The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-12-04
INCREASING THUNDER OF
GUNS IN VICINITY OF YPRES

London, Dec. 3.-The increa sing
| thunder of guns in the vicinity of
| Ypres and the arrival at Bruges of
transports bearing wounded men lead
| to the conclusion in London that a
| greater degree of activity has pre-
vailed in West Flanders than has been
reported in the official communfca-
TONS
All reports agree that in Northern
Poland the battle is still undecided
and f1erceIy contested with the Ger
mans making desperate efforts to re-
sumo their forward movement in the
direction of Warsaw.
From Petrograd comes the report
that General Rennenkampff has been
made the scapegoat on account of the
Napoleonic coup which enabled the
German forces to cut through the en-
circling Russian Gordon. According to
this report the dilatoriness of General
Rennenkampf in bringing up rein
forcements made the success of the
German move possible.
Discussing the campaign as a whole,
a well known Berlin military critic
maintains that the long resistance and
the unexpected recuperative powers of
the Austrians, coupled with their losses
in Poland, have deprived Russia of
such a large portion of her first line
troops that her offensive power has
been irretrieVably impaired. On the
other hand, observers in Petrograd ex-
press the opposite view and they are
confident that Grand Duke Nicholas
will prove himself more than a match
for the admitted resourcefulness of
General Won Hindenburg.
Russian forces are now reported to
be within ten miles of Cracow, while
the situation of PrzemysI, the only
other Austrian stronghold left in Ga
licia is declared to be desperate
The anxiety in England over con-
ditions in South Africa has been great
ly relieved by the reported capture Of
the elusive DeWet, the most formfH-
able among the leaders of the South
African rebellion.
The German reichstag has adjourned
after. voting a credit of $3.50 600, ooo
and embarking Germany on the second
financial stage of the war with every
expression of confidence in it's sue
cessful conclusion
Australian and New Zealand con-
tingents have been disembarked in
Egypt" according to an announcement
of the official bureau, ito assist in the
defense of that country and complete
their training there.
when this training is completed
they will go direct to the front to
fight with the other British troops in
Europe"
KRUPP FACTORY BoMBARDED.
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph Company quotes a. message from
Berlin to the effect that the Kdupp
factory at Essen, Germany, was bonn
barded yesterday by an aeronaut. It
is said that bombs We're dropped from
the aeroplane on the buildings devoted
to the manufacture of cannon. The
airmen escaped uninjured and the eX-
tent of the damage has not been as
certained.
Rioting broke out in the Belgian
concentration camp at Zeist, Holland,
yesterday, according to Het Volk, pub
Hshed at Amsterdam.
Dutch troops fired on the Belgians,
killing six and wounding nine Of
them. No details of the occurrences
are as yet available.
This dispatch was sent to London
by the correspondent of Reuters Tel
egram Company.
The trouble has been. attributed to
the discomfort of the interned Belgians
at not being allowed to receive visits
from members of their families. The
unrest continues and troops have been
sent to Zeist from Utrecht to strength
en- the guard.
The Rome correspondent of the Ex-
change Telegraph Company reports
that at the opening of the Italian
parliament today Premier Salandra
stated that there was no new factor
in the situation in the coursgof de-
veIopment at present which would
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neutrality.
EMPEROR IN CONFERENCE
Emperor william yesterday had
conference at Breslau, in Silesia, with