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grins claim to have repulsed.
Mreekina cattaro Forts.


the nine forts about the Bay of Cat
taro. in Dalmatia, are being hit con-
stantIy by shells from the new French
guns which have been placed on Mount
Loveen, and are gradually being de-
stroyed. Only one fort attempted to
reply The AngIo-French fleet con-
tinues a successful bombardment of
the outer Notifications.
Heavy Guns at Tsing-Tau,
The japanese naval general staff an
nounces that the marine heavy artil-
lery corps is engaged in the attack
upon Tsing-Tau, and that a part Of the
Japanese fleet is keeping watch on
the enemy's warships lowering about
Hawaii
ReIgians a Homeless People
The population of Belgium steadily
| is becoming what a French writer
terms "a nation Of exile"
! The burden of this tragedy is falling
upon Great Britain, Holland and
| France. Between three hundred thou
sand and four hundred thousand Bel
gians have crossed into Holland and
equal numbers have f1ocked southwark
dred thousand have arrived on English
shores and thousands are continuing
to pour across the English Channel
daily.
While their eventual reparation or
absorption into the populations OF
other countries looms on the horizon
as one of the greatest problems in
modern European history, the ques-
ton of today is the care of the exiles
and the feeding of the millions Of per-
sons remaining in Belgium, whose in
dustries are paralyzed.
London's streets and parks are full
of Belgian officers and soldiers, some
of whom have been wounded. Others
among them became separated from
their commands and joined the exodus
Of refugees. The Belgian legation has
issued instructions to all the able
bodied men to rejoin the army.
The principal Brussels newspaper,
; the independence Beige, has begun
publication in London. It's editor says
that the BeIgians fleeing from their
country will never return if it remains
under German rule, and that a large
proportion of the exiles are looking
forward to making their homes in the
United States when they can obtain
funds to go there.
Women and Babies Starve.
The food situation in Belgium is be-
coming absolutely critical Already
more than half a million persons are
being assisted by means Of bread
lines, according to the American COM
mittee's report, there being more than
three hundred thousand of these per-
sons in Brussels alone. Tie supply Of
food for these bread stations, it is es-
timated, will not last more than q
week longer. 1t is expected that the
number of persons requiring relief
will increase to a million within a
month.
The committee has been advised by
Brand Whitlock, American minister to
Belgium, that there are seven million
people facing starvation in Belgium
and the country imports 60 per cent of
its food. Imports have ceased entire
ly, and the country has been denuded
of it's accumulated crops.
Italians Land in Albania.
company of Italian marines have
landed at Tvlona, Albania. The Ital-
ian Forty-seventh infantry, stationed
at Lacoa, is said to be ready to en-
bark for Av1ona. 1t is stated that
telephone communication with other
parts of Albania has been severed in
order to prevent the spread of the
news of the landing.
italy and Greece Near War.
Anarchy exists at AvIona, Albania,
according to the newspaper Giornale
d'Italia, owing to the struggle between
the Christians and the Mussulmans.
} A famine also adds to the difficulties
) of the situation. The Giornale d'Italia
says that so-called "Epirote battal-
IONS" which it says are Greek troops
: disguised as irregulars, are gradually
| nibbIing at the territory around Az
Iona, totally ignoring the decisions Of
the conference of London concerning
the Albanian frontier. Italy, it is said,
considers the inviolabi1ity Of Avlona
as the leading point in its national pol
J icy and will protect Avlona against
both Austria and Greece.
Seize Turk War Supplies.
Reports from Bucharest, Rumania,
say that a German train composed Of
: $50 trucks laden with munitions and
other war material for Turkey, has
been stopped by the Rumanian author
l tiles on the railroad between Bucha-
, rest and Giurgevo on the Danube. The
German government protested, but the
train was not allowed to proceed.
Turkav still Is Refianf
Turkey has declined to discharge
the German crew Of the cruisers Goe.
ben and Breslau, which have been in
: Turkish waters since early in the hos
tilities and which are said to have
i been sold by Germany to the Turkish
4 government. This reply was given in
! answer to the British representations
e regarding the presence of Germans on
: board these two vessels
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