The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-02


!arious points, including the blood
Unity OF Dixmude. On the center
OF the Germans are said toh have
German submarines. The water in
other ways has been great advan-
taeei TO the allies. for the Germans
have admitted thai they have been
hampcred by the inundation of their
trenches through the cutting of dykes
and the opening of sluices In the
lower country. "-- -trr5. .t 81
Assuming that Turkeys casting of
hcr lot with Germany is an accom-
plished fact the British press admits
that the cruisers Goeben and Breslau
are serious menace, rs Russia has
nothing to compare with them in
speed and equipment AS to the
Turkish army, however, formidable
as 1t ia in size, the opinion is ex-
pressed here that it will not he an
efficient fighting machine under the
modern conditions which require the
latest types of arms.
Concerning the campaign in Egypt,
England feels that in Lord Kitchener
she has just the man to meet the
situation. for no European perhaps
has better knowledge of the coun-
try than he. If the reports that the
Turkish invasion of Egypt is well UNI
der way are true, picturesque forces
ON camels and horses probable al
ready have crossed the frontier Tnr-
key. it is argued in London, will en-
deayor to accomplish the invasion
of Egypt. the blockading of the Sucz
tanal and the stirring up of q holy
war among the 40 million Mohamme-
dams in India as we'll as among these
religions in Egypt is this last con-
,tingency which Great Britain regards
with the utmost concern. -,
The week IL likely to SEQ the crys-
Valuation Of the sentiment in Egypt
and the Balkans IN, one, war or the
other In regaSd tn, TurfeS's entrance
Nm the conflict. German papers an
nounce officially that all of the coast
of Asiatic Turkey has been blockaded
by mines. thus spreading to the east
the danger which is confronting ship
ping in the west. sri esa
-
Brussels. Nov. 2.-Between six
million and seven million Belbians
|have little or nothing to call
home" They are people almost
without country" tr, ~
Foodstuffs. forages. horses, cattle
and automobiles NOT commandered by
the Belgian army when the war broke
out, have been seized by the Ger
mans. Practically every acre is now
swept of everything valuable.
| 1t is estimated that there are now
100000 Belgians in England and
500 ,OUD in Holland. The lowest es-I
innate made here places the number
|of Belgian homes destroyed 80 badly
as to be uninhabitabIe at 4 900, 900.
Malines. Louvain. Liege, Namur,
[Charleroi, Mons, Dinante and scores
[of other small places have been SO
shattered by the artillery, of the OPP
posing armies that less than half of
the normal population are deoently
sheltered. 80 -i,.,
A report from Limboug says sup
plies for the bread line have been
exhausted and the feeding can be re-
sumed only when American food ar
rived. The seizure OF the cattle for
THE army has left the country. with
out beef, milk and cheese. The sup
tply of grain ordinarily imported from
the United States and Canada has
been cut off. For. several wASks
Flanders was able to help the eastern
portion, but now that the lowlaa6s
have become the scene of fighting
Brnges, Client and Antwerp and 0s
[tend are suffering. the same distress
Berlin. Now 2 Gby Wireless r.
The battle is in progress between
the Germans, and Russians in tie
suwalki and Ausustowo regions, ,so-
.cordinG TO an official, announcement
issued here today, continues undecid-
ed az. ..-4r,5,4,.. ,.,... 4
a.. The Austrians. in an unofficial re-
l9ort, claim success in the Macya
region Of Northwest Servia, bounded
by the rivers SAKE and Drina.
Berlin, Nov. tvia London Of
ficial reports from the western front
SHOW little change in the situation 10
Northern France and in Belgium. |
but events in Poland would appear to
be shaping themselves for a renewal
of the fighting between the main
forces of Russia and the Austro-Gcr
man allies
The Austrians and the Germans
have completed their retirement to
new positions previously selected by
them. When the vanguards of the
Russians. who were following them,
came into touch with this new line,
there were several encounters in
which the Russians were driven off.