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GERMANS MASS GREAT FORCES EAST PRUSSIA
NOTES TO BRITIAN AND
GERMANY ARE EMPHATIC
WASHINGTON'. Keli. \2. The pith
lloatlnn of the text of the poles ad
dressed to the governments of Great
llrttlan and Germany yesterday dis
closes that the warnings are coin lied
in most emphatic terms Hotli go\
ernments are given to understand that
the I’nited States will insist against
all measures that will in any way
menace American vessels or the lives
of American citizens while traversing
the waters of the recently created war
zone nround the British Isles The
j warning notes ale giving rise to much
| tiisousHion owing to the firm language
i employed, and the answer of the two
| powers are looked forward to with
great interest. it is generallv con
deeded that there is room for grave j
possibilities to develop as it is cleat
that Hie government will permit of
little interference with Xmerican ship
pin*?.
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GOVT. MAKES PROPOSALS
CONCERNING WILHELMINA
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—The gov
ernment has mnrie a proposal to Great
Britain in relation to the seizure of the
German relief ship Wilhelmina which
tuts been detained at Falmouth by tho
British under the contraband food pro
clamation. It is proposed that tho Brit
ish will postpone Inking tho Wilhelmina
case before tlie English prize court un
til such time as will give I lie owners
an opportunity to produce evidence to
lump that the cargo is not subject to
sci/.oic under the contraband ruling;. It
is stated lhat much evidence can be
pul forth to show that the cargo of the
vessel was to he placed in such hands
on arrival at Firemen as would insure
it being used Ip- none toil destitute non
com hat ants.
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GENERAL WAR
REPORTED PORTUGAL ABOUT
TO ENTER WAR.
LISBON, Feb. 12. The populace is
much excited In the reports being cir
culated that Portugal will shortly enter.
the great war aligned with the French.
It is stated that tho government Is
resolved to pursue the policies decided
by the Portugese congress in August
when the resolution was passed to co- j
operate with the allies whene' er such j
steps became necessary.
The report further affirm Hint the!
government is preparing to enter the!
fray with an army of at least two hun- 1
dred thousand men.
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VAN DYKE COMPLAINS
GERMANS HOLD MAIL.
THE HAGUE, Fell. 12 The Ameri- I
con ambassador has received com-'
plaints from Henr.v Van Dyke, tlie*
American Minister to Luxemburg com
plaining that tlie German military
commander at Treves is constantly de
taining the mail for the American em
bassy at the Luxemburg capital.
GERMANS HOLD UP MAIL
OF AMERICAN AMBASSADOR.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.- The Stale
Department has issued n formal protest
to tho German government against the
detention of mail directed to the Ameri
can embassy at Luxemburg The pro
test is following the complaint of the
United States minister at that place,
that tho German authorities through
whose hands the mall must necessarily
puss, had detained much mail matter
addressed to (he American embassy
STEAMER WASHINGTON
NOT AMERICAN.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 12. The
steamer Washington sunk in Treglond
harbor by Russian war vessels is not
an American vessel as was supposed
and has proven to be of Greek registry.
ITALIANS ENGAGE TURKS
IN INTEREST OF ALLIES.
ROME, Fell. 12 It is reported here
that the Italian troops in Tripoli have
been compelled to engage the Molsem
Turks in order to compel them to de
sist from warlike operations against
the allies. The Molsems are said to
be restive and have planned a foray
into the French and liritish territories
oust and west of the Tripolitan borders.
REPORTED KAISER SAYS
MUST SUE FOR PEACE.
PARIS, Feb. 12 A report has
reached hero through diplomatic chan
nels to the effect that the German
Kaiser has recently told members of
his syile that while Germany is able to
continue, it was advisable that she
should seek some way to conclude
peace.
CAREFUL GUARD KEPT
OVER BORDER BRIDGES
PORTLAND, Me, Feb. 12.—Large
forces of guards are policing all border
bridges of the Grand Trunk railroad
and nil principal bridges to the Cana
dian boundary as it is greatly feared
that other attempts will be made to
destroy property which will hinder
communication with Canada.
WESTERN ZONE
BRITISH CAPTURE IMPORTANT
j POSITION LA BASSE
A Ai.STLHUA At, Feb. 12. lb-ports
| from the W estern war none slate ihal
llie Allies have undertaken tlie offen
sive at several points in the extreme
west. The liritish troops fronting La
Lasse, by a series of determined
charges have been enabled to Lake the
\ oilaJtes fill! ovui looking the principle
German positions at that point. The
capture is considered must important
owing tu tlie command of the German
lines. Desultory usnaulis have been
made al oilier points by the Germans
but with little success. Artillery dueli
have progressed at intervals neai
Heims and in the Argonne but results
have been absent.
The German attacks near A pres is
showing less strength and it is evident
that the main efforts of the Germans
is directed to the La Lasse legion.
Aviators report little activity at all
points along the center and east.
Heavy artillery duels are occttring
at several points in Alsace where tlie
situation is deseribed us unchanged.
AVIATOR DROPS BOMBS
ON ANTWERP FORTS.
id >N DON, Poll 12 itoports via
Amsterdam state that an aviator of (ho
British aero corps has succeeded in
dropping several horn Its into one of the
outer forts of Antwerp killing over
thirty German soldiers and wounding
many others Although fiercely shelled
by the aero guns the aviator safely
escaped.
WRECKAGE OF ZEPPELIN
FOUND IN NORTH SEA.
LONDON, Fell. 12.—A British tor
pedo destroyer cruising in the North
sea lias found the wreckage of a Gor
man Zeppelin a few miles off the Dan
ish coast thereby confirming the pre
vious reports of an airship disaster in
that vicinity some days ago.
COMPLICATED INTRENCH M ENTS
TO MEET GREAT GUNS.
LONDON, Feh. 12.—Lord Kitchner
admits that there is a strong probabil
ity of the Germans throwing scores of
the great howitzers toward Bologne and
Paris in April. He aserts, however,
that tile probability need cause no
alarm as the allies were prepared to
oppose the giant guns with a net work
of trenches so wide-spread and compli
cated that ttie Germans could not man
ufacture enough ammunition to de
stroy the defending forces regardless
of the number or size of the guns.
ALLIED HYDROPLANE
SCATTERS AN ARMY.
SUEZ, Feb. 12.—Reports from the
war zone near Ismalia state that an
allied hydroplane which has been used
for reconnoltering along the canal suc
ceeded In working havoc in the ranks
of a Turkish column after the recent
battles in that section by dropping
bombs on the thick mass of troops as
they made their way from the scene of
action following their defeat by the
British troops. The report states that
besides killing many the aero threw the
Mussulmen Into panic «kid many threw
down their arms andTled.
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! EASTERN ZONE
GERMANS MASSING GREAT
FORCES IN EAST PRUSSIA.
I’KTH* UJUAI), Feb. I- The ollioial
bulletins state that the Get mans are
I massing (Treat forces la defend the
I positions between Insti-rburt; and the
i Mazur Lake reffion but so for there has
j been no liuhlinu south of Gumbinnen
1
li is stated that tin* Russians are able
to advance but slo\vl\ owing t«» the
difficulties of travel ,.s deep snows
cover the entire region The Utisian
plan of campaign is still unknown
The Guars forces may strike between
Tilsit and Insterhurg nr the ,trin>
operating in w« st Poland may proceed
along the lower Vistula and thence
North. Fighting of unusual ferocity
! Is reported from tin* Carpathians but
I is so far undecisive.
GERMANS EXPLODE MINES
[UNDER MARCHING RUSSIANS.
HFRM.V Feb 12 The German
forces operating in Poland have mined
nearly all roads in the vicinity of War
saw and have great)\ demoralized the
Russians by repeatedly blowing up tlu*
highways under the feet of marching
i columns, literally killing thousands. It
Is said that the Russian commanders
I have become so obsessed with the f« ar
of the sunken mines that no longer d.u
to march their troops along the high
ways.
PETROGRAD ADMITS PRUSSIAN
INVASION CHECKED
PETROGRAD, Fell. 12. Rulletlns
posted by the war bureau at a late hour
today ndmit that the vast army which
Germany has Hung into Northeast
Prussia has completely checked the
Russian movement in the direction of
Koenlgsburg It is generally believed
here that the forces of the Czar will he
forced to withdraw in the face of the
huge army concentrated on the line of
[advance. With the withdrawal of the
Russians. German soil will he once
again free of enemies except for small
stretches in Alsace.
RUSSIAN COSSACKS
DEVASTATING RUSSIA
PETROGRAD. Feb 12—Far in ad
vance of the Russian army advancing
on Koenlgsburg, the Cossacks are raid
ing the towns and villages of Eastern
Prussia, and are laving waste whole
districts by tire and sword
It is said that there is approximately
two hundred thousand of the wonderful
horsemen scattered throughout the
country and It is because of their de
predations that the Germans have been
compelled to weaken their Poland line
in order to prevent the Cossack raiders
from penetrating half way to Merlin.
VIENNA NOW SAYS RUSSIANS
INTRENCHING TRANSYLVANIA.
VIENNA, Feb. 12.—Dispatches from
the Transylvanian districts state that
the Russians are hoplessly frustrated In
their invasion of that section owing to
the failure of the Servians to form the
expected conjunction. The Russians
are now said to he intrenching pre
paratory to awaiting the opening of
spring. It Is stated that the positions
occupied are very weak.
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BRITISH IRRITATED
AT U. S. ATTITUDE
LONDON, Feb 12 The attitude of
the government of the Fnited States
toward the flag «|uestion has rreated
considerable irritation and the act of
addreNslng a formal note to the Itritish
government is considered most unfav
orable h\ the press The general view
is that the Fulled States is making a
, ' ust deal of bother about nothing. The
press says generally that the United
States is far from display ing the usual
filendl> spirit toward Hngland
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CARRANZA EXPELLS
SPANISH MINISTER
\ FRA OKt'Z, I Vh TJ. Tin* t'arrun
za government still continues at odds
with the various foreign ministers at
the Mexican capital. Tin* repeated
friction hot\ve»*n t'arratiza and the
Spanish Minister over tin* allcdgcd pro
tection l*y the later of Angelo de t'asa.
the Spaniard whom t’arranza insists
is an active agent of Villa has led to
the*.signing of an order hv t’arranza
expelling tin* minister from the coun
try.
SAX AXTOXIA, Pel) U Word has
been received here that Villa has sum
niarily executed Rodolfo Fierro, one of
his officers, because the latter had re
cently made an attempted assassins
thin following a hitter upbraiding of the
iitllccr for having lost all but six men
..f Ills company during the recent light
ing in Central Mexico.
Fierro is said to have seriously re
sented the upbraiding and In retaliation
attempted to kill the Mexican Chief
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GENERAL WAR
BRYAN SAYS NO DANGER
GERMAN COMPLICATIONS.
Washington. ivp 12 secretary
Bryan, in an interview to the press
says that, despite the gravity of the
German war zone orders, there was
little danger of serious complications
arising as all cases would be submitted
to arbitration.
RUSSIAN INVASION OF
HUNGARY FAILS.
VIKNA. Keb. 12 Reports from points
in Galicia and Ltukowina state tluit the
Russian invasion of Hungary has been
eomi’leteb frustrated at every point
and the Slav army is in full retreat
before the Austro-German forces
1 RUSSIAN DESTROYER
CAPTURES TURK CRUISER
1 >1 >KKSA Keb 12 \ lone Russian
torpedo destroyer has captured a small
Turkish cruiser along the Black sea
jcoast, the German commander having
become mentally unbalanced. When
overtaken by the Russian boat the
commander hail barricaded himself in
the conning tower and was shooting the
crew whenever they attempted to man
the guns.
GERMAN OFFICERS CAN'T
HANDLE TURK TROOPS.
PETROGHAD. Keh 12 Advices from
the Oaucausus indicate that the Ger
man armya nd navy otlleers are unable
to efficiently handle the unwieldly
masses of the Sultans poorly armed and
untrained reserves which has resulted
I iii their wholesale slaughter by the
well trained soldiers of the Fuat.
WOMEN IN GERMANY ARE
CALLED TO POLICE DUTY.
VM8TKHDA.M. Feb 12. -Letters re
. ctved from Berlin state that all peace
officers, policemen and constables are
now being mustered into the army from
every city nnd town, their places being
filled by old men and hoys and even
women. It Is stated that patrol duty
lms become greatly simplified since tbe
beginning of the war, practically all
crime having disappeared save in the
larger cities.
KRUPP WORKS TURNING
OUT IMMENSE GUNS.
I'lii'KNUAGKX Feb. 12.—Authentic
report- emanating from German
sources indicate that the great Krupp
gnu works at Kssen, Germany, ar>
turning out close to a score of the giant
howitzers per month, many of which
are said t« have a hore of sixty centi
meters and are callable of throwing a
shell of that diameter a distance of
twelve miles. It is stated that the
guns are hullt in such manner that they
can lie transported on portable tracks
and will lie capable of easy transporta
tion to such points as may he rep Hired
WAR PRISONERS WORK
'german MINES.
KSSEN, Germany, Feb. 12.—Owing to
the great demand for raw metals for
the manufacture of munitions of wur
the government has been substituting
prisoners of war In the place of the
German miners who have been called
to the front.
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