THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, MeGONNELLSBURG, PA. TSlNG-TAU IS TAKEN BY JAPANESE JAROSLAW CAPTURED BY RUSSIA GOOD HOPE'S LOSS IS CONFIRMED NEW KRUPP GUNS FOR KAISER'S FLEET Germans Fall Back Along Line in East Prussia Good Hope, Fired by GERMAN STRONGHOLD IN CHINA SURRENDERED German Shells, Sank in Terrific Explosion jaW'iM - f: ' J. n Ih v v iff s I"-" i iUerf y i . K X &Hs! X A :o:- Seven Thousand of the Kaiser's Men Beat Back More Than Four Times Their Number For Three Months -:o:- REAR ADMIRAL CRADOCK WITH HIS 900 MEN LOST WHEN THE BRITISH FLAGSHIP WAS SUNK -;o;- Toklo.-It is ofliclally announced that tlio German fortress of Talug Tau has surrendered to tiiu Japanese unil British furies. The lirHt step In bringing about the surrendir of the fortress occurred when the infantry charged and occu pied tho middle fort of the first Una of defense. In this operation they took 2u0 prisoners. The fall of TslngTau ends one of the most picturesque chapters of the war. The flege of the little German concession on the south side of the Shantung -Peninsula of China has been going on Mil re late in August. The capture of Tsing-Tau loses to Germany her last foot of possessions on the Asiatic mainland as well a-i Ivr last strategic position outside of he German Empire In Europe. For nearly three months the little German garrison, amounting to about 7,000 men and nearly wholly composed of reservists who were living or doing business In China, has held out against the laud and sea attacks of 30.000 Ja panese and British troops that found themselves in China at the outbreak of the war. The bombardment of the defenses of Klao-chHU began August 24, and tho general assault on Tslng-Tau, October SI. The official Japanese and British re ports have Indicated that Tsing-Tau lias been taken at heavy cost of men to the Allies 2,000 men and several feoond rule warship. "GALICIA VICTORIES GREATEST OF WAR." GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS WIRES. Grand Duke Nicholas, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian forces in the nolil. hns sent the following telegram to General JofTre, Commander-in-Chief of the French forces, and to Ixrd Kitchener, Great Brltalu's War Secre tary: "Followina our successes upon the Vistula, a complete victory has Just been gained by our troops along the who!, of the front In Galicla. Our tratealcal maneuvre has thus been crowned by what is uncontestably the greatest success gained on our side since the beginning of the war. I am most confident of the speedy and entire accomplishment of our com mon task, persuaded, as I am, that decisive victory will be gained by the Allied armies." .larnslaw. an Important Gallclan city, 17 miles northwest of Praemyal has been recaptured by the Russians after a desperate battle, according to a pelrograd official report, and 6,000 nrlsoners taken. As regards the Western theatre, tht news that Germany has been massing men In Belgium for a new attempt tn break the 'Allies' line Is now o(H rUllv confirmed. The reserves, which hive been severely handled In the recent lighting, have been stlffenel by better troops called from other rpirlnns fnr this last desperate at "empt to reach the Channel ports, which would give to them command nf the Straits of Dover. A despatch from Amsterdam says that advices received there from Ber lin say that up to last tfunday the German concentration enmps and hot. pltals held the following prisoners: French, 3.138 officers and lSS.f.18 men; Russians, 3,121 officers and 186. 77!) men; Belgians, 537 officers and 84,907 men; British, 417 officers and 15.730 mon. a total of 433,247. The correspondent adds that the Berlin despatch says these figures do not Include prisoners not encamped. "In Calais Soon," Kaiser to Troops Will Take Personal Command in Belgium, He Tells the Army. London. The Kaiser has addressel a fresh manifesto to the troops tell ing them that be Is now on his way to take personal direction of the opera tions on the Lys nnd assuring them that very little more effort is now required to curry them victoriously to Culals, according to the Berlin correspondent of the Standard. He adds: "Public opinion is not so sure of thlB for despite rigrrou" censorship the news is trickling through of enor- REBELS IN AFRICA CRUSHED. Few That Remain Together III Equip ped and Unorganized. Capetown. The rebellion of Gener al Christian Frederick Beyers, In the western Transvaal and the mutiny of Lieutenant Solomon Herbardus Marlti in northwest Cape Colony now appear to be completely crushed. The rebels still are collected at certain points In the northern Free State, but all these points are marked by adequate loyal commanders and bava practically no trgsntzatlon. nious losses sustained. Fears are ex pressed whether the German forces are strong enough to stand niany'more weeks at such frightful slaughter. "The Frankfurter Zeltung admits tliut the Allies are proving a tough nut, but Bays the splendid spirit of the Germans will pull them through." The Standard adds that whenever the Kaiser has taken personal com mand over the troops German disas ter has Invariably followed. Germany's Losses Put at 1,750,000 to Date London. lillalre Belloc whoso weekly war articles In Land and Wa ter have attracted wide attention, and who Is considered among the best of the experts, estimates the German losses up to the present at 1,750,000. "I know," he writes, "that this fig ure looks startllngly large, but the various steps by which it is arrived at are not. I think, open to criticism. It would be easy by a little manipula tion of men and figures to make out a very much larger total. I have at tempted, on the contrary, to fix the lowest conceivable minimum." The figure of 1.750,000 Includes losses by sickness, Illness, fatigue and accidents. The strict German losses In the field men hit or caught Mr. Bellnc puts at more than 1,250,000. "These losses," Mr. Belloc declares, "have almost up to within tho las! two weeks or so fallen in the main upon the trained troops of the enemy, and with particular severity upon his body of officers. "Of all available material for any thing approaching a true army a quarter has already gone." GERMANS ON THE OFFENSIVE. London. Concentrating a reorganlz ed force in the vicinity of Hazebrouck and St. Omer. the Kaiser Is making an other heavy smash in the direction of Calais and Boulogne. It Is not ex pected that the battle In progress In this district will he decided for several days. If the Germans break through the Allies' line they will have & clear road to the coast. Reports from Belgian sources say that the enemy have requisitioned a large number of boats from Bruges and that neighborhood, and are expected to attempt to cross the deepest part of the waste of waters covering the north country In them. Artillery Is being moved Into position to frustrate this attempt. Ignorance of the exact openings of the dykes caused the Belgians unin tentionally to violate the military prin ciple of inundation as a means of safe ty. The strategic plan provides for a depth which will make It impossible to move artillery and yet not deep enough to use boats. The Belgians apparently have turned 'too much Aba ter Into the Yser territory and the Germans will endeavor to benefit thereby. Meanwhile the fighting in that sec tion has settled down Into an artillery duel In which the Germans have the better of it beestise of tho weight of their artillery. On the other portion') of the line the fighting continues un chocked. In the vlrlnlty of Ypres th fighting Is of the most desperate char acter. Both sides are being constant ly re-enforced there, and the fighting swings backward and forward across a ton-mile stretch of territory which Is littered with the dead nnd wounded of both armies. The bottle around Ilazlebrouck Is raging with all the fury that has char acterized each fresh attack by the Germans. Fighting Is also going on In the district a little to the southeast of Ypres, but the ferocity of the first few days Is no longer witnessed. The German loss on this battle ground hns been particularly heavy. A cor resnndent of the Times In Pas de Calais estimates the German dead at 50.000. That the Cermnns are also con templating a fresh attack on Arras Is also made plain from the despatches of different correspondents. An Am sterdam despatch to the Central News Buys that forty heavy guns, destined Utr Arras, arrived at Alx-la-Chappelle from Essen. Tho same despatch eays that flxty armored automobile equip ped with mitrailleuses have left Alx In f'hsnelle for Oslend. KARLSRUHE REFUSED COAL Dutch at Curacao Received Request by Wireless, Says Report. Wlllemstadt, Curacao.- It Is report ed that the German cruiser Karlsruhe has sent a wireless dispatch asking permission to take on coal here, but that the Dutch Colonial Government has refused to grant permission. An order prohibits the coaling of bel ligerent war vessels here and coal exportation Is forbidden. Merchant steamers are allowed only enough coal to fill their bunkers. Defensive Stand Near Lyck Collapses and Retreat Has Begun 15,000 Prisoners Taken by Russians. Pelrograd. A general retreat of the German and Austrian forces from East Prussia to Galicla is noted In the official statement of the fighting is sued by the General Staff. The re treat of the Germans is especially marked In East Prussia, it Is stated Here, where the Germans have been fighting a strong defensive battle, they have suddenly begun to fall back and the Runsluns have been enabled to occupy several strong positions far In advance of their original lino. In the Poland fighting the retreat of the Germans and Austrlans con tinues with the Russians In close pur suit. It was announced thut In the fighting In Galicla the Russians have won several decisive victories over the Austrlans and have been enabled to again cross the San south of Przemysl. This force Is now driving the Aus liians westward. The southern German column re treating from Polnnd has been over taken below Kielce by the Russlnns and completely crushed, according to the official Army Messenger. It states that the Russians have captured 200 officers, 15,000 men and more than 100 guns. The Germans In East Prus sia are also retreating. Russians and Turks in Fierce Struggle Czar's Troops Seize 8 Towns in Foe's Territory, Petrograd Reports Persia and Greece May Enter Conflict London. Turkey Is definitely at war with tho Allied Powers and, with Germany, is forcing Persia Into hos tilities. All diplomatic Intercourse Is sus 1 ended. A battle Is raging between the Russians and the Turks on the frontier of Transcaucasia, each side claiming the advantage. The Anglo- French fleet is shelling the forts of the Dardanelles and has damaged or destroyed the Helles fort, one of the principal defences. The British Cabinet after a confer ence decided to announce that a state of war exists between Great Britain and Turkey. The field of hostilities Is extending so rapidly that Greece, Rumania, Bulgaria and possibly Italy may intervene. A despatch from Sofia says that Servia has been broken. All information points to the extension of the war to tho near East and the Orient. EPITOME OF WAR NEWS The British cruiser Good Hope, with Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cra dock and nine hundred men on board, was lost in the naval engage' ment off the coast of Chili. This was officially announced by the Ad miralty In a statement which clears up the mystery surrounding the fate of the flagship after the battle. Two hundred and sixty-six men went down with the German cruiser, Yorck, sunk by one of Germany's own mines in the North Sea, .says a Berlin report. The German fortress at Tsing-Tau has surrendered to the Japanese and British forces, according to an an nouncement made In Tokio. The Russians state that they have gained their greatest victory since the beginning of the war. Their forces have recaptured the Galician town of Jaroslaw, seventeen miles from the fortress of Premysl, and have taken 5,000 Austrlans prison era. When the Duke of Wurttemberg dis covered his men could not cut their way through Belgians, British French and floods to Dunkirk and Calais, he ordered heavy reinforce- merits for a final drive at the line west of Ypres in an effort to open a road to Boulogne on the English Channel. It Is believed that the Germans are determined not only to hack their way through to the French and Bel gian coast cities, but that they also plan operations against the English coast. Torpedo boats and sub marines have been sent direct to Bruges. Along the center, from the Oise to the Meuse and the Moselle, the Ger mans maintain the aggressive. The Turkish fleet has been driven Into the Bosphorus and blockaded there by the Russian Black Sea squadron The French Government announced that "a state of war exists between France and Turkey." PERSIA ASKS BRITISH AID Government Hopes to Keep Country From Becoming Theatre of War. London. An official statement Is sued here says that Persia has pre sented to nil tho Powers a note an nouncing her strict neutrality. The statement says that Persia, "now that the conflagration has ex tended to her territory," has renewed her assurances of strict neutrality and has asked for the good offices of Great Britain to prevent "Persia from becoming a theatre of war." British Admiralty Admits Her Los Monmouth Reported Beached Glasgow in Two Fights. London. It Is ofliclally announced by the Admiralty that the British cruiser Good Hope, the flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, took fire during the engagement with tho Germans off the coast of Chill and foundered. The statement says: "The Admiralty has received trust worthy Information about the action on the Chilian coast. "During Sunday, the 1st of Novem ber, tho Good Hope, Monmouth and Iasgsw came up with the Scliarn- horst, Gnelsenau, Leipzig and Dres den. Both squadrons were steamln? south In a strong wind and a consid erable sea. British Flagship Aflame. "The German squadron declined no tion until sunset, when the light gave it an Important advantage. The action lasted an hour. 'Early In the action both the Good Hope and the Monmouth took fire, but fought until nearly dark, when a seri ous explosion occurred on the Good Hope and she foundered. 'The Monmouth hauled off at dark, making water badly, and appeared un able to steam away. She was accom panied by the Glasgow, which hud meanwhile, during the whole action, fought the Leipzig and Dresden. 'On the enemy again approaching the wounded Monmouth, the Glas gow, which also was under fire from one of the armored cruisers, drew off. 'The enemy then attacked the Monmouth again, but with what re sult Is not known. The Glasgow Is not extensively damaged and baa very few casualties. Monmouth Believed Ashore. "Neither the Otranto nor tho Can- opus was engaged. 'Reports received by the Foreign Office from Valparaiso state that a belligerent warship Is ashore on the Chilian coast, and It Is possible thlB may prove to be the Monmouth. Energetic measures are being ta,kon on this assumption to rescue the sur vivors. 'The action appears to the Ad miralty to have been most gallantly contested, but In the absence of he Canopua the enemy's respondcrance In force was considerable." Rear Admiral Cradock was in charge of the British fleet In Mexican waters, at the time tho American marines occupied Vera Cruz. It Is believed here he went down with the Good Hope. He was fifty-two years old. Rear Admiral Cradock lived up to his reputation of being one of the followers of that naval school which believes tho enemy should be en gaged, no matter what his superiority. Germany Is Caring for 433,241 Prisoners London. The actual magnitude of this great war, which, In most of its aspects, Is hard to granp, is Illustrat ed by the number of prisoners taken. Just how many Germans and Aus trlans have been captured Is unknown now, but there are reliable figures, just from Berlin, which show that the Germans have taken what In other wars would comprise great armies. The number of prisoners represents a total of 433,241. This Is exclusive, according to tho Information received, of civilians Whom the Germans have taken from France and Belgium In grent numbers. Until tho receipt of these figures, It was believed Germany's prisoners were only 250,000, Including civilians. ABANDON WAR MATERIAL. Paris. The fury of the allied troops' attacks has forced tho Germans to withdraw entirely from their position on the left bank of the Yser, abandon ing much war material and a number of their big guns which were Btuck in the mud. The Inundation of the field In which the Germans have been compelled to operate has made their position near the coast untenable, and the failure of the attacks made In this Flemish bog apparently has convinced the Ger man general staff that continuation of the offensive In this direction would be suicidal At heavy artillery duel raged all along the front from the Flanders re gion around the great arc to the For sst of Apremont, cast of the Argonnes. The allied positions to the west of Lens and between the rivers Somme ind L'Ancre were the targets of a particularly heavy cannonading by the lerman guns, but the activity of the big guns was without result for either ilde. GREECE TO STAY NEUTRAL Assurance to Bulgaria Servia Also Offers "Moral Support." London. The Bulgarian Govern ment has received formal assurance that the Groek Government Is detor mined to maintain neutrality and has refrained from ordering mobilization. The Servian Minister here announ ces that Servia will offer Bulgaria her moral support Bhould Turkey at tack Bulgaria. No friendly advance has been received as yet from Ru- ianU. This Is one of the latest Krupp hips. SINKING Remarkable photograph of the sinking of four German destroyers In the North sea, taken by a Hrltlth ofl-f on a boat that went to the rescue of GERMAN TOWN DESTROYED BY RUSSIANS iirm This photograph of Neldenburg, East Prussia, was made Just after the Russians hud left the city. Though unfortified nnd undefended, It was shelled for two hours and the hospital, the destroyed. ,JJ---J- MADAME PATTI VISITS THE WOUNDED Mudamo Pattl, the famous singer, visiting the wounded Belgians In tho Pattl ward of the Swansea hoepltaL Sho sang ut a concert in londou In aid of the Belgian relief fund HOW A SOLDIER REALLY FEELS IN BATTLE London. An unidentified Russian private, writing from East Prussia, ays: "Yesterday, after an Infernal shrap nel and rifle tire, we suddenly found ourselves In a German village, where I am now sitting at a pretty writing table, drinking red wlue and scrib bling to you. "One talks of hell-fire on the battle field, but I assure you It makes no more impression on me now than the guns, several of which, It Is sold, bavo been mounted on the German battli OF FOUR GERMAN DESTROYERS ' -T A f y , . ... - -i ' . f tho floating survivors. I ! " "-.J W l. in church and many other buildings were tooting of motors. Habit Is every thing, especially In war, where all the logic and psychology of one's uc tlon are the exact reverse of civil ian: I remember the first battle at Stullupoenen. Our company took up Its position and dug lUolf in. ou may be In an lntrenchment, but once you fall asleep thousands of shrapnels may thunder around and you won't move a muscle. "The sensation of fear Is atrophied. 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