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FALL OF BAGDAD
SHATTERS DREAM
[Continued From First Pace]
power In India and Egypt, and while
it is claimed that the capture of Bag
dad will restore the balance, the chief
gratification expressed is that the suc
cess of General Maude's expedition
"has shattered the dream that Ger
mans have indulged in for more than
Iwenty years."
As one typical comment puts it:
"The Germans' proud vision of an
eastern empire is dissipated before
their eyes, the German route to the j
east is blocked, and the existing ter
minus of the Berlin to Bagdad rail
way has passed Into British hands.
To Orientals it will seem to sound the
knell of German aspirations."
It is pointed out, nowever, that
Bagdad will be a difficult city to hold
under assault as it has neither natural
nor atiticial defenses and lies in an
open plain. It is believed, however,
that the Turks are so thoroughly rout
ed that there is no present cause for
anxiety, although it is admitted that
they have shown In Armenia and else
where a considerable gift for bring
ing a victorious enemy to an eventful
halt. Further developments are be
lieved to depend upon the speed and
effectiveness with which Anglo-Kus
sian co-operation can be established.
General Frederick Stanley Maude,
in command of the entente forces in
Mesopotamia, telegraphed to-day the
welcome news of the occupation of
Bagdad early yesterday morning. No
details of the capture have yet been
received. General Maude's story of the
operations carrying events only up to
Saturday morning, when the British,
after effecting a surprise crossing of
the Diala and bridging the Tigris, had
driven the Turks back to within three
miles of Bagdad. It is evident, how
ever, that the Turks have been unable
to offer any serious resistance since
the fall of Kut-el-Amara.
Perhaps no more welcome news
could come at a time when the Brit
ish public for the time being, owing
to the submarine war, is beginning
to feel the effects of the war in a i
greatly reduced food supply, besides I
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Working north from the Suez Canal a British force throve the Turks from
(1) El Ari£h, on the Mediterranean, and two months ago from (2) Bafah.
The latest advices put the army at (3) El Chalil, fifteen miles south of Jeru
salem. A hard battle is expected before the Turks yield the city. If the Brit
ish occupy the Holy City it will be the first time that it has been under the
control of a Christian people since the time of the Crusaders.
being thrown into depression by the
revelations of the Dardanelles report.
Further news must bo awaited before
it is known whether General Maude
made important captures of Turkish
troops or guns, either before or at
Bagdad.
Apprrerit'.y the ocespation ef
fected without resistance and with
only slight losses. Even if the Turks
succeeded in extricating all their
forces, the loss of Bagdad is a grave
blow to them. Bagdad has been the
base for all Turkish operations in Per
sia. Up to within a few days the
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Turks occupied about 30,000 square
miles of Persian territory, but with
the Russians pressing them closely
from Kirmanshah, as well as from the
direction of Erzerum, indications point
to a speedy junction of the British
and Russian forces which would soon
compel the Turkish evacuation of Per
sist! Territory.
The British campaign against Bag
dad was opened early in 1915, when
an Anglo-Indian force, under Major
General Charles Vere Ferrers Town
shend, was landed at the head of
the Persian Gulf and moved rapidly
up the Tigris. The primary object of
the expedition was to secure the valu
able oil wells in the region at the
mouth of the Tigris, but the ultimate
and far greater object was the shatter
ing of the great German dream of do
minion in the Near East. The realiza
tion of this dream was based on the
construction of the Berlin-Constanti
nople-Bagdad railway, and by the
seizure of Bagdad the British hoped
to prevent the completion of this
road, at least by German hands, and
strike a shattering blow at German
prestige in that section of the world.
General Townshend commanded a
force of about 40,000 men, and at first
he pushed, forward with amazing
speed. Early in June, 1915, he cap
tured Kut-el-Amara, about 250 miles
from the mouth of the Tigris and
about 100 miles from Bagdad. On
the following November 22 he reached
Ctesiphon, 20 miles from his goal,
where he was attacked by an over
whelming force of Ottoman troops.
His water supply gave out and he
was forced to retreat.
Fighting a continuous rear guard
action, the British expedition regained
Kut-el-Amara, December 5. Here Gen
eral Townshend determined to make
a stand with a portion of his forces
and entrenched with about 10,000 men,
while the remainder of his troops con
tinued to fall back along the Tigris
in order to join hands with the relief
army that was hurriedly dispatched
from France and India after the de
feat at Ctesiphon. .
Compelled to Surrender
For three months General Sir Percy
Lake, the relief commander, fought
his way up the Tigris and was within
eight miles of his besieged comrades
when, on April 13, 1916, General
Townshend, his food supplies exhaust
ed, was compelled to surrender.
The resumption of British opera
tions on a major scale did not occur
until December, 1916, when an ad
vance on Kut-el-Amara was made
from the Babylonian plains, while a
second force again moved up the Ti
gris. General Frederick Stanley
Maude was in command of the new
campaign and was unofficially report
ed to have 120,000 men at his disposal.
The exact composition and numbers of
the British forces have, however,
never been officially made public.
THE CITY OP BAGDAD
Bagdad's capture marks the climax
to one of the most dramatic and pic
turesque phases of the world war. The
city which has fallen to British arms
links the present to a past so distant
that it is semi-fabulous. The known
history of Bagdad reaches back for
more than four thousand years to the
shadowy times of King Nebuchadnez
zar of Babylon, a quay built by the
scriptural monarch still existing sub
merged in the Tigris. Within its pre
cincts also there still stands the tombs
of the Jewish prophets, Joshua, Ezra
and Ezekiel, and the well of Daniel.
Long after the Babylonian dynasty
had ceased to be more than a mem
ory, Bagdad rose to splendor as the
artistic, literary, scientific and relig
ious capital of the world. The heart
of the great Islamic Empire of the
Caliphs for hundreds of years, it was
known throughout the world as "the
glorious city," and was the scene of
the fantastic exploits of Haroun al-
Kaschid, the potentate whose magnifi
cence is immortalized in the Arabian
Nights.
In 800 B. C., Bagdad was credited
with a population of 2,000,000 souls,
and was easily the first city in the
world in wealth and commerce. With
the fall of caliphs before the Turkish
sultans, the decline of Bagdad com
menced. It was successively the prey
of Turks, Mongols, Tartars' and Per
sians, but it was not until 1638 that
the city became definitely a part of the
Turkish Empire. Its ancient impor
tance was largely due to the fact that
it stood at the center of the lines of
communication between India and
Persia and the West, but the opening
of new routes byway of Trebizond
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DIDN'T KNOW SON IS HEUB
By Associated Press
Paris, March 12. —Madame Nungas
ser, mother of the French airman who
has brought down twenty-one German
aerplanes, has just reached Paris In
a party of elderly Frenchwomen re
patriated from the invaded northern
territory of France. She was in com
plete Ignorance of her son's achieve
ments in the war, which have made
him one of the great popular war
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FIENDS STEEL
TO GET MONEY
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dence that was furnished the police
department was given by Harry An
drews to Alderman James 13. DeShong
when his father, William Andrews,
brought suit against him for larceny.
The younger Andrews, who is a dope
fiend, had stolen a pipe, an overvoat
and a sweater from his home to ob
tain the "Joy dust." The pipe and
overcoat were sold to a pawnshop and
the sweater traded to Georgle Gore,
947 North Seventh street, for dope.
Andrews at that time was such a con
firmed user that he carried coal for
Georgle just to get a single shot.
Andrews furnished the names to
DeShong of every person from whom
he had obtained dope and the persons
present that could be used as witnesses
in a prosecution. Among them was
Hoy Alexander, who is now under ar
rest, Alexander was arrested on De
cember 8, charged with raising the
amount of a prescription for cocaine
that WW Issued by DP, Cicero JSwlng,
1500 North Sixth street. Alexander
was allowed to go free at that time
when his fntlier promised to have him
placed in an institution for dope
wrecks. He did not go, however, but
•eturned to his old haunts where he
was later arrested.
The list fit dope furnishers accused
by Andrews also Included Donald
Bricker end Catherine Fox, 720 Straw
berry avenue; James Thompson, now
under arrest; Jean Fairfax, when Anna
Warden and Bob Chenlworth were
present; Georgle Gore, when Helen
Grier was present, and William Nick
olas, alias Thawley, when Marie Thaw
ley was present, also furnished dope,
according to the police. The goods had
been furnished by Nickolas about De
cember 15.
All facts of the arrest were at the
time carefully suppressed that the
All facts of the arrefct were at the
derman James B. DeShong furnished
the information given him to Chief
of Police J. Kdward Wetzel and asked
his advice.
Hyde Speece rut on Case
Detective Hyde Speece, as the man
on the force best acquainted with dope
users and their metnods, was detailed
exclusively on the case. Since that
time, Wetzel, DeShong and Speece have
worked day and night on the case.
Speece frquently devoted much of his
spare time to the case.
Every known user of dope in the
city was under constant surveillance.
Several of them were allowed to go
free on minor charges that they'might
be used as stoolplgeons In the big ar
rest.
Wanted to Be Arrested
When the police descended on the
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tornoon. they found several men from
out of town downstairs. Not having
any warrants against them the po
licemen told them to stay where they
were while they went upstairs, fully
expecting the men would step through
the open door to freedom. After the
police finished the search upstairs they
MARCH 12, 1917.
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Black Maria. There was nothing to do
but take them along to tho police sta
tion, where they were required to tile
a nominal bail of $lO for the hear
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