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OMAHA, SATURDAY .MORNING, - FEBRUARY (5, 1915iX)URTEKN PAOKS.
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BLIZZARD PILES
SHOW IN DRIFTS;
TRAINS ANNULLED
Northern Half of State Storm-Swept
and All Traffic is Suspended
' da Account of the 1
. . Deep Drifti.
SIOUX CITY IS ALL TIED UP
Street Car Traffic There Suspended
and Schools Are Dismissed
"' . for the Day.
BETTER IN THE SOUTH PLATTE
The worst Btorm of the winter con
tinue! general over about all . that
portion of Nebraska lying north of
the Platte. The storm is also general
pver all the . northerr portion of
Wyoming, the southern" portion of
South Dakota and is sweeping
through northern Iowa and south
ern Minnesota. Over all the terri
tory a wind with a velocity of twenty
to thirty miles per hour is driving
jthe enow along, or piling it into
drifts As a result of the storm that
Is on the order of a blizzard, train
service -on the Northwestern Unci
west of the Missouri river has been
annulled, and not a wheel Is moving
No attempt Is being made to operate
the snow plows.
' , On air that portion of the Omaha 'road
weet of the Missouri train service has
I been discontinued until the storm abates.
. TTntli that time no effort will be made
to get epowplows through the drifts.
Better In thc8aath,
The main lines of the Burlington and
Union Pacific, together with, the branches
south of the Platto, are' In fairly rood
shape and trains are moving, though most
f them -are late. Nari.1. of the Platte,
however, pondttiona'are different.
' The Burlington's Billings and Wyoming
line is 'tied up, as Is the line across from
' O'Neill to Bloux City, trains being held
at stations where there are accommoda
tions for passenger.
' On the Callaway and Kearney branches
of the Union Pacific the trains are being
held! at the terminals and they, will not
be moved until the storm ceaaes.
: Through the storm district snow fell all
i Thursday night and Friday and was still
falling last night, it having attained 'a
depth of twelve ' to ' eighteen" Inches In
many places. Through this section there
, wasno ;thaw,- a"a,t end around Omaha, j
consequently he anow that had previ
ously fallen was picked up and whirled
along with the new snow when the bllz
aard struck. , ' '
' " , Mare Blow 'Thursday. ', ..' 1
: Aocordinr-'to;, the- railroads th - wind
fcleW air Thursday," but attained its groat-
est Velocity aarty Thursday night.. It can-4
linued to blow all night, growing stronger
ts the hours passed. Friday morning and
afternoon generally over .the storm area
It waa Browing- y with as great velocity
as at any time during the night. .
Along ths Northwestern, from Norfolk
. west' the station yards wire filled with
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Obregon's Attitude
" Toward Diplomats:
is Cause of Alarm
WASHINGTON, Feb. i.-Serlous fric
lton-between General Obregon, the Csir
ransa commander at Mexico City, and
members of the diplomatic corpa, la caus
ing much-anxiety to officials and diplo
matists in Washington.
Carransa's threatened deportation of
,the Spanish minister tor affording asylum
to Angel Del Caso, confidential agent of
the Spanish government, and accused of
being affiliated with Villa, has aroused
tha diplomatists in the Mexican capital.
While officials of tha American govern
ment declined to discuss (the affair, it is
known that General Obregon's attitude is
regarded as a grave development.
One element Increasing anxiety here is
the difficulty of communication with Mex
loo City.. Since the reoccupation by the
Carransa forces an embargo against ail j ,n(l t,elv ,ubmarlnes. declared. "The
flpher messagoa was enforced, but has j country is facing a serious financial con
within the last few daya been modified, i,.. .nd . lf you propoM to enter Into
so that these messages may p. sent, but r,C0 o( anMme,t the en1 of ,n9 ,t0ry
Within the last few days only two brief
'telegrams have been received from Mex
ico City. - - ;
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Temperature and precipitation depar
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rormal tempersture j(
e.flciency for the day .'".' j
Total exoees since March 1.. ...i!li14
Normal prcipl(atlon. ... fn (nrn
l?xrs for the day 04 Inch
Total rainfall since- March l..Zt.y inches
jen leiu-y since Msr n 1 1,6 Inches
Ieftcjency for cor. pertod lns. ( Winches
lef icleary t or cor. period. l:'12. 4 41 inch
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permans Chosen to Lead Charge at
Hurnin Dubbed "Division of Death"
PETROGRAD, Feb. S -Not since the
battles around Lodi, in Russian Poland,
in the early part of December, have the
Germans delivered such vicious attacks
as those of yesterday, when they at
tmpted to break through the Russian
line at Borjlmow. .
Probably never before . In the eastern
Arena of the war have they concentrated
such a force on a single point. In a dis
tance of Fix miles, between Humln and
Borjlmow, the Germana threw 106,000 In
fantrymen . together with' heavy forcea of
cavalry, the whole supported by 100 bat
teries of artillery', or W0 guns. It If esti
mated that"! 'this short line there were
nearly 30,000 men to the mile coming In
on ten or twelve lines like the waves of
the sea.
. The Russians, warned by the attacks
of previous days In thin same vicinity, had
concentrated correspondingly v heavy
forces to resist the German advance. So
cfose were both sides ' packed In this
narrow spaoe that the artillery became
practically Useless, ' ,'
The battlefield ' wad . a flat . plain un
HOUSE PASSES THE ,
iHAYAL'BUB'GET BILL
Lower Body Adopts . Measure Pro
riding for Building of Two
I - - v Battleship's a Year. .
H0BS0N. STANDS dUTTpR FOUR
. ; . '
WASHINGTON, -Feb. - 6 -The
house" today after a long debate
passed the, naval appropriation bill
providing for two battleships.
Declaring the 'Anglo-Japanese all lance
affected the vital Interests of t.he ratted
States and the Monroe doctrine Repre
sentative Iiobson urged an amendment
for four battleships.
"The war'ia Europe," said he, "has
brought out that if a belligerent has un
disputed control of tha sea it will curtail
tha rights of neutrals. America Is the
chief chronic neutral. We cannot ex
pand our (.oinmercs when some ether
nation has control of the sea.. England
is now attempting to prevent develop
ment of American overseas commerce." .
Opposition to the four-battleship amend
ment began with speeches by Representa
Uvea. Butler and Wltherspoon, the latter
contending the American ayatem of gun
nery waa superior to Germany's.
Representative Stephens of California,
favoring the four-battleship plan, spoke
for the Paeiflc coasj.
Democratlo Leader Underwood, who
! favored euttin the Dian to one battfrahfD
may mean war.
"I am no naval expert," said -l,r.-Vn-derwood,
'"but I believe the man who
travels around toting a pistol In his back
pocket is very much more in danger of
getting into trouble than the man who
la unarmed. We ought .to have a rea
sonable navy and a reasonable army,
but I do not want to see either that will
make' us start issues that will precipi
tate our people into a cauldron of blood
shed and disaster."
"Would you surrender the Monroe doc-
trine?" demsnded Repreirentatlve Iiobson.
"The . time never' will come," teplied
Mr. Underwood, "when it will be neces
sary for this country to maintain , the
principles of our forefathers at the point
of the sword.
"As long as we only maintain for "our
national government a position of what !
is right and Just we will succeed wlth-
out the ' battlefield, leu can make a
reasonable cut in the appropriations pro-
vlded for In this bill without endangering
your position In the fsin'y of nations"
Moines Man Kills
Wife, Two 'Children
-andl Shoots Himself
DM MOINES, la., Feb. B.-Frank Ama- j
deo, aa Italian employe at the Wabash 1
j railway round hodae In ! Moines.- ahot 1
sed killed his wife, his 8-year-old daugh
ter and his l-esr-old son at his home
h re today. The a- he turned his . pistol
ou himself. He Is expected to die..
The police aay Jealousy of a boarder
at the home of Amadeo. was the .cause
ef the act. Amadeo works nights. . Ha
had been borne only about an hour when
he made his attack. The other children
scaped from tbe house.
obstructed by either trees or houses,
The latter already had been demolished
by shell fir. The Russians met the
German advance with rifle fire and tiie
bayonet, the first lines ' struggling for
ward and' backward from trench to
trench.
At some places the tranches were only
a few hundred yards apart The close
ness of the line , made the fighting ex
traordinary sanguinary. " Whole com
panies were . exterminated. The nwft
desperate German resistance was1 at
Kzydlowlcka, which the Russians suc
ceeded in taking at, 10 o'clock lo the
morning after a fight which lasted all
night.
Germaa prisoners relate " that In tha
German camp the division chosen to lead
this undertaking was dubbed , tha "divi
sion of death," since It appeared Ut be' a
foregone conclusion that none would tfur
Vlve. Russian, military -observe ... with
the meagre details before them are liken
ing this fight to the battle of -Borodino,
where Napoleon lost bis Russian . cam
paign. The battle at Borqlmow la' con
ynulng wltb .virtually unabated ..violence
FRENCH BLOW UP ;
aj
GERMAN .TRENCH
FreEch War Office Says' All Troops
in Position Neat Arras .Were j
Killed or Captured. s
ARTILLERY 'I FIGHT i AT. ADINFER
' PARIS,., Feb. 6.The French- war
office' this afternoon gave out im
port on the progress of the fighting,
which reads asfollows:
"la Belgian German aviators ye
terday showed great activity.
"The 'announcement- given out
last night reported the occupation of
a tench of the enemy to the west f
the road from Arras to Lille. - This
trench was a cause of annoyance to
the troops occupying the positions
won by us several days agq to tbe
east f this road. Consequently we'
blew' It up with a mine and Imme
diately afterwards a detachment of
Zouaves and of our light African 1iiT
Xantry installed itself securely in tb
conquered positions. AH the Germans
in, the trench thug occupied were
either killed or taken prisoner.
. . . ,s .
AHIIlery Slleacea Batteries. ,
"Our artillery silenced the Batteries ot
the enemy at a point near Adlnfer (to tbe
south of Arras); near poaleres (northeast
of Albert); nesr Ham northeast of Fe
ronne), as well as In the sector of Pallly
(south of Noyon).' .
"There is nothing new In the region of
Perthes." lii the 'Argonne there was yes- j
ter-lav one attack at Hagatella. This at-1
im'ii, wmrii in mo pesuining 100K -rrom
us about 100 yeards of trenches, provoked
two counter attacks on our part whlh
resulted in our. not only getting baclt
this 1 yards, but In gaining ground bet
yond where our lines hsd been previously!
"In the Vosges, yesterday saw artillery
exchange.
' Along' the "rest of the" front there I
nothing to report.",-
Body of Germair
Aviator is Found
in Thames River
IX)NDO.V, Feb. v.-Fishermen -have
j found In the Thames estuary the body
! of tJ'a aviator with a shrapnel bul-
I let-in the lung. It Is supposed that ha
i dropped from an , aeroplane which was
hy BrUU" r"'f rn Chr
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oy.
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JOHN D. FIRST HAS
FAITH IN PEOPLE
Elder Rockefeller Says He Would
Like to Share Profits with Hit
' . Workmen.
WAGES BETTER THAN CHARITY
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.- John D.
Rockefeller,' sr.,. was : a witness be
fore the . Federal Industrial Rela
tions committee.;
Mr Rockefeller was" asked about
bis meeting at :bisome in"; Tarry
town with .Mr.' Welborn, of the Colo
rado Fuel' and Iron company, W. L,
Mac Kenile King and others, at which
j; the" affair, of th povbrnnj wer diar
cusRedt. f .'i t -;- j
"The meeting atTarrytown therein
referred to was purely soclapin char
acter," he said, . )
.. .
' '. Never Heard of It,
. As Jor-the educational institutions al
tering their, p'ollNcs or form in order to
get donations - from ' the General - Educa
tion board, Mr. Rockefeller said he had
"never haard of .anything of that kind."
"As to our foundation," he said, "t
don't think ' such things' have ever hap
pened. 1 As to others I do not know."
, Regarding . the', responsibility ot stock
holders and directors for tabor conditions,
he said: t . , -. v
"I think the stockholders are responsible
for the choice of the best men ss di
rectors. The. directors sre ultimately
responsible for the seneral conduct of the
business,, and in discharging that respon
sibility It Is their duty to select the best
men to actually administer it. These ad
ministrative officers must have discre
tion aodOpower commensurate with their
responsibility " '
. Ola' Holder Has More Say.
"A large stockholder, ordinarily would
have more Influence with a board of di
rectors than a smaller' one, and conse
quently wouldMiave a greater responsi-
(Contlnued on 1'age Four,, Column Ftva)
Eugenic Marriage 'I
c . : r Bill on Calendar
, PIKRKtt, 8. P., Feb. S. (Special Tele
gram.) That the eugenlomarrlage.bin
should be given a'chanee'on the floor ef
the -house Instead -of being killed by 00 ni
mlttee repbrt waa tht vl w -of the' house
on . the first contest-of tho afternoon
when bn motion of Jacobs the adverse
Committee ' renort was-turned, down and
the bill placed on tho calendar.
The-five-mile saloon limit Mil ' at the
soldiers' home at Hot Springs was placed
on tha geneVal calendar. ".
Weller's bill, cutting out free scholar
ship privileges given" legislative members,
was killed , by adoption of tha report
against It. . ,
In the seaate the capital punishment
bill was placed on the senate calendar
for Monday,. February 15.
Illinois Deadjock is !
On After Five Weeks
SPRING FIKLb. ill.. Feb. I. The fifth
week of the Illinois legislature closed here
tonlehf without' r.n organization having
been effected in the house. A contest
over the speakership precipitated by a
"wet and drv" situation pmuii ih.
MAJORITY SUFFICIENT
; FOR RECONSIDERATION
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rrom a Staff Correspondent.)
! IJXCOLN. Fab. . (Special.) A chene
In the bouse rules Vas made today when
"Norton's motion was passed.. It provides
that whenever a bill hsa been rorom
mended by a committee for indefinite
postponement a majority of voles sliall
be sufficient to brina the bill back for re
consideration, t'nder tha previous ruj
a three-fifths vote, or sUty votes, waa
necessary .to procure the desired review
of the measure.
KAISER'S LATEST
MOYE DISCUSSED v
BY THEJABINET
Extension of Naval War Zone is
Considered in Washington Most
' Serious Development
IT PRESENTS NEW PROBLEMS
Submarines Were Not Factors in
Warfare When International
Prise Rules Were Made.
PROTEST IS NOT PROBABLE NOW
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Qer
many's declaration of a naval war
gone around Great Britain and Ire
land, including the English channel
and the northern passage by the
Shetland Islands, is regarded here as
one of the most sorious developments
. . '. , , , , I
It was regarded as highly possible j
for one thing, that it would hasten
the movement begun by the Latin- i
American countries for a speedy con-j
, . . , . . , . . I
ferenre ol neutral -slates to devise :
means to reduce losses .to neutral
commerce to a minimum.
At first, there were some intima
tions in administration circles that
it might be the subject of a protest
by the United States, but the official
view developed that, there was little
or no ground for that, and it was
recalled that no protest was made
when the North, Sea was strewn with
mines. '
Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Holland
have repeatedly addressed the State de
partment here to gsln American backing
for meajures to relieve distress in their
commerce and the latest German procla
mation is expected to cause a redoubled
effort for measures to protect themselvea
tianslasjr Aels for Bryaa.
Counselor Lansing of the Stats depart
ment took Secretary Bryan's chair at the
cabinet meeting today. ' ....
Neither the State department nor the
Germany embassy had received the lateat
Berlin admiralty statement and It was
stated -at the German embassy that the
BerUn foreign office probably would de
liver copies to diplomatic representatives
tn Berlin and regsrd that notice as suf
ficient Yesterday's proclamation Is sn-
extenslon of a former one delivered by
Ambassador Gerard applying to the north
and west coasts of Frsnoe. -
There is no precedent In dealing with
the question .because heretofore subma
rines have played - no important part in
warfare and all of the rules of interna
tional law are framed with special refer
ence t'o ordinary ships.' The ordinary prac
ticea 'In talking prises and dealing with
the merchant -shlpe vf aa -enemy,- which
It la not feasible to take as prises, are
clearly set out and established by long
usage. The merchantmen must bs halted,
boarded and either made prise or sunk.
But In the' latter' ease crew and passen
gers must be 'taken Off. ' ' , '.
While it. was noticeable the proclama
tion is directed agslnst "onemy ships"
snd applies to neutral ships, only when
the attacks "were meant for enemy
ships," through -suspicion ot misuse of
the neutral flags, officials expressed
grave concern over the Implied threat to
sink, merchant-vessels, probably without
warning' or taking -off of noncombatant
passengers and -crews.
.During consideration of the subject by
the State department American mariners
probably will be expected to 'heed the
German warning . and enter forbidden
waters only at their own risk, precisely
what they have been doing in the North
sea since notice several months .ago,
from both the British and German gov
ernments that owlna to the planting of
mines it would be regarded ss within the
war sons. . . , .
The notice from the British govern
ment that it is contemplating retaliation
against German trade, though not for
mally before the State department, has
given , rise to much speculation on the
part of officials ss to whst the British
have in mind. '
Although it has -been denied that of
ficial declaration that food supplies ars
contraband has been issued, it Is believed
the British notice forecasts the speedy
issue of some such declaration. And, in
addition to this trying to rut off Ger
many's supply by water, It ts believed to
bs possible that the British may make
the Now more severe by prohibiting the
transportation of cotton to Germany.
Cotton is a base of some forms ef
smokeless powder, ss well sa the high
explosive gun cotton used In the war
heads of torpedo snd submarine mines.
Aside from depriving Germany ef that
necessary article, the British enforcement
of such an order would deal a heavy
blow to the German textile factories,
which sre now Just beginning to receive
almost normal supplies from the United
Slates.
Officials did - not view the German
proclamation as a threat to destroy neu
tral ships lf found In tha war sons, but
ss a warning that all ships entered there
at their own risk.
ZEPPELIN SHEDS BUILT
ON WESTERN BORDER
LONPON. Feb. .-New Zeppelin sheds
have Just been completed nesr the German-Belgian
frontier and Zeppelin and
Fsraevsl airships snd numerous aero
planes are maneuvering in that neigh
borhood. Tomorrow the Best
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Demos Have New "
t Plan to Get Ship
Legislation Through
WASHINGTON, Feb. fi. Democratic
leaders In the senate In a further effort !
to sava the administration ship purchase
bill were today drawing new lines of
action. Outnumbered by the opposition
the majority leaiers yesterday failed to
carry out their plan to recommit the bill
with instructions for amendment. ,
A new angle to the parllamentarypro-
eeedings developed when Senator (ore I
yesterday Introduced a aubstltute which
moving that the committee be discharged I
from its consideration. The Gore bill
Is the same as the original bill as per
fected In caucus and haa amendments
to meet views of progressive republicans.
It Is virtually the measure the adminis
tration democrats want to submit for
final action. The motion went over with
out action for a day.
' Pens tors Hard wick and Vardaman, two
democrats, who voted with the repub
licans, made explanations of their course.
"I would rather be a senator from my
own state three weeks and be my own
man than serve here three 'decades and
do the will of somebody else," said Hard-
.CK
Vardsman launched Into a reply to
Senator stone s recent bitter speech to
,h b'in democrats.
He referred to Mr. Stone as "the
,rn)1 .nttor ,col, from M,our1,..
-a past master In mock heroics, who
held his colleagues up to public scorn be
cause they refused to follow his Imperious
dictation."
Economy by Cut
Of State Employes
Makes. Sensation
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Keb. S.-(8peclal.)-Had a
flock of aeroplanes flown over Lincoln
and dropped "bums'" on the state house
t would have caused no more constema-
tion among the departments than the an
nouncement today that.the "feenauce"
committee of the house was preparing to
knock out from one to three employes In
each department by falling to appropriate
money for their service and would cut
the salaries of others.
This is the plan of the Norton-Taylor
economical combine and If It la followed
out numerous democrats who have Junt
been In office long enough to really Ilk
the Jobs will be forced to go back home
and land their old jobs or hunt new ones.
There appears to be a bright spot In
the dark cloud to which the department
are pinning their faith, and that la the
senate. Tha brags of certain members of
the house that they would force tha sen
ate to the same sort of program which
tbe lipase Is trying to follow has not set
tled well on tha senators and when the
edict of . the house comoa over to that
body In the shape of slashed appropriation
hills ma By things may happen.
Three Million Men
.v in British Army
. I, ....,. 4
LONDON, Feb. 8. The srmy estimates
to which Parliament will devote the first
part ot next week's session glvo the
number of effective men in the army,
exclusive of those serving in India, at
1,000,000. -
There is this yesr a novel change in
tha form of the estimates, as no totals
of estimated expenditures sre given. The
amount under- each of the fifteen head
ings is sat at the nominal figure price
ot 1,000. This gives the House of Com
mons opportunity for the discussion of
esch heading, while the government may
spend whatever is necessary under these
various headings to prosecute the wsr.
PART OF CREW OF EM DEN j
REACHES TURKISH ARMY
BERLIN, Feb. l.-(By Wireless to BaV
vllle) According t a statement made to
day by the Overseas News sgency,' part
of ths crew of the famous German
cruiser Fmden evsded capture, earsplng
on the schooner Ayshs, on which they
left Cocas Island last November at ths
time the Emden waa destroyed. The
statement follows: '
. "II. M. S. Aysha reports that Lieu
tenant Commander von Muecke, with the
landing force of the Emden arrived near
Mod led a, on the southwest coast ' of
Arabia. The men were received with
enthusiasm by the Turkish troops. Dur
ing the reran go of Ferim channel they
were not detected by English and French
forces. Their landing was not molested
by a French armored cruiser which was
nearby."
PERMISSION FOR RAISE
OF PHONE RATES GIVEN
(From a Btaff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Feb. S.-(Speclal.)-The State
Kallwsy commission has granted permis
sion to the Maxwell & Brady Telephone
company' to raise its farm Una rate from
11 a month to II. M. with a discount of ii
cents per month for cash paid In ad
vance. The company Is further author
ized, to establish a switching, rate for
farm lines, of H a month.
The company was formerly and still is
In name a corporation, but It la now
owned by George L. Swancutt. In au
thorizing the Increase the commission
makes a finding thst It wss necessary In
order to keep up the service. Certain sub
scillers registered a protest, but failed
to appesr before the commission at tbe
hearing. . .
TWENTY-SIX PER CENT
RESERVE IS HELD IN BANKS
From a Htaff Correspondent.)
. WASHINGTON, Feb. I (Special Tele
gram.) The abstract of the condition of
the national banka of Nebraska, exclusive
of reserve cities, at the close of business
on December 31 shows the reserve held to
HIS per cent, loans and disco ants, 70,
JX.374. gold coins, 11,071.617; lawful money
reserve. 3,7SK,:-a!; deposits of all classes,
lia.TW.ttS.
Tha application of. the Green ' River
Ktsle bank of Green River, Wyo., to con
cert It Into a first national bunk haa
been approved by the comptroller of the
currency, with a capital of tio.oce.
PAPER BLOCKADE
CAUSES A GREAT
STIR IN LONDON
British Government Regards Threat
of Germans to Close Ports as a
Move Requiring Prompt
Counter Stroke.
GREAT JOY SHOWN IN GERMANY
Berlin Papers Regard Decree at Di
rect Warning-to Ml Neutral
Shipping to Keep Away.
TUBES ARE NEAR SUEZ CANAL
The Day's War News
RtSIA W.tH OFI-KK saa that
slant a eerllnn of the front abnnt
six miles lona, near Rnrjlsnnw, tbe
f.ermaas have bronaht ! no less
than H4.O0O mew, snpporterl by IOO
batteries ef artillery. I" compart
masses these- troops were barter!
aaalnst the Resales position.
The ret roared statement assert s
that these attacks wrro broken w
aad that the Itasntaaa, aasnmlna
the offensive In tern, raptured
' ftersnaa 4 reaches and occupied'
two vtllaaea. j
IN TIUS CARPATHIANS the flaht
Ibb Is hardly less severe. The
ITtroarad war office admits that
t,1en of this front after flabtlna
tea successive eneaaenient with
bayeaets. Elsewhere Rasalaa ear.
?esaes are claimed.
ACTION at the German admiralty
In deelarlna wllhla the war aoae
the water aarreasdlsg Knalaad.
Scotland aad Ireland la 'uapported
enthusiastically by the German
press.
GERMAN OFFICIAL aaaee ncement
does not sapnort the claim of the
Rasslnn aaeoesaes ea tha Warsaw
front, statin that their ' attack
were repnlaeal. .
LONDON, Feb. 6. Although rc
ferrtaf sarcastically to German I'll
threat Ho bottle up the -British Isles
by means of submarines aa a "paper
blockade," England is stirred today
by this latest development In thi
marine situation aa It seldom haa
been since tbeMiutbreak of hostilities.
The press unanimously subordi
nates all other war newa, not except- .
ins the Turkish attempt to cross tho
Sues canal, to give prominence to the
dispatches from Berlin, while the
foreign office atatement, following
quickly the publication of the Ger
man decree, indicates that the gov
ernment, authorities take the Qer-'
man threat as one requiring a prompt
counter" stroke.
As a statement says, the authorities
are considering "more stringent measures
against German trade." The ministers
are treating the subject as a particular
urgency and a full official statement aa '
to the attitude of Great Britain ahould
be forthcoming shortly.
The German press, in the meauttme.
halls this newly announced policy ot the
navy with great satisfaction. The com
ments received In London today indicate
that the newspapers consider the warn
ing to neutral ships that tbe waters sur
rounding the British Isles are to be con
sidered a military area after February H
and that ships attempting passsga' out
side of the, channels speciflod do so at
their own risks. .
Sortie Kngllsh newspspers declare today
that the German announcement should.
In the end benefit England, in that-n
rightfully entitles the British government
to declare contraband all foodstuffs des
tlnej for- Germany.
Aside from conflrmstlon of the report
thst no fewer than 12,000 Turkish troops
comprise the expedition which has at
tacked tfhe Hues canal, little news has
been received In Londnri relative to the
operations in Kgypt That the attempt
to cross the canal will be renewed In even
greater force, however, is the general
belief.
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