neutral er eon-
sualf Maaitsh Breaaura arn Tiivibtdr.
tfXMrta U Germany.
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FoFjricrAL war reports
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GERMAN
Vew French attacks against the po
sitions taken by the Ueminns north of
Mnrslgs remain unsuccessful. French
attacks In the Argonna failed.
Eastern theatre of war The Bus
slans .yesterday attacked on the eal
PniRstttn frontier and soulh of the Vis
tula. On -the German front at Goumlne,
In the region of the Bssura Itlvcr, all
Itukilan 'dtlacks were repulsed The
Getmana took 10O0 prisoners and six
machine guns
Kl-ppciaflv from British, but also
from the. Vrrnch side, It has been cob
tlriUoUaly reported that tho Germans,
to commemorate tho Kaiser's birth
day, mado attacks ori a large scale. and
with great determination till along the
tine, but .that all thMe were repulsed
with bav. losses for the Germans
Alt oniclal German dispatches bearing
upon the operation of the rlny lit
question prove lhat thli allegation
wns flnUy Influenced with peiflriiou
'Intentlgii.
' h pmperpr has leff for the east
ern front.
FRENCH
T,hera were no Infanfry nctlons on
the day of tfeuruary I.
rrom Arrns to Bhelms them were
artillery conflicts, which resulted In
successes for our troops.
There has been no change In thn
situation In tho region of Perthes and
of Masslges.
In the A rr otitic and In tho Woevre
there hne been cannonades. Our
artillery dispersed convoys of the en
emy, and set flro to a train of S5
V'agons.
There Is nothing to report on the re
mainder of the front.
Vr destroyed a captive balloon with
in the. German lines to the north of
8omme,
RUSSIAN
Itusnlan detachments, engaged In
reconnaissance work, are successfully
operating on the left bank of t'ne
upper Rnwka. They have captured
number of German patrol. During
the great battlo at BorJImow tho Ger
mans tried to bring armored nutomo
blleti Into action, but their efforts
were repulsed,
In tho German trenches tho Rus
sians captured Infantry shields used
by the men to defend themselves
against Busslan bullets Tho Ger
mans used a number of 161-i-lnch guni
In the fighting between Sklernlewlce
anil liollmow Later the Germans
threw a barrel bridge over the rtankii.
Tnrce companies crossed over this
bridge and wero annihilated The
bridge was destrojed by Russian ar
tillery. Near BorJImow, Goumlno and WoU
Szdlowlescka our attacks still alter
nate with those of the enemy under
uninterrupted artillery fire. On the
rest of the front along the left bank
of the Vistula south of the Sklcinle-wlce-Warnaw
railway there has befit
slight nrtlllery fire.
Vt'e olew up n bridge oer tho Xlda
(southern Poland) which had been
built by the enemy near tho village of
Gornlkl and repulsed attempts of the
enemy to take a partial offensive on
the Nlda near Rombowa and along the
lmnl(8 of the Dunnjco (In Gallcln) In
front ot our btldgehead at Konnr
In the Carpathians northwest of the
Uszok Pass our offensive continues.
AVn have taken 2C0O prisoners there.
Southeast of L'szok wo continue to hold
against tho pressure of ery large
forces of the enemj.
AUSTRIAN
Russians have been repulsed at
DijIiIh Pass.
It Is the evident Intention of tho
Austro-Hungarlan forces to maintain
positions In Ilungarj, even at tue ex
pense of giving up ground elsewheie.
A number of IlusslanB captured In
Bukowlna stntcd thnt they had been
sent thero from the nrmj that ia bc
Kleulng Piznmsl
The Russians hnve suffered a sevcro
defeat on tin- so-called "Lupkow
Saddle," north of the Zemplln countr.
WILSON DISQUALIFIED
AS MEDIATOR, AVERS
FRENCH EX-PREMIER
Clemenceau, in Sarcastic
Vein, Questions Presi
dent's Motive in Felicitat
ing Kaiser on Birthday.
TARIS, Feb. C -Under the heading
"Neutrality's Vacillations," ex-Premier
Clemenceau devotes the leading two col
umns In L'Hpmme Enihnine to a char
acteristically Mircastlc criticism of Prod
dent Wilson, whose alleged desire to act
as a mediator In the war he condemns
equally with Mr. Wilson's congratulatory
telegram to the Kaiser on the latter'a
birthday, and hla determination to push
the ship purchase bill
Beginning with the statement, "I have
not hidden from my readers my opinion
that President Wilson was likely to cause
us annoyance," Mr. Clemenceau moln
tains that tho present conflict represent
ing an Irreconcilable struggle between the
forces of tyranny and freedom must be
fought to a finish, and that It la Impos
sible, owing to Its nature, that It can be
settled adequately by a mediator, cen
"pno seleoted by the more or less politi
cally corrupt choice ot a democracy." He
continues;
"t la worthy of our attention to con
sider how party questions, In which tho
Germanic Influence in the United States
plays r preponderating role, have been
able to turn aside from the shining path
'an eminent Jurist.
"What was the reason of the great
jurist's felicitations? Was It the Kaleer'a
new method of handling scraps of paper,
commonly called treaties, or the success
ful destruction In Belgium of cities, fac
tories, cuurcnes, property in a worn ine
organised violences of barbarity against
men, women and children? Perhaps we
will be enlightened later,
"if Mr, Wilson cherishes In hla heart
amblttona of mediation, this action, and
others beside It, seem Insufficient to jus
tify It. I refer to the Dacla affair and to
the strange legal project which would
substitute the American State for Ger
many In the exploitation pf the Kaiser's
mercantile marine,"
WAR RISK RATES JUMP
German Decree Leads to Action by
Local Underwriters,
Germany's proclamation declaring th
North Sea and the English Channel a
war aone aent tha war risk insurance
raua up today. Underwriter at' first Ig
neretf the warning, but upon serious con
sideration U waa decided to advance the
talaa Xrom'M to I per $nt.
Thla coverage If for ronqon and Uver
pool, the porta farther north will have
higher rat e4. Should Germany succeed in
her Plan and sink a, few merchant vessels
on the French coast, the ratea wjll or.
One underwriter declared that it-'thla oo
aire he will atop writing- war risks
The raws quoted by the United States
War HlsH Bureau wild not be learned,
but ibey are believed to be the same aa
Oiose quoted by private underwi Iters
Shipfting men are inclined to look upon
tbr German preebmiatian a a blujc,"
ewi tkey 5 tela re tSat it wUI net Interfere
1 to ay way with preut aefcedulaai
LEDGEK:PHi:LAD$LPfttA SATtTfcDAY. FEBRUARY
BATTLE FRONT
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Warsaw is menaced more ser.ously at present than at any other
time during the progress of the new drive on the Polish capital.
Marshal Von Hindcnburg's best troops are plunging again and again
at the Russian positions along the line of defense and these are stub
bornly protected by the Slav forces. Particularly violent is the fight
ing at Borjimow, Bolimow and Sochaczew.
GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS
BIG FACTOR IN CARPATHIANS
Stiffen Austrian Defense of Hungary and Must Be Reckoned
With, Declares Expert, Who Discounts Petro-
grad's Excessive Optimism.
By J. W. T. MASON
NKW YORK, Feb. B German troops
are now defending Hungary. Tho chango
In tho distribution of the Knlser'H eastern
army, necessitated by tho Mngynr thl eat
of lewilt. nn ban been completed, nnd
German troops me engoged In the Car
pathian lighting, which Is pictenllug the
Kusslana resuming their drive tow.it d
TJudiipqst
Potrograd has Just announced for the
first lime conlli motion of reports ot the
prosenco ot Germans In the Carpathians
The Germnn troops nro being consider
ably lelnforced. nns Petiograd, and
flghting Is now becoming "stubborn."
Undor theso rlrcumstancen no contltlcnce
i an be olnccd In dispatches by Individual
Petrograd corrospondeiits asserting that
tho Jtuisians nro pouting Into Hungan
nnd thnt tho Austriiius hnvn "lost hope"
and .ire abandoning Impuitnnt positions
"with BCiicely any thow of icolstance"
It 1h apparent thnt oiilo moic escei'lve
optimism irlgns In Petrogind and that thn
situation nloiik- tho Cnriinlhlnns Jm belng
SEVENTEEN SEAMEN PERISH
WHEN VESSEL OVERTURNS
Disaster Off Coast of Scotland Duo
to Terrific Gnle.
PIvrEHIIIJAn, Scotland, Feb. (I Seven
teen of the crew of a salvage vessel are
believed to linvo perlihed off this port
In r. terrific gnlo early today.
The storm swept tho vessel close In
shore. A hugo wave engulfed her and
whlnDed tho battered hulk over. Life-
savers, who Immediately put out to render
nld, deiplto thn boiling surf, repot t their
belief thnt ono man Is Imprisoned In tho
hulk nnd they are bending every effort
to release him.
Tho ship was a small vessel used for
rcndeiing aid to wrecked vessels.
Score Drowned In Gale
ABERDEI1N. Scotland, Feb. . A ncore
of persons are btllovcd to have been
drowned In shipwrecks caused by u gnlo
which Is sweeping the North Sea. A
trawler and a small steamship were
driven ashoin.
KAISER CAPTURES 1000
PRISONERS NEAR WARSAW
Repulses Toe's Counter Attack on the
Bzura.
IILRL1N. Feh. fl German armies ad
vancing upon Warsaw' took 1000 prisoners
and captured six machine guns In a vic
tory over the Russians, who countar-at-tacked'lolently
along the Ilzura, ofllelal
dispatches claimed today,
Tha Russians' efforts to retake the x II
lago of Iluniln wero repulsed. Russian
nttacWs In 1-ast Prussia, near Tilsit, were
equally Ineffecthe
GERMANS ASSAIL BRYAN
Press Declares "Neutrality" Is
Strictly Pro-Ally,
LONDON. Feb. 6. The semiofficial
Cologne Gazette devotes almost a whole
front page to a violent Indictment of Sec
retary Hryan and the United States Gov
ernment for Mr. Bryan's neutrality letter
to Senator Stone,
The Gazette expresses Its entire agree
ment with the New York Staats Zeitung
In declaring that Aryan's letter might
have been composed at the British Em
bassy at WashliiRton, and declares that,
while tha Germanic Powers can overcome
attempts to atarvo them out by virtue of
their thrlftlness, the richness of their na
tional resources and their Industrial
strength, they must expeat that the rest
of the world wilt take no part in the
devilish plana of their adversaries,
MARTIAL LAW OVER TURKS
Von Ser Colts Becomes Dictator of
Constantinople.
PKTROGRAD, Feb. 6.-A11 Odessa, dis
patch state that 1'lold Marshal Von Per
Golts, of the German army, who was
sent to help direct operations of Turkish
armies by Hmperor William, has been
made military director of Constantinople,
following anll-fQYcrnment manifestations
by the pqpulace,
FILIPINOS STILL PLOTTING
Constabulary Foil Scheme to Burn
City of Cebu.
MANILA. V. I.. Feb. J Prjvate die
natehaa from Cebu report that the con
stabulary frustrated a plot to burn the
ety far tha twurgems laat nlsht
tumor are aurrent avals that a woiu
Uoaary movsiasat la brewing.
BEFORE WARSAW
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judgod by tho Russians not as It Is, but
aa thoy would llko to have It.
No genet al advance of th Russians Is
et apparent nnjwhero In Hungary or In
Transyhanln Tho Russians have made
no Important gains since they were forced
back after tho failure of their second
effort to reach Budapost So far as Is
known, the Austrlans alone compelled tho
Slav retirement Into the Carpathians
Now that German reinforcements havo
arrived to stiffen tho now Austrian of
fensive, It Is dlfllciilt to seo how tho Rus
sians can make progress unless they
themnehos nre heavily reinforced.
Whether Grand Duke Nicholas has the
additional men Is a question that depends
for lift answer nn the war supplies at his
disposal
IJuclinicHt c Hiinoimccmrnt today that
Rumania 1ms no Intention of entering the
war nt present Indicates thnt those near
eit thn Hungarian scene of opoiatlons,
who are nble to Judge conditions dls
passlonatcl, do not cxroct nn Important
Russian ictory At present It seems ns
If a Carpathian deadlock hns been rnused,
which, If broken, will bo done so bv tho
sldnnble to push fornnrd tho largest re
FRENCH HURL SHELLS
IN AIR RAID ON COLOGNE
German Avintovs Kill Noncombat
nnts at St. Die,
AMSTERDAM, Feb. G.
HoMlIo nlrinen flew over the Germnn
city of Cologne and dropped bombs, then
escaped In the direction of Duesjeldorf,
according tn a dispatch from Berlin.
Tho laid wns made on Wednesday, white
a great number of German reinforcements
wore passing through Cologne
German airmen aro -very active along
the German left. Following a bombard
ment of St. We. 45 miles southeast of
.Vancy, a Germnn aviator soiled over the
city and dropped bombs, whlrti are re
ported to hne killed nnd wounded half
n. dozen noncomb.itants.
FRENCH GUNS DESTROY
FOE'S CONVOY IN ARG0NNE
Artillery Duels Only Reported Along
Western Front.
PARIS, Feb B.
Artillery duels of considerable violence
nro reported from seieral points along
tho front, tho French guns again demon
strating their superiority Kast of the
Argonna the French shells set fire to a
German convoy train, destroying 83 wag
ons. In the region of the Somme a cap
tive balloon used by the Germans for
observation purposes was destroyed by
artillery fire.
No Infantry actions were reported In
the official communique Issued today by
the Paris War Ofllce.
LUSITANIA SAFE IN PORT
Cunard Liner Arrives nt Liverpool
nnd Lands Passengers.
LIVERPOOL. Ungland, Feb. G. The
Cunard liner I.usltnnla, which was re
ported In tho United States to have been
aunk by a German submarine, arrived
here today and landed her passengers,
The Lutttanla waa upon the Atlantic
when the aermans launched their sub
marine warfare against British mercan
tile shipping nnd feara were felt for her
safety, but these were all dispelled by
her safe arrival, U was reported that a
British cruiser met the Lusltanla about
1X0 miles off the Irish coast and escorted
her through tha danger (one.
WOMEN MOB WOMAN SUSPECT
Mme. Brehoff, Alleged Army Supply
Thief, Assailed.
PARIS, Feb, . Mme. Brehoff. accused
of receiving misappropriated army rations
from Paymaster Desclaux, was arrested
In her home here yesterday.
When leaving the house with detectives.
Mine, Brehoff was attacked by an In
furiated mob of women, mostly soldiers'
wives and mother, who ripped the clqth.
Ing from her back and "truck her vio
lently on the face and body,
CZAR'S THREAT ROUSES KAISER
Protest Knde Against Punishment
for Air Raider.
BERLIN. Feb. 6.-"The German Gov
ernment, through a neutral channel, has
protested strongly against Russia's Inten
tion to sentence, like criminals, the crew
of tha German Farseval balloon shot
down near Llbau," ssys the Overseas
News Agency. "The Cologne Gasatte de
mands the severest reprisals by Germany
against Russian war prisoners."
The German airship whleh raided Llbau
was brought down by Russian artillery
A Petrograd dispatch aald that tha air
men captured would be placed on trial
in order to eatablisb the legal statu of
txvub dropping.
AUSTRIANS REPULSE FOE'S
DUKLA PASS ATTACKS
Czar's Grip on Hungarlnn Territory
Loosened.
VIENNA, Feb. .
Repealed attacks by the nusslans In
the Dukla, Past region have been repulsed
by the combined Austro-German forces,
according to ndvlees received hero today.
The enemys grip upon ft strip of Hun
garlan territory southeast of Dukla is
gradually being loosened. .
The check given the Russian armies
operating In thla region permitted the
release of an Austrian army, which has
Joined the combined armies on the offen
alve eastward along the Carpathians, The
Itusslans have been forced to retire from
several important positions, rotreatlng be
fore the Austro-German forces moving
northward to relieve Przemyel.
An Important concentration of Auslria
Hungnrlan troops In East Oallcla and
Bukowlna Is under way, It ! announced
In dlnpatches from Budapest today, rhe
Information was given out by the Gov
ernment Press Bureau,
BELGIAN SOLDIERS
IMBUED WITH KING'S
TENACIOUS SPIRIT
Reorganized Army Deter
mined to Yield No Fiir
ther Ground Play Im
portant Role in Yser Bat
tles. By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
AT GRAND HEADQUARTERS OF TUB
KING OF THE BELGIANS, INSIDE
BELGIUM FRONTIER, Feb. 6.
Doggedly determined never to yield the
remainder of his little kingdom to tho
Germans, King Albert Is hero on the
lighting line, directing the movements of
the reorganized nelglan forces along the
Yser. Officers In close touch with the
King told me today he would never
abandon Belgian soil If the Germans made
another advance.
"He would enter the trenches Inside
the frontier of his kingdom and meet hlB
end with a gun at IiIb shoulder," one of
ficer told me,
And he added: "The whole Belgian
nrmv Is saturated with the same spirit "
This Is not tho same army that fell
back, crushed under the weight of tho
Kaiser's great human Juggernaut The
Bolglans have been completely reorgan
ized. They have been newly equipped
from cap to boots, 'inoy nave nan rest,
and they needed it aftor lighting Ilka
heroes for 21 hours a day In an effort to
stem the German tide thnt flowed through
Llego and Antwerp. Today they occupy
three times as much of the allied battle
line as they occupied immediately after
tho fall of Antwerp
I was permitted to remain all night
In tho trenches. Tho Belgian ofTlccrs
escorted me on a tour of the advance
posts. Our trip took us at times to within
10O yards of the German lines,
'J ho country along tho Yser Is a tragic
waste. Tho most dismal swamp would bo
a Garden of Eden by comparison. Water
stietches across the Oelda from Dunkirk
to Ostend. From the Bcacoast to Ypres,
crlss-crocaed by ronds built up bv both
armies and dotted by tiny Islands, tho
country Is occupied by ruins ot deserted
farmhouses, standing out llko silent
sentries In the flood.
Tho outposts are a new luxury for the
Belgians. They were unable to establish
them prior to the German check because
the Kaiser's armies had poured In upon
them too rapidly. Tho reservo forces are
another luxury. The outposts, by prevent
ing surprises, nnd tho reserves, bv tnklng
relief duty, insure regular periods ot re
pose for all.
TheFe things aro working wonder?
toward keeping the soldiers In flno con
dition physically and preserving their ex
cellent morale. A staff officer told me
that tho Belgian army was never so ef
fective, bo determined as now,
"King Albert'a tonaclty is the thing that
has gripped the men." he- said, "Ha has
refused to permit hla own spirit to bo
broken. He has Imbued his men with n
fervor not unlike that of the followers of
Joan of Arc."
10.000 MEN IN FIVE DAYS,
AUSTRIA'S LOSS IN HUNGARY
Rome Hears of Heavy Casualties in
Carpathians.
ROME, Feb. .According to uncenBored
news from Budapest, during the last five
days of fighting In the Carpathians the
Austrian losses exceeded 10,000, Owing to
the severe cold and lack of food, men are
dying from exhaustion The hospitals
are crowded with frost-bitten soldiers.
It Ib reported from Venice that the
Germans have sent 30,000 men to rein
force Austrian corps attempting to hold
back the Russians In the region of the
Dukla and Beakld Passes Tho report
that Germany Is sending JOO.000 men from
Poland to the Carpathians Is confirmed.
Among other details of unofficial news Is
the statement that an Austrian corps was
annihilated In the Uxsok Pass.
SUEZ SAFE, BRITISH, HEAR
Turks Underestimated Strength of
Canal Defense.
LONDON, Feb. S.-Assurancea for the
safety ot the Sues Canal were recetwd
today from Cairo. The dlspatoh.es stated
that the Turk had been defeated by
the British forces In Egypt and Jhat,
among the German prisoners taken by the
English were some Oorman officers at
tached to the Turkish army. The prison
ers told their captors that they had
underestimated the strength of the Brit
ish forces defending the canal.
M. Augunlur, French Minister of Ma
rine, has made an offer to the British Ad.
mlralty to land marines from French
warshlpa In tha Mediterranean to help de
fend the. Sues Canal, If their services are
needed,
SEIZED AT U. S. LEGATION
Report of British Attache's Arrest
nt Brussels,
LONDON, Feb. .-It Ip believed here
that Brand WhUlock. American Minister
to Belgium, long ago reported to the Slate
Department at 'Washington concerning
the arrest at Brussels of Grant Wation,
second secretary of tha British Legation,
and that this report by Mr. Whltloek has
been kept secret at Washington,
According to one story the Germans
violated American extraterritoriality ni
selling 'Watson, who la said to have been
In the American Legation at the time.
If this report U true, the case is a
parallel to that 9t the leisure of the
British Consul, by the Turks, at the
Italian legation gt Hodeldah.
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6 1918:
BLOCKADE MENACE
USED BY NAPOLEON
IN WAR ON BRITAIN
Emperor Declared All Ene
my's Ports Closed to Ship
ping, Justifying Decree as
Retaliatory Measure.
On May 16, 1806, the British Govern
ment, by nn order In Council, declared
the Kuropean coast from the Kibe to
Brest under blockade. Napoleon then
Issued the Berlin decree, by which, on
November 21, 1806, he proclaimed Great
Britain under blockade nnd Continental
ports closed to British trade. Great
Britain Issued further Orders In Coun
cil on January 7 and November 11. 1807,
which wero followed by Napoleon's Milan
decree of Decmber 17, 1907, "denatlonal
lilng" ships that had submitted to British
authority and proclaiming the British
Islands blockaded. President Jefferson,
In transmitting the terms of this decree
to Congress, said:
"New decrees and orders, taken to
gether, want little of amounting to a
declaration that every neutral vessel
found on the high seas, whatsoever bo
her cargo and whatsoever forolgn port
be that of her departure or destination,
shall be deemed lawful prlie "
The commerce of tho t'nlted States
with European Stales and colonies re
ceived a severe blow when, on May 16,
1906, tho British Government declared
the coast of Kuropo from Brest to tho
Elbe In a state of blockade Napoleon's
Berlin decree of November 31, 1806, was
retaliatory, proclaiming the British Isles
blockaded, placing a ban on trade with
Great Britain, and declaring English
property was to bo forfeited when cap
tured. Another British Order in Council,
of January 7, 1807, denied to neutral
Powers the right to trade between the
ports of France or hor allies, or with
ports not freely open to British trade.
Another on November II, 1807, put Undo
with an enemy port or with nny port not
open to British trade, on the snmo basis
as trado with a blockaded port. Trade
with enemy countries or colonics was
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HOSTILE ARMIES IN BATTLE!
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Shells Tall Across Line as GeraJI
Attempt Flanking Movement, 1
PARIS, Feb, il
After a. comparative lull. r,...j im
heavy snow storms, hostilities r, Alt 3
Lorralno are increasing In vloUnci in
a result of the German flanking ma
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grew upon the Swiss frontier, Wj if a
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irum uowi j'rencn ana Herman artllltfri
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