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RECALL OF AUSTRIAN CHARGE
Note to Vienna Vir
tually an Ultimatum.
German Influence
May Force Acquies
ence to Terms
Punishment of Submarine's
Commander and Immediate
Reply Required Washing
ton Believes Diplomatic Re
lations Will Be Preserved
Situation in Balkans Will Probably
Prevent Teutons From Taking
Issue With America Refusal to
Meet Demands Forcshndows Pos
sible War
WASHINGTON. Doc. 13.
The Intel est of the entile United States
today la rentied on the action Vienna
will take In reply to the Ancon.i note. On
the decision to ho leueheil by the Cab
inet them depends whether thin Govern- I
ment .shall still maintain a position or
neutrality toward all of tho Diiropean
belllReientb.
With the making public of the Aneona
protest, the llrst brusque document pie
Pareil by the rnltod States Mace the out
break of hostilities, ntllclal nnd diplnmatle
Circles became aware that tho mulled list
lias been substituted tor the soft hand In
dealing with nt leabt one of the l-olllgcr-tnts.
And the majority of tho olllclals
and chief diplomatic corps, weie .nlmltted
l" gravely concerned over the outcome.
.nother Incident that added to the con
cern of olllcinls here was a leport thut
Haron Xivledlnck, Austilun ehnrKe, hud
skcd Secretary .ansliiB for his pass
ports, followiiiK a W-niinute conference
between thu two olllclals.
The churKe lefused to speak of his mis
sion of the State Department on depot t
Ing and Seeietary I.jusini; disappeared
Immediately afterward.
It was reliably reported that tho con
ferences hail tn do with the letter writ
ten several months ago by Ilarou Zwelde
jek, la which h advised fie AiiHtri.iu
Consul Ocneral at .Vew York to obtain
neutral passpoits "at small expense." It
was learned that liaiou Zwehlenek told
Secretary Lansing that he wrote tho let
ter at tho onlcrs of Doctor Dumba, for
mer Austrian Ambassador. State De
partment otllciuls tay that this Govern
ment will not excuse Daion Zweldenek's
action on that grounds.
U Ik accepted that if the will of the
Austrlm people rules the Government,
the demand for a lepudlatlon of the An
cona sluing will be I ejected promptly.
But offlcluls hero point put that there
U far more behind the question at this
moment than n mere diplomatic break be
tween the two countries.
Were thut all which impends, otllclal-i
ay, the withdrawal of diplomatic repn
entatlves would be certain. But at tho
Present moment the situation In tho Bal
"lis is more critical. Greece and Rumania
re trying to decide which u to Jump.
A diplomatic break between Austria and
the United .States, It is believed here,
would have a strong inilueaco upon both
Rations to side with the Allies, it Is
"nown that this fact is fully realized at
Continued on l'aiie lOleien, Column 'One
WEATHER
Some day tho modern city will adopt
tls plan. It will build a steel wall
round the town and a steel roof over It,
eo that not a particle of fiesh air can
fiii Tne" there will be pipes connected
;"". Various houses which will contract
iprooabjj, at an exoroItant rate) for llm.
i,?, ""PP'Ies of new oxygen. Old ladles
ni say, "Don't you think, my dear, that
'" r.00m Is gettliif a tillle stuffy?' and
grandsons will run down to the cellar to
put a quarter Into the fresh-air meter. In
Lh ii0' """ t,la" wl" be ma"y persons
Mhl "S '" expensive parts of this and
"her bis cities. It Is surprising how
mny closed bedioom windows are to bo
tow" " a" early '"ornlns walk down
irt ,0r wlnJows open an Incii or two;
"'ten In doctors' houses, too. The old
"aee has it that an apple a day keeps
to doctor away. '
" would bo truer of open windows.
FORECAST
For Philadelphia ami vichiitu
"?oi this afternooi- and jirobabli to-
Wt; Tuetd-ty partly clovdu; roV
iuesday night; fresh westerly winds.
This picture was taken at the hciRht of the storm
r
Mann Cannes for U. S. '
Attitude to A nutria
The drastic note sent to Vienna
on the Ancona case by the United i
States is the culmination of
diplomatic negotiations in a long (
beries of incidents involving rcpre- i
scntatives of the Austrian Govern- '
ment in this country.
Starting with the activities of
Doctor Dumba, the Austrian Am- i
bnssador. in warning his country
men employed in munition plants
here that they must quit and
threatening them with punishment
if they did not, and tits actions
.,
revealed in the Archibald affair, '
which resulted in his recall, the
Austrian Government has been in
volved directly or indirectly with
mnnv of the so-called plots against
the United States.
At present Washington h in
vestigating charges made againt
Austrian Consul General von Nu
ber, to the effect that he is involved
in passport frauds. Similar charges
have also been made against IJnron
Zweidenek, charge of the Austrian
Embassy.
ENEMY'S SWEEP
CLEARS SERBIA
OF THE ALLIES
"No Free English or
French" in Country, Ber
lin Officially Declares
FALLING BACK IN GREECE
In a little liioio than two months
tho combined AuHtro-Clermun and llul
Karian armies liavo completely overrun
Set bin, cniiturint; or putting thu Ser
bian army to (light and forcing King
Peter to lleo across the Albanian Moun
tains. Tho Invasion nf Serbia by Austio
Oerman forces began October 7. A
few days later the llulgarians at
tacked Sciliia from the cast, llclgrade,
then Nisb, the temporary capital, and
other Important cities fell rapidly bo
fore tho hostile advance.
AiiRlo-Krench forces vero landed nt
Salnnlca and left that port October 15
with tho object of relieving tho Ser
bians. They arrived too late, however,
nnd were unable to press forward very
far into Serbian territory. Tho recent
retreat of tho Serbs from Mnnastir
made the Anglo-French positions un
tenable. The beginning of tho general
retreat of tho Allies was first re
ported In dispatches on December 9.
Today Herlin ofllclally reports that '
tnere aro no "free Knglish or Kronen
in Serbia."
HKItUX, Dec. 13.
The conquest of Keibla has been com
pleted. The Anglo-French forces have
been driven completely from Serbian soil.
General Todoroc's Rulgurian army lus
occupied Dolrau and Qlevgoll. the last
Serbian cities held by the expeditionary
forces, it was officially announced this
afternoon. Two English divisions were
annihilated In the Haul lighting.
"There are no more free French or
English In Macedonian territory,-' the
War Oftlco announced.
Tho last of the Serbian regulars re
treated (rom southwestern Serbia into
Albania, after the fall of Monastir. They
were pursued through Struga and Och
rlda by Bulgarian forces.
Excepting a few hundred Serbian guer
rillas, no forces hostile to the armies of
the central empties now remain on Serb
Ian soil.
A quarter of a million Ruigarian and
Germuu soldiers are pounding away at
the Anglo-French lines on the Greek
frontier.
'fhe battle Is raging In a mountain
snowstorm and heavy losses are bems
!alamea "n DOlu B1JC -- :
Continued u i"e bU, coiuiaa Due
today by n staff i-hotofiraphcr looking
: NEW po
STOFFICE
;T0 COST $4,000,000 1
wins aitkuval;
Three Sites Are Proposed.
Two on Market, One
on Arch Street
CONGRESSMEN TO HELP
Dclliilte steps tn wind obtaining n
Jl.OOrt.ttiJ poKtolilce, adequate tn moot llio
ib'm.'iiids of the clt"H pi ogress, wwn
token today bv Posttnnsli-r Thornton,
following u visit of Architect Von Ncttn,
I (if tlin TrciiMiiry Pepin Intent, who was
j sent hero to look ovor prospective sites.
. Hup of throe sites In the business scc
i linn west of III nuil Hired will be
j ccommen.ie.i. nun mere is uvor mm
cation Hint n bill provldlnK for tho iiccos
, nary nppropiiatlon wilt be passed ut the
, present session of Congress.
' The sites under coiisldotatlon ate on
i the south side ot Mm lift sticel, between
I liilh and 17th stieets. or 17th and ISth
i streets, and thlid. nil the south side of
Arch stieet, below 17th sticel.
I News of iletlultn action In the direction
, of acquiring an itibquato bullilliif was
I'lithinlastlcally iccelvcd by business men
1 west of III n id street n'ld leal estate deal
ers, who beliove that the pioposed build
ing will bliiKo the trail for a building and
ie.il estate liiiimi of Iminenso propoi lions.
VAIti: I'UOMISKS AID.
In order to expedite matters. Postmas
ter Thornton called on Congressman Viire
and other lepiesciitatives of the House In
this c'ty and received the promise fioni
Mr. Vnre that he would do all in his
power to push the proposed plans to an
eaily culmination.
Two sites tiro under consideration on
Market street, Mr. Thornton hald. he-
.1 1.. .. ..Mnl. .1.111... Il.n, ll.n.iil
MUM.' mure is u iiuii.u,iiii; ...... .........
KI...M Slnllnn will lip mnleil lino Slllllire I
westwaid. Ill that event the proposed
postofflce hulldins could lie elected cm i
the slto west of 17th street,
The postinnmer Is stionsly in favor of i
tho Maiket stit.et sites for tho u.-imiii j
thut tho dimensions of the htilldim; would !
lie somewhat limited if the Arch stieet I
site were selected. It would also be lm- '
possible, be said, to have a I.iirc tlrst
lloor, wlileh 13 ver essential, on the
Aich Btieet lot. Tile pioposed Aich
stieet site has two ureal thinks In its
favor the tear of the huildiiiu could be
cuimectcd with the tialn shed of tho
Pennsylvania Itallioad. It also would
face tho Parkway.
The postmaster pointed out that If the
situ on Maiket stieet above Pith stieet '
weie selected, an oveihead brldiie inn- I
ulng to the tiaiu shed cuiild be built, and '
this would slve the same connection as
that of tho Arch stieet building. Some
architects faor on imdergiound passage
way for this connection.
I'UWKIl SL'DSTATID.N'S
With the postolllce located on Market
above lUtli stieet, Mr. Thorutim said thai
half a dnieu substations in tho lential
section of tho city could be dispensed
t'liiitlntird en I'uije Twu, t'uliiiiin lite
WOMAN BATTLES WITH
THIEF WHO GRABS $100
Meant to Pay Son's Funeral Ex
penses With Sum Wrested
From Her
A t2- ear-old woman battled with a SO-year-old
robber today in tho snow, after
he had knocked her down and stolen her
purse containing $100 with which she In
tended to pay the funeial epenie3 of
her son who killed himself a few days
ago. The robber escaind. The strug
gle was uitnessed by mare than a dozen
women who stood near the windows of
their homes and shouted for help.
The woman, who was held up in broad
daylight. Is Mis. Anna It. Klishner. S10I
Gibson avenue. The hold-up occurred
directly In front of the home of Mis.
Klrslmer's daughter, Mrs. Louise Ulrd,
6159 Wheeler htreet. llsliles 1 100. the
purse snatched by the tobber contained
two bank books.
Mrs. Ivlrshner. who is feeble and only
recently recovered from an attack of
nervous prostiatlon, following the suicide
of her son, Joseph Klrshner, 1SW Cones
togu street, who shot himself shortly
after his wedding, was about to go up
the g'erf of her daughter's hone when
Cuntlnucil on l'une Two, Column ym I
up Market street from the west side
i TRAILED FROM
AFTER FIRE TO THIS CITY,
SPY IS CAPTURED AT SEA
Detectives Followed Man Said to Be a German
Officer of High Rank to Philadelphia, and
British Cruiser, Notified to Chase
Liner, Did the Rest
A mnn described hj deienlvei as a
German olllcer of hlKh innk raino to
Plilladelphla Itiiuinilinti-l) nfter the lire
In the Hotldeliein Steel Cnrpiiiation's ma
chine simps which cnuseil Jl'',n loss
and greatly cilppli-d the ntilllt "f the
company to continue ut the iin'iiHioiiied
hlgli rate of speed the suppll of muni
tions for the nlllid foiees lie In new
said tii be In u loitiess .it 'i'lhildad, I Vi It -tali
West Indies u p "Impel.
Tills Riili'.e iniili had eome tn Philadel
phia on November 0, four dnys before
tho series of" Incendiary munition plant
llrcs begun, lo etiguRu pnssnge In South
Amoiica at the Cook & Con ton list
ngeiiey, nt, 137 South llroad street, where
he aroused (.iisplcious He was seen nt
llellilelietu before and nftur tlie destruc
llna there on November U, mid lie lefi
Ibis city lust hi time on November II
to eatcli I In- lliitlsh steamship Vaiili.iu,
I stilling trom New York Unit da.
lie iIckci IIiim! blinseir to I . II. liacl.cl
maun, a clerk In the Cook olliie, as .1
Swlss-Geiman on lilt." tlrst visit there
on November (1.
"I havo just arrived fiom Canada," he
said. "'1 would li! to tako passago on
u ship for lluniios Ailes.
He was a rather nhiut. stocky man,
nbout T feet S, had the typical German I
bloiule complexion, lichi luili" and blim '
ejes: was clean sliaxen ami wore plain
but good clothes, and sui pitted tho eleik j
when he called himself n I.iboier. Ho
hadn't the hands of a laborer. '
He displac(l a Swiss passport and n i
Swiss sohlier'H military book; lie nail
served in Hint Republic's iii-mv, ho said.
Ho was told the price to Htieuos Ailes
would bo $r.'D, and said. "All right; Hint's
llrst lute," not very much in the way a
laborer would take such llgiucs.
lie came back to the Cook Agency oil
November 8, two das later, and miked a
. , ..1...... .). ,.....,
m ""'"V lll ""'
talcing pains tn sa
i he was a neutral. He bonked inssage
on the Vauban. .i Itrlllsh .stuunshlp. that
was due to sail on Novembtr IT, fiom
FIRST REAL SNOW HERE;
BIG FLAKES STICK FAST
AFTER RAINY OUTLOOK j
Storm OfT Middle Atlantic I
Coast, Causing Warnings to
Navigators, Drives Into
the City
TEMPERATURE FREAKISH
Snqwllakes Qf tho great, big old-fashioned
fcize that delight the heart of child
hood pound down In their billions upon
nn astonished city today, just when it
bad resigned Itcelf to a diy of rain and
Mush. Those big ll.lkcs hesnii to stick
fust right aw.iy and pile up with all the
appaient intentions of a bllzaid.
Phlladelphlans atoso to see a thin coat
ing of snow on inof and sidewalk l
ready belli? wjshed away by a hopeless
looking rain. The weather man had pie.
dieted snow for tonight, but It did not
look liko a change back to snow even by
that time.
Then, shortly befoie 9 o'clock, iho
snow began again and got belter ami bet.
ter, or worse and woise. according to j
the point of view of the observer, until :
by noon the crowding and shilling Hakes instructions to lefui-c to permit any mes
made the weather forecast come truo far ' sages to be transmitted until they hud
ahead of time. been submitted to the Collector of the
The ralliimila ami tiolley lines icported , Port Ueiry and had, been appioved b)
trains and cars on time and no mishaps, j him.
but had every sweeper eithei In action The oiders came diiect front the See
or being oiled up for uneigeiicj Pedes- I iotar of tho Navj and the Seeietary !
trlans suffered mail ucclueuts on the the Tie.ii.iiij, luting juint ! . It was re
Mlppery pavements all over the city and i potted that this action had been taken
ona man was seiiously Injuied when, j following the leceul dinovery of a plot
blinded by the snow, lie was struck by
a train at )2th and York streets.
Storm warnings weie Usual by the
Weather Huieau. with these piedictlons
"Hoist northeast storm warnings. 10
a. m. Sandy Hook to Kastport. Storm
off Middle Atlantic Coast, moving noith
uaid. Incieuslag strong easterly winds
with snow this afternoon and tonight,
shifting to west uud northwest by Tues
day morning."
The snow had its llrst start In the city
a, little, after 3 o'clock this moiulng.
Nearly two Inches of snow fell between
then and 8 o'clock one and eight-tenths
inches, to be precise. And that seemed
all
When the snow started in again the
weatberniau wai puzzled, for he hid p-t
Continued on Fuse Two, Column Ona
of City Hall.
BETHLEHEM
Chronnlofw of a Spy
i November 8 Man, who was
. later trailed from Uethloliem as
I incendiary hjiy, books passage on
I steamship Vauban at Cook Agency
i in this city.
i November 10 Incendiary flres
I nt Hethlohom and Eddystono muni-
i tions jilants.
1 November 11 Incendiary lire at
Roebling plant at Trenton.
November Ki Vauban saihi Tor
, JI"'itevideo, Uruguuy.
I November M Man believed to
be iierman oHiccr "of high rank,"
trailed from Bethlehem, identified
as man who booked on Vauban.
I November 1C State Department
notified by detectives of Philadel
phia, clue.
November 111 liritish Embassy
at Washington notified by State
Department of detectives' clue.
November 17 liritish cruiser
lying off New York wirelessed to
chase Vauban.
December 3 (about) tlritirh
cruiser overtakes Vauban off South
American coast and takes off Gor
man officer.
December 5 German officer is
lodged in fortress at Trinidad.
December 0 Vauban arrives at
Montevideo without Gorman officer.
New York, lie asked what wsa a good
place to stop, was uiven names of hotels
and thinly said, "Well. I puess I'll slay
wltcie 1 am, at l"ii Arch stieet."
Tlie Cook iiuency would not give, at
llrst, un idea of whut the inaii'K name
Wpi nr. rithT. whin mime he gave them.
Dut n:i investigation .JhoweiI that on the
CmithtiHMl nn rum. 'iu, Ciiliin
I hm I
! CUSTOMS INSPECTORS
I HERE SEIZE WIRELESS
ON INTERNED SHIPS
Misuse of Apparatus in Viola-
tion of Neutrality Laws
Prompts Action by Two
Secretaries
GERMAN VESSELS AIDED
Customs olllcUls here today received
orders from v usmngton to take charge
ot tho wireless apparatus on all interned
fchlps In this port. It was said that this
order was issued after agents of" the De
partment of Justice had obulned evidence
that tho olllcers of German ships here
had been guilty of aendins wireless mes
sages from these ships, thus violating the
neutrality laws of tlie United State.
Simultaneously with tho receipt of tho
order hcru similar liistiuctions wero tcl
tsraphed to customs olllclals at New
York, HJlumore, Norfolk and other ports.
The older lo seize wireless stations on
on iiucriieu snips ueru was consirueil uy i
the ciiiloms olllclals as constituting a con-
Mushlp. luspeclois were at once dls-
patched to all the interned ships and
were stationed in the wireless rooms with
to tiaiisiint imioit.int iiifoiiiiiition to Ger
man una ueuiiaii niy,s at sea
I'lie milv it,,,,ri,Al "lIiIou (. ,
The only interned Ibhliis ut thus port
aie German mercliant veel They have
been interned since vhortb after the
outbreak of the war. Among them are
the Hluertl.i and the Prlnz I War. lloth
have powerful wlrclevs equipments. Their
olllcers and crews aro uuartered on the
vebtvls.
Another interned German ship here is
the Ems. It aho has wireless equipment.
Jap Press Denounces Yuani
TOlvIO. Dee 13 - The Tokle tires:" todaj
In Indignant articles denounced Yuan Shl
lial's acceptance of the Chinese tnrone
Tfrcj leturtit h' l"l cent flout' d
Japai 's ." ivi ed u -e l that Japan
make proper re presentations.
ALLIES AND GREECE REACH AGREEMENT
SAT.ONICA, Dec 13, A satisfactory ngicement wns reached to
il.) j by the Anglo-Tiench nnd Gieck nillitniy nuthoi-lties. It calls
foi the fite movement of the expeditionary forces between Salonlca
mui the Greek frontier, the zoiit thiotigh which th Allies nre re
t lotting.
GERMANS LOSE POST NEAR RIGA, BERLIN ADMITS
UKFtMN. Dec 13. - ltiiHHliin troops n'lnratlng In tho Klga region have enp
tniiil : 'ionium pimt. It wns iffloltilly admitted this afternoon. "Itusslnn uttneka
near tilkn, south of J.aku Vygonoviikdye, fnllMl." the War Office, statement said.
I
BRITAIN TO INCREASE ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON ENEMY
LONDON. Dec. 1.1. Croat Hrltaln intends to Inlllrt all economic pressure
possible upon Cot ninny in nn effort lo bring tlin war to n victorious end, Lord
Itnbett Cecil. I'mlor Seeietary for Foreign Affairs, declared In the House of
Cotiiniiins this nflvriioou.
Ills statement was In reply to a query nbout the commerrlal agreement
Jiiil negotiated between Croat Hrltaln and Denmnrk giving assurance that
intlele.M she Is peimttted to import from r'nglnd will not bo permitted to cross
her frontiers Into Crummy.
Premier Aiiiltii, speaking on the snme HUbJect. said the Danish agreement
involves no i-lmuge of policy. Its object, he said, was to further restrict Ger
man tin i In.
AT LEAST :j,000,()0() ANSWER DERBY'S CALL
LONDON. Dee. in. -That at lenst 't.OOO.OOO men have answered Lord
norby's call fur voliinteoi'H was the report in olliclal circles today, follow
ing the close of Miifthind's gieut recruiting campaign.
Dcllnltp figures will not be obtainable until Lord Derby's report to Premier
Axqullh Is tnade public. Hut It was reported that Lord Derby will tell the
Pnilhiinoutnr.v Committee on Labor tomorrow that the campaign wns a suc
cess nnd Hint conscription is not likely in the near future.
WOMEN OK
FRANCE OPPOSE PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY
PA HIS,
Dee. ill. -Tlie National
i not lo take pan in any internatiotuil political i-ongicss (luring the duration of
the war. hns ixsned Hie following manifesto: "Tlie German women nre making
ileinonstraliiitis for pence. We mothers, wives, (laughters and sisters who have
not lost, bin luive given up all that is most precious to its, must make demon
, Ktratlons l'nr war. We must not let a word of pence lie uttered until our dear
i i dead are avenged, our country liberated and a great victory achieved Wo do
not want war for war's sake; we want
TORPEDOED BRITISH SHIP GOES TO BOTTOM
LONDON, Dec. 18. Tho liritish Hlc.im.shlp Pine Grove,. '17 tons, has been
iorpedoed and sunk by a submarine. Twenty-two members of tho crew were
saved. Tlie Pino Grove was built In 1SIIG and hailed from Glasgow. It is
believed to have been engaged in Government service.
KAISER OPENS MINDEN-IIANOVER CANAL
HIJIILIN, Lee. 1.1. The Mlnden-llnnovor Caiuil, the last link In the Ulilne
Hniviver wuterwny, was opened todny with quiet ceremonies, only a few
olllcinls being present. The Kaiser passed through tlie new canal in a motor
boat followed by a tug, which drew a large number of freight barges.
TEUTON LOSSES IN SERBIA '$17,000, SWISS RECKON
UHNUVA. Dec. 13. Swiss experts today estimated the losses of the
Central Powers and their allies in tlie Serbian campaign nt 317.000 men killed
wounded or stricken with sickness. In this total they Include German, Aus
trian. Hulgailaii and Turkish troops.
308 SHIPS SUNK BY U-BOATS
HKI'LIN, Dec. 13. -Gorman and Aiistro-lliingarlan submarine-. h.ie sunk
COS vessels, totaling .il7.Sl!l tons, the Overseas News Agency announced today.
WRECKED CREW MAY HAVE PERISHED IN BLIZZARD
ST. JOHN'S, X. !'.. Dec. HI. Fears
; of tlie liiitisli steamship St. Kiid.i. wrecked Saturday mi tho west coast of tha
Fteiicii Island of Mniuelon. perished ill n blizzard. They landed on the cllffh
whole there is little, If any, shelter. Vessels sent to rcseuo them have been
fin cod back to port by tho gale. The cabin boy was lost when tho steamer
btrucl:. Six men In a small boat reached St. Pierre.
i
U. S. TESTS GIANT BATTLE PLANE
i JIKADVILLK, Mass., Dec. 13. -A large steel battleplane of a new tpo was
i gucn im exhaustive lljing test hole josterday by Lieutenant Hymn Q Jones, of
the I 'nlted States army, in the prcsenco of other army olllcers and members of
I the aviation corps of the Ithode Island National Guard. Tlie new aerial fighting
machine is described us twice tlie size of the ordinary aeioplane, with a tor
pedo body and two gun turrets. It is built of vanadium hteel throughout and
is driven by HO-horsepnwer motors, such as havo been sent recently to some
of the w(u ring nations in Europe.
BRITISH LINES ON TIGRIS MENACED BY TURKS
HUItLlN. Dee. 13. Advices from Constantinople declare that threo liritish
battalions (3000 men) of tho army that retreated down tho Tigris from the
city of Uagtlad wero surrounded by Turkish troops near Kut-ei-Ainara and
surrendered. It is expected that tho Hrltlsh, will retreat southward from Kut
eUAiuara in the near future, as their posts to the rear are In danger of being
cut off.
FRENCH SUBMARINE TORPEDOES TURK TRANSPORT
LONDON. Dec. 13. A dispatch to the Exchange Telcgiapb Company from
Athens says advices from Constantinople report that the Turkish transport
Uclcbid Pushu, a vessel of 8000 tons, has been sunk near Sylivlru, In the Sea of
Mitrmuni, hv a French .submarine. The correspondent adds that according to
tho sfime leport Turkey now possesses only seven transports, the remainder
having been sunk by Entente submarines.
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