South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-01
War Has Made This a Most
Disastrous Year Abroad
1914 Charged With Greatest War in History
Germans Almost Reach Pars-Surprse
World by Work Of Submarines and Big
Guns-New Pope is Elected

/ austria s defeat being almost decisive
Germany sent her troops into Russian
/ territory. but soon retreated toward
| home ground. and Russian troops pnsb
/ ed into eastern Prussia But they n
turn had 10 Zee before German re-eD
| fOrcements The Russians once NOR,
organized and pressed back the Ger
mans 10 their own country Then cam
the memorable second march OF the
Germans toward Warsaw. In the mean
time the Austrians had captured Bel
grade the Servian capital but were
'ater compelled TO evacuate the city
The entrance OF the Turkish govern
oent into the war after having eur
7v noUrhf fbp German
Goeben and BresIan created indigna-
ton among Christians. as sooD after
Turkeys attack ON russian shipping
and towns on the Back SEA she de.
CARED holy war
Submarine Surprise.
On the sea the biggest surprise OF the
war was the WORK OF the submarine
When the world was appr1>ed OF the
sinking of the British cruisers Cressl
AbouRir and Hogue a. wei as To,
Pathfinder by the German submarln,
% nearly all on board drowning 3
stood aghast at the possibilities OF In
little craft Great Britain also iost IN
cruiser Hawke IN ike manner wnil
the blowing up OF the DrpadnOugh
Audac1ous on the Irish coast was du.
il Is thought to a mine. rhe Britl>
ship BulwRrk came IN contact with
mine near the mouth OF the rhame;
not far from London.
fleet OF British waTships unde
command of Admiral CradOck met ID
assembled German ships OF the cOa>
Of Chile ard gave battle The Brltis
were defeated losing two ships. Wit
their men. including the admiral tn,
Germans suffered little damage 1,
avenge this England sent ont a strong
fleet. which sank four OF the Germa
vessels. with nearly 1000 men. ON To
south Atlantic coast OF South America
short time before this battle tn
German cruiser Emden. under Cap
tain Won Muller. was DESTROYED by az
Australian cruiser. thereby freeing tn
Indian ocean OF what nad proved TO o,
a most disastrous enemy TO the allies
shipping
Everything else in Europe was side
tracked immediately upon the opening
of hOstiitles. Even the Irish home
rule trouble lost its momentum. which
otherwise might have plunged the
Catholics and PrOtestants OF ITeiano
into a great war After a third pa
sage of the home rule dill by the nous.
of commons 1t became law May -.
Plus < Died. New Pope Elected.
Closely allied With events i'm Europt
since war began was the death OF
Pope Plus x. on Aug 20 Although o,
had been feeble. his death was not ex
pected by the world. Zen days lateI
the cardinals met TO elect a new pope
choosing from their ranks Carolina
Giacomo Della Chiesa on Sept 3. Two
days later he was crowned In Rome a.
Benedict XIV.
The killing OF Editor CASTOR Cal
mette of the Paris Figaro by Nine
Caillaux. wife OF the French minister
OF finance on March 10 threatened to
be as sensational as the Captain Drey-
fus affair. but after a remarkable trial
she was acquitted by the jury.
On the western hemisphere the Mex
lean affair has created the most TN
usual news features of the year. but
its d0ings have become SO closely as
ISOLATED with ours in recent years that
II cannot be classed as news OF the
year abroad. The revolutionary ont
break in Lima. Peru. is noteworthy.
This resulted In the killing OF Premier
Varela and the deposition of President
Rillinghurst MOratoriums were de
clared In several OF the South Ameri
can republics because OF the European
war. and the imports and exports OF
all the republics were affected. mas
much as they relied greatly on Euro
pean trade.
Death has taken SIS share OF not.
ables abroad this year. Most promi-
nent of all the deaths. exclusive OF the
pope and the Austrian imperial pair
was that of Lord Roberts. the famous
English fighter. who died while visit
ing the soldiers In France. Lord
Strathcona. Canadian capitalist ana
statesman. Jean l. Jaures. French SO
cialist leader twho was aSs3ssiGated,:
Joseph Chamberlain. English states
man. and King Charles OF Henmanis
were among those who passed away