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THE BEK: OMAIIA, TIimspAY, PKCKMUKK 17, 1914. ALLIES MOVE TO CLEM BELGIUM Campaign Planned for Spring it Opened Now in Hope of Striking: Tecisite Blow. CHANGE IN STRATEGY KNOWN l.ooooa Aware ( tae Altm Moos 4 la Saw Welvalae: Move ril of Trosps taat Com mme4 Yestvroar. (CopTrif ht W4, by Frses IMMIshlnc Co.) LONDON, Dec l$.--(8peclal Cablegram to the New York World end Omaha Bee.) All along the battle Una f rom Flandere to the Yosgee. the allies began today to move forward, with the Immediate object of driving the Germans out of Belgium. The present onslaught against the German tntrencbments ia heavier (han anr offensive assumed by the French, British and Belgian forcea lace General von Kluck was turned on the Alsne. t Is the result of a complete change of plan by Generals Joffre and French, and means that the cam paign which waa to hare begun In the ' ipring ia now under way. HoK n ! Aooc4. According to Information that reached the World correspondent .from a highly placed personage In touch with the war offices, the kaiser's troops, If this new movement 'he successful, would be thrown back en their second line in Belgium from Bruges to Courtral, a distance of 'twenty miles, within three weeks. Mara Oaly Htt At. j ' Ne word of thl momentuous hastening "ef the allies' advene has bcn spoken In official communiques and In tha an nouncement issued this evening br ths (London TTomu Bureau there U only th barest hint el th manltud of opera tion Jus berun. This announcement reads: After a Miiod. of comparative oulet. t inhtlng ia northern Franoa has recom tnenceJ. A combined attack by th allies waa made yeeterday on th tin from llollrbeke to Wjrteschaete. 8vral Ger man trenchee and a number of prisoners were raptured and substantial progress has been snaoV ' '' Rrsalt ef Saaaolaa; Oat." The anthorlty to whom th Wort is tn dsbtsd . for lu Information concerninr this moat import ant asvslopmcnt pointed out that th attack thus briefly described is probably only on of th last feeling out movements begun by General Joffr about' ten days are. From th sea to th t!wlss frontier th allied troops have twn sounltng out th German strength by small attacks at various points. 'EM dnnUf the rsult of this process has been hlshly ' satisfactory. ' " r i ' .Mar Saorteja the War. The. eommanasrf la the field fjrur that by their present strategy either Bel- Ktum 'inay be freed of th Invaders by spring. Or th Germans will b forced to. withdraw to many men, from the east ern theater of war that pressure on the Russians will be relieved to such an ex tent that their advanee lata Oermany will be made practically oertaln. They also believe, according to th World's Information, that th duration of the war will be shortened by fully three months unless some unforeseen obstacl overthrows their present plan. RAID PROBABLY STRATEGIC HOE (Continued from Pace Oae.) barrnrks ore situated, which In times of prsoe sre used rhlrfly as training grounds. An excellent rare rouise makes th sit eeperlslly ood for cavalry maneuvers It ha tieen point -vl nut that the ahallow harbor there, which makes th entrance of large ships Impossible at low tide, wou!fl. however, be no ftbetaele asalnet small draft hargrs or transports, such as It la believed the Hermans might uee. Krom Infnrmtitlon In poiwwIDti of the Navy department It aliio would seem thst Hcarboroufth Is not fortified or defr-nded. The port of Hartlepool, however, la among the list of defended harbors and conse quently Is subject to attscs by a hostile force without notice of bombardment and without violation of The Hague conven tion. Harbors Voder Martial l.ow. The Hrltl'li privy council last Auguftt Issued, In the form of an army order f"r the benefit of merchant vessels, a list of all th harbors on the BrHlsh roast Ihkt had been plsred under martial lew and which consequently were to be regarded as In a state of defense. The list fol lows: ' 'Cromsrty, Aberdeen. Tay, Forth. Tyn. Tees and Hartlepool ' number. Thames, Nedway, Harwich. Dover, New Haven. Portsmouth,. Portland, Plymouth, Falmouth, Milfordhaven, Swansea, Car diff and Barry, Mersey, Harrow, Clyde, IiOiigh Swilly, Belfast, Queenatown, Hire Haven, DuWIn, the Orkneys snd tho fchetlanda. " Naval officers her were little sur prised to hear of the appearance of Her man warkhlps on tha Knfllnh coast They had not only expected some such demonstration, but have been) putzled lo know why some such attempt had not been mad before. Notwithstanding the etrength of the British fleet which has been blockading th German coast, naval officers her hav thought th line i t Investment could not he made absolutely tight bnoaus of th stormy weather at this season, with dens fogs. . The Brit ish ships also have been obliged to ilo many miles off th German roast to es cape the fire of shore batteries, and par ticularly to avoid th mine fields, which II thickly sown Within soundings. They hav considered It a hasardous but possible undertaking for a daring com mander to run his vessels through th Una by night It might be possihli, though mors difficult, for him lo bring his ships back to port. , RUSSIA EXPLAINS TWO MOVEMENTS Retidement from Vicinity of Lodg nd Cracow Part of It Strate gic Plan. DEFENSE LINE STRENGTHENED Rrfeems Is t Conserve Army to Off Vmfmfil to Wear Oot the Raselaas. Eussia Denies Report Austria is Seeking a Separate Peace PCTROGRAD. Dee; U-TVI. lninnt- Rumora which hav been In circulation for earn Um to th affect that Austria was seeking to conclude a aenarats nmu agreement with Russia without (he con sent or Germany, mat with emphatic de nials In official circle her. A nerson in a position to speak authoritatively on'thls uujeti. ve too. oasio reasons -why In his opinion such en arrangement would be Impossible, " Th dual monarchy Is bound to Ger many by Indissoluble ties. anil Vi. ... eumed such obligations that It la help less until released by Germany, said this authority. 'Furthermore the Russian attitude mm announced at the beginning of th waa that all Slave must b freed from th German yoke. Therefore. Russia's de mands are such that If the dual mon archy should accede to them its action would be suicidal. Austro-Uunaary's Consent to separate peace Is, not at 1 all likely until It reaches the point of utter exhaustion." ' PETRCNJRAU (Via London). Dec. 14. An ex-minister of the Ituaalsn cabinet, explaining the military sltustlon. In in endorsed the decslon of the Russian gen eral staff recently announced regarding the discontinuance of the Russian attacks In the region of the Austrian fortress of Cracow and the yielding of Lods lo the Germans. The ex-minister said: "It Is now apparent that the Austro German aim Is not the taking or hold Ing of certain towns, but by a continu ous harassing of the Russian flanks and by means of their extensive railroad sys tem, to throw troops at various points here and there In an attempt to weaken and tire out our army. Plan to Conserve Army. 'Hence th Russians decided to straighten the line, abandoning all places outslds of thst line, no matter how Important or how populous. The Russian plan Is to conserve the Russian forcea. rather than to hold geographical points. "This explains why, despite the new Austrian offensive from the Carpathian and the German attempt between the Vis tula river and Txmlci, great llfe-sacrlflc-Ing battles were not reported." . The Army Messenger publishes a series of communications from the front as fol lows: "On the front of Lowlcs and How vio lent German attacks have had no success. Onr troops hav repulsed the Germane, rauvlng them to suffer great losses. "South of Cracow the enemy attempted between the 12th and 14th of December to oppose our offensive by strengthening his positions. On the lSlh the enemy de bouched In large numbers from ths pass' of Dukla and attempted to descend the slopes on the north side of the Carpa thians. Our troops, after a strong re sistance, repulsed tha enemy.". Caar Leaves rssrsiaa. Official announcement Is made that Em peror Nicholas, having finished his tour of Inspection of the Russian army fronts In the Caucasus, left that region on De cember 15. . . . ; A communication from the staff of the army In the Caucasus, dated December IS. says that recent engagements of the Russian forces have been Insignificant, lahattltaats Pie from Cracow. WARSAW, Russian Poland. Deo. 1. Arrivals here from Cracow report that the civil authorities of the Austrian fort ress have gone to Vienna and that the middle class population Is fleoing into Hungary. Gangs of workmen and soldiers are said to be busy preparing entrenchments and barricades of all descriptions.. Art treas ures have been taken to places of safety and tho museums and schools have been converted Into hospital. The newspapers of Cracow hav sus pended publication and the absence of news reported to e Increasing the alarm of the Inhabitant. . , i : , Ammons Wants Constabulary to PutDown Strife DENVER. Colo.. Dec. Is. Governor E. M. Ammons, on the stsnd before the federal commission on Industrlsl rela tions In the Colotsdo coal miners' strike Invent Irs t Ion today, said he favored the establishment of a atate const rabulary to put down civil strife. He derlered he Intended to fight for the Introduction of such a system In Colorsdo. The governor said he did not heller he could have handled the strike situa tion otherwise then he did. He sail that because the strike agitation had come from outside the state he hsd no apolo gies to mske for calling upon the fed eral government to aid In keeping order. Governor Ammons was followed on the stand by Attorney General Fred Ftrrar. John R. Lswson. Colorado member of the executive board of the United Mine Workers of America, was excused from testifying because he la under Indictments charging nineteen criminal charges. He read a statement In which he said he had desired to testify, but that his attorney had advised against that course., Dawson's statement contslned a plea to President Wilson that he send Keth Dow of the conciliation board, recently ap pointed by tha president, to John D. Rockefellow, sr., to urge that the coal operators accept the federal mediation plan endorsed by the president and al ready accepted b the miners. German Warships . Attack'the Forts Along Tees Bay REDCAR. ToTk, England, Dec. l.-(Vltt London.) Heavy flrlr.g was heard off the ceast here between S and I: to a. m. today. The forms of three cruisers could be discerned looming out of the haxe and the flashes of artillery fire could be easily observed from the Redcsr promenade. The people of Redcar sought the water front, but they were driven back from the promenade by the military authorities to a point beyond the (one of danger. It appeared from Lore as If the hostile warships were attacking tha forts on Tecs bay. The csnnonadlng was kept up for more than half an hour, when the booming of gune gradually grew less. , . During the height of the .bombardment as many as half a dosea flashes of guns were counted within the space of two minute. Redcar Is a seaside resort In the North Riding of Yorkshire, ten miles to the south of Hartlepool. It has a population of about 1.000. OYER 100 MEXICANS ARE POTTO DEATH Score Upon Scores Secretly Ex ecuted in Capital, Many Vic tims Being Officials. WASHINGTON 13 DISAPPOINTED t olled States Will Do .MotblosT to Protest A m last Wholesale Hatch ery, hot Utah Officials Are ery Mark Urleved. WASHINGTON. Pe- lS.-Betaeen PO end 15 Mexicans, many of them once prominent officials, have Been secretlv executed In Mexico City within "ie last few days, according to sn effiolal report which reached the United States govern ment today from one of Its agents there. Just who ordered '!e executions has not been disclosed, no. are any of the names of those put to death known. Except for the executions, which are understood, according to the report, to be happening daily, conditions In the city Itself are quiet and Provisional President Gutierres with the allied Villa and Zapata forces Is maintaining order. No foreigners have been Injured or In timidated and business conditions sre de scribed as Improving in the capital. As the American government has taken the position that It will not Interfere In the disputes among the Mexicans them selves, it was not believed here that there will bo any remonstrance from Washing ton about the wholesale executions of political prisoners unless foreigners are annoyed. The reports, however, were said to have deeply disappointed high of ficials, who had expected that general confiscation, and arrests would cease with the entry of the Gutierres government. Further demonstration was made by tho government today of Its determina tion not to tolerate continued firing by the Mexican factions at Naco, Konora, Into American territory. President Wilson after a brief discus sion with his cabinet Instructed Secre tary Garrison to comply with the request of Rrigadler General Tasker H. Bliss at Naco, Arlx., for reinforcements to handle a possible emergency situation. Three regiments of infantry and three batteries of artillery were ordered to Naco.' A Regular Necktie Party Every Day at Benson & Thorne Co. The Famous Quality Store at 1516-18-20 Farnam St. It's a Christmas picnic selecting classy neck wear that particular men will gladly wear. Greatest line in town, 4-in-hands and 2f (ft the "Once Overs", at ..... . . . . 3UJ'4e- .- Others 75c, $1, $1.50 and up, ajl nicely boxed. ' Beginning. Thursday, De cember 17, store open evenings until Christmas. M A Americans in Turkey Are Not in Danger BOSTON, Mass., Dec. IS. The following telegram from Secretary Bryan was re ceived today by the American board of Commissioners for foreign missions, in reply to an Inquiry regarding the safety of American mlsslonsrlee In Turkey.: "The latest reports from Constantinople Indicate that American Institutions, and American r It I sens are not In danger. At present , conditions are somewhat dis turbed ln the Interior. 80 far nev report baa' 'been" received of violence toward American citlsena," Austrians Lose Two Entire Army Corps in Servian Battles ROME, Dec. 1C Particulars received here from Nlsh regarding the fighting n Scrvta, emphasise what Is termed the enormous defeat lnfltcled by the Servians on the Austrian army. More than two entire army corps are said to have been lost In dead, wounded and prisoners. ' The soldiers captured Include 8,000 Aus trian soldiers of Italian nationality, whom ervla la reported to be ready to send to Italy if the latter wishes. Almost all these prisoners belong to Infantry regi ments recruited from the ' district of Pola. - Descriptions of the hardships suffered by the' Austrians now In ths hands of the Servians are ' heartrending.' When taken prisoners most of them. It. is said, had been without food for from forty night to seventy-two hours;1 They say that several ef their comrades died of ex haustion aod cold. ' SANTA COMBS JEWELR Y FOR XMAS MEANS NEWNESS AND GOODNESS THOUSANDS CAN TESTIFY THOUSANDS CAN YET BUY SERVICE and SAFETY IN STORE AND SHOP IS YOURS TO. PROFIT- BY T. L. Combs & Co., "THE BUSY JEWELERS." 1520 DOUGLAS ST. OMAHA, NEB. BO Mil MI'S (MAT HOLIDAY SALE Beautiful La Vallieres $2.50 .up to $1,000 See Our Special Diamond La Valliere solid gold, at $5,00 Diamond Platinum Scarf . Pins , Special Line at $12.50 to . $25.00 also have been across the North Sea against the cities of the north coast of England, although Napoleon's projseted Invasion was to bave been from Bou logne and Calais against Folkestone and points along the southern coast Against such movements British sea power has teen counted on aVthe chief defense. h.k.U. la I w .in the best posted naval circles here today's mombardment Is regarded as a trategie cnanauvre, which may have' far reaching; consequences. The first pur nose, as explained by one of the foremost naval strategists,. i te create a "soars." which will lead to hurritd conxeiU ration and change 'of 'movement of the main BriUsh battle fleet end expose those shine to attack from Unexpected quarters. An examination of the latest naval data ehows.- this expert rays, that the bom barded ports era without dockyards or defenses and O-r therefore of no mili tary value, fos purposes ef capture or occupation. -Tor that reason he holds that the chlsf purpose of the bombSrd rhent.waa strategic first to produce a condition ef excitement and panic among te English people and aecond lo serve M a bait .by whlch the foar Oerma Tulorrs making the attack will at once ojraw a large force of British ships away from Pivlr.aatabUahed Unas of defense. The four Oermsn cruisers could not themselves, this expert holds, be a serious menses to ths British coast. ' I . ' '. May StlasalajUi Recroittsa. ' C'Ui-ussioa of the raid among diplo matists, friendly to the elites, led to Uie expreseton of opinions that the rirst direct attack on British soil wou,ld in all lirobablltty develop advantages te Kkig lnd by bringing the English peeple face U' face with actual war and would per lisps : sttmulste recruiting. ' Those In touch with the development of the marine eUuatioa so fsr In the war were of the opinion that the raid was rather a piece of naval strategy than an at tempt to land troops on British soli. At the British embassy hers today it wss said tht Scarborough was In no fciife a fortified town, but l the ab sence of admiralty reports of the German raval raid, embassy officials did not rare to comment on the attack. Scarborough, military observers say, might logically La the objective of a lauding force because of Its poeitWa ea the two railways Wad ing to d In burg gad Hull. ' Tow I'artly Fortified. In sntictDation of such an event Bear bo rough, like eisuur other English coast towns, has been protected by barbed wire entanglements along all tke roads leading frum the Cfcast Inland. Tha famous "foro- clibre roadway." which formed the ' promenade of tho summer resort along . the water's edge, has been protected by smtltjag entrenchments. 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