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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-11-06

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gen, prompt 5u oerbaften uno benz
Susenbri4ter oor5ufiibren.
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Colorado Win. Dry Farm Prize.

Denver. - Governor Ammons re-
turned to Denver elated at the show
ing made by Colorado at the Interna-
tional Dry Farming congress held in
Wichita, Kan. Although Colorado's
exhibit was prepared hurriedly It
easily surpassed those of all visiting
states and was awarded second prize,
Kansas. which had twenty-five coun-
ty exhibits. taking first. Many West
ern states were represented. and
states as far south as Louisiana sent
exhibits. Governor Ammons was the
only visiting governor on Governors
day, but many of the state executives
sent representatives. The sentiment
in the congress now, according to the
governor. is strongly In favor of hold
ing the next meeting of the congress
In Denver. Other cities are after the
congress, however. Governor Hodges.
in his welcoming speech. urged the
Colorado executive to come to Kansas
to live. extolling the virtues of tie
latter state Replying at the opening
of his address on "Co-Operation OF
Western states" Governor Ammons
said: with Billy Sunday trying to
run all the liquor out Of Colorado, and
Kansas trying to get the courts to
award her Colorado's water, 1t looks
as though I might be driven to leave
my state for lack of something to
drink"
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Germans Crashing on to ounkirk.

Paris.-Whiles occasional impatience
is manifested at the lack of decisive
news from the front. Parisians real
.ize the battles have been transformed
into veritable sieges with their COM
paratively slow operations. Even after
the battle from Dunkirk to Belfort is
decided. army officers are looking for
ward to still another siege.
1t will be in the extreme north. in
the opinion OF Lieutenant Colonel
Roussett. that important events will
be recorded. Concerning this he says:
.The French and English forces as
sembled between Ypres and the coast
are giving the right hand to those
who have advanced as far as the inn
mediate limits of Armentieres.
''In front the German troops. OF
which we do not know the strength
but which do not appear to be very
numerous, are installed upon the line
ostend to Thourout and Menin. 1t
appears then that the encounter will
be in the vicinity of lname of place
deleted by censors). the distance be-
tween the adversaries being 80 kilo
metres twenty mDes) or more"
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statement the British ambassador at
Constan;inopie has ordered the Ia
dies of the embassy 70 leave The
Statement, also declares that, dis
patches from Sofia confirm the re-
port that the Russian feet Is sailing
scuthward across the siack Sea II
is stated that the Turkish govern
n,ent fatly declined a demand from
the entente powers TO dismiss Ger
man naval officers assisting in tiie
Turkish navy.
eermany's Present Strength.
From reliable Information CORE
spcndent is able TO give the strength
of Germany's force at present en-
gagged. They consist OF ffty-tour army
corps OF first line troops and twenty
seven army corps of reserves, total
ing about 200. 900 men. These forces
are distributed as follows:
In France. twenty-four corps: Bel
GUM. six. Thorn and Cracow, eleven:
East Prussia. thirteen. In addition
there are one and half million terri
to.ials garrisoned in Germany and a
half million RECRUITS expected. TO be
fully trained by November.
Prussian Losses 2f1.coo.
London--The forty-four lists Of
losses in the Prussian army which
have been published contain a total Of
2i1.0o0 killed. wounded and missing.
according 10 Reuter- Telegram Com
pany dispatch from Amsterdam The
lists do not include the losses among
the Bayar.ans, Saxons and wurten-
burgians.
Disease Epidemic Threateaed.
An epidemic of disease threatens
the battle line In the Western thsater
OF operations. according to Major
Louis Seaman OF the United States
army. an expert in military SANTA
tion and surgery, who has reached
London from France. The men living
in the trenches are unable to observe
the sanitary rules. Major Seaman
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U. $. TROOPERS WOUNDED.
villa Forces Defeated With Heavy
Losses in Attack on Naeo.

villa Forces Defeated With Heavy
Losses in Attack on Naeo.
Naco, Ariz.-It was learned that the
Maytorena forces. partisans of the
Villa faction in the Mexican imbroglio,
had been defeated with heavy losses
during their attack on Naco, Sonora
and that $50 wounded had been
brought here. a.
The Sonora governor not only disre,
garded the armistice fixed by the Ag-
uas Calientes conference. but attacked
the town from due south, although he
had previously assured American Off
cials that he had given orders to pre-
vent fire against the American town.
Bullets from the rifles Of the In
dians, who hurled themselves against
the. entrenchments of the Carranza
forces under General Hill. passed to
this village. Seven persons were
wounded, including four negro troop
ers of the Ninth U. S. cavalry, on duty
here to protect the American town.
Two of the most seriously wounded
troopers, neither OF whom is expected
to live, were sent to the army hos
prtal at Fort Huachuca.
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Aoree to Terms Of Evacuation.

Vera Cruz.-John R. Silliman, Pres.
ident Wilson's personal representative
in Mexico. before leaving here for
Mexico City reported to the State De
partment at Washington that General
Aguilar had promised to grant all the
demands of the United States in con
nection with the evacuation of Vera
Cruz. The Presidents representative
said that he believed that the generals
promises to accede to the demands
would satisfy Wilson.
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trgese possessions in Africa, which
adjoin these of Germany.
kaisers' Headquarters in France.
Removal of the kaiser's leadquar-
ters further into France and an expla-
nation that the German-Belgium cam
paign includes a march partly to-
wards the French frontier was con-
tined in an official statement made
public in Berlin.
Germans Sink fuss Cruiser.
Petrograd.-An official communion
ton Just issued announces that Octo-
Der II the Russian armored cruiser
Pallada was torpedoed IN the Baltic
Sea by German submarine and sank
with all her crew.
Turkey and Portugal Now.
There is strong indication that Tur-
key and Portugal will be drawn into
the war. Portugal has not declared
war on Germany, but partial mo5.-
li2affon of its forces has been ordered.
Portugal has an alliance with Great
Britain, the sympathy Of the country
is known to be with the Allies, and It
has had some small difficulties with
the Germans in Africa.
The former German cruisers Goeben
and Eres!au, which sought refuge in
Turkish waters when driven out of
the Mediterranean by the British and
French warships, may be responsible
for the involvement of Turkey. AL
though these ships ostensibly were
sold to Turkey. they are still Differed
and manned by Germans.
May Attaek constantinopIe.
Notwithstanding to a war office
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prison society Book. wi.hheld.

Denver-The Colorado Prison AS.
sociation has refused to state public
examiners department access to its
books for an examination. II has
done so upon the ground that it is a
private organization, although it oc-
cupies rooms in the capitol building.
w. II. Porter, state public examiner,
made the request for the books. His
request was prompted by petition OF
Miss Amanda b. Byrd that he examine
the organizations accounts. which, she
declares. are not properly kept.
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STATECAPITAL
NEWS
Wfs;eTn NesF5aspcT Union NsWH sf'Nler-
THIRTEEN COUNTIES PROTEST
Ask Board Of Equalization for Relief
From Raises Made by Tax Com
mission.

Ask Board OF Equalization for Relief
From Raises Made by Tax Conn
mission.
commissioners and attor-
neys for thirteen of the twenty-four
counties 6f the state whose aggregate
assessed valuations were raised by
the State Tax Commission appeared
before the State Board of Equalization
in the governors office and protested
against the increases.
Counties represented and the
amounts OF the increases are: Ell
Paso. s953.si0; Rio Grande. $1,17o.-
200: Denver. $s0.S77.050; Fremont.
$l.Ss0.400; Bent. 31.1l0,o00; Montrose.
$1.535.700 Larimer. $1,943.300; Grand.
s5o1.0 900; Weld. s12.3s0.S60; Prowers.
ss.33O.s70. Alamosa, s1.o16,ooo: Phil
lips. ss51.S7O: Sasuache. $2..5o.ooo-
The aggregate increase ordered by
the tax commission is $135.054.175.
In considering these cases Attorney
General Farrar made the ruling for
the board that under the Lothrop de-
cision by the State Supreme Court.
upheld by that court in the Pitcher
case a year ago. the aggregate state
assessed valuation as fixed by the tax
commission is final and that the state
Board of Equalization has authority
only to equalize between counties.
Thus, he said. If any reduction in as
sessment is made for one county the
same amount must be added to the
assessed valuation Of one or more
counties the board may deem to be
assessed too low.
Exception to this ruling was taken
by several of the attorneys present.
but it was announced that the board
would stand back OF this ruling. sup
ported as it is by decisions OF the
State Supreme Court.
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been bored out by machinery to a
width of five and depth OF seven
millimeters, Near Fort Longwy me-
chanical contrivance was discovered,
serving to alter the bullets of finished
cartridges in the above fashion There
also were whole cases fall of such
cartridges CAPTURED 1t is therefore
beyond doubt that cartridges of this
type have been dealt out to the troops
by the French army authorities.
AS regards the effect of these hol-
low top bullets, commonly known as
dumdum bullets. the softer leaden nu-
cleus will, at the impact. emerge from
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front extending through PiotrkoS,
ninety miles southwest of Warsaw,
kielce and Busk on the Bug river,
thirty miles east Of Lemberg.
The bulk OF tie Russian troops are
on the east bank OF the Vistuia, but
portion OF their forces are still on
the west side OF the river
PrzemysI Siege Lifted.
The Austrian stronghold OF Pre-
mysI. Germsn official statement
says, is now entirely freed of the Rus
sian siege. The Russians are reported
TO be in fortified positions along the
line of Stry, Sambor and Medyka,
which now are being attacked by the
Austrians This line is Supposed to
keep in check the direct Austrian ad-
vance from Przemysl toward Lem
berg.
Austrian Defeat in Bosnia.
An official statement issued by the
Monfenegrin consul general announces
the overwhelming defeat Of an army
of 5000 Austrians near Saraievo by
the combined MorteneGrin and Sery-
ian armies. The battle ragged two
days. with enormous losses On beth
sides.
Germans Win in Poland.
German victories. against Russia
near Seh.rwindt and Warsaw. in which
IL 900 prisoners, 81 guns and IL ma
chine guns were car;ured. were re-
ported to the German ambassador al
Washington by the Berlin foreign Of
flee
Cholera Spreads in Hungary.
According 10 reports reaching Ven
ice. cholera is masking rapid strides
Hungary and the progress
of the disease Is causing alarm among
the PEOPLE.
Pertugese Troops TO Africa.
Two expeditionary forces OF Portu-
gese troops. for one OF which English
transports were used. have sailed from
Lisbon to re-enforce garrisons in Por-
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eoxernor Parole. Runaway Youth.

Denver.-Governo Ammons granted
a parole to Emil Nerker, youth who
was sentenced under the name OF Am
NAL Murthe. to serve eighty days in
the Denver county jail for vagrancy.
After the young man had been sent to
the Jail his mother. who lives in Quin-
cy, ILL.,. discovered his whereabouts
and came to Denver. She said her son
had run away from home six months
before and that she had been unable
to find him.
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DEFEAT OF COTTON RELIEF
MADE BASIS FOR STRUGGLE
AGAINST LEGISLATION.
HARDEST Hit
BEER. WINES, coRoiALs, PERFuM-
cry, COSMETICS AND CHEW
ING GUM ARE TAXED.

Western Newspaper Union News SeFNiee- 2 |,T
Washington. = The administration
war revenue bill leyying approximate
" S1OO, ,0Oo. 10000 additional taxes, to
meet the emergency caused BY the
war in Europe. was passed by ,the
Senate, "a to 22, after southern Demo-
Gratis in coalition with Republicans OF
the Senate desperately fought to In
definitely postpone consideration OF
the measur hncause cotton relief leg
islation hat IN decisively defeated.
The main provisions of the $loo.oOo,-
0O0. 90 war revenue bill are as follows:
Tax on beer, $1.75 barrel; recti-
fled whiskey. cents gallon; all do
nestle still wines, S cents gallon,
and 55 cents a gallon on all grape
brandies used in fortification thereof;
champasnes, 25 cents a quart; carbon
ated wines, 10 cents quart; liquor
and cordials, "a cents gallon; bank
ers, 81 per $1,000 of capital, surplus
and undivided profits; pawnbrokers'
$50 a year: commercial brokers. so;
commission merchants. $40; custom
house brokers, SO: proprietors OF the-
aires. museums and concert halls with
seating capacity of not more than SoV'
s25 a year; not exceeding 600 capacity
$50: not exceeding 1000, $40; more
than 1000, $100: circuses, s10O- oth-
er amusement proprietors or agents
except Chautauquas. lecture lyceums'
agricultural or Industrial fairs or ex-
hibitions under religious or charitaDie
auspices-$lO: bowling alleys and BIZ
lard rooms, IS for each alley or table.
Special annual taxes on tobacco
dealers and manufacturers:
Dealers In leaf tobacco. from Sc to
$24: dealers in tobacco. $3.50 for each
store: manufacturers Of tobacco, with
annual sales not Exceeding lOo'ooo
pounds, Sc; not exceeding 2Oo,Voo
pounds, S12;' not exceeding 100000
hounds, S24; not exceeding 100000
pounds, SEQ; 100000 pounds, $500;
10 900 .Oco pounds. 5000; 20.00o.ooo
pouads, $1,000; exceeding 10000. 600
pounds. $s.49e. a5s
Manufacturers of cigars. whose an
nua sales do not e,ceed 100000 ci-
cigars. s12; 1000, 900. $50: 100000.
$3.50; 2O.O00.o0o. 600: 100000. sl'2oo;
excee0iES 4U,UVV,VVV, SS,fSV.
Manufacturers OF cigarettes with an
nual sales not exceeding 100000 ci-
earettes, s12; e.oOo.Ooo. ssi; 5,ooo,ooo,
500; 10000, 1000. $12o: 10000, 5000;
100 900, 900. $1,000; exceeding 100000
600, $2,436.
1000 ,O0o, 900, $c.496.
Stamp taxes as follows:
Perfumery. cosmetics and similar
articles from one-eighth of a cent for
each scent package to fiye-eisths OF
a cent. on each 25-cent package and
fiye-eighths of a cent for each addi-
tional 25 cents in value; chewing gum
4 cents for each $40 oof value; spark
ling wines not otherwise taxed, 1
cent for pints and cents for all lars'
er containers.
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YoU cIH SAVE M0NEY 1Y
wRARIN6 ", L, DOUGLAS SHOES.
sally From the kI.ehen.

Does this war they're talking SO
much about make much difference to
your"
"The missus says we've got to econ
omize, SO we're to have margarine
with meals in the kitchen"
Doesn't she have 1t, them"
mot her. She says it don't suit her
digestion. But there's nothing wrong
with her digestion. We know that
For as often as not We send her up
the margarine and have the butter
ourselves. Tit-Bits.
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GERMANS COMPLAIN AGAIN
ABOUT DUMDUM BULLETS

Neutrality-suspicious. Won Bernstcrft,
the German ambassador has issued
the following statement under the
heading, authorized by the imperial
government:
I'm possession of French soldiers.
who were made prisoners. particularly
near Schirmek. Montmedy and Lon
Ewy, numerous steel mantle projec-
tiles were found, tbs top OF which had
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eeard to Probe Exee.. Train Fares.

Denver.-The State Public Utilities
Commission, upon its own Initiative.
filed a suit of investigation against all
the railroads in Colorado who ask ex-
cess fares from travellers on trains.
The board will hold hearings begin
ming Oct 26.
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the steel mantle and fatten out. thus
causing peculiarly cruel wounds and
needless suffering. The same is to be
said of the mantle. which when torn
open, produces heavy laceration in the
organic tissues.
The use OF all such .projectiles is
prohibited by the rules OF interna-
tional law, more especially by Article
23, Paragraph |. Section E OF The
Hague regulations for war on land
and The Hague declaration of July %,
1899. relating to the prohibition OF
proiect.les which easily expand or
fiatten in the human body"
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said. Heretofore good weather has
favored both sides, but now the
nights are growing cold.
The major visited all the hospitals
and said that dysentery and pneu-
monia are prevalent. Many wounded
soldiers are dying of infection. due
mainly to shrapnel wounds and to de-
lay in applying first aid. Many are
left two or three days on the battle
field without attention.
Refugees Grave Problem.
What to do with the refugees OF
the war is a grave problem that has
been forced on all the governments
OF Europe. belligerent and neutral.
Fully five hundred thousand people
fled from Antwerp.
Many small Dutch towns have been
forced to close their gates. as they
cannot accommodate any more refugees.
France and England are feeling the
pressure. too. especially France. 1t is
calculated that almost l million more
persons have fled into Central. West.
ern and Southern France from the
north and northeast of France and
from Belgium.
All of these are destitute in the lit
eral sense of the word-without
money, without clothes texcept such
as they are wearing. without homes
or belongings OF any kind. They are
beset by hunger and disease. and their
.sufferings have been such that their
spirits are broken, and it is impossible
to expect them to do useful work that
will compensate for the cost OF feed
ing and housing them.
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May Change Names Of Streams.

Denver-Governor Ammons has is.
sued call for "a meeting to be held
in the Senate chamber of state ad-
visory committee to recommend the
adoption of new names of mountains.
rivers and streams in Colorado.
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TEUTON SHIPS
SUNK BY CRUISER
FRENCH RETAKE ARMENTiEREs
RAILWAY JUNCTION ON
BELGIAN FRONTIER.
DISTRESS IN POLAND
TWO HUNDRED LOCOMOTIVES,
AND MANY RIFLES CAP
ruRED AT osTENo.

Western Sew<paper Union News Service
London. Oct l9.-The BritisA navy
accounted for four more German de-
stroyers. which were engaged and
sunk off the Dutch coast Saturday af-
ternoon by British cruiser and four
torpedo boat destroyers. One officer
and four men were wounded. Fifty
one Germans were captured.
According TO an announcement made
by the secretary of the British ad-
miralty. the British vessels in action
were the light cruiser Undaunted and
the torpedo boat deetroyers Lance,
Lennon. Legion and Loyal
Thus the British sailors have taken
speedy revenge for the sinking Of the
British cruiser Hawk by German
submarine Thursday.
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Au.trians Capture 5000 Russians.


Berlin.--"Heavy German mortars
have been placed east Of the fortress OF
Belfort. where the fighting already has
begun" says an official report. The
Germans SO far are gaining ground
The statement continues:
"The Austrians have taken great
part of the Russian Notifications east
of Przemysl. and since the reopening
by them OF offensive operations In
Galicia have taken $1,000 Russian
prisoners.
Great distress is raging in Poland.
A deputation asked assistance Of the
Pe.rograd government, which intends
the Introduction Of an income tax.
Headquarters reports that the
Germans took. at Bruges and Ostend,
much war material. large number
of infantry rifles and ammunition, and
two hundred locomotives ready for
use" This was the text of an official
message to the German embassy from
Berlin.
All signs indicate that a tremen-
dous change is impending in the pro-
tracted struggle in northern France
where for weeks the hostile armies
have faced each otEer in such strong
ly-entranched positions that neither
has been able to advance except at
enormous cost.
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Gov. Ammo n. Talk. at Wichita.

Denver.-Governor Ammons went to
Wichita. Kan. where he delivered an
address upon Live Stock as Basis
for Dry Farming" before the Interna-
tional Dry Farming Congress.
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griffith Renamed for state School.

Denver-Governor Ammons reap
pointed former State Senator Charles
d. Griffith member of the board of
commissioners of the State Home and
Training School for Mental Defec-
tives.
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Autoi... Hurt When Machine skids.

Canon City.-Mrs. ]. H. P. Smith,
wife of a wealthy coal operator o!
Crested Butte, Colo. and her father.
]. T. Johnson, 81, were seriously In
iured when an auto in which they were
riding to Canon City skidded on
Brookside hill, three miles south OF
here and plunged into a creek.
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Have One Good Use.

Il suppose. farmer, that the crows
created the havoc with your corn this
year,"
"Gawsh. no. I put up er scarecrow
dressed in the kind er rig the women
are wearin' nowadays, and it scared
the daylights out of 'em. m."-Boston
Transcript.
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A woman naturally regards man
as a riddle when he prefers glass OF
beer to an ice cream soda.
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DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put up
40 years ago. They regulate and invigorate
stomach. liver and bowels. Sugarcoated
tiny granules. Adv.
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Important 10 AAotnefo
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA. a safe and sure remedy FOR
infants and children, and see that 1t
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From Last Year.

Kathryn-Did she wear picture
hat?
Kittye-Yes. an old master.
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Weeks Break Up-A-cold Tablets
A guaranteed remedy for Colds and
La Grippe. Price 25c of your druggist.
It's good. Take nothing else.-Adv.
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Foe Driven Back over Ys.r River.

Foe Driven Back Over User River.
London.-That the German army Is
between Furness and Dunkirk. and
nearing the latter place. which is on
the English channel, less than fifty
miles from the coast of Dover. is the
report that reached the war Eilistry
Sunday.
Heavy firing has been heard at
Dunkirk since eight o'clock this morn
ing. Severe fighting Is taking place.
1t is supposed that destroyers or gun
boats are being used in the canals
This is the text of q dispatch from
Dunkirk to the Daily Mail.
Two important successes in the bat
tie for Dunkirk and Calais. for the
possession of which the Germans are
striving. were credited to the allies in
the official communication issued In
Paris. The French were said to have
reoccupied Armentieres, an important
railway junction on the Belgian from
tier northwest of Lille. and to have
repulsed an attempt OF the Germans
to cross the river User. which flows
through that little corner OF west
Flanders which Is all Of Belgium which
remains In Belgian hands.
The battle which eliminated in Ar
mentieres again coming under French
influence hrted for week. during
which the fighting was hard and con-
tinuous. The town was seized by the
Germans last week. owing to Its i'm
portance as railway center. lines di-
verging from 1t in all directions
The allies also made an advance
north OF the La Bas canal between
that line and Arras aud at certain
pointc between Arras and the Disc.
The claims in the French official
communication are taken here to
mean that the German movement
westward has been checked.
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Pertugese Troops to Africa.
Two expeditionary forces OF Portu-
sese troops. for one OF which English
transports were used. have sailed from
Lisbon to re-enforce garrisons in Por-