Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-11-21

The fighting on the northwestern
flank is now III a particularly savage
character. A considerable number of
the wounded suffer from bayonet
thrtlsts which often pass completely
through parts of the bodies of men
Buried $4,000 Germans
AS showing the huge German losses
in the Ypres region it is stated that
the British soldiers have buried more
than twenty-five thousand Germans.
There are many great piles of German
dead around Dixmude, which it has
been impossible to bury on accountfof
the continuous fighting. Dixmude is
a heap of ruins. German aeroplanes
have been very active.
German Weeks Loss $4,000.
The German casualty lists for last
week amount to 81, 900. The total to
date is about 100000 Reports from
stations for convalescents show that
thousands of wounded have already re-
turned to the front and others are
being used as instructors for new for
nations.
How Turkey Entered War.
Turkish battle cruisers bombarded
two Russian Black Sea ports, damag-
ing property considerably, and sank
two or three small Russian war yes
sells, a few days ago. The Turkish
ships, recently bought from Germany,
were commanded by German officers.
This attack on Russia and this I'M
declared entry into the great European
conflict caused Russia, France, Eng
land Italy and Greece to prepare at
once to clean Turkey off the European
map. Seeing the handwriting on the
wall, Turkey then offered to apologize
for the attack.
Russia and her allies replied that
an apology might be arranged if Tur-
key would pay for damage done, take
the German officers from the warships
that made the attacks and dismantle
these vessels until after the war. To
this proposition Turkey did not reply.
SheIIed Turkish Fort.
After twenty-four hours of uncer-
tainty, during which hope was ex-
pressed that the porte might make
amends for the incidents in the Black
Sea, the British admiralty announced
that the British cruiser Minerva had
destroyed the Turkish barracks at
Akabah on the Turko-Egyptian from
tier Akabah is at the head of the
Sea, $50 miles east of Suez.
Comes as No Surprise.
Turkeys entry into the war is not a
surprise Ever since hostilities start
ed reports have come of the mobiliza-
ton of the sultans army. Always they
have been denied.
German officers have been drilling
the Ottoman soldiers for several
months For several years it has been
known that the kaiser was aiding the
sultan in his military preparations.
The German military system was drill
ed into the Turkish soldiers and in the
later Balkan war the German hand
could be recognized in the movements
of the Turkish army. 4-
1t has been said that Germany sup
piled the Ottoman government with
large sums of money. Great Britain
warned Turkey to keep off, and recent
advices from Constantinople indicated
that Turkey intended to maintain her
neutrality.
Means New Balkan War.
Meanwhile Turkey has been under
surveillance by the Allies. Its action
| in the present attack on Russian sea
ports has not been explained, but it is
! possible that her injection into the
| war may bring to arms some of the
Balkan states which have up to the
! present remained quiescent.
Austro-German Retreat Ends.
| Events in Poland would appear to
| be shaping themselves for renewal
! of the fighting between the main
forces of Russia and the Austro-Ger-
man allies, according to German Off
| cial dispatches The Austrians and
| Germans have completed their retire
ment to new positions previously Sc
| lected by them. When the vanguards
| of the Russians who were following
| them came into touch with this new
! line, there were several encounters in
in which the Russians were driven off
Russian Advance in SuwaIki.
The Russian forces advancing
| through Russian Poland continue to
press back the Germans in the gov
eminent of Suwalki while beyond the
Vistula they have occupied Piotrko,
Opoczno and Ozarow The Germans
have now been pushed within twenty
miles of their positions along the
/ Warta river.
"Charity Feedeth Multitude"
King Albert of Belgium has asked
the American people, through the
American Committee for relief in Bel
| GUM, to help feed his starving people