The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-10-16

men an advisory board to coop
| crate with the regular medical staff
| in the prevention of epidemiCs.
! A correspondent in Italy reports
! that the war fever in that country is
abating, even the most determined an
| ti-Austrians now agreeing that no bel
! ligerent move should be made before
next spring.
Turkey continues in truculent
mood and trouble already may nave
begun in the Black sea, where hcaI y
firing has been heard. and where It IS
believed the German cruisers GOeDan
and Breslau. which have been sold to
Turkey, may have been engaging tA2
Russian fleet.
Ostend is virtually a deserted 'ity.
its docks still crowded Nth terror
stricken refugees intent only on get
ting as far as possible from the scenes
of suffering.
The PREPARATION Of Belgian fugitives
promises to become a serious problem
both in England and Holland, and
these countries may call Oh the United
States to assist in this work. Further
detachment of Canadian troops are
landing today.
GERMANS IN COPENHAGEN.
Germans arriving here" says the
Times Copenhagen correspondent
state that owing to failure of the Rus
slams to make progress against the
Germans have decided to Immediately
transfer considerable masses of troops
from the eastern to the western fronts
for an advance on Paris.
This transfer probably already has
begun ordinary train traffic is de-
layed As hours"
From the same source. the CORE
spondent says he learns that there IS Il
large amount of sickness among the
German troops.
plans for the occupation of Paris
drawn up by the Germans before tie
battle of the Marne," continues the
correspondent, contemplated a de-
mand for an indemnity of billion dol
lars and unless the entire sum was
paid within fortnight property If
equal value was to have been taken to
Berlin, including art works and libra
ries, and retained there until full sat
isfaction of the indemnity was made,
The Ostend correspondent of the
Central News reports that in the fight
ing east of Client Sunday the allies
met with reverse.
"They had been driven out Of one
position after another all Saturday
night by German artillery" the CORE
spondent says, and in the morning
one was ambused and suffered heavy
losses. The retreat, however. was con-
tinued in good order toward Thourout,
where fighting continued Monday and
Tuesday.
This force finally withdrew into
France and there has been heavy FIR |
ing in the neigaborhood of Dunkirk."
The same despatch says the Belgian |
army has been ordered to an unnamed |
point to recuperate.
A despatch from Petrograd to the !
Messagero of Rome says that the !
Austro- German army yesterday was !
completely defeated IN the neighbor !
hood of Warsaw, Russian Poland. The !
Austrians and Germans suffered enor |
nous losses. The Russians are stated |
to have taken thousands of prisoners.
SINKS A LINER.
The admiralty announces that the |
British cruiser Yarmouth has sunk the
German Hamburg American line |
steamer Markomannia in the vicinity
Of Sumatra and has captured and is
taking into a harbor the Greek steamer
Pontports
Both the Markomannta and the Pont-
ports have been reported previously as
the German cruiser En-
fen. The Yarmouth has sixty German
prisoners of war on board.
The Markomannia had gross ton II
mage of 1905 and was engaged In the II
African service.
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