The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-11-01
GERMANS AGAIN
SHOW PROGRESS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.)
Odessa Raid Confirmed

of Odessa, according to message tC
Lloyds agency. The Russian steam
ers Lazareff, Witiaz and Whampoa
and the French steamer Portugal were
damaged by the shell fire and mum.
Der of sailors were killed.
Shells also were fired on the sub
urbs Of Odessa near a number of oil
| tanks. but the tanks were undamaged.
4 sugar factory, however was hit.
Some civilians also were killed by the
shells.
Strong Turkish cavalry divisions are
said to have arrived in the neighbor-
hood of the Gulf of Akabah on the
Red sea, about 200 miles south of the
Suez canal, and the entire Turkish
fleet is reported to have left the Black
sea.
Following the Bresaus exploit in
bombarding Theodosia, Russia, Tur-
kish destroyers have sunk the Russian
gunboat Donetz in Odessa harbor and
damaged three Russian and one French
merchantmen.
No official declaration of war has
yet been made, but Turkeys action
seems to make it probable that the
area of conflict may be greatly widen
ed and the issues widened.
The Balkans whence sprung the
present European conflict, present
such network of hostile interests
that Greece and the other Balkan ma
tions may easily be drawn into the
vortex.
Greece it is believed, will likely be
the first state now neutral to throw
her weight against the Ottoman ar
my. Bulgaria holds a remarkable po-
sition She is bound to Russia by ra-
cial ties and to Great Britain by obi
cations for diplomatic support in the
last year, but her sentiments and in
terests are violently hostile to Greece.
An attempt to invade the Caucasus
on one side and Egypt on the other,
is the program, military men think,
the Turkish army is likely to endeayor
to carry out. Turkish forces have been
gathering recently in Syria and Pal
estiue, but a march across the Sinai
peninsula will be a hard one because
the country is virtually desert.
The English papers are confident
that the protection of the Suez canal
against raids and of Egypt against
inyasions are well provided for They
recognize that the addition of Turkey
to the belligerent forces probably will
prolong the war and increase its hor-
rors. They said that this means that
Great Britain must raise more men.
How long Italy can remain aloof is a
question that is being asked by the
newspapers.
The Portuguese describe the Ger
man invasion Of Angola as small af-
fair, but it is thought here that it may
result in bringing Portugal definitely
into the war on the side Of the triple
entente
The news received from the west
ern battle line tonight indicates that
the Germans desperate attempt to
gain Calais and command the English
channel has failed for the present.
The flooding of the valley of the User
canal together with the work of the
British warships and of the Belgian
army along the coast, are reported to
have compelled the Germans to with
draw somewhat, while the British and
French are said to have been able to
advance against the line further in the
interior.
The British naval force near Nieu-
port consists of three monitors, three
cruisers and battleship with twelve
inch guns The destroyers are pro
! tecting the ships from German sub
I lltIlutS WHICH nave bttu ION tIluS
| about the coast
The German official report says
Dunkirk is preparing for a siege and
the populace is prepared to flood the
| locality in case of a German invasion.
No important development has been
reported from Poland or Galicia today.
With the announcement that Baron
Fisher will succeed Prince Louis of
/ Battenburg as first sea lord of the ad-
miralty. the newspapers believe the
warfare on the part of the navy will
be prosecuted sternly.
The essence of war is violence;
moderation in war is imbecility," is
one of Admiral Fishers sayings
\ renewed demand is being made
for the closing of the entire North
Sea and the planting of mines there.
\ majority of the newspapers express
confidence in loyalty to the country