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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1915-08-27, Page 9THE RUSSIAN BALTIC FLEET SINKS ELEVEN GERMAN SHIPS A New .$12,000,000 Battle Cruiser and Ten °thee Vessels Sunk or Badly Damaged A despatch from London says: Russian naval forces in the Gulf of Riga have won a decided victory over the . German fleet which penetrated the .Gulf on August 19, according to official. Petrograd despatches. The "great German battle cruiser Moltke, • one of the finest ships of her kind afloat, was destroyed by the Russian ships, as well as three German cruis- ers and seven torpedo boats, all un- named, It would appear from the Petro- grad dlespatches that the admiral in command of the Russian naval forces in the Gulf of Riga permitted the Ger- 'man fieet to work its way through the narrow entrance-, to the gulf, when at his leisure he directed the attack that cost the Germans so dearly. Not only, according to ,Petrograd, did the Rus- sian fleet overwhelm the German forces, but having destroyedthe bul- wark of the German battle line, final- ly drove the invaders to flight from the gulf and into the comparatively open waters of the battle.' But the Russian victory did not end with the defeat of the German naval forces. The invading fleet was accompanied by four enormous trans- ports, all crammed with troops. These troops attempted to make 'a landing , on the shores of Pernov Bay, on the north-eastern shoulder of the Gulf of Riga. Either the accompanying war- ships were unable to .support the land- ing of the troops or the Russian the Russian fleet and in the nation, strategy in some way overcalrie the and has come just at the moment advantage of German naval guns, for the troops were permitted to la'd and were then attacked and exterminated by the Russian forces at that point. The Petrograd despatches say that the Russian troops at Pernov did not even have the support of artillery. Furthermore, they were taken come pletely by surprise. How they). accom- plished the utter defeat of a force which . must have numbered some 8,000 men, aided by the gunfire of convoying warships, . and later cap- tured the transports as well is not ex- plained. This account of Russian successes in the Gulf of Riga was st;pplied by the President of the Dame, M. V. Rod- sianko, at Petrograd. The Russian fleet, says the Petro- grad despatches, was greatly aided in its attack on the German naval forces by British submarines and destroyers. This news has been received with the greatest enthusiasm by the British publicawho are overjoyed that British warships participated in what seems to be a very important defeat to the Germans, The Daily Mail's correspondent at Petrograd telegraphs that the news- papers containing the news of the vic- tory of the Russian fleet are selling as fast as they can be printed. The people fill the streets talking in groups, congratulating each other, and even crying for joy in some cases. "The German fleet in the Baltic is still strong in spite of the whipping it has had. There are eight battleships and nine cruisers left, but this defeat, in which the British destroyers are said to have played a very useful part, must at all events delay opera- tions. It has put a fresh heart into when good news was needed. The battle which has resulted so disastrously to the Germans had been in progress for two or three days. Nothing respecting the operations in this region has been cabled to -day from Berlin. ITALY DEELA' ES WAR ON TURKEY Ambassadors Have Been Handed Their Passports and Have Departed. A despatch from Rome says: Italy declared war on Turkey Saturday. The Turkish Ambassador to Rome, Naby Bey, has been handed his pass- ports. Marchese Garroni, the Italian Ambassador to Constantinople, has been instructed to notify the Turkish Government of Italy's intention and immediately to demand his right of safe conduct from the country. The Italian Government has"5ent to allitsrepresentatives abroad a circu- lar setting forth the questions at issue between Italy and Turkey. The des- patches closes with these words: "In view of these obvious infrac- tions of categorical promises made by the Ottoman Government and follow- ing up on our ultimatum of August 3 provoked by evasions of the Ottoman Government, particularly with regard to the free departure of Italian sub- jects from Asia Minor. the Italian. Government has sent instructions to its Ambassador at Constantinople to declare war upon Turkey." Preparations for an extensive cam- paign against Turkey are known to have been coiripleted. The military ;authorities, however, are maintaining the strictest secrecy regarding the objective of their plans. While the date on which the operations will be- gin is as little known as the objective, it is generally supposed that active Warfare against Turkey will com- )nence as soon as Premier Salandra (returns from the Austrian front,. Where he went to consult with Ring Victor Emmanuel. di The Athenian Areopagus, or court of law, used to sit in darkness. People 'with musical tastes general- ly have large and prominent ears. FORTRESS RAZED IN TWO WEEKS DERMA 'SECURED THIS BASE JUST TWENTY.FIVE YEARS AGO 4.-044 Twenty-five years ago yesterday Great Britain and Germany concluded the deal by which Helgoland passed into 'Teuton hands, It is now known as the cradle of the German navy. NEW YORK PRESS ON THE SITUATION Russian Stronghold on the Vistula- Narew Rivers Has Been Captured. A despatch from London says: The garrison of the fortress of Novo Georgievsk which was left behind by Grand Duke Nicholas when he com- menced the evacuation of Poland to delay the advance of German invad- ers, after accomplishing its task for just a fortnight, has succumbed to the heavy siege artillery of the Ger- mans, which throughout the war has made. every fort attacked by it un- tenable. The official German statement an- nounces that the complete garrison consisted of 85,000 men and six gen- erals. "Of these more than 20,000 were captured in .the final battle alone,' continues the statement. This raises the question as to whether the rest of the garrison succeeded in es- caping and joining the main Russian forces, which are believed to be still intact and retreating in good oiler. Over '700 guns were captured. The spoils have not yet been esti- mated, but they probably are large, as it had been hoped by the Russians that the earthworks around the forti- fied camp would enable it to hold out match longer than it has done. It is now expected by the military obser- vers that the other Russian fortresses, such as. Brest -Litovsk, Grodno and Ossowetz, either will be captured or given up. After the fall of Kovno Field Mar- shal von Hinctenburg's army coin- :nenced again an offensive along the• whole front from the Gulf of Riga to Kovno, with the object of taking Riga and the whole Warsaw -Petrograd railway from Vilna northward. South of Kovno as far as Grodno the Russian armies, after the fall of Kovno, fell back toward the Niemen River. LONDONERS RUSH TO ENLIST FOLLOWING ZEPPELIN RAID • Soo Join Colors at One Point and Similar Reports Were Received From Other Parts of City A despatch front London says: When London knew about the recent Zeppelin raid, which killed ten per - ons, thousands walked or rode in to' the scene. The , i and tramcars ax s set throng had every appearance of i crowd out on n a bank k holida , If f the eee1ing were intended.tcfr,�htei populace the raid has had a coin ti "Only One Road Remains Open" Declares the New York Tribune. A Despatch from New York says: Under the caption "Deliberately Un- friendly," the New York Tribune says editorially: "In every detail the German attack upon the Arabic fulfills President Wilson's definition of an act 'deliber- ately unfriendly' to the United States. "Since this is the ease, only one road remains open to Mr. Wilson; there is only one course that he can trary effect, and simply stirred up the public as no other event of the war has clone. Recruiting has taken a sharp spurt all over London. At the Horse Guards' parade nearly 500 en- listed and were despatched to the various depots before the following midday. Similar reports were re- ceived from other parts of the city. ALLIED ADVANCE WAS SIX MILES OVER 1,300 CANADIANS ARE PRISONERS OF WAR A despatch from Loudon says: A return received here gives the total number of Canadian prisoners of war in all parts of Germany up to last week as 1,305. Six hundred and thirty-six of these are at Giessen, 168 at Hanover, 157 at Mtmster, 53 at Sennelager, 87 at Meschede, 48 at Paderborn, 46 at Ohrdruf, and 14 at Oberhausen. The remainder are distributed among Bel- gium and North-west Germany. Landing of Troops at Suvla Bay Was a Brilliant Chap for the British. A despatch from Athens says: De- tails show that in the latest opera- tions on the Gallipoli Peninsula the landing' at Suvia Bay was' one of the most brilliant pieces of work yet car- ried through during this war. The battle which followed the successful disembarkation of troops was one of the most stubborn and sanguinary battles yet fought for the possession of Hellespont and Constantinople. The chief point about the latest achievement is that it was a complete and staggering, surprise. The turks had anticipated a new attack on the Asiatic side, and they had been fever- ishly fortifying the coastline as far south as Point Baba. Never before in military operations has any enemy been so completely hoodwinked. The utmost secrecy as to the allies' plan was preserved, the various units composing the landing force departing from their several bases each unknown to the other. They composed the largest force ever yet thrown from the sea directly into a hostile country. The navy took charge of the land- ing, and hardly had the anchors found resting places in the sandy sea bot- tom than hundreds of small boats, pinnaces, launches, etc., were making swiftly and silently for the shore. Every soldier carried three days' ra- tions, as well as entrenching tin As the men landed they formed and advanced on both sides of what the map gives as a salt lake, but which, during the burning days of summer, is a heat -baked, salt -encrusted, un -- even desert. Daylight came, and still the work was proceeding. With the greatest possible speed artillery and supplies in vast quantities were put on shore, and still no opposition was experienced. Unlike experiences at Seddul Bahr and Gabe Tepe, the warships were silent, and for 24 hours the landing operations was carried out without a single shot from big guns or rifles being fired. The northern section of the great force moved forward in a north-easterly direction, and the southern section advanced in a south- eastern direction toward the left of the "Anzac" lines. The only Turks on the spot, an observation post of 50 men, surrendered to the first comers, and no enemy was *reported in sight until almost nightfall, when our • ad- vanced forces were six miles inland. SANK GERMAN CRUISER. In trying to raise one chick an old hen makes exactly as much fuss as she would in bringing up a dozen. It has been known here for a fort- night that an Italian war against 'lure follow with dignity and with honor. key was .',nevitable, but the censorship, Without delay, further protest, any which has, constantly become stricter, diplomatic exchange whatsoever, the has not permitted any forecasts to German Ambassador in Washington leave thew country. The restrictions should receive his passports, the placed on the foreign correspondents American Ambassador in Berlin have been. somewhat lessened, and it should be recalled. may • now be said that the primary "It is time to have clone with a na- cause of Italy's action was long - tion which has repudiated every scrap standing defiance of this Government of international law. It is time to by Turkey in Tripoli. have done with a State which has .-- adopted a policy which is alike a chal- lenge to humanity and a negation of all that civilization means. If the would-be murderer misses, if his bul- let goes astray, does society less cer- tainly incarcerate him? It is not the fault of the German commander that every American on the Arabic was not drowned. All that the assassin could do was done. All that the but- cher could do to make the massacre complete was done. If chance spared Americans, it was chance alone. "The time has come now to act. To talk further is to encourage, not avoid, murder. It is to compound with infamy and continue relations with savagery. It is to write our- selves down willing victims, as con- senting to the •continued slaughter of Americans. In the crime of the Ara- bic the last thin disguise has slipped from the German beast, and we see the fact as it is -but we see it un- afraid." The World says editorially: "Is the destruction of the Arabic Germany's official reply to the American note?" TURKS LEVY WAR TAX ON ALL FOREIGNERS A despatch from Rome says: Des- patches from Salonika received by the Giornale d'Italia and the Tribune, declare that the Turkish authorities in addition to prohibiting the departure of Italians from Smyrna have levied a heavy war tax which foreigners never before have been required to pay, and which many Italians in Smyrna, be- ing almost destitute, are quite unable to pay. NORWAY HAS DEMANDED RETURN OF HER MAILS A despathc from Christiania, Nor- way, says: The halting of the Nor- wegian mail steamer Heakon VII. and the seizure of mails on board 'by a ; German submarine leave been follow- ed ed by a protest to Berlin and a de- mand for the raturn of the mails, to Norway. • The Haakon VII, was bound from Bergen to England. Markets Of The Wo Breads tuffs. Toronto, Aug. 24. -No, 1 Northern, $1,37%; No. 2 Northern, 01.284; No, 3 Northern, $1.25%, on track lake ports; 2c more . for immediate de- livery. Manitoba oats --No. 2 C.W., 61e; No. 3 C.W., 59e; extra No, 1 feed, 5$c,. on track lake ports; American corn -No, 2 yellow, 86c, on track lake ports. Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, nom- inal, on track Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 57 < to 58c; No. 3 white, 56 to 57c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per car lot, nominal, $1,15; new, $1.04 to $1.05, according to freights out- side. Peas -No. 2, nominal. Barley -Good malting barley, nom- inaI; feed barley, 60e,according to freights outside; Buckwheat -Nominal, ear lots. Rye -No. 2, nominal. Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $7; second patents, in jute bags, $6.50; strong bakers', in jute bags, $6.30, Toronto; in cotton,bags, 10e more. Ontario flour -Winter, 90 per 'cent. patents, $4.60; do., new, $4.10; sea- board, or Toronto freights in bap. 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. A despatch from London says: Reuter's correspondent in Petrograd sends the following ,Russian state- ment: A British submarine has suc- cessfully torpedoed a German cruiser in the Baltic. WHITE STAR LINER ARABIC SUNK WITHOUT WAR NINE Act Is Looked Upon As a Deliberate Challenge to Neutrals -Grave Near Lusitania A despatch from London says: The White. Star liner Arabic, one clay out from Liverpool, was sunk 30 miles off Queenstown by a German submarine, the torpedo sending her to the bot- tom within ten minutes after the ex- plosive missive pierced her aide. Four hundred and twenty-three souls were on board -180 passengers and 243 crew. After floating around in lifeboats for some hours the victims were pick- ed up by the steamer Primrose and taken to Queenstown in the morning. This first big victim of the German submarine since the Lusitania was sent to the bottom had no warning, and the fact that there was not great- er loss of life is due to the wonderful training and discipline of the crew under Captain Finch. White Star officials say there were 26 Americans aboard, 10 passengers and 16 of the crew. So far as can be learned •the Arabic carried no securities. Two British ships reached Queens- town with about 375 survivors. Of these 174 were passengers and 217 crew. The rescued included 140 Bri- tish, 26 residents of the United States, three French, one Belgian, three Russians, one Spaniard and one New Zealander. Passengers arriving in Queenstown were in practically an exhausted con- dition, due to fright and exposure. None were able to save any belong- ingse being ordered to take to the boats some time before the torpedo actually hit the steamer. • The Arabic was struck on the star- board side about' 100 feet from the stern, one torpedo being sufficient to do the work. Fortunately for those on board, the weather was fair and the sea calm. But the item which counted for most in saving so many of the passengers was the splendid' team work and efficiency of the crew, who managed to load 16 lifeboats and lower them safely before the steamer turned over. The Arabic's grave is about forty miles south of the spot where the Lusitania lies. She went down 65 miles south-east of Fastnet Rock and 55 miles south of Old Head of Kin- sale, both on the south coast of Ire- land, in a region where German sub - Country Produce. • Butter -Fresh dairy, 25 to 26c; in- ferior, 20 to 22c; creamery prints, 28 to 291; do., solids, 26 to 27e. Eggs -No. 1, 22 to 23c per doz., in case lots • extras at 24 t .?5 , i " 'Hon+ey� No. 1 1iglil""'(Wholesale), 10 to 111/z c; do., retail, 12% to 15c. Combs (wholesale), per dozen, No. 1, $1.50 to $2; No. 2, $1 to $2. Poultry-Chickens,yearlings, dress-, ed, 16 to 18c; Spring chickens, 20 to 21c; fowl, 14 to 15e; ducklings, 17 to 18c. Cheese -Large, 15 to 15%c; 15x/ to 15%c for twins. Old cheese, 21%c.. Provisions. Bacon -Long clear, 14 to 141% per lb., in case lots. Hams -Medium,' 18 to 18%c; do., heavy, 14% to 150; rolls, 15 to 16c; breakfast bacon, 20 to 23c; backs, plain, 22 to 23c;bone. less backs, 25 to 26e. Lard -The market is quiet; pure lard, tubs, 11% to 121ic; do., pails, 12 to 12%c; compound, tubs, 10 to 1011c; de., pails, 101/4 to 10%c. Baled Hay and Straw. Baled hay -New, No. 1, per ton, $17 to $19; No. 2, ton, $15 to $16; baled straw, ton, $7. Business in Montreal. Montreal, Aug. 24. -Corn -Ameri- can No. 2 yellow, 90 to 91e. Oats - Canadian western, No. 3, 61% to 62e. Oats -Extra No. 1 feed, 61% to 62c; No. 2, local white, Glc; No. 3 local white, GOc; No. 4, local white, 59c. Flour -Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $7.10; seconds, $6.60; strong bakers', $6.40; Winter patents, choice, $6.25; straight rollers, $5.60 to $5.80; straight rollers, bags, $2.65 to $2.75. Rolled oats, barrels,, $6.25; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.90 to $3. Bran, $26 to $26.50. Shorts, $23. Middlings, $33 to $34. Mouillie, $35 to $40. Hay, No. 2 per ton, car lots, $16 to $17. Cheese, finest western, 121 to 12%c; finest eastern, 11% to 12%c. Butter, choicest creamery, 271;to 27%c; do., seconds, 26% to 26%c. Eggs, fresh, 27 to 2$c; select- ed, 26c; No. 1 stock, 230; No. 2 stock, 20c. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, $13.50 to $14. Pork, heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $29; Canada short cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces,$28.50. Lard, compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10c; wood pails, 20 lbs., net, 10%e; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 12; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 18, to 13/c. Live Stock Market. Toronto, Aug. 24. -Best heavy steers, $8. 60 to $8.85; butchers cat- tle, choice, $8 to $8,35; do., good, $7.40 to $7.60; do., medium, $6.50 to $7.20; do., common, $5.25 to $5,80; butchers' bulls, choice, $6.75 to $7.50; do., good bulls, $6 to $6.50; do., rough bulls, $5.25 to $5.75; butchers' cows, choice, $6.50 to $7.25; do., good, $6.35 to $6.50; do., medium, $5.25 to $6; do., common, $4.50 to $5; feed- ers, good, $6.50 to $7.50; stockers, marines have been active since the 700 to 900, lbs., $6.25 to $7.25; can - opening of the war zone decreed. Saw Vessel Torpedoed. Sonie survivors, according to re- ports received here, say that they had just witnessed the torpedoing of a British steamer, presumably the Dun- sley, and that this had caused great alarm on board the Arabic. In their fright the passengers had rushed for life preservers and had barely adjust- ed them when the German submarine from local buyers for the best steers turned its torpedo against the yes- on the market was good and sales of eel's side. such were made at $7.75, and the low- er grades ranged from that down to $5.50, while butchers' cows 'brought from $4.50 to $7, and bulls from $4.50 to $7.50 per cwt. The demand from Packers for canning stock was good and sales of bulls were made at $4 to $4.50, and cows at 83.50 to $4 per ewvt, An active trade was done in lambs at $7.50 to $8.25 per cwt., and f a few round lots of very common i stock were sold as low as $6.65, while sheep brought from $4 to $5,50. The demand for calves: was good at from' $5 to $20 each as to size and duality. 4 :.50• rough 9. 0 to . rougher Io s $ g e lots I�,$ $9 to $9.80 per .cwt., weighed off ears., hers and cutters, $4 to $5.25, milk- ers, choice, each, $65 to $100; do., common and medium, each, $35 ,to $'50; Springers, $50 to $95; light ewes, $(3 to $7; do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $7 to ' $8; Spring lambs, cwt., $9 to $9,40 calves, $8.50 to $10.70; hogs, oft cars, $9,15 to $9.40; do., fed and watered, $9 to $9.10; do., f.o.b., $8.G5 to $8.70. Montreal, Aug. 24. -The demand Ten lifeboats and a number of life rafts were quickly got over the side of the steamer, and into these a large number of passengers and members of the crew scrambled. Many of the passengers, however, fell into the wa- ter, but they got hold of the rafts send clung to them and later were rescued. One svoman who fell into the sea screamed pitifully for help. The Weather' and tidal conditions being favorabl, two sailors swam . to her assistance and succeeded in lifting her uponia raft.