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VOL. IV. NO. 75.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1917
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PRICE TWO CENTS ;
JAPAN LANDS
SOLDIERS AT
.VLADIVOSTOK
China Also Partici
pates in First Step
Toward Slav Intervention
CELESTIAL TROOPS
NOW IN HARBIN
Vast Supplies and Muni
tions in City Held by
Nippon Forces
OTHERS DEFY RADICALS
TOKIO, Dec. 10.
Tlio first step toward wliat may ul
timately prove, foreign Intervention In
'IlurrJa lias been taken Jointly by Japan
and China, both of which countries are
nt war against Germany.
Japanese troops have been landed nt
Vladivostok, Itussla's great port city on
tho l'acinc.
Chinese troepi havo entered Harbin,
Manchuria, to protect their Interests
Harbin Is the eastern terminus of the
main line of the Trans-slbcrlan railway
Vladivostok and Amur province ns
well as the district In the extreme north
cast corner of Kuropcan Itussln, com
prising the provinces of Orenburg. Ufa,
l'rm and Samara, has declared Its In
dependence, according to word rcccUcd
here.
A provisional Government lias been
established nt Vladivostok. A ministry
for the new republic met and sent notifi
cation of tho sections' Independence to
other self-governed districts of. llusslt,
It wns stated.
OfHcl.il circles In Toklo had not re
ceived formal confirmatory advices on
the report, but It was generally accepted
as true here.
Loss of Vladivostok to the Ilolshevlkl,
or to any other Ilusslan faction not rep
resentative of the whole nation. Is a
serious menace to the Allies, because of
the vast quantity of supplies and muni
tions stored there.
Anarchy Is reported throughout this
part of Asiatic Russia.
A Russian American society has held
an organization meeting nt Vladivostok.
Its purpose Is to maintain order. Several
'hundred Americans: and Russians at
tended Including tho American consul
and the Allied naval commander. The
'latter, reports asserted, urged the Rus-
ktans to co-operate with tho Allies.
yjwjw,r,.jawnftaa-wr- Liua.ijanjmni
piers liwthe Orient have recognized the
ui3tiuvmi regime.
There are vast supplies of war stores
lying In the warehouses at Vladivostok
which were sold to tho Russian Govern,
ment ty Japan and the United States.
Virtually all of thesesupplles hae re
mained there because of tho Interrup
tion of steady traffic on tho trans
Siberian railway.
It Is supposed that agreements ex
isted by which these stores were to be
used against the German powers, nnd
tho landing of Japanese troops was
probably accomplished to prevent the
munitions from being taken over by the
Bolshevlkl. It was recently reported
that Uolshevlkl troops were making
their way Into Vladivostok.
TROTZKY AND LENINE
READY TO COMPROMISE
By JOSEPH SHAPLEN
IIAI'ARANDA, Dec. 10.
The Bolshevlkl are ready to agree to
a coalition Government, according to
Word brought from Pctrograd by courier
today.
Returns from the Russia-wide election
.showed the Trotsky-Lenlne Government
that they had been overwhelmingly re
jected by tho Russian people nt large.
Their majorities in l'etrograd nnd other
large cities were completely reversed In
the rural communities.
Kaced with this knowledge, tho Rol
Bhevikl, It wns learned, had agreed to'
submit to the authority of u central com
mittee of workmen and soldiers and
peasants, combined with representatives
of other Russian parties and trades.
The new Soviet committee was said to
have approved a constitution and evolved
a new ministry. One of the main points
In the new constitution, It was declared
was strict regulation that all the people's
commissaries (appointed by tho Max
imalists) should subordinate themselves
to the representatives of the War Office
and all sneasures and actsmust bo ap
proved by representatives of the central
committee.
RADICALS MAY CONTROL
HARBIN, LONDON HEARS
' LONDON'. Dec. 10.
The Bolshevlkl are gaining control of
the Siberian Railway and are likely to
reach Harbin, according to word reach
ing here today.
Control of Harbin and the Transsl-
berian Railway system would open the
vast resources of Manchuria atid Siberia
to German Influence In tho event of sepa
rate peace.
Hope of an ironing out of the Russian
situation. In London'siVlew, today rested
.upon success of the revolt raised by Gen
jtrals Kaledlnes and Kornlloff, officially
reported In a proclamation of the Bol
shevlkl reported here.
.Trotsky.Lcnine sources declared the
two military leaders were being assisted
by the constitutional democrats and the
'bourseoise and tint the rebels had "de-
ciaTfu war in ine uon region against
the, people and the revolution."
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Dispatches from Berlin announce
the marriage of Marguerite
Vivian Burton, formerly of
Philadelphia, and Count Chris
tian Gucnther Bernstorff, son of
the former German Ambassador.
GALE INTENSIFIES
HALIFAX MISERY
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fowling, Rain-Laden
Wind Blows Down Tents
and Increases Suffering
UNDER MARTIAL LAW
HALIFAX, Dec. 10.
.With a warm rain slowly turning the
snow-white streets of Halifax Into rivers
of slush and debris, sailors, soldiers and
civilians today were still laboring In the
city of the dead as dawn broko. They
had spent a night of mUcry In a howl
ing wind.
The city Is virtually under martial
law. Behind a cordon of blue and olive
drab searchers worked In 'blackened
ruins. Every Indication points to an
Increase of tho death toll oer the esti
mated -uuu.
Tho night was spent In a howling gale
that followed the blizzard of Saturday.
With It came a rain that Increased suf
fering, as tents fell and the wet cold
was driven through ImproUsed shelters.
Hundreds vho had found shelter In
tents wero forced into the open again
as a flfty-mlle gale crushed the Impro
vised quarters.
No Americans were killed In tho ex
plosion, according to reports received by
Kthelbert Watts, American consul gen.
eral. SJr. Watts has received teveral
telegrams from tho Stato Department
Asking about the situation especially re
garding the safety "of Americans, and
while answers were promptly filed appar
ently they never reached Washington.
All German citizens of the city are
being arrested today. They were or
dercd taken into custody, regardless of
sex. Seven men and one woman had
Continued on race blx. Column To
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FLAMES THREATEN
CHARLIE ROSS HOUSE
Blaze in Dwelling Next Door to
Famous Mansion
Fire that for a tlmo threatened tn
spread to the famous'Charlle Ross house,
In Oermantown, broke outtoday at 527
Dast Washington lane. s
Hard fighting by firemen confined the
flames to th? third story of the brick
residence, which Is occupied by the fam
ily of John O'Sulllvan. The Ross house,
In an adjoining 101, is ine ouuaing irom
whMtV " l"f ey..i.narii noaa wns
WEDS AMERICAN
TWO DEATHS DUE
TO COLDEST DAY
One Man Falls Into River,
Another Slips on Icy
Sidewalk
MERCURY FALLS .TO 14
Today's Temperature
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2 a. m 22
3 a. m 20
4 n. m 18
5 n. m 19
fi a. m 17
7 a, m 15
8 a. m 14
0 a. m 14
10 a. m 14
11 n. m 15
Noon ...,t 16
Noon 17
1 p. m. 18
2 p. m 20
3 p. m 20
1 p. m 10
C p. m 18
There is skating on Concourse
Lake today. The park authorities
reported that they did not expect
to open the other lakes and
streams either today or tonight.
Two persons met death in this city
today as tho result of tho 1cy tempera
ture, the coldest ehrly December day in
the records ofthc Philadelphia Weather
Bureau. Intense suffering throughout
the city, due to tho shortage of coal,
accompanied the cold snap.
Tho first man who lpst his life was
Abraham Jones, of Camden, an aged
negro, who lost his footing In the driving j
snow while boarding a barge In tho mid-1
die of tho Delaware nnd fell Into the
river. He was drowned before help
could reach him.
Tho second was William Kuhn, forty
four years old, a baker, of 2030 South
Sixty-first street, who slipped on 'an Icy
paemcnt while delivering bread nnd re
colved Injuries from which ho died later
In the University Hospital,
Today Is the coldest day for this early
in December In the records of the Phlla.
delphia Weather Bureau. Due to the
shortage of codl this unexpected spell
of severe weather Is causing Intense suf
fering. .
The thermometer at 8 o'clock this
morning registered 14 degrees, the low
est point reached this winter, and at
noon had only climbed to 17 degrees.
Tho driving wind crept through cracks
and under doors and the air being filled
with snow did not add to general com
fort, either In the house or on the
street. The weather forecasters have
predicted that the cold spell will con
tinue throughout tho present week.
The United States Weather Bureau at
Washington early today ordered storm
warnings displayed nlong the Atlantic
coast from the Delaware Breakwater to
Kastport, Me., In the belief that severe
weather will develop In those 'waters
within the next twenty-four hours. Such
a storm, If one came, would affect the
length of the cold spell here, It is
thought.
Nearly all trains, even Including most
of those from surburban points, were
late coming Into tho city this morning.
They were anywhere from fifteen min
utes to a half hour behind time. The
railroads said this was caused by the
severe wind, which' tore down wires In
some places and c-therwlse Interfered
with signals, without which the trains
we're held up from station to station.
No cases of tie-ups were reported.
Tralllo policemen will be relieved a
half hour every two hours during the
cold snap, according' to an order put
Continued on fan Soen. Column Haven
Court Denies U. S. Claim
WASHINGTON, Dec, 10. A claim of
the United States for J13.157 njralnst
the California Bridge and Construction
ornia linage ana construction
for alleged breach of avSpan-
lean contract 'at ..the Mare
lNav Yard' tatrVa .
company ror
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AMERICAN BRIDE
FOR BERNSTORFF
Marguerite Vivian Burton
Weds Son of Former Ger
man Ambassador
FOSTER-PARENTS ANGRY
But Philadelphia Insurance
Official Will Welcome Son-
in-Law After War Ends
Marguerite VIlon Burton, who onco
upon a tlmo was a Virginia mountain
girl with Jet-black hair down her back,
and who was adopted by a wealthy
Philadelphia Insuranco official, has mar
ried Count Christian Guenther von Bern
storff, son of the former German Am
bassador In the I'nlted States.
N'ews of the wedding, which caused an
International thrill because of tho hostllo
relations between the I'nlted States nnd
Germany, came today In a cablo mes
sage. Tho ceremony was performed In
Berlin Saturday, tho news' dispatch said.
Word of the. culmination of tho love
stcry In the enemy country camo ns a
blow to tho bride's footer parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Kduard J. Thomason. of BOO
High street, Burlington, N. J. Mr. Thom
ason Is secretary and a director of the
Glrard Kirn and Marine Insurance Com
pany, of Philadelphia, at Seventh noil
Chestnut hfrects.
It nlso set Burlington agog with gos
sip. The new Countess von BernslorfT,
tho younger, was recalled there today
by women with whom she skipped rope
a quarter of a century ago, when sho
woro pigtails tied up with ribbons.
Tho new German Countess, who sur
rendered her American nationality to be
come the young nobleman's bride. Is
thirty-two years old nnd a strikingly
handsome brunetto of many talents.
This Is her third marriage. Her first
husband was James II. Birch, Jr., of
Burlington Her second husband was
Count Walter von Roedlck, an attache of
the German embassy In London, From
both of these she was divorced.
N'o effort was made by tho bride's
foster parents to conceal their disap
pointment over the wedding of their
adopted daughter, which brought Into
tl.elr family as a son-in-law the son of
former Ambassador von Bernstorff. the
Prussian who directed Intrigues aimed
at the Government of the United States.
"? am not nt all pleased." ald Mr.
Thomason at his olllce. "I am not a
Otrman nnd am not In sympathy with
Germany."
"Tho news thnt Marguerite has mar
ried Count von Bernstorff is certainly n
disappointment to us nnd especially to
me," said Mrs. Thomason "Lovo Is a
great problem. There Isn't any question
In my mind that Marguerite Is marry
ing because she loes him. But when
tho country's future Is at stake Cupid,
or love, If you wish to call It that,
thoutd beA forgotten. It would have
rjeaged ma If Marguerite hadrejujnejj
to"ua wltnah Xmerrcair'hUsband'. Von
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SOLDIERS DIE IN FRANCE
Four Additional Disease Fatalities
Reported From Troops Abroad
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Fc-ur addi
tional deaths from natural causes In
tho American forces abroad were an
nounced by tho War Department this
afternoon as follows:
Trlvato Hari H. Coons, Infanry, De
cember 1, scarlet fever j father, , V.
Coons, Prcscott, In,
Private Raymond Hamilton, artillery,
December 8, measles and pneumonia!
uncle, Albert Pea, Rushvllle, Ind
Seargeant (lirst-class) Frank J
O'Leary, medical corps, November "t i
mother. "Mary A. O'Leary, Roxzury,
Mass.
Private William 11 Hancock, engin
eers, December 2 ; sister, Madallno
aGlns, Smith Mills, Ky.
Praises Conduct of Cantonments
Lincoln L. Hyre wns the princ'pal
speaker at the luncheon of tho City Busi
ness Club given at the Adelphla today.
"Supporting tho Army From tho Home
Trenches" wns the subject of his ad
dress. Mr. Hyro commended thoso In
charge of tho work In the cantonments
for "not giving the boys too much ro
llglon," and declared that tho sano man
ner In which this work Is being dono will
bo productive of much good.
Dr. John It. Mohler In U. S..Job
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. Dr. John
R. Mohler, formerly of Philadelphia,
was today appointed by Secretary of
Agriculture Houston ns chief of tho
Federal Bureau of Animal Husbandry.
He succeeds the late A. D. Melvln.
Mrs. Gerard's Operation Succeeds
NKW YORK. Dec. 10. Mrs. James
W. Gerard, vife of the former American
Ambassador to Germany, was success
fully operated on hero today for appen.
dicltis. Hvery indication is for Mrs,
Gerard's speedy recovery.
65 DEAD, LATEST LIST
OF JACOB JONES LOSS
Apparently Complete Returns
Indicate One Captured and
44 Landed Safely
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.
The sea had apparently given up the
last of the rescued from the torpedoed
destroyer Jacob Jones, leaving the death
toll at sixty-five officers and men and
one captured by the attacking Hun'sub
marine. Rescue lists Indicated that forty-four
officers and men had been brought
ashore safely.
Secretary Daniels had advised Ad
miral Sims to put ahead news of the
tragedy, so that If there are other sur
vivors It Is likely they will be reported
before another day.
The rescue of Lieutenant Commander
Bigley, Secretary Daniels's brother-in-law,
made the tragedy less poignant with
the Daniels family, but the Secretary
was stll) deeply Impressed today at the
sacrifice of so many Uvea.
Sunday report 'showed the destroyer
sank within seventeen minutes after she
waa struck, and that Oie attacking U
boat cam up after ltwaa certain the
,ySMl h"ne down. ,. On was takes
BRITISH CAPTURE JERUSALEM;
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ITALIANS RETAKE
PIAVE POSITION
Bridgehead Won Back
From Teutons Near
Caposile
FOE PUT TO FLIGHT
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 10.
Count Czernjn, the Austrian For
eign Minister, has promised to send
'AustriBiftroopsfo-the; western front
to re-enforce the Germans, said a
telegram from Berlin today, adding:
"The German press is jubilant." In
the meantime German troop trains
continue to pour into Flanders from
the cast.
ROME, Dec. 10.
Teutonic troops were driven in
flight out of the whole Capasile po
sition on the lower I'lave River and
that point was recaptured by Italian
troops, today's ofTicial statement as
serts. Bi:RLlN. Dec. 10.
Moro than 200 prisoners were taken
when German troops on tho Piavo delta
stormed nn Italian bridgehead at Slle,
cast of Caposile. today's official state
ment asserted.
English troops wero driven out of sec
tions of trenches west of Gralncourt, the
statement also announced. North of
Laacquerlo an English attack broke
down.
LONDON, Dec. 10.
Allied re-enforccments nro now oceu
pylng trenches In the battered positions
until recently held by tho Italian troops,
now relieved for a needed respite.
The British position Is around tho.
heights of Montello. on (ho upper Plave,
where the batteries on tho heights are
already in action and rllle fire answers
the steady sniping from across the river.
The French position cannot as yet be
Indicated, but It Is In an equally Impor
tant sector.
This transfer Is significant. First, It
Is visible evidence of Allied unity, not
alone In conferences but on the fighting
lines. It Is evidence also of unity on
the western front, whether In Italian
Vcnetla or French Flanders. Second,
It Is the Infusion of new blood, now life,
new spirit at a timely moment.
LITTLE BAND OF BRITISH
HOLDS DIVISION AT BAY
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, Dec. 10,
Ono 6mall group of British Tommies
held a whole German division nt bay
in one twist of the great Cambral bat-
The story did not come out In Its full
heroic details until today, In the deep
dry bed of the Nord Canal, east of
Moeuvres, this little group of British
made one of the finest stands of the
war. V , ,
As the Germans poured Into the mlnla-
Continued on rate Mi Column One
Fire Destroys Dwelling
Tho two-story frame dwelling at the
corner of Nineteenth street and Jersey
avenue, Gloucester, owned by the estate
of George S'. Koehler and occupied by
Leonard Eckler, was destroyed by fire
at 5 o'clock this morning. A sldo of
tho old Geisel Hotel, adjoining, also was
damaged.
Rowen to Be Host of G. A. R. Post
On Thursday evening, December IS,
the anniversary of the Battle of Fred
ericksburg, William Rowen, of the Board
of Education, will tender a dinner to 4 he
members of Pennsylvania Reserve Post
No. 191. O. A K-. of Philadelphia, at
Soulas's Cafe, Arch street below Broad.
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the sealed colden gate of .lersualem, through vhich Christ made his
triumphant entry into the city.
QUICK
OIL stove upsets; girl dies of burns
Tivc-ycar-old Anna May Peel, of 3021 Hidgc avenue, who
was buincd when an oil ktove overturned at her home today,
died in tho Samaritan Hospital.
EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN OMAHA BALLOON SCHOOL
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 10 An explosion, followed by a file,
bas occurred at tho fort Omaha balloon school, according to a re
port received here this afternoon.
U. S. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS ANTI-LABOR CASE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Tho Supremo Court today declared the olll
ccrs of tho United Jlino Workers in West Virginia had used unlawful means
In attempting to unionize tho mines of tho Hitchman Coal nnd Coko Com
pany, Tho Court upheld the decision of federal Judgo Dayton that tha union
was guilty of unlawful nnd malicious conduct.
CARRYING A FLASK CRIME IN IDAHO
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. It is not legal to havo even a small quantity
of whisky In your possession in Idaho, tho Supremo Court ruled today, In
holding that tho Idaho Legislature had not overstepped Its constitutional
rights In passing a law making mero possession a crime.
NO-INDEMNITY PEACE SUITS GERMANY
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 10. Germany has signified her willingness to enter
Into peace with Russia on tho basis of no Indemnities, according to tho news
paper Huvustads Bladet today. This principle, tho paper says, Is favorable
to the financial interests of both countries. It was reported'from l'etrograd
that tho Bolshevlkl Government would Issuo a formal proclamation Thurs
day repudiating Itussla's loans.
DECREASE IN UNFILLED STEEL TONNAGE
NEW YORK, Dee, 10. In Its monthly statement Issued at noon today,
the United States Steel Corporation reports unfilled orderw on its books as of
November 30 last of 8,897,106 tons. This compares with 9,009,675 tons on
October 31, a decrease of 112,569 tons, and compares with 11,058,543 tons on
November 30, 1916.
U. S. SHUTS OFF GRAIN SHIPMENTS EAST
CHICAGO; Dec. 10. Notice was given by tho United States Food Admin
istration that shipments of corn and oats cannot be mado through the em
bargoed zone. Tho imbargo became effective at midnight December 8. It
Is ngalnst loading, reconslgnlng or movement of carloads of corn and oats
into territory south of tho Canudlan boundary and east of tho lino separating
Wisconsin and Michigan, Indiana and Illinois and north of the Ohio and
Potomac rivers, from points outside.
FINNS GIVE PRESIDENT FIVE-YEAR TERM
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 10. The Finnish Diet has adopted a form of repub
lican government whereby a President will be elected every five years.
AUSTRIAN EMPEROR HAS GONE TO FRONT
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 10. Emperor Carl of Austria-Hungary has gone to
the southwest front, according to Vienna dispatches.
$OMEN CARRY HOLIDAY MAIL IN NEW YORK
A'EW YORK, Dec. 10. Women will help the holiday rush In Now York's
postotjlces by serving as mall carriers. Ten women went on duty today.
Shifts of three or four hours a day will bo given them.
SUSPEND HIGHER LUMBER RATE TO EAST
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Certain schedules providing for Increased
rates on lumber In carloads from southern producing points to Philadelphia
and other eastern destinations were further suspended today by the Inter
state Commerce Commission until June 16, 1918. 0
DRYS PLAN FIGHT ON SCHUYLIOLL LICENSES
POTTSVILLE, Ta-Dec. 10. Wholesale objections to Schuylkill County
saloons, on the ground that they are not necessary, ore to be made at the
approaching session of, the License Court, beginning early in January, Under
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Cross Again Replace"!
Crescent as Moslems
Surrender Historic
Capital of Palestine J
Bethlehem, Birthplaci
of Christ, Probabjy
Also in Hands of.
Victorious English
Army
General Allenby's Tril
nmnh AnnnnnioH iiivA
Parliament Hatted
in London as Good!
Omen
Events That Mark
Epochs in Hislory
of the Holy City
TAKEN and destroyed by Nebu
chadnezzar in 581 B. C.
Rebuilt by the Jews under Per-'
sinn rule, it change.! hands three
times in the next century, being
successively under Macedonian,
Egyptian and Syrian domination.
Became a separate Jewish king
dom in 1 and 2 B. C.
Destroyed for the second t'me
in A, D. 70 by Titus.
Present city founded on ruins
in A. D. 71 by Emperor Hadrian.
Captured by the Crusaders in
1099 nnd remained a Christian
capital until 1187, when Saladin
conquered the city.
Turks have held possession of'
the city since 151C.
LONDON. Dec. 10. m
Jerusalem, the holv citv. has betm-
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British army operating in Palestine.
General Allcnby will make hlajjfjj
formal entrance into the shrine J
Christendom tomorrow.
Announcement to this effect
made in Parliament this afternw
It was based on official advices, friil
General Sir E. H. H. AIIenby.ee
mandcr-in-chief of the British ioint
on the Palestine front. ySSp!
innnceiior oi uie exenequer oonarrai
Law. who made the announcement.. 3
said that two bodies of British troops'? I
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surrounaca tne city ana cut it ok., jp
from the Turkish general lines offiSj
communication. Thereupon the citjr3
surrendered. S
The news spread like wildfire-
throughout London. Its fall was'.
i !i-j - - J nn. if"
iiuueu us u kuuu unicii. j. ue iiiuai.. vl
cherished Christmas gift whicfclfa
could be given the world of demccv,.i
racy anu ine nosia ngnung xor iiris-;,','
tlnn instil., nnrl nanen nnrl frfArlnM &tfi
....... ,,...... ...... .WMW ...... .-.-.... J-
is this gift of the Holy City to worldif
Christians again, after having, beefs
neiu uy mr.oei noracs since hoy. -ii
SWKEP IlKGAX IX APRIL
British armies began their sweep ,WVi,
the alley of Palestine from the Suea
Canal early last spring. Almost unfcfl
noted and overshadowed by tho terrMletj
conflict on the west front, first General ,
riiv.m. nml lata ri.naral Al1anWa.Z
pushed steadily upward against thaia
Turks. f
Tc.na.l.m'a f,l. i-a a cafllnl yvVib. ttlla, ?.il
n-IHuh nvnaillMnnai... tnrftk nn VAnaa(
ber 1 captured Gaza, Immediately after j
taking the ancient city of Beersheb
General Allenby sent his forces rapid
north and a fortnight later they to
Jaffa, the olden city of Joppa, and at
pert to Jerusalem. '1
From Joppa the British began theH"
encircling moement around the Holy-xl
City Itself, striking north and. east. Ut 1
latest reports last week, they were VT1U.-,..H
In about nlno miles of the city, il
BETHLCHUat ALSO TAKEN 'A
Bethlehem, where the Savlous 'was-
born, lies a scant six miles due south $
of Jerusalem and Is presumably.
now in urliisn nanus. .'ft
Jerusalem's fall will bo a tremendoaaj'?
lilnw .it Turkish mnrnla. nrfnrrilno- . fka.11
belief here today. ' Loss of this shrlatk
of Christendom, possession of which haa-'J
been the boast of Moslems for cen-' !i
turles, will have far-reaching etfeetj y
mrougnoui iurKey, Jieccni aispatcnas j,
have Indicated Knver Pasha. Turt-nv' .1
ambitious War Minister and the ma i jfl
wno conceived tne Turco-uerman oil!)
ance, was tottering from this place,
power wnno urmsn armies were awe
Ing all before them In Mesopotamia 'a
Palestine. '
The loss of the city Is also a.
mendous personal defeat for Kalser'i
helm. It must Inevitably lower his jnn
tlge among tho Turkish people. Th
had been led to believe on solemn ojr
assurances mat Jerusalem would be 4
fended by as large a German army.
necessary u urive DacK ine untUHl I
protect the Moslem peoples, to who
Kaiser has always appealed as thai
particular protector. V- ij
in isys me Kaiser maae a aw
trip to Jerusalem specifically t ;
nounce mere mat ne was the pn
of the Moslem world. Evident!
Kaiser even then wai drearolnk.o41
Continued on Tate Seven
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