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THE m LAST TO • FRENCH AND BRITISH IMPROVE WESTERN POSITIONS RUSSIA STRIKING to drtTo between the Bret two heee, retufonieuiwar TUBHT from the third. Any movement against ope would be subjected to a tax from the other two. H ls » peculiarly strong system of defense and gave the British more trouble than ahy other section on this front. By persistent attacks, however, they took the first two of theee positions, but subsequently lost most of the woods of Delvilie through s^tierman counter attack. Later in the week these latter woods were alrtioat entirely retaken and as this article is being written (Friday night) the woods of Four- eaux have also been occupied almost to the northern edge. This completely clears the British front of all natural obstacles which the Germans could use as points of sup|K>rt for their defense, and re duces their defense to the field works which they have recently construct ed. It may be noted that the Foureaux woods are a part of the third line of German defense. It is not known how many lines the Germans have constructed since the western front settled down to French warfare, but sooner or later the limit will be readied and the advance of the Allies can go forward at a greater rate. The Brltsh line, as it is now con stituted, runs almost in a straight line due east from a point north of Ovillers through the woods of Foui^- eaux. From there it "breaks toother south to the outskirts of the village of Glnchy. This almost brings it in line with the French advance north and west of the Somme. There is one point, particularly, to be noted in the week's operation— German couhter attacks have been frequent and have followed practi cally every gain that has been made. These counter attacks have generally been complete failures. This indl- | eaten a lessening of the German force. . , . When It Is realized that, before the have been able to fight their way. infantry is sent forward, all trenches but, through cutting an absolutely and other positions which could af- necessary means of communication, ford shelter are level and that the will result in the enforced evacua- CO unter attacks are launched almost tlon of » VfiT much larger area. before the British have time to dig In studying the moves of the Brit- j ni the relative strength of the at- isb and Drench, therefore, this must tack and counter attack can be flgur- be kept in mind and every gain anal- ed, ysed with respect to Hs relation to the general object to be atiaihed. ~ r .„ rh Before this general objective can be' * f, * r W* 1 * *l u, .» t ,n FeacSelT ThkffrTnTfiTSFoBT local Importance must be ed. and it Is toward these. jimlaary phase, that w. nuot first, th , 0erinaI1 w#r . Because of the frequent reference . . . . to railroads and the necessity that N ° rth of r,w - they be kept open as lines of com- “ uch “O'* Important and extended nunicatlon and supply, there is a; fr ® ,n th * of Clery past the outskirts of Maurepas along a narrow _ two °* Qf thl » he sent Week g BghilfigU a worthy succea- Teutons arc Not Able to Hold Kovol • ' - • f v 'r and Lemberg, Hays New York Times Expert, Who Predicts That Retreat of the Central Alliance . Marks Beginning _of the War's Conclusion. The first thought comes to one who looks at the large area cf France occupied by tht Germans *.nd then compares this area'with the extent of the British and French gains since July 1, when the great offencivc started ,io that at the pres ent rate of progress it will bn years bef«re the Germans arc driven out of France and at the end of tto drive there will be no population left on either side. If this clearing out of tho German invaders was contingent upon driving them out foot by foot, as would nat urally be indicated by the character of the recent advances, this would undoubtedly be the correct point of view. Fortunately for both the British and the French this is not the case. As pointed out two weeks ago in my first review of the Allies’ offensive, every attack Is leveled against some strategic point in the German lines where success will affect not the mere territory over which the Allies North and west of the Somme the BlNtf teanebaa lac same davn, lesHPlWd WW NO ft ON BLACKtISTEx” PROTEST IS POSITIVE tor. There hoe been groat activity in two different parte of the front, on ♦ t- t * the jjtokbod and in Bukowlna. The nifi cAkf rri i c raici i xin si c greateet success has been in the WILSON TELLS ENGLAND U. S. Stokhod sector. At the close of last week the Russlan'llne south of the WILL NOT ACQUIESCE Stokhod ran from west to east some ' twelve miles north of the Llpa river, between Swinjuchi and Schklin, from which point it curved southtj ward toward the Junction of the 1 Llpa and the Styr. | / After extended preparations the' Russians struck this line at loth the 1 points mentioned. The Teutons were commanded by Gen. von Linsingen, with a mixed force A Austrians and Germans, the latter predominating. Both ends of the Teuton line gave way and were forced to retreat. The centre soon became involved, and in a few hours the entire line was fall ing back precipitately. Mile after Great Britain is warned, in tho mile was passed until the line of the American tote cf protest against tho ^ reached., .| f blaci:liet, made public Sunday night/ The Russians were in close pur- ; by the state department, of the suit, so dose that many of the troops j “many serious consequences to neu- were unable to cross on the hur- t ra i relations which such an act rtedly constructed pontoon bridges and were captured. More important still, from a Russian standpoint, was the fact that there was no time to get ac-oss the large guns which had been defending the German position^ Note to London Warns John Bull of Serious Consequences if Blacklist Is Enforced—American Note Is More Positive Than Officials Had Intimated—Hopes for Corrections. an must necessarily inimlvc." Already in the hiSids of tha Brit ish foreign ^office, the note declares “in the gravest terms’’ that it is “manifestly out of the question that and seventeen of them fell into the ! t ^° government of the United States Russian hands. ' they were immediately turned against the retreating Teutons, who endeavored to take up and hold a line south of the Llpa. This they succeeded in doing in sections, but in other places the Russians succeed- d In crossing immediately behind hem. In this movement thirteen - r . tl should acquiesce in such metheds” and that the United States regards the blacklist as “inevitably and es sentially inconsistent with the rights of all the citizens cf all the nations not involved in the war.’’ It reminds the British government that ‘‘citizens, of the United States aro entirely within Iheir rights in thousand additional prisoners were a H e * n PBng to trade with the people captured, in addition to a number of 0l governments cf any of the na- smail guns. i Hons now at war, subject only to It was the second great Russian w °ll defined international practices victory in as many weeks, the first and understandings which the gov- being the forcing of the passage of ® r nment of the l nUcd* States deems the lower Styr and compelling the' 1 * 1 ® government of Great Britain to Germans to retreat all along the have too lightly and frequently dis- Styr to the line of the Stokhod. I regarded. After reaching the Lipa river | The American note is even more there was a pause of two days and pos’tlve m Its terms than officials the Russians again launched an at- have intimated. Ambassador Page tack against this same section of the! was instructed by Acting/Secretary line. Again the Austrians gave way. I Polk to dell-er It formally and tex- The Russians forced the crossing of lually. It follows: the river on s wide front end drove | Text t h«. \ote. the Austrians back practically to tbs • -- ■■■■juifr Mvjostys government thst thwe £fff£||[TE ALLIES were aimed only at the of Great Britain and would WAR’S BRK bo adopted and enforced with strict regard to the rights of neutrals and with the least poeslblo detriment to QUO HI 01 YIN4 OUTLOOK they are Inevitably and essenthllTy Inconsistent \ylfh the rights of the 1 citizens of all .tHe"nations not in-' volved in war. ' Wabil Alik? J Crt O C L/AVJ li 11 1»■ ■« U v lir __ | j neutral trade, bnt it is evident that Striking Victories of Russians Steady Attacks to West arfe Weakening Teutons. “The government of the United ! Tlie opcning °f P t E en T^ n t cn t e States begs to remind the govern- | finds the prospects of the ment of his Britannic Majesty l Allies perhaps brighter than in any previous period of the war, accord ing to the views held in London, and tho position of the central powers, more discouraging. * Gen. B-usiloff’s striking victories —» __ .. — . present the Gera.an general practices and understandings, .^jth the imperative problem of how to reinforce the eastern front since von Linsingen who was cent by the Germans to aid the shattered Aus trians, now has been completely thrust back from the Lutsk salient. But tho same problem Is present ed on the western front, where, says an unofficial correspondent,, the ceaseless brttlo. seems steadily to gain intensity. “Doubtless the con- that citizens of the United States are entirely within their rights in attempting to trade with the peo ple or the governments of any of the nations now at war, subject only to well defined international which the government of the United States deems the govern ment of Great Britain to have too lightly and too frequently disre garded. , - > “There arc well known remedies and penalties for breaches of block ade, where the blockade is real and in fact effective, for trade in contra- b?.nd t for every unncutral act by whomsoever attempted. The govern- 8 tant arrival of fresh German troopa ment of the Uniteu States cannot anc i guns,’’ he adds, “has everything consent to see those remedies and to do with result. Tho enemy chowa penalties altered or extended at the - an increasing tenedney to counter at- will of a single power or group of tack.’’ powers to the injury of its own citi zens or in derogation of its own rights. “Conspicuous among tho prind- Thcse counter attacks have failed to stem the steady Entente Allies ad vance end although at present tho fighting on the Somme is mainly de- ples which tho civilized nations of yoted to obtaining mastery of small f’ ; E ...t, =££ r lust first I ... « ' co si-ie* upon a pcaseripLic Dlict- teudenrjr to look upon every roBroad as being, in a sense a* least, vital to any army's Subsistence. This Is far from being the case. Tbs Parte-Verdun railroad, for ax- ample. Is the main line feeding Ver dun from tha waat. It has baas un- dar dlract lira of tha Carman big gnns for weeks Tot Verdun Is not mod » huh runs from Clary to Com bias. The German salient which ban been pushed forward to within about a mile of the river between Blaehee and Bsrleui has placed tha Germans la this section at a decided disadvan tage Tha Franch in tha first place hold oaly holding out. but the French ' all the heights from Hill 17 to Hill troopa have experienced no shortage, DO. south of Barloaux. The llae join, of ammunition and there is no Indl- ing these two points is practically cation that the food supply Is In straight From this line toward tha the sllghteet degree below normal. I aaarthe ground slopaa down lo tha Tha reason is simple. In the first ] river. The German* are, therefore, placyf'a very afflcient automobile Anhtlag with the river at their bach, transport service has been develop-1 Each freab advance of tha French ad which graatly relieves the strain ' brings the Germans nearer and naar- on railroad facilities. In the second er to the point where they will have place, the French have built behind 1 to fall back acroas tha river, their lines s nsrrow gsegs railroad ThU operation, when dime under Are, Is exc rediagly cnetly, aad H U highly probable that la a si tort time the (•rnnan liar wewt of the riter will be abaadoanl. aot poa- slbly as a mraj.arc of aercealty, bat for strategical The French, of course, have as simllrr to that used In the mines In this country, which road taps the I main stem beyond the tone of mill-! tary fire and brings supplies up from I ths rear where they cannot be roach-' ad by the German guna. There ia. therefore, no renaon to auppose that the Germans have not .h., «,J,r .h., m.aod. ot\J^ I front, I. lined with must be, In addition to the auxiliary | w | ( j e marsh belts which make Its de- nnd temporary railroad system, good fen!te comparatlTely , linple To uke dirt roads oxer which the automo-. p eronn / therefore, a line through the north of the river will have to bo advanced to the highway from i’eronne to Bapaume, so that tht Germans will be again penned In be tween the French line and a river, this time the Cologne. The week past lias been a singu- cause considerable embarrassment. I happy one for the HusNians. It Is this condition which is now con- 1 ■^f* er their great successes In the fronting the Germans in the *alicnt SPr,e; ’ of bat,le whkh the y be K an on against which the British drixe Is Jl,ne ,he y were t0 al1 appearances directed, the key to which is the vil- ch ®c k<>d along the Stokhod river. It approaches to the world have accepted for the safe guarding of the rights of neutrals is the just and honorable principle that neutrals may not be condemned nor their goods conflccated except upon fair adjudication and after an op portunity to be heard in prize courts or elsewhere. “Such safeguard* the blacklist brushes aside. It condemns with out hearing, xvithout notice, and in advance. It is manifestly out of the question that the goxerniuent of the I'trited State* should ac- 4|uieM-e In surli method* or appli cations of punishment to its citi zens. “Whatever may be said with re gard to the legality. In the view of International obligation, of the act « ' n rlinttari “ir~g it as Hm m o» employed by his Majesty's government la un derstood tq be based, the govern ment of the I nitrd Stale* is c >n- »tmJned (<> regnnl that practice as strategic positions, which will be the keys to ? ;rtl.cr yogrete there is yet no sign of the Germans making my effective counter offensive. The Russians’ remarkable vic tories reveal a post interesting sit uation. Tho arrax* of the German general. Count von Bothmer, holding I the Strip near tho Lemberg-Tarni- pol railroad, was a few weeks ago being -outflanked on the south by I Gen. Latchitzky*s successful advance I when the Dneister Tloods prevented rLetchltfky’s further progress. Thi; ■erobled von Botl.mcr to. bold on t the threatened positions. Gen. Sak haroff then devoted himself to cnvel- | oping von Boikmer’s force on the north, with what succers is seen in his double victory west of Lutsk and at Brody. nr upon a prwaenpUi I’af aad- baa forbidden alf financial | cr commercial dealings between! iwcow*isteni with that trite justice, them and citlsens of Groat Britain I sincere amity, and Impartial falrne** has been received with the most! width >!><>uhl characterise the deal- painful surpriae by the people and I iwgs of friendly government* nlthj government of the United Btalea and owe another, seema to tha government of the “The spirit of reciprocal tcr.de be- t'nltod States to embody n policy of tween the United States and Gr.-.iT >nv1;< Is of their h the »d eat long accortien h to come and ships and carcoen,*to other's * Hipping, and h by the other’s ucr- Mlripa, bnt also Lemberg. • I Again, as In so many other move- meats of the war. the railroads fur nish the k*y to the entire situation The principal railroad in this dl»- trirt, running eastward from I-em ber g. la that to Pubno running through Brody. With Ibis railroad, -.. ... , . under the tiro of the Rusaiaa artll-1 ® rb ‘ ,r,r y , l " »*** r. U,r .* 1 lery the Austrian position sloag lb# 1 ‘ rm *° wb, '. h .‘f ' U . d, ‘^ *° Strips Is absolutely untenable I » ro ' 0i ‘ tn decided terms The situation with reaper! to thi* ' "The e .vpe and effect of tbo policy railroad in this: Tho Aostrinne occu- a®* extraordinary British stcam- py the Bee of hills running due west ,hl P companlse will not accept car- from the fityr parallel to the Oall-, S*** L-ou the pre-ertbed firms or clan border In their rear there I#'person* or transport their goods to no line of defense formed by any. aay port, and steamship linos under natural obstacle until the llae of the neutral ownership understand that Bug river Is reached. i if they accept freight from them . The liua crosses (he Lemberc- * b# T Hhely to be ttonied cool at faB < '* , ltr'ns or buslnc*-. hout-es In Dubno remd ^u^TtS the easf of thL' Br, “* h r*»rts and excluded from I *** w »> r f . rc * th ® l®«itlmnto conse- aw^n of ^Jasne where the ra^r^id ° ,h ® r Drivilcgee which they have! n “®" c 7 * unneutrml sets or pme- from Tarnonol cuts in to the Lem ' «ao*By enjoyed, and may thomaelves ** J* An*** willing that they reached the line along the Stripe 1 “Neutral bankers refuse loans to those on the list end neutral mer hams decline to contract for their goodc. fearing s like proscription It . ppears that British officials re gard the problbitions of the black list as applicable to domestic com mcrctel t/nnaartlon* in foreign coun- 1 fUliToutnankod ni tii a;i<i It is considered impossible that Cbunt von Bothmer ran longer de lay extricating himself from bis pre carious p mition, even if he now ran do so without serious losses The Russians at Brody are at present nearer l-emberg forces, which a l^mbcrgL defen country between is very dlffirnlt than von re entru^ »o. and nit Ro ody si becon d Lc Hri’afn. to the t go w!tk use esc be 3crv I chants Is very seriously Impaired by| arbltrrry rod sweeping practices i I such as this. “There Is no purpose or tlon on the 3nrt of the governme of the United States to shield Amei nn a < of •r 41 K>th bo- DRIVE IN WEST CONTINUES French and Hrltl-h f Tcutoaic iiu UMpi • must fall back to the Zlotn Llpa. as Its principal linen of communication will be cut la ran. tbe Austrians would not under any ctrcumstanees continue to bold the Stripe lines once the rail- rood Is threetened. The entire cuo-l trul of the situation in northern Gall- Britn’n and ria U rapidly pacing Into Husetaa f*" ‘ , ,®7® d i ne l7 ^ I>and*. and it is extremely probable biles may traveL These roads are abundant through out France but, at the same time, j there are sections of several square miles in area that are not fed by such roads and in these cases the cutting of any of the Hues coming up | to or bounding them Is very apt to logo of Bapaume. Saturday night closed and found was assumed, by the German press that they had accomplished all that the British line In its new positions ‘ h ®4 r h n a n d fP !; , : a ^ n 1 n , tln h ,7 C ,x, f0r ' * nd extending in almost a straight line! in thelr new pl.Uions and hoM across the w oods of Trones and the! woods of Mametz westward. The position of the British xvas very un favorable for an attach as it was in a hollow with the plateau of Bapaume rising immediately before it. which plateau xvas in German hands. The rim of the plateau was strong ly held by German infantry, well in trenched, while in the rear, conceal ed in the folds of the ground, was the German artillery. On Sunday morn ing early, after an unusually heavy bombardment, the British injantry charged, took the rim of the plateau, and even advanced beyond it. It xvas the, most important gain the British had made since July 1 xvhen the offensive started, in the first place, it has materially strengthened the relative positions pf the Frqnch and the British by widening the sali ent which the French created when they drox'e to the Somme at Peronne. Again, by reaching the plateau, the way was paved for a further ad vance under conditions which would naturally be more, favorable. This move carried the British line beyond Longueval, so that when Sun day night fell the line ran from a point through the northern edge of Longuevai. These patches of small woods give tbe keynote to the German system of defense on this local front. The con- eoption ia the sense as that which actuated the Russians to adopt the trUngie of Volhynla and. la other porta of tbolr front, to construct the symtom of quadrangle fortifications, will be SMde clear by a of the triSLagle formed by the for which tho British against German counter attacks the ground which they had gained. The German press, however, xyas somewhat too sanguine. Russia has no idea of letting up. Her previous successes had only whetted her ap petite, and the period of quiescence the Teuton lines were experiencing xvas due entirely to tlie fact that Russia was preparing another sledge hammer blow. Russia had not, as Germany figur ed out, again run short of ammuni tion. Apparently her reserves are still ample even to meet the tremen dous strain that is being imposed on them. As for men, she has an inex- hausible supply, and it seems now that there are' more trained troops in the field than when the battle of the Carpathians was in progress. Russia has proved the wonder na tion of the 'war, greater than Ger many, .than France, than England. ,W.e may admire the German organi zation of the nation itself and of its military force. It is the work ot genius, a collective genius in which all are working for what they con sider the common good. But greater than tho genius that Inspired the German organization is the spirit that cannot only sustain a defeat.' even though that defeat be aa disastrous and as devastating as waa tbe Russian defeat by the Ger- manH last year, but can rise above that defeat, rebuild and reconstruct, with wonderful petlence and cour age, a new and- better army, an army that can Cght in a modern way with Bodera equipment, nnd In the fight defeat disastrously the earns troops which bet aloe months ago drove half a eoaUaeot. Wo ‘ that before another week has gone by the Austrian line between the Dniester and the Galician border will retire to the west. ThU move will not necessarily af fect the hnee tn Volhynla. They’ may Ing business ia *fcrctgn countries have been put on notice that their dealings with blacklisted firms are to be regarded as subject to veto by the British government. “By the cane principle Americans in the United 'State* roifrbt be made still continue to hild their position I »ubject to similar punitive action if on the Stokhod in front of Kovel. '**7 ▼e®® f o und d **Bng with any of ft Is becoming apparent, however, |‘^ ow " countrymen whose names that tlie Teuton* cannot hold both b:id Ihu* boon listed. Kovel and l-emherg. There are not ^ "The harsh and even dl*astrous enough men to oppose the Russian effects of this policy u|H*n the trade attack on both points, and yet both of tlie United- State* and upon the points are necessary to the retention | neutral rights upon which It xxill not of their present lines. I fall to in*i*t are obvious. Upon tho The Austrians are also menaced i 0 * those proscribed and in effect on the Carpathian sector. Between Bbu t ou t f-'om tho'general commerce Transylvania and ^ablontiza the en- of the world may be found Ameri tire sltuatfon is in Russian hands. Tlie passes through the Carpathians can concerns which are engaged In large commercial operations as im- have not l>oen forced, hut the Hu*- P or t®rs of foreign products and ma- slans have reached the ridge, and terials and as distributors of Ameri- the battle for the passes is now on. | can products and manufacturers to Between tho Dniester and the forel S n countries and which consti- Pruth tST R»i,»Th"„ r more Important channols throutth or less inactive for some time as if preferring to extend their energy in a thorough cleaning out of Buko- wina. The Austrian line in this sec tor has already been pushed far away from their Stripa position, and here as in the north, if ffie Austrian line gives way eventually, the Aus trians are faced with disaster. Along the rest of the front from Riga to the Pinsk marshes, the Rus sians have also been on the' offen sive. It is doubtful, however, wheth er they really expect to accomplish anything on these fronts other than to prevent the transfer of troops from this section to the south. In addition to carrying on this ac tive offense on a line over one thou sand miles in length, the Grand Duke Nicholas, operating in the Cau casus Mountains, has revived a cam paign which, apparently, had *been postponed in order to give Gen. Bru- siloff every possible advantage. The direct object in this campaign is and has been ever since the fall of Erzerum, the fortress of Erbin- gan. Beyond it, of course, lies the back door of Constantinople, but the immediate object does not reach so far. — Early In announced the capture of Baiburt, a point for which they have been heading for months past The fall of this .point evidently destroyed, all the Turkish resistance. There t* bo point in this region tho* wne of (renter vnlne to Turkish arms. It had been need by^ them ever since the toll of Trebtiond aa a baae for thair counter offensive through afirvr, to clear the which American trade reaches the outside world. “Their foreign affiliations may have been. fpstored for many years, and when once broken cannot easily or promptly be re-established. Other concerns may bo put upon the.list at any time and* xvithout notice. It is understood that additions to the pro scription may be made ‘whenever on account of enemy nationality or ene my association of such persons or bodies of persons it appears to his Majesty expediept to do co.’ “The possibilities of undeserved In jury to American citizens from such measures, arbitrarily taken, and of serious and incalculable interruption of American trade are xvithout limit. “It has been stated on behplf of region. With this place cleared up, the next nearest base is Erzingan, too far away to be of practical bene fit in such a mountainous country so devoid of roads. The Russians have pushed west of Baiburt over thirty-five miles; all of their reports indicate that their fighting now is confined to actions against the Turkish rear guard. The maih Turkish army is apparently in the week the Russians Ltll retreat, i. On all sides, then, the Teutonic allies are under heavy concentric tlon between Great Britain and pressure tending to force their lines bark while new trail ziag the advsatage of shorter lines of rom- ■aicatioa. which they hare aa a result of their interior It lo too soon to of th* war. hut U , mbs now as If litries, Near Homme. To th* north of the Sommo trenches between "fllll 119 suJ tu* river ac*.r Harderourt have teen captured by the French on n depth from three hundred ar.d eight hun dred metres, and In addition the French have pressed forward to the >xc ties which International law and the usage of natioBe have sanctioned;. t*uf til* Britannic Majesty's goxcm- outskirts of the village of Marcpas east of Harecourt and also captured por-Mlon north of Hem which lies to the south of Maurepa.x and held them against German counter attacks. Driving with the French on their right flank from Dclvtlle wood to the Homme, tho British made an advance 1 cannot expect the government •*f the United Htate* tn consent tn see Hs citizens put upon an e« parte blacklist without calling the atten tion of hi* Majesty's government. In the grnveat terms, to the many serl- oaa consequence* to neutral right and neutral relation* whtrh such an on *h'' entire line and also ma-!* fur- —fi —I Bocemarilr Involve, n thcr progress against the Germans hopes ond believes that his Majesty's government, in Its natural rbsorp- tlbn in a single pressing object of policy, has re,ted without a full real isation of tfie*niany undesired and tindestrablo results that might en sue." COMES INTO 01R W ATERS east of Waterlot. Trones wood and Maltzorn fa'tn. Tu the.norih around Yprez tho Canadians raided^ German trenches, while the Royal Mu:, fusilier:, on the Loo* salient (••'fried bui a similar operation. Th-- Ger mans raided a front line British trench near the , Hohenzollern re doubt, but later were driven brek. British Cruiser Cruise* Around Cape Henty Without Warning. SCORE NAVAL VICTORY (iermans Conquer Three British Patrol Boat*. Pilotless and without warning to the United States officials, one of the! English cruisers lying off Cape Hen*' , ..... ry awaiting the appearance of thet a nava battle between zeyoral German submarines Deutschland and p® rman nubmarinPS and three Brlt- Bremen steamed through the VIr- 1 P a t ro * boats off the coast of ginia capes early Tuesday, proceeded * c °tl an d one of the British vessels to the vicinity of Fortress Monroe, wa8 8 , u ? k ’ according to a report re cruised about for an .hour or more ce* v cd b >’ the Dutch newspaner Han- and then returned to a point just de ‘ 8bad a h d telegraphed to the Over- •* Agency. .The dispatch outside the three mile limit. Authorities here said that while the entrance trf Americar waters seas News continues: “The patrol boats were the Nellie xvithout warning was no violation of Nutten. Onward and Eva. The Nel- any international law or regulation, J ie Nutten waa sunk. Three mem- the procedure was “unusual.” I hers of her crew were killed.and the Initial knowledge of the presence remaining eleven sailors were res- of the cruiser in American waters; cued by a Dutch fishing boat and came when an officer on the Louis-! landed in a Scotch harbor. Three iana sighted her about five hundred of the eleven men rescued died later yards behind him just inside Cape in consequence of their injuries. The Henry. She was carrying steaming other two patrol boats are supposed lights. The Louisiana proceeded to have been lost with the whole of slowly up the bay Lynnhaven roads their crews.” when she prepared to anchor and then, noticing the unidentified ship almost alongside, signalled her. The cruiser then put out man-of- war lights, and upon being pressed for her identity, signalled “British cruiser” through the darkness. Soon after the .warship moved on up the bay. According to persons who saw the cruiser, she steamed to a point about fifteen miles from the entrance to the capes and then back t,o sea. SUBMARINE DRIVEN AWAY i RUSSIANS GAIN GROUND Continue Their Effort In’ the Dis trict of Yolhynia. The Russians continue to make progress against the Teutonic allies T in the Volhynla district, sending their troops across the Slonevke 1 rivor north notvrithotnnHing the fire ; of th* Teutons. One thousand pris oners, four cannon and five machine guns ver* taken in this region by tho Russians. , Italian Liner Brings Her Guns Into Play. The Re DTtalia, a sixty-two hun dred and thirty-seven'ton vessel of the Italia.i Lloyd Sabaudo line was attacked at nine o’clock on J the morning of Jjily 23 while the steam er was on a voyage fr.otn Genoa to New York. The defensive guns with which the vessel is equipped were brought into play and the submarine was drivep away. The liner then proceeded On her way to America. Borlia admits tho lOfiartof s first Um ASKS FOR CLEMENCY. • . % ■* 1 8. Senate Bequests Great Brltais to be Merefful to Irish. By a vote of forty-six to Binetooa tho Boasts Saturday adoeted a roao- lotioa requesting Presides* Wiiooa by . to traaamlt tho British of ho*o (hot K ia tho (root-