Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-11-27
JAPAN IS READY
To SEND LARGE
ARMY TO EUROPE
READY AND WILLING TO ADD
HALF MILLION MEN TO AL
LIED FORCES IN TWO
MONTHS TIME.
KING ALBERT OF BELGIUM
SHOOTS HIS CHAUFFEUR
Latter Was Attempting to Deliver
Ruler Into Hands Of German
American Relief Supplies
Reach Rotterdam ON
Way to Belgium.

London, Nov. 23.-Arthur Diosy.
founder of the Japan society and an
authority on Anglo-Japanese affairs.
says Japan is ready to furnish q
large army if found necessary to in
crease the Allied forces in Europe.
"The Japanese army is in state Of
readiness" says Mr.. Diosy, " and It
necessary to increase the Allied
forces in Europe Japan is willing and
ready to supply Immediately a large.
admirably equipped and highly eff
cient army. The Trans-Siberian rail-
way and an ample supply of Japan
ese steamships would make trans
portation of half million men in
two months easy
King Kills Chauffeur.
New York, Nov. 23.-Etienne
Gouraud, who has arrived on the
Cameronia from Glasgow, said he
was with King Albert of Belgium
when the latter shot his chauffeur
for an attempt to deliver him to the
German army.
Gouraud, who lived in 1ronton,
Mich. was Belgian reservlst who
became one of the kings body
guard.
eve were going in one of the
royal automobiles from one point in
the Belgian lines to another" he
said, "when the king realized we
were ON the wrong road, nine miles j
from the lines. -. IN
1.-THE king stood up in the car. and
pointing his revolver at the chauf-i,,
feur, ordered him to stop: Then We
searched the chauffeur apd+:found in
his pocket check for $4,000 marks
drawn on the Reichbank. in Berlin.
"The chauffeur admitted the check
had been given to him to get the king
within the German lines, and that
payment had been promised on It
when he accomplished his treachery.
King Albert then shot him dead and
we sped back to safety"
Demonstration in Palestine.
Berlin, Nov. 49,, (Via The HaGusss=
"A dispatch from Jaffa, Palestine.
says great war demonstrations were
held in that town November 10.
Prayers were offered at the Omar
II mosque for the success Of Turkey.
VI Austria and Germany and their Eal-
ers. Later there were manifasta-
| lions in the barracks, says the mes-
1 sage and there were demonstrations
OF sympathy at the Austrian and
.k.German consulates.
Heavy Fight In Poland.
| Petrograd, Nov. ;23.-The German
column between the Warta and Wis
tula rivers, according to today's Of
fetal reports from Russian Poland.
4 comprises elk army corps and pre-
seats front IS miles in extent. The
two rivers prevent fianking by either
side hence the fighting consists Of
straight frontal attacks in3which the
losses to both armies are heavy. but
neither side has been able to gain
a market advantage.
The Germans, military observers
contend, cannot advance further in
this region since the Russian concen-
tration, which was delayed by bad
roads and lack of railroads, is nov
now complete. Dispatches received
in Petrograd from Tiflis, Trans-Cau
'casia, explain. that the halt in the
Russian advance toward Koprykie
was due to the discovery of the fac
that the entire Turkish army wa
massed at Erzerum, the Russian'
contenting themselves, 1t is said
with holding their positions whtl'
awaiting reinforcements.
London, Nov. 23.-Artillery activ
ity by Germans marked the day II
the Flanders, France, nghting whil'
in the eastern theatre the Russian
and Germans, continue to hurl ire
mendous forces at each other be
tween The Warta and Vistula river
In vain endeavor to pierce eacl
others line.
Capture Turkish Vessel.
An Athens dispatch says that Brit
ish destroyers captured q Turkish
sailing vessel on which two German
officers were disguised, proceeding t.
Smyrna. It adds that the Anglo
French squadron fred on some Turk
ish torpedo boats in the Dardanelles
but the latter disappeared.
Ypres Bombarded.
Paris, Nov. 23.-The following
official communication was issue!
tonight: "Today there was violen
bombardment Of Ypres, during which
the market place and the town hal
were destroyed. In the region 0
Scissors and Vailly there was rathe
strong cannonading.
London, Nov. 23.-The Rockefel
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