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TURKS .MARCHED INTO
RUSSIAN'S TRAP
ttemforcements Entered Erzerum, Not
Aware That AllyForces Had Taken k
Enemy Retirind Along the Black Sea.
Coast Must Also Surrenier.
Petrograd,. Feb. 20. -The Rue -
sine are preesing the advantage
gained, at lerzertun on both flanks.
On the right, along the Black Sea
coast, be the co-operation of the See
azul land forma, they are driving the
Turks from one position after another
to the east of Trebizoad, and it is ex-
pected Mat active operations against
that imperta.nt seaport will not be
long deferred,
In the last two days the Russlaius
have occuplee Witte (eindje), and
preesed forward ten or twelve miles
westward. The fleet has destroyed in -
succession several shore batteries
which might have been of assistance
to the Tarks, and by keeping well in
advance a the land forces and by de-
stroyiug bridges over several streams
In the path of the retreating Turks
has rendered their retreat more diffi-
eult, The fleet has been working so
close to the shore that. tee warseips
have been reached by rifle fire from
the Turkish troops. On the other
hand, the ships have spread confusion
ta the mice of the Turks by dropping
shells among them.
TAKEN BY STORM.
On the left flank, after the occupa-
tion of Kobe the Russians shed on to
Mush and Achiat, the latter -on the
north short ef Lake Van, From Koph
to Mush. 60 miles over mountain
road, they foilght several battles and
occupied Mush by storm.
The Turks fled southward toward
Diarbekr, the next objective of the
Ruesian army. °bee In possession of
Diarbekr, it is only a day's march to
the Bagdad railway, the last remain-
ing communication into Syria.
_MARCHED INTO A TRAP.
The rapid Russian offensive beyond
Erzerum, it is believed here, makes it
probable that the retreat of the Turk-
ish corps operating along the Black
Sea coast , and .pf those troops weien,
were active in the Mush district be-
fore the Russian occupation, vil1 be
entirely cut- off and that the -main
Turkish army will be - surrOunded.
This fate has already overtaken the
n4th division of the .Tenth
which wail ordered from Oltr to Er-
zerum Wore the fall .of the fortress.
Aa telephonic communication be-
tween this group of Turkish forces
and the garrieon at Erzerten had
been ent1r4t:ile'setoyed by the Rus -
slam, L1iettt division marched
serenely on to Eezerum •without sus-
picion that the' fortress was then • on
the point of surrender. These &otitis
reached Emmet from the north. -
'vest at the very momentthat the
Deve-Boina line or forts *fen into
Rutarian hands and the army which
they had come to assist was in full re-
treat. The road over which they had
passed was instently occupidd by Rus -
aloe cavalry, and as they were com-
pletely surrounded there was no al-
ternatiee but to surrender with arms,
equiement and artillery. '
• MUST ALSO SURRENDER.
It is regarded as almost inevitable
that the Turkisk eorpseeetiring along
the -Black Sea coast; tinder the de•
structive Me of the .Russian fleet and
the pressure. of the Russian armies
will -be cauget Inethe.seme sort of
trap, as tee Tux:terse' troobs "
back from Widee ate Khaneh
stillehave a -grantee dietenee to go'.
than: the Russian troops welch are
advaganing fecenaMrzdrum. to, oeit them
O.
04 .t.tie Turkish right flank, where
the .'Ninth corps, is operating, the
that he is in command Of ate rein-
forcements now nurrying to the Cau-
casian theatre.
DREAM OF EMPIRE DIMMED.
eicaidoe, Feb, 20,-"Ileyend the.
Tigris lies Meier
Tees Gerinanie paraperase of the
greate Napoleon's words, inter -tried to
ecuipensate for loss of isca power, loss
of world colonies, loss of the deciaive,
smashing victory confidently expeetea
on western battle -Heals, promises to
end in a vision,
"Berlin -33404d."
A prospective corridor to the wealth
of the East that has made the Ger-
Man heart 'beat high witlt anticipation
-Um fulfilment of two decanter of
work and hope, intrigue and diplo-
macy;
But already Russian legions are
knocking at the door of tbe corridor,
are along' O. most vulnerable length,
tapping here, delivering a !sledge lunn-
mer blow there, 'trying the testing to
find the weak point through which
they can break an end forever- the
Willielinstrasse dreams of ilomination
over -the Orient.
Thd fall of Erzeruiu opens up wide
Possibilities, military and political.
Standing as the • Metz a Armenia
across the path from ltuasia intoel'ur-
key, it was the sole artificial defence
of the Turks against invasion. ats
eighteen forts, comprising a modern
fortress ring or remarkable irtrengtia,
which war intensified by its moun-
tainous position, was believed by the
Ottoman army and its German. Were
and instructors to be impervious to
any attack of . which the Russians
were capable: But Grand Duke
Nicholas did what Constantinople and
Berlin regarded as the impossible. He
captured the stronghela-and after a
campaign lasting in ' all less• than a
reontle And in his victory he deliv-
ered a blow -that will be felt on every
battlefield from the Persian Gulf to
the North Sea. •
'RELIEVES THREAT . AGAINST
SUEZ. •
&rat how widespread will be the
military influence of sehe succe,ssful
assaults against a Caucasus• barrier,
may be indicated in a paragraph. A
slackening of the Turkish pressure on
the Tigris and in Thraee will be noted.
first. It will necessarily entail an
abandonment of the threat against
the Suez Canal. A readjustment of
the alines around Salohiki may be
looked for,and this in tura means a
redisposition of the forces in the
wecle of the Ball= theatre, whiph
includes the units helia to meet a pos-
sible Roumanian menace to the cen-
tral allies on the Russian front. The
latter factor, if we may judge from
the history of the war, means an
active and early curtailment ot
Gorman effort on the West.
•The political influence is certain to
he equally important. This will be
predicted as much on the evidence
of Russia's 'great .recuperattve .poavers
a.; on the. victory in itself. Nothing
colild ',more fully demoxistrete the
Lation's latent strength- after a. full
year of disasters. This, is expected to
be felt first in the attitude of Rau-
Lusatia,which already is showing eigns
of an early deeision te join the 'En-
tente powers. The development of the
Atria Minor operations almosecertain-
ly avillectause a avanfng of the German
power in Persia, which has mada itself
felt in the large eumbers of Persian
troops which have been enticed by'
carious posiaion, dine all the roads •of German agents into alliance ente the
Tures fine themselves in the same pre-
retteat. to ,the -earth are .grasn•
fallineandee Rimetan Control, The
treat of the Turkish • 'mutes level a..
whetIs impeded by deep Snow and.
the diffienft character Of the country,-
Thee 'Oe witbontatood wed la* wee
•-anipplics, and' there seeeis, ee.he little
posaibilityof theeteaffealeg eyen'tame
porary resistance CI 'any steengili to
,-ethe Reasitat dvaticee • •:- •• •
THE -OFFI'CieeL BEPORT., •
ea-aerite-offitairdpcni aeriata •
"t*th. "t.Putle4Stis teal_ tir • pure
suine•ted'imita ef' the -Wild& timer
:Vn.toeseeiliehdaealtuterletiorthwast of
Erantallia.;%. the a • Terreeinclee et ' the
, 34eh'edeetteettialt, I/Nish:Me- •etitif thir-
teen legarte and .ealle-
inunitimr ivagelis, eh& the
••••
..eietteeeeoeithe Eezerum. high road, the
ielalliallidiet One teginient. ' One of
our gallant' corps, *during the assault
. on the fortress, took 240 cahhon • Our
. troeneecaptneed the tOwns Of.-Mouche
eMpsiet, ei2.„ miles south-southeast e of
• Erzerum encr'Ahlat• byeaseault. The
enemy fled southward.", •
• "Ini.,t4a coarse or, the pursuit of the
cers tteitei 2600 iiienee• :We cap-- ammunition,, were he d a a,
49 offi
Turks we teolt. Wearier an addittonal and
teretteelafe•gneeavaa great number • of tance by the powerful ordnance the
a transport with munitions, and ress. Assaults
had mounted in their •fort.
arms. '-
'1iredleeoy. Ire the fightwere turned back almost before t
ing in the Er- ults on the outlying works
district we 'also. 'Captured a [ -hey
Turkish...M*14,e:;Ave fire.. Laboring under this handl-
started by the vitieureics of the detail.-
Grand Duke Nicholas, cominander .eep they settled down to tare mit the
. • clf .010,Alleeihn forces In the PeActlosi '•garrison, an operation' that,. required
'hes, 1I '1ttils reernee „' almost a year,
.1,11040103Na* About-- 12 miles west bad co large siege betterieS, ho
At Erzerum Grand Duke 'Nicholas
iThireltinielatte • also..; attacked the
.r
Tunks. British iufluence over the
tribefrom India o the Arabian fron-
tier; once se. peterat, sbould be re-
eetablished, and perhaps meire.import-
aut,-all danger of a laiolaeetenedan
uprising in the guise of Viely.war
should be definitely and Perinanently
eliminated: ' •
:The .11.ussien eg,mpaegn against Er-
zetinit limy be rut downasone of the
moat brilllaflt expleit4. ef. the war from
a purely. military standpoiet. It ia
merely one neofteinatatme 'of the fal-:
lability- of etre modern„ fortress, no
Matter..Weat its strength, When op-
posed sized i artillerY
with high -•eitplosiVe •shells hnd i. -de:"
termined infantry to follow up theatte„
vantage won by the artillete. •
NICT011y.W011 13Y stmit.s.
RE0ArrurtEr#,
Ignatius Lincoln, Spy, May be
Turned Over to Britain.
10.H,AProw.meere...V1k
New, Yost, Fob. tO.-Ignatitia T. Lin.
coin, former member of the British Var.
'lament. and aelf-confeeSed German ray,
ho, escaped on January etitit fent itie
custody of A density United elates Mar.
chat. was rearreatea last niget in trout
or a Broadway restutintee lle w ga
taken to the Raymond street Jail in
Brooklyn, where iie had formerly in en
u prisoner,
Four arresta and maybe more aro
scheduled to take Mace us 0. 644quenee
to tho arrest of Lincoln.
Teo arrests will be nuela by the
-United States Government. The charg..,
P8 are that the marked persons antett
bineoln in scaning. assisted Ithn to elude
the secret service oneratives and Mann-
ed. to get him to tito Pacific Coast and
ther,ce Lo tho Far Nast.
Washington, Feb. 2O.' -Department of
Insilco officials said to -night that Igna-
tius T. T. Lincoln probably wouia be
turned over as soon as possible to 13rit-
ish agents for removal to lingland
face chargeending against IMO there.
No charges are pending against. bee In
Aids country and none are eontemplifted,
but officials have not concealed their eon.
cern that he be recaptured and removed
from the country.,
.1•••
DIG TOPICS IN
BRITISH HOUSE
Important )Watters Will be Dis-
cussed This Week.
Finances, the Blockade,. and Peace
.... •
Terms,
London, Feb. 21,:-Preinter Asquith.%
speech, to be delivered to -day in the
House of Commons on the financial
situation, is awaited with keen inter-
est and,•indeed, public attention is al-
ready attracted in advance to the pro-
ceedings in both Houses of Parlia-
mentduring the present week, as sev-
eral imnortane•subjects are corning up
for consideration,
Mr. 'Asquith:will to -day move two
new votes of credit, the , one ,for
£120,000,000, to finance the. war 'until
March 31, the end of the current fin-
ancial year, and tee other. for g300,-
000,000, to start the new financial
year in adequate fashion. a' • -
One of the empottant debates of the
week in the House et Lordswill be-
geneto-inorrow, when the question of
ted so-called leakages M the blockade
ariaes on Berms. Sydenham's ' motion,
which declares that more. effective
use mild be made of the fleets of the
Allies to preeent'suppliee from reach-
ing -the central empires. •
- On Wednesday Philip SnoWden, So-
cialist member .for Blackburn, - will
raise tlae question of peace terms. •
It was previously been stated in
London despatches that the te300,000,-
000 vote ef credit above alluded to is
expected to finance the war for only
two months, that is, until. the ond of
May. Oncluding the £120,000,000 vote
of credit for the period till March 31,
a totel of X1,420,000.000 wilt have
been supplied by votes of credit for
tee twelve months. of the financial
year, which ends on that date. • With -
the amount voted in 1914 the votes of
credit since the war .begin will thus
reach :e2,082,900,000. These figures, it
may be remarked, do not represent
the • total cost of the war, as large
sums furnished from. revenues are
also used to defray the eXpenses.
13etingradeltae„beeneinelinee to con-
trast the campaign againsteErzerum
with that against Permyst:
neeziths• were needed. ...to rave ;:the
Galieian Position. Leis than two'
weeks: of actual 4ego •s0:tv the fall of
Etkerum.Tito explanation lies in' the
one word-altells. At, Permysl the
Russians, poorly equipped with guus
. or lare4eilhei, ea'-rhe.•eittlial. Turkish line
• retirerinheilet: 22 'miles in the Bieck
Sea. •atie "Like ..Van • teationa the de -
(The Sivaseeentionea is
. ae: untinportazit hill vilitegea not the
....follies:taut TM:Isiah, 'city of Sivas'in the
grail tift Ayer, '100 Miles' due west.
Erzerum.1 • • •• .
n'his• battle, .too, appeers to be tear!.
guard:: fighting, the Turku being unable'
In mice 6 stmid until reinforcemeets
and new stipplies have reaelner them.
- „the Russians are 'rapidly
rimairing tif6:,thuriage done to •the de-.
Jences of Erzerum and are establtah-
' ism themselves firmly in the fortress,
-While part of the Grand Mate .Niebe-
eitee al feels in fun pureult of -the ptfo.
tonne, ; •
• • is
• ' Inotititur Ilea heen learned eettegrn- •
had a great trate ofethe new, artillerY
that .in the Met three months has
made itself felt on the Weetern end.of
the Muscovite line. , And P ho had an
adequate supply of tlestructive
All this equipinent , he c.oncentrated
on one fort which, lying northeast of
the city, virtually was the keystone of
the defene.e. From an edvantagemis
height lie battered this position uha
his Siberian troops on February Otte.
stormed it . and .atfected e breach in
the ring. (Mew inside flank ,attacks
accounted for one after anOther of the
eeperate forts eintil nine of the eight-
een comprising the fortress were re-
duced and then Erzernin became un-
tenable.
,Froin the v,lewpoint of a
Mamie\ only tiny fly tan be NIA
ink 'trip rata or Ekved • Pees! Pdslieeei in the ointment-thegarrison, number.,
eointenetier dt the. «satin --Turktele
.army corps whlek defOulki Erzitrum.
indicatea that the Gentian, 'coin;
Wander, Cell. Lyman von Sander's, had
not yet reached Erzerinn, nontrary to
preview deapateliesthat he Was in
eitaree of lig defellee, 11 is easimaed than 1,000 modern gtins.
Ingat *least•te hundred thonnend men,
'escapede. Only a ?ew bundredsprison-
ere were captured, and these* ayeill
!stragglers who were picked up in the
Puretitt thatebegan tininetliately. tThe
booty, however- eonsieted of more
•
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LINE APPA
Captured Ship Taken. Under Seiz-
• ure by U.$. Court:
Berg is Indignant, But Obeira
Orders.
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 20,-4-Accomptinied
by two special deputies and Attorney
James- M. Buiwer, of New York, Dep-
uty United Statea, Marshal West
boarded 'the't aeturect: British liner'
Apprim in Hampton Roads yesterdee
and tacked 6, niatied *of libel: to het
mast -pole. 'a', • a !!
The .prooeddinge were brought leY
the African -Stearn Nevigatibee Com-
pany, Lithited, Of •Liverpeol, owsters
of the vessel 'before she wee cepturen
.by;:a. Getteen sett raider on .Jenuary
,i5til• off the Canary Iellindfi.•
The Menge, that the App.am,
"is •wrongfully withheld „froth.. the lib-
ellee* by eorip Henze Berg and othdr
petsons.,,ituneriown, te, 'the libeliants";
thate"en or aboatt 'Jai:naive 16 she was
unlawililly• seized, be. •pertatia eereons
unknown %Lo. the libellapt and there-
aftereamcier compidslen; forced ' topro-
wed- with passengers, _crew arid cargo
to Hampton .Roadee •. '
When Deputy.laittrshil West linerdecl
the Appeal, Lieut. Berge the .German.
'Offieet in Command' et the sitipe.ob-
Jectca etrenuously to'. els : preeence.
."You have eo. tight to board' this.
ehip," he told the Feedeat Conte oe-
ficer, "Thie, veirsel as itt ehaege
the colipotOr ot Customs. Had knosen
you :were . 'United .:States-DePuty
Marshal I would hot have herniated
you on .boerd,"
. •
When Deputy Wert 'atteinpeed to
taek a'notice of the libet writ on* the
rnast-pole of the Appam, I3erg
offered. strenuous objections. He or-
dered hie crety to tear the.paper down.
"I told hire riot to remove tee
Paper," declared Deputy West -last
nieht, alter -cerisiderable tirgu-
nicht he agreed tojet it remiteeele
went ashore to use the telephonte"
Mout Berg is reported to haye'b.een
in long distance. telephone .cOminuei-
eation with the 'GerMati Embasey,
Collector • Harnilton said he knew*
nothing, of the libel proceedings and
protested to tee Treasury Department
against the action of the depute mar-
shal. He was advised net to Jitter -
fere with the tourt order, s
HON PLANES ter, and landed within a circle of a
hundred yarda* haling a man ana A
Four bombe were dropped In a clue -
WY,
RIO COAST, air alineSt inuttedlately after
the droPPing of the. beinbs, but the
Two Britieb. ttirmen were observed
raider ludo his escape. •
81.01011611T 40toem,c4PirliF°iI0liele:jliamaas ntt
tterlowe One bomb demolished the cor-
--., •
Mated room of a eawmill; another
Four .Oerman . Seaplanes Visited UtirOOted a Kleine 1101180: a third
Englan4's .0°Ual ancl -0°11t11" rtstliirt ts1111:1Zlog 'wniiPaoctNevlii
whije
east Districts Sunday. auh,otrirseulitivevristl,iout injuring any of the
Another bomb fell squarely into a
bedroom of a workman's house, but
inJured nobody. Several bombs fell
harmlessly into gardens and vacant
lots.
In view of the distance of Lowestoft
fraea the nearest hostile aviation base,
it Is recalled here that a German
newspaper recently described a, new
arrangement whereby a submarine
was combined with an aeroplane, the
submarine acting as a submersible
hangar, front which a small seaplane
etwioviutFin osplearta.atbeie after being conveyed
distance of• its objec-
DUNKIRK ALSO BOMBED.
Paris, Feb, 20.-A hoetile aeroplane
dropped several bombs on Dunkirk
without causing damage. Another
German machine last night dropped
two projectile, which fell in a mea-
dow to the south of Luneville.
• TOREE KILLED
Damage Bina,11---Italian„s Make Re.
prise,' On Austrian Town
for Late Raids.
LoetIon, Feb. 20. -England's east
and shutimest coasta were visited at
broad daylight to -day be four Ger-
men tieaplanes,„ Presumably of the lat-
est type of battle,plano. Up to a late
hour te-night the official figure of cas-
ualties was, only three -two men and
a boye-killed, and one man, a marine,
injured. Many bombs were dropped.
The damage, as offigially reported,
was . confined chiefly to private pro-
perty. A feature of the official account
is the frank admission that British
aircraft, one navalaplant and. two
aeroplanes, which ascended to attack
-the .raidere, failed to reach them. It
appears the German planes are cap-
able of ascentlin'g to an extraordinary
.height, The War. Offlee etates tbat
two eiptaites, after circling over the
towe of Lowestoft, in Kent, "rose to
a great height and seemingly vanish-
ed.' Fifteen minutes later they re-
appeared over the eaten and then flew
to tee east, The raids. occurred be-
tween 10.55 and. about 11,30 °Woolf.
• DET.elLe OF THE RAID.
• betalle of the raid were not re-
cerved 'mail late to -night. At Lowes-
toft, It develoPs, only tbree bombs hit
b• uildings. Others fell on waste
gonna!, into • gardens, on the beach
and into the sea, none of them doing
any damage of military importance:
Nobody seems to have seen - the
rnaeldries. approach, though the sky
was clear, The streets were thronged
with people eitieYing the sunshine or
going to their churche.s. When the
raiders were seen curiosity exceeded
alarm, and the official admonitions to
seek shelter were ignored by most.
.One bomb missed a little Methodist
cliapel, hitting a house a few yards
away. A window of the chapel on that
side was smashed. Arrow -like frag-
ments of glass flew across the ceapel,
some sticking M the woodwork. One
piece hit the pulpit Bible, intssing
the pastor. Smeller fragments were
showered on • the people's heads, The
only casualty consisted in a man's
finger being cut, Some old people in
the chapel collapsed as the result of
fright. The service • was not resumed.
:One of the raiders wobbled and
slackened over Widmer.' Church ser-
vices were in progress in the town,
'end the streets were nearly deserted,
All bombs fell within a. email area, in
svhich there were two churches. Sever-
eral persoris left, but the service&
were continued.
THE OFFICfAL REPORT. •
TheeWar Office statement follows:
"Four German . seaplanes made A
;laid efeeatliteeast • and south-east
'coasts at noon to -day.
"Tht. first raiders, two biplanes, ap-
peared over Lowestoft at 10.55 am,
and circled the south side of the town
for five minutes and dropped bombs.
In. about five minutes they rose to a
great height and seemingly vanished,
At 11.10 a.m. the two seaplanes were
again over the town and then vanish-
ed eastward again.
"Altogether 17 snaall high-deplosive
bombe were. dropped. There were', no
casualties. Consleerable damage ente
caused to the outbuildings of • a
restaurant and , to two dwelling
houses. Two naval seaplanes wentup
at 11.05 aan. and Pursued the raiders
but without result. • . ,
."Meenwhile two other German ;sea-
planes were making for the Kentish
coast. The first .passed over the
Keratigh. Knock light veseel; &lipping
licimee • in: Oita' vicinity at 11.20 ,ani,
The last • rider made straight 'Jot
Walmer, Reaching that town, at 11..27
aerne, flying.at•lees than 2,500 •feet, it
dropped six boinbs and turned snerp-
ly to tee east.
"Twee of the bota-bs that fell de-
stroyed roofsaand broke windows in
the nefghborhood. One of them fell
ciese to a church, blowing out. „the
wiedovas etas the congregation was
singing "re Deane A third bornb, tell
I tie a reanway running aroeg Use:beech,
aeivilian and -injuring ,one
.marine
,"The total casualtieswere twoa :men.
'and eve bey killed ante:one iheriee
wounded. " ' • ".
•
"TwpOf out iteroplanes. whidh went
up- frein Dee& pursued the '..raider
but appereetly could ' not oireetake
laireat - a „, • ..
CAN FUT ON
INDEFINITELY
-Russ Finance 1VIinister Tells of
Country's Great Advance
GERMANS BLOCK BELGIAN
Loniten, Felt, 20. -The phut )„pf aiding
eteigiutri to feed herself by rellabilitat.
ing the industries of the eountrY under
cottrol of the American Commission for
• Relief in 13eigium has Jailed, aceordlim
to a leiter Nvritten by sir Ndward tirey
to Iiyttlans,Alloolielgian Minister here,
betettse the Stermanit thus far have, fall.
• oat.° renlv to the request for guarantees
time raw. material and manatacittroal
.goods wilt not be seized by theioccupy-
ing armies, •_
-- •
We aro told that a rOilin* stone
gethere lld inbaSI and Yet late PeePle tinie te See •tia stitall itereplarte ,at an
are just rolling in wealth. altitude of perhaps a thotisana feet.
• LAIHKCH BOMBARDED:a •
• ..teriden,.Feb. , squadrone
Italian airmen visited the :Ateatrian
city of Winch, the capital ef. Car-,
inolae.42 thilles eortheyest o,f teoriala,
and dropped a -number of beetles. The'
Italian etficial Says: e, •
retelietiortfor the numerous
Violationt& of' international lam bY the
erre* slew the begitating ef- the
Wat, • a 'squadron' or our aeroplanes
yesteriley , meriting made a raid on
I:Alba:ch. They were shelled en route
by numerous anti-aircraft - batteries
deidevaereeettacked bY groupe 'of ene-
my aeroplanes, bet our daring avia-
tors succeeded in reaching their ob-
jective.
"Descending when over . the town,
to a lo wer IsveL einen& the e oldtlds,•
our squadrble:64101..seVerkielleeefts
of grenade mines tthd 'halhhet: - •
"One, ineehino . seeSe ettteeked and
surroundedalie• ilirAiistrlail aero-
planes and was fattedto land on
tnemy territory. The other Timelines
• returned in safety, tet our lines,"
The Austrian Version of this raid
Mese .
"Yesteteley's eeterprise of an Italian
eitt squadron against. Laibeola. Was a
lamentable failure, A majority .of the
aeroplanes were coMpelled to return
on reaching our battlefront. Three
reached Lathe& and dropped bombs
there and at several pima lh itS en -
vixens, • but entirely Unsuccessfully.
When they returned one airmen at-
tacked the hostile aeroplane's end
brought &WA a big machine of the
Capron' type,"
• •FOUIt BOMBS IN MUSTER..
Wollner, Feb, 20, --The residents of
Waliner were startled 'this Morning
by a series of lottd eXPleeions. The
day was blight end lear and MAU
Dereons melted to pints of vantage in
1••••••••Ma.•••••••==.11,0
As Contrasted With the Conditions
Now in Germany.
Petrograd, Feb. 19, via London. -
Contrasting Russia's increasing pros-
perity with Germany% financial and
economic .condition, the Rus,sian Min-
ister of Finance, Pierre L. Bark, in a
statement to the Associated Press to-
day, expressed the opinion that Russia
could prosecute the war indefinitely
without serious menace to the financ-
ial stability of tee country.
"Russia's finAnces rest UPOn the
most solid foundation in the world,"
s.aid the Minister; "the economit pros-
perity of the Russian people, which is
now greeter than was ever conceived
possible before the beginning of the
war. Thus, while the masses of the
Germatepeople are reduced by war to
poverty, every month of the war has
enriched tee Russians.
"The oetimistic statements concern-
ing Getruany's financial status have
deceived but few, On the other hand,
there is nothing illusory. or specious
about the Russlan's prosperity. It
rests upon the incontrovertible fact of
the Russian people's inereased earn-
ings and. savings.
"When a. year ago the saving e banks
showed a - monthly increase in deposits
of 50,000,0,00 roubles, it was regarded
as phenomenal. But that was only
the beginning. During the -month of
January the savings banks alone show
an increase 'in deposits of 120,000,000
roubles. This is accounted for nrin-
°Wally by the growing thrift and econ-
omy of the peasants siace the enforce-
ment of prohibition, by their greater
earning powers. and the higher wages
they command, and by the Govern-
ment provision for the families of sol-
diers, which materially increased their
ante-bellum income. ,
"This marvellous prosperity makes
-Russia capable of raising a large num-
ber of successful leading loans, and
it is by this means chiefly that we
hope to defray the expenses of the
war, which have now reached 1,600,-
000,000 roubles monthly. Germany
ca•a dell for internal loans with no
such confidence of their success.
ef began inodestly with loans of two
or three.hundred millions, but the last
loan was for one billion, and the pre-
sent loan of two billion has every pro-
spect of being readily subscribed. It
Is .also 'encouraging to note that the
rouble has already assumed an up-
ward trend, while the German Mark
shows no sign of appreciating.
"Although the greater part of the
funds Russia needs for carrying on
the war can be raised internally. • I'
do not mean eo say that we will not
continue to rely on foreign credits.
Loans with New York banks are now
being considered, and since we offer
the best et security, that is, railway
ponds guaranteed by the Government,
It sberii:fitcoiaiT.eanadlioaitn ieseltlobbeemiulotpueadl-,
will merlt,the beginning of greatly in-
creased. business between Russia and
the tinftect Stales.
"Since the world. recognizes that
Russia's finaacial difficultiea are only
temporary, and the result of inability
quickly to mobilize her vast wealth,
We expect to. go through with the war
with our credit unimpaired."
ALL 4.11E.BArt,
Last .02 Berbian Troops Are Out
of Danger.
SHARP WARNING FOR
GERMAN AMBASSADOR
He Must Quit His Treacherous Work or be
Bounced From the United States.
Only Gravity of the Crisis Has Saved Him
From Disgrace Thus Far.
New York, Feb. 21.-A detiPach to
the Herald frem Washington says:
A nigh °Mita or the State Depart-
ment stated te-daY that the Aaminits-
tration felt it -necessary todiscipline
Count von Dernstorft, the German
Ambassador, for hi$ improper propa-
gandist activitios.
Ween next the Ambassador, calls at
the State Department he will be of-
ficiaily informed that the intrigues he
I s habitually Promoting against the
United States Government through the
medium of publieity must cettae•
Whether he will be allowed to re-
tain his residence in Washington de-
pends upon his future conduct. If he'
does not take to heart the admonition
of the Administration his recall will
be deumeded.
It is asserted of „Count von Beres -
torn that he has violated his pledge
given to Mr, Lansing, Secretary of
State, that he would keep the ex-
changes in the Lusitania negotiations
in entire confidence. Facts regarding
these exchanges have been made pub-
whice were known only to Count
von Bernstorff and Mr. Lansing. Thus
Mr. Lansing knows full well, when he
sees these facts presented in the press
in a light calculated to promote the
German cameo, who is responsible for
tee reports, •
Furthermore, responsibility ie placed
at the door of the German Ambassa-
dor for the reports asserting that the
German proclaniation announcing tee
submarine campaign to, be begun
against armed merchant ships on
March 1 was issued as a'nogical de-
velopment" at the American propoeal
for the disarming 02 merchant ships
of the Entente Powers. The State De-
partment knows that the Oerman sub -
Martne campaign was sledded upon
before the American proposal was sub-
mitted to the Entente Powers. Yet
the imuression was spread, broad-
cast throughout the United States that
Germany has declared this new war-
fare because of the action taken by
the United States.
This idea that Gerniany had gained
her' inspiration from the American
proposal also was made to base predic-
tions, said to have been inspired froze
official eources, tbet the United States
would acquiesce in the German war-
fare. Titus the entire attitude of the
Administration was mis-represented,
It is felt, for a distinct ane improper
purpose.
It is stated upon high authority that
in ordinary circumstances there would
be no question whatever of Count von
Bernstorff's being allowed to remain
as Ambassador to the United States,
He would go, and go quickly, It is
solely the fact that a serious crisis is
confronted in German -American re-
lations which induces the Administra-
tion to withhold from Berlin the
statement teat the Kaiser's envoy is
persona non grata. The Administra-
tion is loath to allow a question of of-
fensive personal activities on the part
of the Ambassador to become the
cause of rupture in a situation where
such vital principles of law and hum.-
anity lire at the stage of final issue.
Nevertheless, the statement is made
in the highest official quarter that the
United States Government has full
knowledge of such entirely improper,
activities upon the part of Count von
Bernstorff that his continuea resid-
ence here will be entirely upon suffer-
ance, the rules of diplomatic etiquette
admittedly being winked at by the
United States that the German issue
may centinue to be one of moral prin-
ciple, and may not degenerate to one
of personalities.
MUST DESTROY_
PHSSINISM
&mar Law Says Crushing of
Militarism Woi:Id's Only Hope.
London, Feb, '20. --Tho last Serbian
soldiers • remaining in Albania- have
ric,w been landed in Corfu, says a des -
Patch from Corfu under date of Fri-
day. The despatch ades that tho en-
tire Serbian army is now out of
•eariger.
rhn Vienna official report states
that near Bazar-Sja.k (about We MileS
nertheast of Mimeo), an ativaneed
Ititilait position has been taken by the
Auetro-Hungarlans, Farther Month
' the Austro -Hungarians have approach-
ed the enemy's lines southeast of Du -
Ilea). The Albanians fighting on. the
Austro-Hungarian side have, (record-
ing to the came report, 'coupled .Iterat
(J1. Miles northeast of Avlona) and
Lynne. Niftily, and made prieoners
there of more than 200 of Essad
ratiliale gendarmes
Beret, or Itielagorad, 'landed on a
high rock overlooking the Oetim
Is considered a point of ettategfe
velue. It has a population ef tome
15,000. It consists of en upper town
or citadel, which eontains several
Greek churehes, and a lower town,
with numetous ntoeques. It is GO miles
southeast of Durazzo.
Staylate (at T1.30. daring a pause)-
- penny for yoiir thoughts. Miss
Bred -1 was just thinking Me In lean
year and—, Staylate (rising hurried-
Iv)-I-er-guese I'll be gollus.-Tlostoe
Tratteetipt.
This War Must End. in Reduction
of Arraaments,
London, Feb, 20. -Andrew Boner
Law, Britiah Secretary for the Colon-
ies, declared to -day that unless Prus-
sian militarism was crushed by the
Present war nothing could prevent a
repetition of the present catastrophe,
and that European civlization would
be overwhelmed by barbarism, as was
that of Rome.
"All tbe outpouring -of blood and
treasures which the war involves wiil
have been in vain if the piling up or
armaments which preceded this con-
flict is to go on undiminished after-
ward," elaid he.
"Democratic countries are always at
a disadvantage in prosecuting a war,
but we have greatly improved. We
were not prepared for war, except far
defence at sea.
"We were not organized for war.
Plunged into this conflict, suddenly
and unexpectedly as it were, it was
inevitable that there should be mis-
takes and muddles aid delays. Organ-
izing for war does not mean merely
gathering together great armies, train-
ing and equipping them. ti means
that all departments of the national
life have to be brought into national
unity and organized on e war basis.'
"Our armies in the Heed, in proper-
ticn to our reserves, are as great as
those of any of our allies. Our re-
serves are growing, our new recruits
are being rapidly trained, and there
will be no lack of reinforcements for
the fighting line. Although I have
never considered that the voluntary
system was, best in a war like this,
after we bad gone so far I would have
likca to see Britain go through the
war without resorting to emnpulsion.
It is. u proud achievement to be able
to enlist nearly four million volun-
teers and to find that s1x millions
have offered, and, after all, the com-
pulsory element will be small in pro-
portion to the total,
NO ANXIETY ABOUT MUNITIONS.
"We have now no anxiety about
munitions. We are gaining in strength
every week, and the superiority in
munitions, and indeed, in all forms of
organization, which was the result of
previous preparation which our ene-
Mies enjoyed, at the beginning of the
war, is now, I believe, rapidly (Retina
felting."
As etinister for tlie Colonies, Mr.
13miar Law takes pride in the assist-
ance voluntarily rendered by the over-
seas Dominione.
"Do yea think the war will melte
ahy change in the relations between
Great Britain and the "United States?"
he Was asked.
"One possible amigo might eome 12
a league of peace were formed to pre-
vent a repetition of the present cal-
amity; and, if so, the 'United States
ntust naturely be alt important mem-
ber of that league.
"It it were an armed league," he
said, "the 'United States would have
to be etronger in order to- play its
part in the international police force,
whose duty it would be to keep the
world lit order. Rttlea and conven-
tions for the regulation of Work aro
entered into in times of peace. 'When
war comes belligerents dlstegard
them. It is enly the power of the neut-
ral ration:1 whieh eould oven attempt
to maintain their observance. Such in-
tervention has not happened in the
ease ef this war, and in future,unless
there is a eerious limitation of armee
Write, there will be ,no forces strong
enough to see that International' con-
ventions tire observed or that it tepe-
tition of the present horror is made
impoealble."
DOUBLE MURDER,
Retired New Brunswick Man and
. His Wife Found Slain.
Sussex, N. B., Feb. 20. -Thomas
O'Brien, 80, retired meat dealer, and
his wife, aged 70, were murdered at
Ward's Creek last Thursday, Their
bodies, clothed in eight robes, were
found by a neighbor. The skulls were
battered in. There also was evidence
of an attempt to set fire to the farm-
house in which the tragedy occurred.
The old people lived alone and had
acme money.
Daniel B. Cannon, brother of the
murdered .woman, is under arrest on
suseecion. He is somewhat eccentric,
itas some money, aud when arrested
had $1,700 in kis pockets, mostly gold.
There had been trouble between
O'Brien and Cannon, it is alleged.
LAST 3INRE
MEN CAllEri
London, Feb, 21.-A Royal proclane
ailon has been posted tailing to the
colors the recruits of class 1 under
the Military Service Act. They are
to report before March 31.
The class mentioned comprises the
youngest or the recruits available.
They are the bachelors who had at-
tained the age of 18 on Aug. 15 last.
It is believed that the majority of them
have now attained 19 years of age
and have thus beaome eligible for
military service. The present sune
mons completes the ceiling up of the
single men.
TEIPER CASE
NONE TO SPARE.
lint Military Tribunal Decides
Farmers Need Their Nen,
London, Feb, 2L -The first military
trtinanal was held et Nirkby Stephen
on Saturday,' and, according to an
account published In the Weekly Dee -
Patch, the session lasted five bowie
and the court room was =levied, with
farmers appealing Against the mita-
Ment of ehepeerde, Pleavanen and cow-
men. Many farmers threatened that
if the inert were dratted they would
sell their stadia and abaiulon their
%rms. After a severe examination,
tee inheoritY of the farmers* helve -re
were held to be necessary to West -
Moreland agrimiltUre, and exempted
frera military service.
1-
BEAR NO
GREEK FIGHT
Former ,Tossed Frontier Near
Doiran and Were Repulsed.
itirench Commander to Confer
• With King Constantine.
•••••••••••••moo......•
London, Feb. 20, -Patrols of Greeks
and Bulgarians taught a sharp engage-
ment near Dairen Thursday after the
Bulgarian patrol crossed the frontier,
according to a Saloniki despatch to
Reuter's Telegram Company. The Bul-
garians were forced to retire, leaving
two men killed, One Greek soldier was
woundea.
According to the same despatch,
General Sarrail, the French com-
mander-in-chief itt the east, has gone
to Athens, where all audience with
King Conetantine has been, arranged.
The greatest importance is attached
to the visit, which, it is believed, will
mark important developments in the
relations between Greece and the En-
tente Allies.
General M. P E. Sarrail, commander-
in-chief of the French forces in the
Orient, accompanied by the Greek
Generals, Mosehamowlos and Him-
brakokis, and their staffs, inspected
the Saloniki front The party rose on
-horseback along the front and lunch-
ed in a dugout five yards below the
level of the ground The - Greek
generals expressed great admiration
far the defensive strength of the
trenches.
500,000 HORSES
Worth $125,000,000, Bought in ,,
U. S. Since War Opened.
New York Report --Records of the
exports of horses to Europe show that
more than 500,000 horses, valued at
$125,000,000, have been shipped there
from this country since the beginning
of the war. A compilation, made by
the foreign trade department of the
National City Bank discloses that
about 440,000 horses were shipped last
year.
The prices show a declining tend-
ency. The average price in 1914 was
$240, but the horses were selling at an
average of $207 in November, the last
, month for which complete reports
were received.
American horses for use of the British
forces VIII be purchased for some
time, at least, according to Major-
General F. W. Benson, of the general
staff of •the British army; who is in
charge of the purchase of horses.
General Benson, who to-day,wont to
Lathrop, Mo„ to inspect a band 'of
horses purchased some time ago, said
the affairs of the remount service in
this country would be closed within a
short time.
-4IP 11,
OUT OF BUSINESS.
State Investigating Report of a
Previous Shooting,
Buffalo, Feb. 21. -District Attorney
Wesley C. Dudley has been working
for the pest few days ill an effort to
verify or disprove a rumor whieli was
brought to him that about eleven or
twelve year's ago there was a shooting
affair in the. Tenser hoine, which re-
sulted in the wounding in the arm of
Grace. Tenser, who is now in the Sis-
ters' Hospital with a fractured skull
as
it result of the attack three weeks
ago, when her mother and brother
were murdered on tite Orehard Park
road. e
Charles H. Teiper this morning said
there is absolutely no , truth in the
story, but District Attorney Dudley is
still investigating.
District Attorney Dudley deelaree
there are scars on one arm, ...hove the
elbow, but does not kno‘v how they
were inflicted. lie ale° states that
John Edward Teiper has told him they
were the result of a dog bite
Dr. la. A. Bowerman. police -surgeon,
at request of Dietrict Attorney Dudley,
• yesterday -visited Miss Grace A. Toper
in Sisters' Hospital, and will make
other visits this week to determine the
patient's mental condition. Dr. Dower.
man said last night he found. Miss
Telper conseloue, but front Ono exam-
ination could not state whether, in his
ot Mien, she is able to recall ineidents
of the Orchard Park road tragedY.
Grace Telper does not yet know that
her mother and brother are dead. She
will be informed before she :ean leave
the hospital. Her private physician,
Dr. Clinton, and Dr. Dowerman think
that the telling of her may rceall all
tee incidents of the murder, or may
set her back, mentally, agate.
•
UNSINKABLE DREADNOUGHT.
Item% Feb. 10. --The rtevista idaritillla
states that tleTtuany is building an "un-
sinkable Dreadnought."
The war craft has three hulls: an exter-
ior compartment 200 millimetres thick
(about 7.11 Whet& A middle temente.
Wilt of 120 miiiimetres (about 1.9 inches)
aral an interior of 120 millimetres (about
inehes
tacit *will be fillea with a oneret tom.
ronition which will 'prevent any prti.
1 -tile eiercing the ttiple bun.
Two Fire Insurance Companies'
Licenses Withdrawn.
Toronto, Feb. 21. ---The Department
of Insurance at Ottawa announces that
the licenses of the Anglo-American
Fire Insurance Company and the
Montreal -Canada Fire insurance Com-
pany have been withdrawn, as the fin-
ancial condition of the companies is
such that it is considered unsafe for
tbe public to effeet insurance with
them.
Arrangements have been practically
completed for the assumption of the
outstanding policies in force covering
,arnroepertoatiy,y., in Canada end unsettled.
mp
elaims thereon by the Western Assur-
ec
of Toronto, and it is
expected that the formal reinsurance
egreen1enta will be executed in the
course of the next few days.
�0*
ALLIES 'CONFER.
'Anglo-French Parliamentary Com-
mittee Meets in Paris.
Paris, Feb. 21. -The British delega-
tion to the Anglo-French Perliaraen-
tary committee, consisting of twenty-
five members, representleg both
Houses of Parliament, headed by Vis-
count Bryce, have arrived hi Paris to
Confer with an equal number of
French Senators and Deputies under
the chairmanship of former Prenlier
eleMeneen.u. A eeries et meetings, to
extend over three days, begins to -mor-
row.
The programme provides for full and
intimate diecuseione of the condttet
of. the war in relation to militarn
naval, foreign, fintmcial and eolonial
Affairs, so that the delegation front
each Parliatrient May littve fl cOmpre-
hensive view of the other side ef the
all! anee.
PIREIVIEN'S AWFUL TASK. •
Norte Ray, Feb. 1o. -Within a space
of twelve hours the local fire brigade
received five attain calls. 'I twee wore
of an ineindetit nature while ties others
included the total loss of two lesidenees
belonging to A. it Tta.ndell and .Alex.
Victro. resnectively. The latter was a
large brick structure in the Italian guar.
ter of the town. Where the fire started
et Si‘2.thia morning, and the firemen
fought the elentent for five hours With
'the thermometer registering front Pii to
30 degrees UMW. Tee nUtiority of them
are laid uu with frostbitten hands and
facts.
TORONTO WAREHOUSE VIRE.
Toronto. Feb. f.11.-4 he WarellOuSe and
offices of the William leen/lie ,Company,
wholesale treed mercharata corner °tato.
vis and Adelaide Streets, were badly
damaged by fire last higitu,whild a year's
study of seeds Nuts coeliac. ruie,1.
Thel op s entailed by the deatruetion or
the seeds is placed at over $260,000, mid
the damage to the building at about $7.000.
While the origin of the fire ti not known