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The fact that on this day the ad-
vance against our Inc I'm front OF Ipres
was not pushed home after such an effort
as that OF Wednesday tends to STOW that
'or the moment the attacking troops had
had enough.
Although the failure OF this great
attack by the Guard Corps TO accomplish
their object cannot be described as "A
decisive event T. possibly marks the cul-
miuat!ou II not the close OF the second
stage in the attempt 10 ctpturr lprcs,
and q IS not without siEutti.tL"r. Il
tI- also a dramatic interest Of rs own.
Having once definitely TAI ed TO achieve
tJIs object rs means OF The sheer weFut
of numbers, aud having dome th'I' best
20 wear Es down. tho Germans brought
In fresh picked troops to carry the Nprrs
salient 0y a. assault from the north IN"
soul ana the east That the Guard
Curl- Should have been selected to act
against the eastern edge OF the salient
may he taken as proof OF the necessity
felt by the Germans 70 gain this point
in the line. Their doGged perseverance,
in pursuance Of their objective claims
whole hearted admiration. TN' failure
Of ono great attack, heralded ds Il was
by an imprisoned appeal 20 the troops
made IN tho presence OF the EWperor
himself hut carried out BY partially
trained men. has been only tbe signal
for another desperate effort in which tHe
Ildce of honor WAS assigned TO the corps
d'e.ite Of the German army.
IT must he admitted that the Guard
Corps has retained that repu. alton for
courage and Coniempt of deAtu which 1t
canned IN 1870. when Emperor william |
after the battle OF GraNe,otte wrote: My
guard has found It's grave IA front "
1t Iriydt' and tho swtrms of mon who
came up bravely to the British rifles I'm
the woods around Npres repeated the
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British Official Eyewitness
Says PruSSian Guard Was
Chosen for Assault.

LONDON. Nov. II, Il:4o A. " ~" Of
flcial press bureau to-day gave oat the
following account Of the fightirg IN Bel
GUM. written by an eyewitness at Brit
ish headquarters. This ndriat.v" Of op-
erations at The front brings up his ac-
count to November 10.
The diminution in the forcs OF the
@ rmdn rush To the west has not lasted
long. The section of the front To the
north OF our forces was the irst to meet
the recrudescence Of violence. in the
shape OF an attack in the neighhorhcod
OF Dxmude and Bixschoo,e.
our turn came next. After eight days
OF comparative relaxation We we're un-
der constant pressure from Tuesday,
November 8. to Tuesday the 10th The
next day saw a repetition OF the great
attempt of the Germans TO break
through our lines TO the French coast.
What was realized might happen did
happen. In spite OF the mni nse losses
suffered by the enemy during the I'VE
day attack against Ipres, which lasted
from october 20 TO the I'd of this month,
the cessation Of their more violent ef-
forts on the latter day did not s.gnallze
the abandonment OF the whole project
but m rely the temporary rtllnquisa-
ment of the main offensive untl ir' sh
troops had been maSsed 10 carry on
what was proving to he costly and
difficult operation. Meanwhile, the in
terval wa-s employed IN tud,ayorlnS TO
wear out the Allies 10y ryp, ated local
attacks of VARYING force and 10 shattrr
them by "A prolonged and concentrated
bombardment. BY the nth, therefore,
1t seems that they considered they had
attained both objects. tor on that day
they recommended the desperate bat
tie for the possession of Ypres and its
ncighborhood
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Britain Ready TO Spend
$3.50, 10000 on War
Tea Must Pay the Cost as Well Beer and Incomes. Chan
ceor Lloyd George Tells House
of Commons.
ONE FIRM HAS SUBSCRIBED

LoSpoN. Nov. 1.-THE Chancellor o.
the Exchequer issued the prospectus OF
the new war loan this afternoon. The
loan is for 1850. 100000 El750 10000
and will bear interest at ala per cent
The loan will he issued at % and will be
redee mabe at par on March |, 1928.
The Chancellor announced in the House
OF Commons that one hrm already had
taken fi00, 100000 $500. 00O,OO0) of the
loan
The cost OF the frst two years Of the
war is estimated by Chancellor Lloyd
George at fib0,0O0,0O0 S2,250, 600, u00J.
The nation would have to raise f535.-
$4,000 Cs2.676.S35. O0o) by the end Of tho
fiscal year or face a deficiency of f339 =
$1,000 tl,697555ooO). lie said that
the loss Of revenue owing directly to the
war amounted TO { II $40. O0O tSj9.250. O0O)
As one means toward finding this sum
the Chancellor proposes at one blow to
double the income tax which. working on
sliding scale, according TO the amount
of income. has hitherto ranged from 80.
to s Ia per cent with an added supertaX
upon uuearned incomes and those exceed
Ing $4,000 a year. The increased TAX for
the present year will. however. he col
lected FOR only one-third of the year. that
during which the war has been actually
In progress.
10 raise s450.O00. 600 toward the expenses
~ the war in which all classes of the
population viii share except those having
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and officials aided and abetted or ns.l-
gated the crime: Majors Tsnkovic and
Popovic. Capt Jovanovic, Moiic and
Ciganovic. state railway officials, and
Grab!c. an official OF the internal revenue.
AT the Instance of The society called
Narodna Odbrana, presided over by the
Servlan General Bozo Jankovic. said per
sons engaged the perpetrators Of the crime.
supplied them with weapons, poison and
bombs and made their smuggling into
Bosnia possible by means of specially en-
gagged guides and OF falsifled passports
THE enlisting OF the wouldbe muir
derers was brought about and rendered
possible by the high school professors
DedlJed and Novakovic. and tho director
OF the state printing office. Dacic, who
being members OF the aforesaid society.
Narodns Odbrana. gave pecuniary sup
port 10 the wouldbe murderers
Grown Prince Alexander appears TO
be deeply involved in the matter by the
fact that he had an interview with the
printer Gabrinovlc. the thrower of the
bomb. In Belgrade one month before the
latter was despatched TO Bosnia, and that
lie had formerly granted audiences to
other conspirators Involved in the mur-
derous attacks perpetrated in Zagreb.
Croatia No reference has been made 20
Prince George during the trial"
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TURKS ANNOUNCE
BRITISH REVERSE
Official Statement Gives "AbOut
1000 Dead" in Battle
Near Fac.
REBEL LEADER WOUNDED

IoNpoN, Nov 17-An official Turkish
communication issued by the War ONCE
in Constantinople and forwarded by
Reuters correspondent. telegraphing By
way OF Amsterdam, says Turkish troops
attacked the British near Fac, on the
Persian Gulf yesterday. and that the
British lost about a thousand In dead"
The revolutionary leader, Abdur
Resak." the official statement continues.
crossed the frontier with 800 men to
assist the Russians, but was dispersed by
our troops and many OF his followers we're
killed"
The statement concludes that Russian
STANDARD has been captured.
An official statement issued on Sunday
says Turkish troops attacked the Russian
position at Lylan. near the Russian from
tier. and Russians suffered severe losses.
The Russians, II says. landed more troops.
hV. these were dispersed. Another
Turkish detachment occupied Duzkeuy
and surrounded the Russians ut Man
medresz. capturing a quantity of smmuni-
ton and provisions.
The Russians bomharded to-day With
out result" the statement concludes, tho
frontier posts Of kokmush and Absah."
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S1OO.OOO.OOO

Incomes Of less than $500 year. which
are and Will remain exempt
In addition Ia this IL is proposed to
add an additional tax upon beer Of II
shiliings and pence. equivalent approx
mateIN to ! cent a glass. The tan on tea
was increased cents pound The
Chancellor remarked that while he re-
GREETED the increase In tho tea tax. 1T
was the only way to catch the teetotaiiCrs
VINO escaped an adde tax on beer"
The necessity of these taxes. the Chan
cellor pointed out. amid the cheers OF the
house. was the more stringent that there
must be no drawing back until the enemy
IS entirely crushed Half measures would
be of no avail.
Mr. Lloyd George explained that the eN-
ne higher IN proportion than that of any
other country i'm the world, as tho pa"
and the cost ~ the army and navy were
greater: there were separate allowances
To the men ana their families, ana pen
slons were Oh a larger scale. Already
s,ooo, 600 were serving and another million
were in the course nf enlistment, winch
ne added would entail tho paynen. of
separation allowances amounting to s3T5.-
0oo,o00 yearly
I'VE are fighting" said the Caan,elios
an enemy who cannot offer any terms
mat We can accept without smash "a,
defeat Therefore n there Is any douht
about the length of the war l. as the
Chancellor OF the ENrhcauer. must as
sumo the longer period
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u. S. PROTEST UNLIKELY.
Action Regarding Mines Would he
tnwarrsnted, OfaciaI. Relieve.

WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-THE STATE De-
partment Is still without complete and
exact data regarding the planting OF
mules in the North Sea, and consequently
no action has been taken in the matter
oincials OF the Department point out that
While this Government hopes to receive
more information regarding the planting
OF mines in these waters there lis no
ground for assuming that on the recent,
OF such information any step in the ma
tuFe or a protest to either Great Britain
or Germany will be taken.
Inc present Situation is that tho De-
partmeut has not as yet seen any occasion
Tor taking action with view to secur-
ing the removal OF mines already planted
or the restriction OF the mine fields gen
orally While officials of the Depart
ment here have Informally discussed the
planting OF mines in the North Sea with
representatives OF both belligsrent and
neutral Governments. the United States
mas not been committed TO any course
1t Is understood that the prevailing
opinion nj the Department Is that nothing
which has developed thus far gives any
warrant for this Government to interfere
and make any protest to either Great
Britain or Germany.
Ii Is announced by the British Admir-
atty In official communications to Ameri-
can officials in England that IL neutral
shipping Will follow the AdmIral;y's d.
rections 1t will suffer little interference,
owing to the mines. Vessels coming
through the Strait OF Dover will be given
exact instructions as to what course they
shall sail In proceeding 20 Holland, Den
marx, Norway and the Baltic.
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ATTACK ON ODESSA
OVER IN FEW MINUTES
Small Guard>hip DOncts Put
Two Turkish Torpedo
Boats to Flight.

ODESSA. oct. o. via London. Nov. II
TuIy,rsu alarm spread over odessa at
2 o.ro.k this morning, when Turkish
varsnp- opened tire on the town. There
MS quick firing tor some minutes and
,a,u dead silence except for an occasional
human cry.
Nobody knew Nuat had happened ex-
rcpt that uubiowu ships had appeared in
the Atrnor and started bomhardlng the
ut.lr ruard,nip DoUets. Some one began
shouting that war had been declared
between Turkey ana Russia, and other,
took up the cry Surprise was general.
though all the recent news had Indicated
that the Germans meant 20 bring Turkey
mo the War either by moral suasion or
violence
Il Was learned that tho attacking ships
VIII Ia had been actually observed were
only two. They came into the harbor with
all lights Oh and living tho Russian colors
Eehlui them doomed two black objects
against the misty background II IN be
leV'd that these were the former German
cruisers Goebcu and Rreslau. Later. tn
terV!rN!ug the commander OF the Donets.
th' correspondent ascertHined that the
vessels standing in the harbor were Tur-
ki-h torpedo boats. They not only swept
the nonets with not FIRE but bomharded
the petroleum depots, II Is presumed that
they desired TO ignite the oil 20 as to H.
illuminate I've hrrbor for accura q gun fire
The Dorets replied with All her guns
and gave the Invaders so hot a reception
that they dashed out of the ha Dor IN.
puuris was sn riidlcl that she sank al
most before the torpedo boats withdrew
y tender making her way from tho shore
To the nouets was hit bv hand boub
thrown from one Of the Turkish boats and
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BRITAIN TO CONSIDER ALL
NORTH SEA MILITARY AREA

had been forced to adopt the on. possible
means OF protecting neutral shipping no,
certainly with any Idea OF injuring neutral
commerce by declaring the whole of tn,
North Sea military area and restrictlne
all trafhc across II to narrow passage
over which efficient supervision could lie
exercised.
Although this step inevitably must re-
suit IN delay and Inconvenience 1t was a
small price TO pay for the resultant se-
Nur'y' me Kings Government was fully
aware OF the anxiety felt in IN. limited
states and other neutral countries on
this subject and trusted that they would
tu!Iy understand that its policy was
purely TO insure that there should be no
interference with neutral interests pro-
vlded that the vital interest Of Great
britain at stake In the present confic,
be adequately maintained
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Observer Praises Bravery of
German Infantry in
Bel gium.

uniforms that It Is impossible tn doubt
their truth one absolutely authentic
case o~Currcd during the lighting near
Npres. man dressed In uniform
closely resembling that Of a British s,aff
officer suddenly appeared near our
trenches and walked along he line, II"
asked II many casualties had been suf-
tercd. stated that the situation was seri-
Gus and that a general retirement had
been ordered. A similar visit having been
reported 10y several men IN different
trenches orders were issued that this
strange officer was to b. detained II se.n
again. ln.ucNiiy. he did not make an
other appearance.
The following remarks taken from the
diary ~ German soldier ara published
not because there j. reason 20 believe
;H'y are justified with rse.Gd To he con-
duct OF German Officers hu' because OF
their interest ds human document I'm
Ter da'" Of November > tHs German
soldier wrote:
" Previous to noon we were sent out
m q REGULAR Storm Of bullets on the order
OF the Major These gentlemen, the Off
''is. send their men forward IN a most
ridiculous way. They themselves remain
FAR behind safely under cover our lead
ersh!p is really sranIalous Enormous
losses on our sid" ar, parity from the fir,
~ our own people. for our leaders neither
know where the enemy los nor where Our
own troops are. 50 that We often ar,
fired on by our own m,n II is marye
10 me tHtt We have 90 on As far as W.
have done
"'our Captain fc'' as dld also al our
~r''i'u traders A'.| 70 I.r-a I.rhtr o'
our men Moreover ro rurpo-r w.
s'rN"t Boy THIS advance" for $40 remained
the rest ~ tlo day under cover. w- could
20 neither forward nor back, nor even
shoot
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ARABS ATTACK TURKS.
>imko Also Heads Revolt on Per-
sian Frontier.

ROME. Nov. IA despatch from
retrograd says the Arabian Mussu.man
leader. Abdul Rack Bcderkani. has re-
h, He'd and dispersed the Turks in the
reg ON OF Naku.
The Kurdish chief Simko. with a force
~ 'rihosWeu. sustained an engagement
against the Turks on the Persian frontier
flr several days. Finally with the as
sistance OF force ~ Russians the Turk
ISL force was dispersed
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TEAR DOWN MENORIlL
Turks Destroy san Strfnno Monu-
ment to Russian SoIdj,r.

LoNnoN. Nov Ia Turkish na,tr.s,
ants have torn down the Russian m,nu
ment at San Steftno. near Cou.tiut.
noplc erected I'm 1897 by Russia IN nom.
CRY Of her sold ers VINO f,ll in tho nus 20.
Turkish war, according 20 Constants
nop'c deSp 20 II rim quo'.d hy Rru-
tcr's Amsterdam cor e.pondent
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ERZERUN MARCH ENDS.
Hussia Explains That Move was
Dictated by Tactical Reasons.

PETRoGRAp, Nov. l7.---1he following
oricial settlement has been issued ~ the
General Staff o. the Caucasian army on
the recent check near Erzerum:
The march Of our advance guard
in the direction Of ErZerum has
ended. Thus march was dictated,
Not by conditions ~ war, but only to
fulhll the task imposed on our sd-
vance guard
The statement says the Russian forces
have won Il number 81 successes In Tur-
ksh Armenia and Z AZ he Turkish Of
fensive aga INST the Russian force on the
route along the coast has fat ed with
serious losses e. tho Turks. their res rves
icing ami ilated.
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Though the struggle has not yet come
to an end, this much can be sad TIE
Germans have gained some ground, but
they have not captured ipres
I'm rcpulslHg the enemy 50 far We have
suffered heavy casualties, bus battles OF
this nerce and prolonged nature cannot
but he costly TO both sides. We have the
satisfaction OF knowing that We have
fooled the enemy ~ what appears 10 be
at present his main object ia TIE western
theatre OF operations and have inflicted
immensely greater losses on him than
those We have suffered ourselves.
30 carry on the narrative for tho
three days of the 10th, llth and 18th OF
November.
Tuesday. the 10Th. was uneventful for
us At some distance beyond our LEFT
flank the enemy advanced IN force
against the French aud was repu,sed.
Directly on our left, however, along the
greater part OF ne front sheihus VAS
less severe and Lu infantry attacks took
place,
TO the southeast OF Ypres the enemy
kept up "a very heavy bomhardmeut
against our line. as well rs that Of the
French ON our let centre the situation
remained UNCHANGED, both sides content
ing themselves with furious caunouadlug
In our centre the Germans retained their
hold on the small amount Of ground which
they had gained from Us. but in doing
so incurred n heavy loss from our ar
tlllery and machine gun fire
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5000 SERvIANS CAPTURED.
Austrian Army Order Claims Great
Victory at kulnbars

LoNnoN, Nov IA despatch from
Vienna to Reuters TELEGRAM Company
contains an oiici,l army order ISSUED
by Field Marshal OskaI Potinrek. tho
commander of the Austrian troops oper,t-
Ing against the Scrvlans The order reads .
After nine days severe hghting against
an obstinate ana numerically superior
enemy tho brave TROOPS ~ the Fifth and
sixth corps have reached kumbira and
forced the enemy Ia niFhJ More than
5000 prisoners, a. cannon, 81 machine
guns and numerous war material were
captured
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Enrmy's second Attempt Fails.

"A Simultaneous effort made 10 the
south a part VI the same operation. al
though mt carried out by the Guard
Go. ps. failed entirely. for when the at
lacking infantry massed I'm the woods
close TO our line our guns opened on
them with such effect that they did not
push the assault nome. As generally
happens in operations in wooded country.
the lighting t. a grt at extent Was carried
on at close quarters I, was most des-
perate and confused Scattered hodies Of
the enemy who had penetrated into the
woods IN the rear Of our positi, ms could
neither 70 backward nor Toward and
were nearly all killed or captured
The portion OF the line to the south
east Of Npres held by us was heavily
shell.d hut did not undergo any very
- ,lOu~ Infantry attack That o,cupls 4
by the French. however. was both hom-
hlrdcl and hercely assaulted. on the
rest OF our front, save for the usual
hombdrdmeut, all Was comparatively
quiet on the right one Of cur trenches
MAS mined and then abandoned ~ So n
as 1t WAS occupied hy the enemy the
charges were nr.j tud several Germans
Ncre blown q pieces.
THURSDAY. November II WIS marked
by part.a lul. u Ga" fighting an along
ou' line, To the north German sorre
which had crossed ;he User ana u-
t~encgod on the left bank was ami
Inflated hy a night attack with TIVE h1Houet
executed by tnr French Slightly %
the south the enemy was forced back
for taree-Qudrters of q mile. lun,i .t'c y
on our l'ft the French were strongly
attacked and driven back short dis
'ancc. our extreme left having to con-
form to this movement. our allies soon
recovered the ground they had lost, how
ever. ard this enabled US 10 advance
also. To the southeast OF Npres the
enemys snpers were very active. on
our centre and right the enemys bonn
btfdmeu; vas maintained, but nothing
worthy of special note occurred
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Attack on Trench successful.

"Iucidentaly. ore OF the houses held
by the enemy WAS SO knocked about hy
our hrs that it~ defenders bolted ON
thor way To N" rear they were met Nv
recuforcemeuts under an officer who
halted Them, evidently IN an endrtvor to
persuade them TO return. While the paTl.y
was going on one OF our machine guns
was quietly moved 70 a position Of van
tagc, whence Il opened most effective
fire on the group,
ION our right one OF the euemY's saps
which was being pushed toward our line
was attacked by us All the men ia II
were captured
"wednesday, the nh, was auo,hrr
dav of desperate tightinS As daN broke
the Germans opened hre on our trenches
20 ,hc north anl south - tho rod rrn.,,
Menln to Ypres. 1his WIS probably tho
most furious artillery tire which they
have yet employed against us few
hours later they followed this by an in
fantry assault in force, This attack was
carried out by the First and Fourth
hrigadcs of the Guard Corps which, az
we now know from prisoners. had been
sent for to make n supreme effort to
capture Ypres, since tina task had proved
too heavy for the infantry OF the Inc.
as the attackers surgcd forward they
were met by our frontal lire, ana since
they were moving dIasuually across part
Of our front they were also attacked on
the flank by artillery rifles and machine
guns Though their Casualties before
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ACCUSE SERVIAN CROWN PRINCE.
Was Accessory 10 the Murder of
Austrian Archdukc, says Vienna.

wAsHIsoToN. Nov, lin connection
with the judicial trial Of the murd,rers
~ Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his
consort which came 10 q clos. IN Sara
1evo a short time ago the Austro- Hun
garian Emhiss- here has received he
following official wireless message from
the Foreign ONCE in Vienna:
'.fhn trial has established conclusve'y
that the following Servian army officers
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Sees Final German Failure In Defeat
of Kaisers Picked Corps Near YpreS

they reached our line must have been
enormous. such was their resolution and
tho momentum Of The mass that In spite Of
the splendid resistance Of our troops
they succeeded ~ breaking through our
line IN three places near the road. They
penetrated me distance into the woods
behind our trenches. but were counter
attacked again, eufladed bN machine
guns. and driven back to their line Of
trenches. certain portion Of which they
succeeded I'm hodu-; In spite OF our eff
forts 10 eNpc.l them What their total
losses must have been during this advance
may be gagged 90 some extent from the
fact shat a.. number OF dead left in the
woods behind our line alone amounted
TO ZOO
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NO TAX ON SOLDIERS HEIRS
Sp.cai cahie D,spaics 10 Tug srs

PARIS, Nov. i7.---Thc French Cabinet
has decided 10 introduce in the Chamber
Of Deputies Il hll supprcsslng tho success
sion duties In the case of the estates Of
officers and men killed at tho front In
favor OF tho direct heirs
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BELGRADE NEAR FALL.
Berlin Says Occupation Of City
seems Imminent.

BfRLiN, Nov. II tby wire 10 London)
The occupation OF Belgrade, Servia. hy
the Austrisns apparently Is imminent
according to an official announcement
maGe public here to-day