Western Kansas world., 1914-12-26
Scharnhorst, Leipzig and Gneis-
nau Destroyed in Battle
Off F falkland Islands.
TWO SUCCEEDED IN ESCAPING
Dresden and Nurnbere Make Of in
Damaged Condition-Servia Re-
ports a victory-British
Defeat Turks.
--latest Dfsbakches.)

NoAooH- "a bTltlSn squadron unQSr
command of Vice-Admiral Sir Fred
erick Sturdee. chief of the war staff,
engaged German squadron under
Admiral Count Won Spec off the Falk-
land Islands, in the South Atlantic,
and won victory which is being ac-
claimed throughout England.
The armored cruisers Scharnhorst
and Gneisenau and the protected
cruiser Leipzig, three of the German
warships which had been menacing
British shipping. and part of the
squadron which sank the British
cruisers Good Hope and Monmouth in
the Pacific on November 1, were de-
stroyed, while the cruisers Dresden
and Nurnberg, the two other vessels
which composed the German squad
ron, made off in the fight and, accord
ing to latest accounts, are being pur-
sued. Two colliers were captured.
Sink Three Merchantmen, Too.
Three German merchantmen were
sunk by British or Japanese warships
off the coast of TERRA del Fuego, the
southernmost extremity of South
America, according to advices just re-
ceived.
Servians Claim Victory.
says that the crushing offensive move
ment of the Servian army has been
successful along the entire front. The
Austrians are retiring in the greatest
disorder, losing a large number of
prisoners and cannon and war ma
terial. At one point alone the Ser
and the band and the flag of the Twen-
ty-second Regiment.
British Defeat Turks.
1t is officially announced that Subhi
Bey,- late governor of Basra, Asiatic
Turkey, commander of the Turkish
forces at Korna, has surrendered un-
conditionally with his troops to the In
dian expeditionary force which is op-
Grating at the head of the Persian
Gulf. Korna subsequently was occu-
pied by the British, who are now in
complete control of the country from
the junction of the Tigris and Euphra-
tes rivers to the sea and of the fertile
delta.
Lodz Evacuation Was Strategy.
The center of the German line in
Russian Poland having occupied,
Lodz, it is contining to push on to
the eastward after the retiring Rus
SLAMS, according to official announce
ment made in Berlin. Nevertheless
the strain on both sides has been ter
rifle and the losses heavy, SO that
lull probably soon will set in on this
part of the eastern battle front while
the troops recuperate. The Russians |
continue to assert that their retire |
ment from Lodz was strategical ne
cessity rather than a defeat, but it |
will take future developments to |
show whether this claim is correct or |
not.
Kaiser Has Pneumonia.
Kaiser Wilhelm is seriously ill. Mes |
sages received from Berlin say the |
kaiser is suffering from pneumonia |
and that his condition is aggravated |
by nervous depression caused by his |
exertion in remaining with |
his troops in the field almost constant
ly since the war began. The kaiser
also is said to be suffering from con-
tinual headaches. He is violent to-
ward his advisers and others around
him.
French Hold Positions.
There was artillery fighting from
the sea to the Lys, according to the
last French official announcement,
and all the positions won by the
French the last two days have been
Peace Bribe for Italy?
Prince Won Buelow, the new Ger
man ambassador to Italy Rome dis
patch says, comes to Rome author
zed to negotiate the cession of the |
province of Trent to Italy in exchange
.or the maintenance of neutrality by
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