American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-11-05
ENGLAND is SHOCKED By NEWS
OF DISASTER TO THE NAVY

Naval news looms large In London.
The British public is seeking details
OF the battle OF last Sunday of the
coast of Chile. but no continued eff
forts are being made to minimize this
disaster. Great anxiety is felt con-
corning Rear Admiral Sir Christopher
Cradock. whose fate probably will not
be known until II has beer definitely
determined what has become OF his
flag ship, the cruiser Good Hope.
The British public, however, is not
left without some crumbs of comfort,
AZ Berlin officially admits the loss Of
the cruiser Yorck. blown up by a mine
near Jade. n of the outlying defenses
OF Wilhelmshaven, while "A shipping
circles In London It is declared that
the career OF the German cruiser
Koenigsberg In the Indian ocean has
been ended
Scott RejOlns the Admiralty.
Sir Percy Scott, England's greatest
gunnery expert and a champion of the
use of submarines az against dread
thoughts, has rejoincd the admiralty,
As he has been known I'm the past as
n supporter OF Baron Fisher, 1t IL ex-
pected that he will uphold the new
policies already inaugurated by the
first sea lord OF the admiralty.
Further details from the scene OF
the hfhting In the east indicate, In the
opinion of English observers, that the
forward movement OF the Russians has
become general. Even the Russian left
wing, which has been held stubbornly
by the Austrians for weeks. has Joined
In the davance. This is admitted by
a conservatiyely worded report given
out In Vienna, which declares that the
Austrians, having maintained their
position On the Lysa Cora mountain,
where the Teutonic allies pivoted I'm
order to let the rest OF the army com
pletc It's wheeling movement to a new
time Austria sets forth certain minor
successes along the line from the rver
San to Jaroslau.
Retreat Amounts 10 ROut.
%Petrograd. however. makes the posi-
tive assertion that the Austrian move
ment Ii n retreat amounting to a rout,
n which the Russians have taken
many prisoners and much booty. Ac-
cording to reports In the Russian capt
tai, General o Hindenberg. the Ger
man commander, IL continuing his re-
firing movement In Russian Poland,
while desperate fighting along the
frontier of east Prussia has enabled
the Russians to cross the border at
several points. A significant phase OF
the eastern campaign IL indicated by n
report from Rotterdam that the Ninth
German army corps has been trans
ferred from Belgium to east Prussia.
situation In the West.
In the west attention IL concentrated
on two points. Ypres. where much Of
the hardest lighting OF the war already
has taken place. but where II Ia ex-
pected the Germans are yet to deliver
the full fury OF their assault In the
effort to gain the French coast, and
Scissors. where the Germans have
gained from the French some positions
captured by the British when they
first crossed the river Aisne, Along
this line n tremendous attack probably
already is under way. The outcome
may be OF the greatest Importance.
The Turkish ambassador left Lon
don today and Great Britain gave
formal announcement OF a state of
war between the empire and Turkey.
These events. coupled with the action
of British cruisers In b~ombarding
Turkish ports. constitute the extent OF
the known activities this morning In
the Turkish situation.