Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-05
ROSY PROSPECTS
SEENbYGERMANS
Official Press Bureau Has
Cheering News for the
Kaiser's Subjects
DISAFFECTION OF
ENEMIES REPORTED
Persia and Abyssinia Are
Unwilling to Aid in
Fighting Teutons

Berlin, Dec A., (By wireless to Say.
ville)-Included in the Information Civ.
en- out by the German official press
bureau today are the following items:
Madrid reports that Moorish rebels
local garrison and authorities.
Rotterdam reports that on the Boer
farms in South Africa there are to be
found only women and natives; the
men are at the front.
Rudolph Moeller, German, a for.
mer resident of Morocco has sworn to
an affidavit which confirms the report
that German civilians arrested in Mo.
rocco at the outbreak of the war have
been transported to Oran, Algeria,
where French officers melted soldiers
to commit brutalities on them. The
Germans were beaten with sticks, spit
on, and attacked with sabers. Two
men and one woman died from i'll treat
ment.
"The newspaper Retsch. published in
PetrOgrad, recognizes the excellence
and the splendid equipment of the
Turkish army.
German troops have discovered in
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structions prepared by British gen.
eral staff, which contain definite infor-
nation concerning the Belgian border,
the disposition of rolling stock on the
railroads and the billeting of men.
These instructions could have been
prepared only with the active assis-
tance of the Belgian government,
which supplied the detailed informa-
tion contained in them. This is fur
ther evidence that England and Bel
gtum decided long ago on English mil
itary activity in Belgium and this
means violation of neutrality.
"Constantinople reports that there
has been fighting between the Senussi
tribesmen and the French in southern
Morocco. The leader of the Senussi
was killed and the French were de.
feated.
The. Persian government has hand
ed to the British minister at Teheran
a note protesting against the violation
of Persian neutrality by the entrance
Of British warships into the Karun
river.
"The Italian government has seized
a Portuguese torpedo boat destroyer
built at Genoa.
Athens reports that England has
landed $4,000 Canadian volunteers in
Egypt
"The fifth Austrian army has occupi.
ed Belgrade.
"The London Globe threatens the
complete blocking Of the North Sea.
Bulgaria contradicts the Greek re-
port of concentration of Bulgarian
troops
'"The Austrian general staff reports
that fighting near Novo Radomsk and
Lodz is developing favorably.
"a special dispatch from Gothen-
burg, Sweden, says a South Danish
commercial newspaper reports that in
1909 Great Britain threw out feeler
to Holland about the possibility of con-
cluding military convention. Hol-
land declined because such a course
would be incompatible with her neu-
trality. As reply to Holland, the
agreement was conclud-
ed, whereupon Holland fortified Flush.
ing.
"The gold reserve of the Imperial
bank is 1891, 100000 marks, an in
crease over last week of 32,5OO 900
marks
Rome reports that Abyssinia has
declined the Anglo French demand to
send troops to fight the Turks in
Egypt.
German newspapers of all political
parties declare that the promise of the
imperial chancellor to lead the war to
a victorious conclusion answers the ex.
~ lar, - =.