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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-9-2, Page 6ASIA MINOR AND S YRIA COASTS OBJECTIVE OF THE ITALIANS Two More Hours of Darkness and Turks Would Have. Been Cut Off on Gallipoli A despatch from Paris says: The Official Journal publishes the declara- tion of a blockade of the coasts of Asia Minor and Syria from the island of Samos to the Egyptian frontier, to date from August 25. This ecnveys the first hint of the proposed lauding place of the Italian expeditionary fOreeeagainst Turkey.. S oriee of wounded men who have arrived at Alexandria tell of how nearly the alliescame to gaining a great success in one of their attacks. An Austrian officer declared that if the allied forces had had two more hours of darkness they could have covered six hundred yards of ground which separated them from the Sari Balis hill, generally known as Hill 971. Once this hill was in the allies' hands, the officer declared, the Turk- ish communications would !ave been cut and it was for the possession of this hill that the dominion troops fought so bravely but futilely, BRITISH AIRMAN SANK SUBMARINE Single Handed, He Dropped Bongs on Undersea Craft Near Ostend. A despatch ' from London says: From out of the sky came a weapon that destroyed an undersea boat last week, recording in the annals of his- tory the first time that an aircraft sent a submarine to the bottom. Lieut. -Commander Bigsworth won for himself the distinction of having accomplished this feat. Single-hande- ed, while on an `air patrol" near Os- tend, Belgium, he tackled a• German U boat and within a few minutes his victim, completely wrecked, sub- merged for the Iast time. "It is not the practice of the Ad- miralty to publish statements regard- ing the losses of German submarines, important though they have been, in rases where the enemy has not other Aduree of information as to the time and place at which these losses have occurred. XII the case referred to above, how- ever, the brilliant feat of Squadron Commander Bigsworth was performed in the immediate neighborhood of the coast in occupation of the enemy, and the ;position of the sunken submarine has been located by a German de- stroyer." Cc'ncerning the recent bombard- ment of Zeebrugge, Belgium, by a British fleet, the Amsterdam Tidj says it has learned that a large number of solders were killed by the fire of the fleet, and that 90 severely wounded men were brought to Ghent. The material damage done, it adds, was apparently very great, as a shed built for submarines was completely destroyed and with it some sub- marines. The significant announcement in the Admiralty report that it is not •the practice of the Admiralty to pub- lish accounts'regarding the losses of German submarines, together with the statement of the Earl of Selborne, President of the Board of Agriculture, In the course of an address to a depu- tation of agricultural landowners that the navy now has the submarine men - Lee well in hand, lends color to recent pnofficial reports to the effect that the British have of late months captured very large number of these sub- mersible vessels, and that many others have been sunk. The number sunk has been variously stated at from 20 to 40, but this statement is the only official admission that there Frere others than those previously an- eounced by the Admiralty as having been destroyed. MUNITIONS MOVING TO EUROPE RAPIDLY June Figures Were About a Quarter of the Entire Year's Business. A despatch from Washington says: That a great part of Europe's enor- mous orders for arms and ammuni- tion did not begin to move from the United States until comparatively re- cently was indicated by export figures issued by the Department of Com- merce. The statistics, covering the 21 months ending with June, showed rt show. f Haat, while exports of war supplies increased tremendouslyover the pre- ceding year, the greater part of the increase -in some cases from one- fifth to one-third of the entire year's exports -left the United States in June. The twelvemonth period showed ex- ports of explosives valued at $41,476,- 188, as against $6,272,197 in the pre- ceding year. More than one-fourth of that total--$11,689,744-was ship- ped during June. Gunpowder showed exports of $3,234,549 in June, corn- pared with $5,091,542 for the year. Sixty-two aeroplanes were exported in June. In• the preceding year only 84 were shipped, Nearly eight times as many automobile trucks were ex- ported to June as in the entire year. ended June B0, 1914. June exports of both passenger automobiles and tracks • were valued at $13,364,800, and for the year at $60,254,635. In the pr eceding year they were $26,54574. Pa yr s or barbed wires harness and. eaddles showed similar ,export condi- tions.. ALLIED AIRMEN RAID BELGIUM Sixty French, British and Belgian Aeroplanes Participate in Raid, A despatch from Paris says: Sixty-two aeroplanes rose from be- hind the French lines into a grey dawn recently, wheeled and manoeu- vred into four groups, and sped away towards Rhenish Prussia, It was the biggest and most formidable squadron of fliers that had ever set out as a body to bombard an enemy position. Saarlouis, over the heights of Del- lingen, a small town in Rhenish Prussia, was the objective, for at Saarlouis is a great German factory where shells and armor -plate are be- ing made. From the moment that the outfliers, the scouts, crossed the Ger- man front until the army of aerial invaders had returned the crack of anti-aircraft guns was incessant. The losses, if any, are not stated by the War Office, nor is the probable damage. But it is hoped and expect- ed herewas great, vs as it seems it must have been, from the huge quantity of explosives car- ried by so many aeroplanes and drop- ped on a single target. This raid was duplicated by one of equal proportions against the wood of Monthulst, north of Ypres, in Bel- gium. In the squadron which sailed forth there were 62 machines, but they were not all French. British and Belgian aeroplanes participated. Heavy fires were observed as the fliers turned and began their flight back. So far as official reports have dis- closed, there never had been previous- ly an air raid of such magnitude, so fir as concerns the number of ma- chines employed. In a few earlier ventures of the kind 30 or more aero- planes were used. Press despatches have indicated that the principal belli- gerents have built great number of aeroplanes, and as a result of the de- velopment of this branch of the ser- vice since the outbreak of the war these machines are now sent forth in flotillas for d5rganized assaults on a Iarge scale instead of being despatch- ed singly or in pairs, principally for observation purposes. SURVIVORS AWARD HONOR BY BALLOT A despatch from London says: The Victoria Cross has been awarded to Capt. Willis, Sergt. Richards and Pte. Keneally, of the Lancashire Fusiliers, by an interesting, though not unpre- cedented, method of suffrage. The comrades of the 1st battalion of the Fusiliers displayed extreme valor during the landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula last April. The King awarded three crosses. The survivors elected Willis, Richards and Keneally as having performed the most signal acts of bravery and devotion. TO FORCE BELGIANS TO •OBEY GERMAN ORDERS A despatch from Brussels says: General von Bissing, military gover- nor of Belgium, has issued an order providing for the punishment of every person who without adequate reason refuges to undertake or carryon work of public interest which is demanded by the German authorities and which is suited to his calling. Punishment also is threatened to any person who hinders work ordered by the Germans or induces other per- sons to decline to work. $200,000,000 ANNUALLY FOR SOLDIERS' FAMILIES A despatch from London says: In sentencing a soldier for fraud in con- nection with separation . allowances, Magistrate Sir William Treloar re - Marked that he understood the nation was now paying something like Z40,- 000,000 ($200,000,000) a year in these allowances to families of sol- diers absent at the front. HOLY WAR DECLARED. from A A despatcho thesis says: Ad - Vices from Turkey state that the Sheik-Ul-Islam, chief priest of the Mohammedans, has declared a holy +tear against Italy. A PARTY OF GERMAN DRAGOONS IN ACTION PACIOCIAPW Yd0[avgpo s,Vw[c1v��0i . Having left their horses in the rear this party of German Dragoons had just taken up a position be. hind a barricade of cartwheels to engage an enemy outpost. The photograph is from the eastern front. TheMarkets Leading lea Breadstuffs. Toronto, Aug. 31. -Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1.23%; No. 2 Northern, $1.211,4, on track lake ports.; No. 3 Northern, $1.131, Port McNicoll. These quotations are on a "prompt settlement" basis. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C. W., 55e, on track lake ports, "prompt settle= anent." American corn -No. 2 yellow, 85c, on track laket pot s, Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, nom- inal. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 51 to 52c; No. 3 white, 50 to 51c, according to freights outside; new oats, 40 to 42e. Ontario wheat ---No. 2 Winter, per car lot, nominal, $1.15; new, $1. to $1.02, according to freights outside. Cereal wheat $1.05. Sprouted or smutty wheat 75 to 85c, according to sample. Peas -No. 2, nominal. Barley -Good malting barley, No. 3 feed or better, 52c, nominal. Buckwheat -Nominal. Rye -No. 2, nominal. Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $7; second patents, in jute bags, $6.50; strongbakers', in jute bags, $6.30, Toronto; in cotton bags,. 10e more. Ontario flour -Winter, 90 per cent. patents, $4.60; do., new, $4,. seaboard or Toronto freights, in bags, for prompt shipment. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights. Bran, $27 per ton; shorts, $29 per ton; middlings, $30 per ton; good feed flour, $1.90 per bag. Country Produce. Butter -Fresh dairy, 25 to 26c; inferior, 20 to 22c; creamery prints, 28 to 29%e; do., solids, 26 to 27c. Eggs -No. 1, 22 to 23c per doz., in case lots; extra at 24 to 25c. Honey -No. 1 light (wholesale), 10 to 11%e; do., retail, 12% to 15c. Combs (wholesale), per doz., No. 1, $1.50 to $2; No. 2, $1 to $2. Poultry -Chickens, yearlings, dress- ed, 16 to 18c; Spring chickens, 20 to 21e; fowl, 14 to 15e; ducklings, 17 to 18c. Cheese -Large, 15 to 15%e; 151/4 to 15%e for twins. Old cheese, 21%c. Provisions. Bacon -Long clear, 14 to 14%c per lb. in case lots. Hams -Medium, 18 to 18%c; do., heavy, 14% to 15e; rolls, 15 to 16c; breakfast bacon, 20 to 23e; backs, plain, 22 to 23e; bone- less backs, 25 to 26c.' Lard -The market is quiet; pure lard, tubs, ivy, to 121/4c; do., pails, 12 to 12%c; compound,. tubs, 10 . to 1014e; do., pails, 101/4 to 101/2c. Baled Hay and Straw. Baled hay, new, No. 1, ton, $17 to $19; No. 2, ton, $15 to $16; baled straw, ton, r.50. Business in Montreal. Montreal, Aug. 31. -Corn, Ameri- can, No. 2 yellow, 90 • to 91c. Oats, Canadian Western, No. 3, 59c ex- tra No. 1 feed, 59c; No. 2 local white, 58c; No. 3 local white, 57c; No. 4 lo- cal white, 56c. Flour, Man. ,Spring wheat patents, firsts, $7.10; seconds, $6.60; strong bakers, $6,40; Winter patents, choice, $6.25; straight roll- ers, $6.40; Winter patents, choice,. $6.25; straight rollers, $5.40 to $5.60; do., bags, $2.50 to $2.60. Roll- ed oats, barrels, $6.25; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.90 to $8. Bran, ;$26 to $26.50. Shorts, $28. Middll1fgs; $33 to $34. Mouillie, $35 to $40. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $17.50 to $18.50. Cheese, finest westerns, 12% to 1.2%,e; finest easterns, 11% to 12i/s. Butter, choir-. est creamery, 28%4 to 28%e; seconds, 271/4 to 27%c. Eggs, fresh, 27 to 28e; selected, 26c; No. 1 stock, 23c; No. 2 stock, 20c, Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, $13.50 to $14.. Pork, heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45. feces, $29; Canada short cut back, ble., 45 to 55 pieces, ° $28.50. Lard, compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10e; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 10%e; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 121 t0 13c. Markets. U. S. M . s Minneapolis Aug1.-Wheat-Seri-Sep Minneapolis, g 1 9 c• D_.ren[ er 95. c_ ca ��ss teniber, 6 b cash No.. 1 hard, $1,16 ; No. ' 1 'Ntfrthern, $1.06 to .16No. 2 Northern, the 1.03 1 x rn o $1.13. $ Corn -No. 3 yellow, 74% to 75c. Oats -No. 3 white, 45 to 451/2e. Flour unchanged. Bran, $20. Duluth, Aug. 31. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.10%eNo. 1 Northern, $1.09; No. 2 Northern, $1.04 to $1.07; Mon- tana, No. 2 hard, 97%e; September, 97%c bid; December, 96c bid. Lin- seed cash, $1.61%; September, $1.61 asked; December, $1.61 bid. Live Stock Market. ' Toronto, Aug. 31. - Best 'heavy steers, $8.50 to $8.65; butchers' cat- tle, choice, $7.60 to $7.75; do., good, 7.30 to $7.45; do., medium4 6 . 0 to $7.40; do., common, $5 to $6.65; butchers' bulls, choice, $6.50to $6.25; do., good bulls, $5.90 to $6.25; do.. rough. bulls, $4.75 to $5.35; butchers' cows, choice, $6.50 to $6.75; do., good, $5:25 to $6; do., medium, $5 to $5.25; do., common, $4.50 to $5; feeders, good, $6.50 to $7.50; stock- ers, '700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to $7.25; canners and cutters, $3.75 to $5; milk- ers, choice, each,.$65 to $95; do., com- mon and medium, each,. $35 to $50; Springers, $50 to $95; light ewes, $6 to $6.75; do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $7 to $8; spring lambs, cwt., $9 to $9.30; calves, $8.75 to $11; hogs, off cars, $9.15 to $9.40; do., fed and watered, $9 to $9.10; do.; f.o.b., $8.65 to $8.70. Montreal, Aug. 31. -There was a fair demand for steers and sales of fair sized lots of good quality were made at $8 to $8.25, while fair stock brought from $7 to $7.75 and common from $5.50 to $6.25 per cwt. Butch- er's cows from $5.25 to $7.25 per cwt; canning stock, $3.50 to $4.50 per cwt. The demand for lambs was good and sales were made at $7..50 to $8.50, while sheep brought from $4.50 to $5.50 per cwt. Calves from $5 to $20 each, as to size and quality. Hogs firm, choice selected lots at $9 to $9.40 per cwt., weighed off cars. DROPPED 2,000 FEET FROM FLYING SEAPLANE A despatch from .London says: Sub -Lieut. John McLarty, of the Royal Naval Flying Corps, was killed while flying a seaplane over South- ampton Water on the English coast. The machine met with a mishap, and McLarty fell out, dropping 2,000 feet. GERMANY'S THREAT TO THE BULGARIANS Fate of Belgium Promised If Coun- try Sides With the. Allies. A despatch from London says:. Telegraphing . from Bucharest the Balkan correspondent of the Times received says reports have been there from many quarters to the effect that the Austro -German forces which are being concentrated along the northern bank of the Danube for the projected invasion of Serbia will enter that country through Bulgarian territory via Widin, Belogradchik and Sofia. The Times correspondent, who usually is well informed, declares he has reason to believe the Bulgarian Government has been notified of this intended aggression with the admoni- tion that opposition would be futile and the suggestion that it co-operate with the central powers. The fate of Belgium, he says he has heard, has been cited as an object lesson of what might happen if resistance were offer- ed, while Bulgaria has been told that if she acquiesces in the plan she will be given a free hand in dealing with Serbia. %Much will depend, the correspon- dent asserts, upon the attitude of Roumania, whose intentions are un- known, but who is believed to be averse to another Balkan conflict, and to disapprove an attack upon Serbia. GERMANY CALLS OUT LANDSTURM RESERVES A despatch from Amsterdam says: As a result of the serious situation facing the Teutonic allies in the Bal- kans, Germany is preparing to mobi- lize more troops. Advices from Ber- lin state that the Landsturm reserves have been notified to be ready to re- spond to a call to the colors. THE GULLIES OF GALLIPOLI CHOKED W ITH TURKISH DEAD Correspondent Describes the Desperate Battle for Possession of. Sari Bair Hill A despatch from London says: The battle for Sari Bair hill, which the Australian and New Zealanders cap- tured, but, were compelled to evacuate because the troops on their left did not advance far enough, was a most desperate one, according to the corres- pondent, who says: "The dead lie thick everywhere. The Turks came down in great num- bers from the ridge aboveand tried to sweep our menoffthe hill entirely. They themselves were driven back, however, with frightful losses. Being unable to bury their dead, the Turks • throw their bodies down the gully un- til they are stopped by the nature of the ground, while others thrown after them are stopped by the first. Con- sequently the whole gully is 'choked with Turkish dead. "The Australians and New Zealand; ers have gained another addition to their newly -occupied territory. In their narrow position they now have elbow room and are in touch with our posts across the plain to Suvla Bay. And what is not their least important advantage, they have a •supply of fresh: water within their own posi- tion." BRIT ISHCON L AND ESCORT SCORT WER ATTACKED ATTA ED IN PERSLA Armed Band Was' Led by German Consular Agent at Tabriz--Britishers Suffered Some Losses A despatch from London says: "A telegram received here from Teheran, Persia, reports that the Russian and British Consuls and their military escort have been attacked at Keng- hever an0. -v by ar»ied band led by 1VI; Schunemann, the German Consular - Agent at Tabriz: The Britishers de- fended themselves with rifles, but suffered some losses. "A Cabinet meeting was held, with the result that a request was sent to the commander of a Persian brigade Co sack who . _ were . of, s s, w encamped four day's' march from Kenghever, to send a detachment there immediately," SHELL CRISIS OYER, DECLARES RUSSIA All Necessary Supplies Are Now Going Forward With i'rompt- nesem L. A despatch froondon 'says: The shell crisis in Russia is over, accord- ing to an announcement made by Chairman Shingraff, of the Daily Chronicle's Petrograd correspondent. The quantity of munitions, the statement continues,'has been more. than do'nbled, and all necessary sup- plies. are going forward promptly The .Russian army, uow is in splendid fighting condition, it is stated, and the machinery of the international administration is gradually being adapted to the new conditions. "The word 'evacuation,'" says the correspondent of the Daily Chronicle, "is losing its terrors in the minds of the people, who are beginning to re- gard the idea of somewhat protracted mobility as a measible military scheme." The Daily Mail's Petrograd corres- pondent also telegraphs in an optimis- tic vein. He says a new phase of the Russian operations is now beginning, in which the Russians will' have two useful allies, namely, autumn mist and autumn mud. "Already," says the correspondent, "seven Teutonic armies . in many places are .floundering through marshy districts, where there is a thick fog in the morning and even- ing, and where the rains ,are turning the roads into deep mud. Amid the lakes and bogs, where the operations must now take place, the Germans will often be obliged to move in nar- row causeways under the concentrat- ed fire of the Russian artillery, which thus will be able to inflict terrible losses at small cost. The foggy wea- ther will prevent the German airmen feeling out the Russian positions. "An indication of what the Russians will do next is given in an official announcement that the time has come for the Russian armies to select " a suitable position upon which to re- main until it can be made to serve as a departure - point of ' decisive ad- vance. paitu • iefora- d. vance. In other words the Russians now plan to dig themselves into a fortified defensive front such as exists in the west." GOOD PROGRESS IN THE DARDANELLES Objective Aimed at Not Yet Gained, But a Decided Advance Has Been Made. A despatch from London says: Re- cent operations on the Gallipoli Penin- sula have enabled the British troops to extend materially the area in their position and to connect their lines along a ront of more than 21 miles, according to an official statement. The statement indicates also that additional troops have been landed on the peninsula, although no details are given on this point, and it is stated simply that "further reinforcements have arrived." It is stated that the losses have been very heavy, but that the Turks suffered more severely than the British. 'The report sets at rest rumors which have been in circulation for. several days crediting the British troops with having either cut-off or outflanked the Turkish forces. In the first attacks the Australians and New Zealanders reached the sum- mits of Sari Bahr and Chanak Bahr, commanding positions on the west coast of the peninsula, but through the failure of the new landing party y at Silvia Bay to make the progress expected the troops from the domin- ions were compelled to fall back. An- other attack was made last Saturday, but on this occasion, having lost the advantage of surprise, the British could not reach the summit. The Turks are making a very stub- born defence of their positions, but the allies have confidence that with the strong forces at their command and the assistance of the fleet the Dardanelles will be forced before the arrival of the unfavorable weather, which is due towards the end of Sep- tember. ABOLISH MARTIAL LAW THROUGHOUT PARIS A despatch from Paris says: Mar- tial law has been abolished every- where in Paris outside of the zone of military _activities. The decision of the Government in this respect is in- terpreted on all sides as a sign of confidence in official circles that the interior administration of France will not be disturbed again by military operations. Police officials, whose prerogatives have been somewhat confused during the period of military rule, show great satisfaction at the removal of all dan- ger anger of conflict of authority and at the possibility of pursuing reconstructive measures. GA.RIBALDI'S GRANDSON WOUNDED AT TRE FRONT A despatch from. Udine, Italy, says: Ezio Garibaldi, son of Gen, Ricciotti Garibaldi, and grandson of the great Garibaldi, has been severely wound- ed in the face during the fighting with the Austrians. FROM SUNSET COAST WIAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE ARE DOING.. Progress of the Great West Told In a Few Pointed Paragraphs, Nelson is having all Qverhead wires placed in underground cables. The oat crop of the Yukon will be poor this year from lack of rain. British Columbia is supplying a good deal of paper to Australia. Victoria tax rate last year was 20. mills; this year it will be 18 mills. net. Nanaimo has a , complete company of miners recruited and may have a tr second. ie Kaslo impounds chickens running at large and charges 25 cents foi their release. Revelstoke still works for and ex• pects to get an internment camp established there. Interned aliens who were incapable of military duty, were freed from the camp at Fernie. Dependents of soldiers enlisted at Fernie are drawing $700 a month from the Patriotic Fund. Steel in the Pacific Great Eastern Railway has been laid to a point eleven miles above Lillooet. All the provincial constables in Fort George district except the chiefs have enlisted in the militia. About 750 school teachers took the special course at the High and Normal Schools at Victoria. • The East Kootenay Lumber Com- pany is. working two shifts at their Jaffray mill on railway grain doors. Telegraph • rates between White Horse and Skagway are reduced from a dollar to 50 cents for ten words. Promise of an abundant fruit crop in the Okanagan Valley caused the B. C. Government to look to the marketing. Vancouver Council must spend an- other $60,000 to relieve its unem- ployed, the city is supporting 625 families. A cargo of British Columbia Doug- las las far has gone to Hudson's Bay, via the Panama Canal, for the railway work there. The fur trading posts of the Hud- son's Bay Company on the. Stikine River have been reduced owing to the war conditions. Guiseppe de Cesare, sent from Nel- son to New Westminster for life for murder, has been sent back insane; it is doubted, too.. Private Walter Smith, of the Can- adian Scottish, killed while at ambu- lance work in the trenches, was a Prince Rupert boy. W. A. Aldritt, prisoner of war in. Germany, recommended for the Vic- toria Cross, wasonce physical direc- tor of Revelstoke Y.M.C.A. The liner Titan had to refuse to carry two 58 -ton guns from Victoria to the Phillipines for the U. S., as she had no machinery to lift them aboard. - Assistant Fire Chief Thompson of Vancouver says the city will get a shock if a big fire breaks out; there aren't enough men to handle the ap- paratus. • MOST POWERFUL ARMY WORLD HAS EVER SEEN Universe Will be "Dumb with Admire ation" When It Realizes Fact. A despatch from Paris` says: "The Government now has under control all • factoriesable to "produce cannon, rifles, ' projectiles and explosives," said David Lloyd -George, British Min- ister of Munitions, in an interview with Charles Humbert, new editor of the Journal. From what Mr. Lloyd - George showed him, Mr. Humbert be- lieves British preparations in many ways are more ample than those of the French. He declares the army now in training will be one of the most powerful the world has ever seen, and when, later, it will be possi- ble to tell what has been accomplished by the British, the universe will be "dumb with admiration." DIVISION IN RANKS OF TURKISH CABINET A despatch from London says: The. Times Mitylene correspondent says there has been a split- in the Turkish Cabinet owing to the alleged persecution of Greeks and Armenians in Turkey. The Grand Vizier, accord- ing to the correspondent, has threat- ened to resign unless the reported treatment of the Greeks and Armen- ians ceases. Enver Pasha, the War Minister, offered the Grand Vizierate to Rifaat Pasha, President of the Sen- ate, but Rifaat declined the office and is now trying to bring about peace in the Cabinet. 58 UNDERSEA CRAFT IN THE GERMAN FLEET despatch from Copenhagen A leappsays: The German undersea fleet at present comprises fifty-eight submarines, ac- cording; to a neutral authority who has just returned to Denmark from Germany. Germany's Baltic fleet, ac- cording.to, the- same authority, eon- sists of 38 warships. Six thousand marines from Kiel have been sent to the eastern fighting front to reinforce the pioneer service of the .aa:tny, it is Stated.