Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-12-05

Turkey intends TO SeQueStrate all re
ligious establishments in Palestine
belonging TO France, Great Britain and
Russia.
The German field marshal, Won der
Goltz, former governor general of the
captured Belgian territory, has been
attached to the encourage of the sui
tan of Turkey.
President Wilson is expected to
confer during the course of the week
with Henry Van Dyke, the American
minister to the Netherlands, who, it
is reported, has brought back 10 this
country a message from Queen Will
helmina proposing plan for neutral
nations to bring peace to Europe
General Won Kissing is the new
governor general in Belgium
The president of the French re-
public, NJ. Poincare, and Premier vi
viani are visiting the battle line in
Eastern France.
From Vienna comes the official an
nouncement that on the southern
front the Servians are opposing the
Austrian advance by heavy counter
attacks, but that the Austrians have
gained ground beyond Valjevo
While deprecating the exaggerated
reports of Russian success in the bat
tie in Northern Poland, where the
German emperor has joined Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg TO offer his
advice and to encourage his troops,
the latest available Official reports
from Russian headquarters state that
the advantage in the fighting still lies
with the Russian army. 1t is also Of
ficially said that enormous losses
have been inflicted on the Germans,
but no mention is made of the cap
ture of German divisions, which has
been so freely claimed by the Petro-
grad correspondents ofALondon and
Paris papers.
Opposed to this are the German Of
fetal reports which say that the Rus
sian attacks have been repulsed and
that the German counter-attacks have
been successful
The British admiralty announces
that the collier Khartoum has been
blown up by mine off Grimsby, En-
gland. Her crew was saved.
Lloyd's reports that in addition to
the British steamer Malachite, the I
sinking of which off Havre had been
announced, German sub |
marine has sent to the bottom off /
Havre the British steamer Primo.
The British parliament has adjourn
house of lords to Jan. and /
the house of commons to Feb. 2.
At the last session OF the house of
commons Winston Spencer Churchill,
first lord of the admiralty, announced
that in view of Great Britain's rapid
of warships she could
lose dreadnought every month for
year and still maintain her superior
lty over Germany in ships.
David Lloyd-George, the British
chancellor of the exchequer, an
nounced that the British war loan of
81, 100000 had been largely over
The former German cruiser Goeben,
low of the Turkish navy, lost eleven A.,
men killed in her recent fight with ,
he Russians in the Black sea. l.
The French Stock Exchange will re-
'pen Dec. Z. ,
The military authorities in Petro- I
rad, assuming that the unofficial re-
'orts Of a victory are true, express I
lstonishment that the Germans II
hould have attacked LODI, for they
ay defeat there was Inevitable. The
Germans who advanced from { the
lorth and south, these military OBJ 7
ervers add, doubtless intended to d
eize the railway between Skiernie- s
Tice and Piotrkow and interrupt com. {
nunication between the northern and s
Russian armies, but Grand
luke Nicholas with the enormous p
lumber OF men at his command was Y
bic to sandwich them and direct his O
ttacks from all points except due n
Test n
The reported failure of the German
rown princes army to advance on a
ne OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES front is con- :,
Idered by these military critics as :.
to the checking of the
ermans y
Except for artillery fighting the bat. =
e in the west remains virtually at a
.andstill, although in isolated attacks O.
9th sides claim to have made some =
rogress. There is no indication
here the next German blow is to be
.ruck in the attempt to reach the y
rench coast. ifr