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^DARDANELLES IMPORTANT
Show <;«ins on Tip of Cinllipoli—Hus-
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- sians Retreat Toward Frontier in
Kastr—French Fighting to Domi
nate Lateral Railway in West—
Italian Advance Slows Down.
The military expert of the New
York Times reviews the war last!
week as follows' 1
The most serious problem con
fronting the allied troops in apy of
the war theatres is that of dominat
ing the Gallipoli peninsula and so
forcing the passage of the Darda
nelles.
Official news is conspicuous by its
scarcity. Reports are made op an
average of only one or twice a wleek,
and are even then so meagre in de
tails that it is difficult to discover
just what the troops are doing. In
fact, it is seldom that the official re
ports even mention the names of
places.
The most singular tiling, however,
is the fact that in none of the com
muniques has any reference been
. made to the contributions of the navy
toward the general operations. Never
theless, we can. from the reports that
have reached us, from a general idea
of the location of the principal line of
^^ihe Allies and a fairly definite idea
the problem with which this line
t confronted
' That the Allies have made material
^^Kadvanee since they first effected a
^^Planding cannot for a moment be
doubted. But the war in Gallipoli has
taken on exactly the same character
as the war on the western 1 front,
where advances are only for a few
yards at a time and are extremely
slow, it will, therefore, take some
reach their objective.
In what has been done, however,
the armies of the west have shown
vast superiority to that of the east.
Although outnumbered (the ratio Is
not known <but can not be less than
three to one and is probably greater),
and of necessity on the offensive
against fixed and permanent works,
the Allies hare not only advanced
but have inflicted on their opponents
a loss epual in numbers to at least
fifty per cent, of the Allies' own
strength.
It Is also reported, though unoffi
cially, that all" o( the permanent
* works that have been opposing the
Allies’ advance have been destroyed
and that only the mobile artillery
now remains effective. The imme
diate object of the Allies' attack is
Krithla and the ridge to the east of
that place, called the ridge of Achl-
baba. The town of Krithla lies in a
comparative hollow which, toward
the Turkish lines, looks out on a
jumble of Irregular hills of varying
height. The Turkish line fiests as
shown, one flank on the Aegean and
the other on the Dardanelles. There
are additional guards to these flanks
that can not be shown on a small
scale map.
These are two deep ravine?, one in
front of either flank, that break in
from the coast. These ravines have
almost perpendicular walls and there
fore protect from dlreot assault any
line formed behind. The Turkish
line -runs behind both ravines and
follows the general line of the highest
of the hills between the Aegean and
the Dardanelles.
It is evident tlist the defensive
position of the Turks is one of great
strength. Krithla. while not really
within the Turkish line, is still oc
cupied, as far as tfe know, by the
|Sultan's troops. K can not be ex-
"pected. however, that the town could
be held against the advancing- Allies
were it really a part of the Turkish
defense. But it is not.
The entire basin in which it Is
located is entirely controlled by two
dominating hill positions in the main
line of defense. These two points
are absolutely essential to the Allies’
advance—Krithia, although on the
only road to Maidos, the Turkish
base, is more than useless unless the
positions which control it are either
occupied or rendered untenable by ar
tillery fire. ’.
The first problem, therefore, to be
solved by the Allies is to reduce these
points. An advance that does not
contribute to this end, while It may
inflict punishment on their adver
saries, can not be regarded as being a
' step toward the eventual solution of
the Allies’ problem.
From Krithia the next step is the
reduction of the summit or range of
Pasha Dogh, which Includes the fort
ress of Kiljd'Bahr, and from there
the Turkish base at Maidos. This
, presents problems of its own, and to
discuss them would be ill-timed and
premature. The problem involved In
the capture of Krithia is of sufficient
difficulty to engage the attention of
the allied forces for some time to
come, and it. is enough for the pres-
ent to understand the general nature
of the problem and the most impor
tant elements which constitute It.
Tb« Fight in Galicin- —
/ In Russian Poland and Galicia the
past week has seen even greater ac
tivity than the week previous on the
part of the Teuton allies along the
entire line from the Gulf of Riga to
the Bessarabian frontier. The fight
ing around the Gulf of Riga and at
Ihavll has received scant attention
An these articles' largely because it is.
as;far as can be seen, without any
military ..meaning. Thele are
troops of any moment in that sec-
fighting ban been lade
food supply. The situation is cap
able of no military benefit.
Although the line from the Nlemen
to Rawa on the upper Rawka, which
is .the line guarding War-aw and fhe
Warsaw-Pet tog rad railroad, the fight
ing has been almost incessant, but
seems to have been limited to artll
terminate and without permanent ad
vantage to one. side or the other.
As a matter offset, Germany's ob
ject in starting air engagement could
have been nothing more than either
to create a diversion from ether fields
or to make a small addition to her
agrtcaUere la. order 4o
fantry attacks participated In by com
paratively smafl numbers of troops.
, The Germans, as usual, have been
the attacking force. Artillery duels,
however, that are not followed imme
diately by heavy infantry assaults,
can not in any way be conclusive. It
Is, therefore, doubtful if the Ger
mans had any other object than, by
a threat or show of activity, to pre
vent Russians from the Niemen-War-
saw line from reinforcing the line in
Galicia.
The seriouH attack against Warsaw
will come later, when the Galician
situation is cleared up and the Rus
sian army, still in front of fjemberg,
is'driven buck beyond'its own bor-
ders. i~ - v
j It is to tfie accomplishment of this
latter aim that the Teuton allies are
exerting their every effort, to the al
most total subordination of' every
other section of the eastern battle
field. It is estimated that the Teu
ton armies on this front alone aggre
gate about two million and a half
men. This, itself, Indicates the Im
portance in German councils of bring
ing this campaign to a successful con
clusion before making any decided
effort in another quarter.
The results of the week's opera
tions along the Han and Dniester
fronts all favor the Austro-Germans.
Ever since the Russian salient at
Przemysl was drawn In, the Germans
have been hammering the Russian
line along the Przemysl-Lemberg
railroad, w».ich was astrider.the Vus-
nia river at or juat west of Mosciska.
Rut although losses involved were
entirely disregarded the line held
fast, while just to the north from
Jaroslau to the confluence of the San
with the Vistula, the Russians threw
the Germans hack and threatened to
break through and destroy tlie com-
ntunicKUons in their rear. Mosciska
has finally fallen, however, and about
ten miles of the railroad toward Lem
berg has already been taken posses
sion of.
The (tending hack of the Knsaian
lint* at this |M>int endangered their
line to the north along the San, and,
as a protective measure to prevent
the piercing of this Une, the Russians
were forced to straighten themselves
oat and withdraw from Sienawa, piv
oting as near as can be determined at
the present writing on Nlsko or Tar-
nobrzeg.
This section of the Russian line is
in no respects in as satisfactory posi
tion as it was last week, especially
as it has been turned out of a posi
tion l^fore which the San stretched
out as an excellent defensive screen
to a line where no predominant de
fensive element exists.
THe |iosition of the Russians fur
ther east from Stanislao to Beaanm-
bia has also changed. Their lines
have been driven back from the San-
talau-Czernovttx railroad and lonse-
guently from the Pruth river to the
Dniester so that now from Bessara
bia westward the line is altogether
back of the Dniester defending its
crossings.
This line is one of great defensive
strength ami has successfully resist
ed every effort the Austro-Germans
have made to cross it. Were this the
only line the Russians had to defend,
the fall of Ijemberg would appear to
be a long way off. The Dniester is a
wide stream, the banks of which
spread out into wide marshes. Only
in comparatively few places can
troops be thrown across in force
against any material defense
But the Dniester line is seriously
.h>o|iMi-di/.ed by the giving way of the
line east of the San. particularly that
part of it which straddled the
Przemysl-l-emberb railroad at Mos
ciska. It Is inifiossiMe for tlie Rus
sian left to maintain its |M>sition
while the rigid Is being bent hack.
To do so would be to give the Teu
tonic allies a chance to pierce the
Russian line and to defeat first one
wing arid then the other in detail.
As was pointed ou{ last week, no
decisive success can be gained on the
front unless the Russian line Is pierc
ed, for It is only by such a ma
noeuvre that the southern Russian
army may be disposed of as an offen
sive force.
The coming week will In all proba
bility see the retirement of the Rus
sian line to its own borders. The
Germans are only a few miles from
Lemberg, and a further German ad
vance will threaten all the life lines
of the Russian Dniester front, as
Ijemberg is the base frdtn which this
front draws its supplies.
. With the fall of Lemberg, the re
lease of manv of the German troops
that have been used in Galicia will
soon produce greater offensive ac
tivity in other theatres.
Roumania May Enter.
One element that may. however,
completely change the whole Eastern
Galician situation is Roumania. Re
ports state that this country has come
to an agreement with the Triple En
tente and that It has agreed to enter
the war on their side. If this step is
taken before the Russian Dniester
line is compelled to withdraw the
Teuton grip on Lemberg will have to
be relaxed.
A half to three-quarters of a mil
lion fresh men thrown aga'nst the
right and rear of the Austrian line
north of Bukowlna will more than
neutralize all that has been accom
plished by the great Gorman drive
from the Dunajec. "
The Western Front.
The week on the western front was
signalized principally by the battle at
Kouchez. Although this battle seems,
and is, so far as it has any direct ef
fect on the general situation, but of
minor importance, it has nevertheless
been one of the most hotly contested
of the war.
We have become accustomed since
around the old sugar mill at Roaches,
at least half a million men have been
engaged on a front not twenty miles
In length.
Two questions may naturally be
aaked as to the fighting on this'sec
tion of the front. The drst is, why
should there be such Intense fighting
huge numbers. An army of a million
men'must be engaged In order to stir
our imagination or excite our inter
est. And yet la but faw of the great
hattluU of, the civil war were more
thaa a quarter of a million men an
gaged on both aides In the fig
north of Arraa, which
the fighting
crysUhsed
why bhould so much pressure be ex
erted at So uches?
In answering the first, the general
German tactics must be considered
together with the effect on such tac
tics of the terrain and the lines of
communication. The Germans have
always favored the close formation on
the battle line as opposed to the open
or extended order of the Allies.
The German tactics ' necessitate,
therefore, a much greater number of
men to the miles of actual fighting
line than those of the Allies, but on
the other hand demand comparatively
Inconsequential reserves. Therefore,
when any point on the battle line (s
attacked and it becomes necessary to
reinforce the line at such a point,
there, is no central reserve' - ftf>m
which to throw’ forward reserves, but
the reinforcement must come by
drawing from some other section of
the battle line. In order that this
may be done expeditiously and with
out dangerous delay, lateral lines of
communcatlon, that is, lines parallel
to the fighting front, are absolutely
necesarry.
By referring to any war map, the
lateral communication may be seen in
the road running from Arras to La
Bassee through Vimy and Lens, and
the railroad running through Lens
from Arras to Amentleres. By means
of this very excellent highway, with
ample motor service, and by means
of the railroad mentioned, and any
point along this front may be rein
forced heavily and quickly.
Suppose then, It was the intention
of the Allies to try to br^ak through
the German line along this front,
and, having-done so, to crumple up
the twa flank?. Tjm^flrst step would
logically be to obtain control of these
lateral lines by taking possession of a
number of points along them, which
points completely dominate and con
trol them to the extent of making
traffic over them impossible. This is
not only logical, but It Is strongly
probable that it Is the object of the
French in their attacks.
Loos. Notre Dame de Lorette, Sou-
chez. Hill No. 119, all of them are
dominating elevations and points
from which the plains and railway
back of l-ens can be observed and
dominated by heavy artillery. And
not only does this apply to this small
sectlbn of the front, but it Is equally
true in the Champagne, the Argonne,
the Woevre. and the Vosges. So that
when the attempt of the Allies to ad
vance is really made, the Germans
will have considerable difficulty re
inforcing the points selected for at
tack, through inability to make use
o fthe lateral highways and railroads
In regard to the ooject of the at
tack at Souchec. in which such a
great number of men and shells have
been employed, there are two good
reasons why Soucbez Is Important
The first is because It is situated at
the bane of a German wedge, the apex
of which is at the foot of the slopes
pf Notre Dame de Lorette. The other
is the general idea of drawing as
close to the Arras-I^ens railroad as
possible, so that if. by the fighting
around I-oos, c chance is presented
to seize the town of Lens, the rail
road along which troops would have
to pass would be under control Two
forte. one a rerollary of the other,
are becoming more apparent with
each effort of the Allies to advance—
Hie Allies' policy of "attrlthHi" .la
succeeding and thereare not enough
men |>er mile in the German line to
hold the Alliea hack. As stated last
week the line must therefore be shor
tened or reinforced.
The Austro-ltaiian Field.
On the Austrian-Italian frontier
the most important operations of the
week have been the Italian endeavors
to capture Gradisca. The fate of
Goritz is also still undecided, but it
Gradisca falls into Italian hands the
decision can not be for off. It is
practically surrounded on three sides,
and although it is probably the most
strongly protected point on the Aus
trian first line of defense-»-the Isonzo
river—it is being rapidly hamnlkred
hito Biibinisnion by the Italian artil
lery.
It is true that Austrian resistance
lias stiffened considerably during the
past week, so that the Italian advance
has t>een much slower thhn during
the first two weeks of Italy's partiei
pation in the war. Nevertheless, the
fall of Goritz seems inevitable unless
the collapse of the Russians in front
of Lemberg comes soon enough to
permit Austrian withdrawals from
Galicia to reinforce the Isonzo line.
In the Trentinojthe Italian advance
has been steady, though slow. No
battle of'matm^ail proportions has yet
been foughtpmutth§. parallel columns
which arejadvanclng up the sides of
the Adige river are almost daily
seizing small towns, which are really
the Austrian advanced posts, and are
drawing near to the defenses of Ro-
vereto. The Italians are now but a
few mtles from this town, and it is
here that the first great battle In the
Trentino will be fought. And it must
be won before Italy can hope to get
possession of her cherished Trent.
LONDON STOPS U. S. MAIL
Swedish Government Instructs Min
ister to Inform Government.
Formal notice that United States
mall pouches destir ed for Sweden
had been broken open in England,
and tlreir contents tampered with
was submitted to the state depart
ment Thursday by W. A. F. Eken-
gren, the Swedish minister, with a re*-
quest for appropriate action. -
The minister called at the depart
ment and delivered to Secretary Lan
sing a letter, written on instructions
renting ln-
from his government,
Jast September to think t>f battles fn {stances of interference with mall for
Sweden and pointing out that such
acta were In violation of the provi
sions of the A’orld Postal Convention
and of other treaty stipulations. The
letter ststafi that the seals of mail
begs were broken, that letters were
opeaed and censored end that oae
registered unit waa retained
REFUSES TO ACCEPT TAXES
OFFERED BY RAILROADS
LEO FRANK ESCAPES BEAU;
60VERN0T ACTS FAVORABLY
State Treasurer Reject* Offer Because Sheriff Slips Prisoner to State Penal
rataadtaa
of the Law.. 1
The stn^e treasurer Saturday re
fused tenders made by attorneys of
the Seaboard, Southern, Charleston ft
Western Carolina, and the Blue
Ridge t-ailroads of what the railroads
say is the three-mill license on ^ross
earnings for the year. > ' V
The tender in each case was made
In currency and refused by Stlte
Treasurer S. T. Carter on tho ground
that the three-mill tax was oir all
gross earnings originating In South
Carolina as reoprted to him by the
state tax commission. JThe railroads
contend that the law means only the
gross earnings In intra-state business.
- B. L. Abney,\ attorney for the
Southern and Blue Ridge, tendered
the state treasurer |9,289.14 for the
Southern, and $290.92 for the Blue
Ridge, as their three-mill tax on
gross earnings. This was refused be
cause the state treasurer calculated
that, from the returns of the gross
earnings of the railroade-made to him
by the state tax commission, the
Southern’s license tax Was $27,-
242,23 and that of the Blue Ridge
was $553.07, f
Jo-Berry Lyles, attorney for the
Seaboard and C. & W. C., tendered
the treasurer $1,857.06 for the Sea
board and $1,41-2.60 for the C. ft W.
C. as the three-mill tax on their gross
earnings. This was refused because
the treasurer calculated that the tax
of the Seaboard was $6,790.84 and
the C. & W. C. $5,239.
RAMMED BY MERCHANT SHIP;
SUBMARINE WAS DESTROYED
Berlin Kavs I**** of I'-iiff Prove* That
Ships fan Not Be Stopix-d
for Search.
Berlin says: A statement given out
by the German admiralty that the
German submarine U-29. which was
lost two months ago, with Cr.pt. tOto
Weddigen and his crew, had been
rammed aad sunk by a British tank
steamer flying the Swedish flag, after
the vessel had been ordered to stop,
is expected to have ap important
bearing on the German-American ne
gotiations.
The announcement Is made In most
positive form, as though tho admiral
ty had conclusive evidence. The ad
nilraity says Weddlgen't humane
treatment of merchant seamen un
doubtedly cost him and his crew their
Uvee.
Weddigen ordered the tank steam
er to stop and show Its papers, the
admiralty says, and the BrHUh
steamer took advantage of the delay.
(’apt. Weddigen was a hero in Ger
many. ranking In popular esteem
with Field Marshal von Hlndenberg.
He won from the Brltlsm the title of
The Polite Pirate" because of the
consideration he displayed for crews
of torpedoed merchantmen
German naval officers and the pub
lic at large say it is Impossible for
German submarines to treat mer
chantmen In the way requested by the
United States or to take steps to
ascertain the nationality of shtps dis
playing neutral flags in the war zone
so long as British captains fly neutral
flags and ram submarines.
In the opinion of well informed
persona, the admiralty's announce
ment will make a deeper Impression
on the public mind than would almost
any other possible event, and, more
over. it is likely to delay the answer
to the latest American note consid
erably. *
JAPAN THREATENS CHINA
Semi* Protest to Republic Regarding
Anti-Japanese Movement.
According to announcement made
in Tokio Wednesday by a Japanese
news agency, Japan has sent a protest
to China concerning the anti-Japa
nese movement in the republic.
The discontent of China with
Japan's course during the negotia
tions culminating in acceptance of the
Japanese ultimatum last month has
been manifested principally by boy-
cots. A recent dispatch said British
and Russian volunteers had dispers
ed an anti-Japanese riot at Hankow
for their own protection, and a mes
sage from Tokio late in May declared
considerable uneasiness had been
caused there by private reports that
anti-Japanese agitation was spread
ing through south China.
FRENCH TORPEDO BOAT SUNK
British Steamer Arleya Collide* Witii
Allied Warship Wednesday.
The French torpedo boat. No. 331,
sank Wednesday after a collision
with the British steamer Arleya. Six
of the warship's crew were drowned.
The others were rescued by torpedo
boat No. 337.
The torpedo boat. No. 331, was
launched in 1907. It had a displace
ment of ninety-seven tons and could
make twenty-six knots an - hour.
Available stlpplng. records cdntaioa
no mention of a British steamer Ar
leya. r— . «
Villa Releases Americans.
Special Agent Ccrothers telegraph-
ed MWrstate department from El
Paso, Texas, Friday, that Marx and
Finkelstelnrtho two Americans, who
were under death sentence In Chihua
hua for circulating counterfeit money
had been released by Gen. Villa and
were on their way tq the border..
Vote* More Money for the War.
„ In addition to four billion three
hundred and ten million dollars al
ready voted’ the House of Com mans
Tuesday voted one biiliqn two hun
dred and £fty million dollars for the
rigorous prosecution of tho war.
' Sunday Night.
The sentence of Leo M. Frank,
convicted of the murder of Mary
Phagan, and sentenced to death, has
been commuted to life imprisonment
by Gov. John M. Slaton, of Georgia.
The governor made the official an
nouncement of his action Monday
morning, but it leaked out Sunday
night through the vigilance of the
newspaper men.
About twelve o’clock Sunday night
the prisoner was slipped out of the
Fulton county jail and In charge of
a sheriff and four deputies boarded a
train for Atlanta, on his way to the
state farm at Milledgeville. For
hours verification of the movement
was most difficult. Gov. Slaton
would not discuss reports. No offi
cial would, but the newspaper folks
got after everybody connected with
the case. None of them would Imme
diately confirm the report.
A dispatch from Macon, Ga., says
that Leo M.-Frank arrived at, this
city Monday at 2.44 a. im under
heavy guard. The sheriff and his
prisoner were transferred to an auto
mobile in which they completed their
journey to Milledgeville.
“Has Frank’s sentence been com
muted?" Sheriff Hangum was asked^
by a reported for the Macon Tele
graph.
“It has," said the sheriff.
The sheriff stood silent for a mo
ment. ' \
“It has for the time being at
least." added the sheriff with con
siderable emphasis.
“Are you going to take the pris
oner to Milledgeville?'' he was asked.
“That's where 1 am bound for,"
said the sheriff.
Frank was seated In the automo
bile by this time, taking the rear
seat In the canopy-coverefi car. Sher
iff Mangum was in the same seat be
side him. In front were the other
two deputies and the driver of the
car.
The party stopped at a garage for
a supply of gasoline. They were
there only a minute when the car
speeded away. The whole party was
outside the city limits of Macon with
in thirty minutes from the time the
passenger train stopped at the pas
senger station.
ANSWERS WILSON’S NOTE
Prexideut of Vllla-Kaputa Ooalitiou
Government Replies on Friday.
Francisco I>agos Chazaro, the latest
president of the Villa-Zapsta coalition
government In Mexico City, has re
plied to President Wilson’s Mexican
statement by challening the consist
ency of the president’s declaration
with his much discussed Indianapolis
speech. The reply was received Fri
day at the state department in Wash
ington.
Chsxsro cays the convention gov
ernment esn not reconcile that with
the president’s declaration in Indian
apolis that Lo had no disposition to
Interfere In Mexican affairs.
“But,'' says Chasaro's reply, "we
continue to conjecture that the gen
eral idoa of President Wilson’s proc
tarnation is to help us in a friendly
way.
“If the president's proclamation
is conveyed as a threat.’’ aays the
reply, “the Mexican government will
maintain the dignity of tho "Mexican
people." It blames the farranxa
forres for Mexico's pllghP Abound
ing In epigram. It makes extended
references to economic and social re
forms. tho establishment of a pro
visional government and guarantee
to life and property. It makes no
reference to recognition by the Unit
ed States Its text will be made pub
lic later. ft
FOUND IN BLAZING BED
Illinois Woman May Have Rem At
tacked and Burned.
Mrs. Edmund M. Allen, wife of the
warden of the Illinois penitentiary,
was found dead-in her blazing bed
Sunday at Joliet, lili., and a com
mittee is trying to determine whether
she accirentally set herself on fire
or was slain and burned by George
Campbell, a negro prisoner, who serv
ed the warden’s family as personal
servant. Mr. Allen war, absent on a
trip.
A jug of* wood alcohol was found
in the room after the fire was extin
guished, and members of the inves
tigating committee said it was pos
sible some of the fluid had been used
in an effort to crepiate Mrs. Allen.
The condition of the body prevent
ed a satisfactory examination Ip de
termine whether Mrs. Allen had been
Attacked previous to the fird.
Attend Sheriff’s Funeral.
Gov. Manning, Liejt. Gov. Bethea
and others left Columbia at noon
Wednesday by autpm bile for Winns-
boro, where they,“at two o'clock, at
tended the fuutfal of the late Sheriff
Adam D. Hood, of Fairfield county,
who was killed In the battle at the
court house there Monday.
Ixvst Two Aeroplanes.
Paris admitted officially Friday
that two of the aviators who bom
barded Karlsruhe were lost by be
ing forced to descend when they had
steered out of their course.
^ ToWn Burned I>own.
Shepherd, a suburban town of
Chattanooga, Jenn., was wiped out
by fire Friday 'afternoon. The school
was burned, but all puplla escaped
safely.
Turks Loae Three
A dispatch from Athens says a
British submarine is the Dardanelles
has torpedoed m4 mU tfere* Turk
trs; sports
of whom 1
ALIKS BMJ TEN HUS;
TURKS’ BUNS EFFECTIVE
Retirement of Allied Fleet
Cover
Right.
Krithia, DardaneUea. reports, via
London, that the allied troopa who
landed at Soddul Bahr, on the Galli
poli peninsula, hold about ten square
miles of the extreme southern part of
the - peninsula. The occupancy is
coupled with the greatest dtfficnltles.
The grounds held by the allies con
sists principally of a smell plateau
north of Seddul Bahr and two adjoin
ing ridges to the northwest, between
which the Turks are pushing advance
trenches.
The Associated Press correspond
ent, who spent two days in the
trenches, found the Turkish troops in
ecellent condition and spirits, in spite
of the fact that the. allies are using
eyery conceivable means to carry on
the operations, including bombs
thrown from catapults and from aero
planes.
From the Turkish station of artil
lery fire control the effect of the
Turkish fire upon the allied trenches
could be observed, and the shells
were reaching the mark. The sanl-~
tary and supply cervices of the Turks
are being carried on efficiently.
The number of wounded at the
hospital bases at tho front was smaU,
although the fighting during the
night had beeq fairly severe.
During the daytime both sides are
usually inactive, the Turks preferring
night bayonet attacks. Many Turk
ish batteries are in pooition. but the
nearness of the opp sing trenches
makes their work difficult. The Turks
In this have the support of their
heavy batteries on the Astatic aMe,
which, since the retirement of the al
lied fleet, work without fear of betag
molested, bombarding the allied right
wing, composed of French, home aad
colonial troops.
Weber Pasha, the German general
commanding the soath group, gave
the correspondent'every opportunity
$o visit the Beddnl Bahr district, plac
ing no restrictions whatever upon th*
correspondent’s movements. Weber
Pasha made no comment on the sltna-
tlon himself beyond saying that “the
failure of the alliee to consummate
their plan of forcing the Dardanelles
Is too obvious for discussion.”
Krithia was once a thriving village
of four thousand Inhabltah$s." By
their bombardment the alliee left no
house in the town standing.
RUSSIAN TROD!*'FORCED
INTO RUSSIAN TERRITORY
Petrognul Admit* WlUxtowal From
Bakowlaa Three-Day Fight ou
Haa Result la Withdrawal. ~
linadoa reports Wednesday: la tbs
eastern war arena the Russian forem
still are slowly and stubbornly retir
ing The latest Petrogrod official re
port admits withdrawal of n ‘-im
troopa across the froattev i*to Ran-
staa territory from (WaowtU, Boko-
wins. between the Dniester and the
Pruth, and at the extreme southeast
of the long eastern fighting line.
The same report says fresh Ger
man forces, brought up near Jaroe-
l»u, compelled the Russians to retire
for some distance oo the right bank
of the San. after three days of des
perate fighting.
- Oh 1 the remainder of the eastern
front the Russians apparently are
contenting themselves with repelling
stUcks except on the left hanks of
the Tismenitza and Stry rivers, where
they claim to have taken numerous
prisoners and machine guns and to
have recaptured villages.
CUNARDER HAD NO BUNS
TeHtimony of Wltaewse* ol New York
I) Up rove Staid Affidavit.
The federal grand jury investigat
ing the facts of the* matter at New
Hork Wednesday had it established
before them by at least three wit
nesses that the Cunard liner Lusi
tania was unarmed when it was sunk
by the German submarine on Us way
to Liverpool.
The testimony brought out in the
hearing is a complete refutation ot
the affidavit of Gustav Stahl, whp
swore in an affidavit before the state
department , he saw four guns
hidden on liner before she sailed on
her voyage. Others made the same
affidavit with Stahl, but the testi
mony conclusively proves, according
to those who were present, that such
was not the fact in the matter.
It was brought out in the hearing
that Str.hl, who was virtually an Im
migrant appeared to possess plenty
of money after the affidavit waa
made, and the inference was corn-
polling as to where the money was
secured.
STATE DEPARTMENT SATISFIED
l.a(>*ing Tells German Ambassador
That ‘/Spy’’ Incident is Closed. -
. v v
Acting Secretary of ptate Robert
Lansing Friday afternoon announced
that he had informed the German
ambassador that bis denial of the
story that another German had been
substituted for Myer Gerhard, bia
special messenger to Berlin, was con
sidered satisfactory by the Ameri
can state department and that tha
Incident was closed.
It was charged in sonic ’-quarters
that another person was sent abroad
in place of Dr. Gerhard, and that
this person, who was m spy, gained
free access to his country under the
safvr conduct which was griwu the
special representative from the Oer-
man ambassador here.
Admits J
Beilin I
tins t’-lB H r'
bv the British.
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