The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-09
BRiTAIN'S SEA
POWER IS SAID
To Be SUPREME
Foreign Office Reviews Result of
First Month of War

Washington, Sept 9.-Unchallenged
command of the sea by the allied fleets
at the end of the first month of the
war is claimed i'm the following cable
gram received by the British en-
bassy from the London foreign office:
THE main German and Austrian
, fleets remain i'm their harbors under
shelter of their mines and batteries.
Four German cruisers, one auxiliary
cruiser, two destroyers and subma-
Prime and an Austrian cruiser have been
sunk. a German, droadnaught and a
! cruiser have fled without fighting and
have taken refuge in the Dardanelles.
The loss to the British navy has been
one light cruiser only.
"As n consequence of this naval
! supremacy over 100000 troops have
been able TO cross the sea in different
parts of the world without the loss of
| a man. The British expeditionary
| force has been carried to France, col
onial expeditions have been sent 10
attack the colonies of Germany i'm Afri-
ca and the Pacific and the French
I troops under cover of the combined
Anglo French Mediterranean fleet have
been escorted from Algeria to France.
German Commerce Wiped Out.
"The resources of the empire under
| the cover OF the British fleet will be
fully developed and the armies i'm Eur
ope will be reinforced by those of Aus
| tralia, Canada, India and Africa with
out ceasing. German mercantile ma
rine has disappeared from the ocean
while the (passage apparently omit
ted here.) In every part of the out
| lying seas in China, the Pacific and
the Atlantic, the German ships have
avoided action with British cruisers,
preferring to make Intellectual attacks
upon unarmed merchant vessels to en-
countering men of-war. Although the
German cruisers are still at large their
deprcdations have been small and they
are unable .t--Femain in any part where
serious attack could be made upon
British commerce.
strong as the British navy is today
there will be an accession of strength
within the next twelve months Of not
less than ten frst-class battlcships,
fifteen cruisers and twenty destroyers,
thus still further increasing the mar
gin of naval superiority in ships OF
all classes over Germany who, during
the same period, will add not more
than third of this number to her
| fleet.
Financial Condition Satisfactory.
THE prices of commodities have
risen very little, there is only small
amount of unemployment. A fund
amounting to over 100000 pounds
has been voluntarily contributed by
the people to meet any distress that
may later arise. The financial situa-
ton is satisfactory.
The British and French armies in
France have fought a series of hotly
contested engagements in which they
have inflicted on the enemy losses i'm
mensely greater than they have SUI
fered. Their fighting strength is un-
impaired. Meantime in response To
the call of the government 3OOOOo
fresh recruits have joined the British
army voluntarily. Many new divisions
are already III IioNcSS vi va h''''""N''
and the number of recruits now enlist
ing each day are equal To one DIVISION
and n half The whole empire is alb
solutely united and firmly resolved to
carry the war to a successful issue.
Russians Invading Germany.
Great Russian armies have invad-
cd east Prussia and are on the point OF
entering central Germany. The Aus
TRANS have been decisively beaten hrst
by the Servians at Shabatz and on the
river Drina and afterwards by the
Russians in Galicia. They have apan-
doned their campaign against SerNi3
and have lost the fortified city of Lem
berg.
"Outside Europe the japanese Meet
and force of troops are blockadlnE
Using Tao i'm China. The German col
ony of Togoland in west Africa mas
been surrendered to an Anglo-French
force. By the capture of the Gernh'"
armed vessel Wissman on Lake Nyls-
sa the control of the whole OF Lake
Nvassa has been secured to Great
Britain. Trade and industry in an
British colonies remains undlsturpt"
The colony of Samoa in the Pacihc
has been taken by force from New
Zealand"