, 1915-01-09

wapinp war under cover OF neutrality, and
our ammunition is being used in killing the
kinsmen of twenty-five million Americans.
A despatch from Buenos Aires states that
the Paraguayan revolution has talied and
that President Schaerer has been released
from the artillery barracks. Paraguay is tran
gull.
Dispatches from Chicago state that
1.25O.0 900 bushels Of wheat have been bought
for Belgium, making d total of 100000
bushels, costing over $4,000, 900, the great
est relief work of It's kind III history. The
price of wheat is S1.35 per bushel, beng the
maximum for forty years.
London, Jan. CHA Russian official com
muniqu6 states "On the left bank of the
Tlataia on Monday rifle ana artillery fire
continued. Round about and soath of Dor
gimow there have been separate engage
ments. In Galicia no essential notifications
are TO be noted. At the Uzsok Pass the
Austrians, in their retreat, were attacked by
our cavalry, which fell upon the flank and
rear, after having made their way by noun
tam paths INSTRUCTED by snow. In this at
tack we captured about ten officers and over
450 soldiers. The defeat which we inflicted
on the Ottoman army in the region Of Sari
Kamysch, Trans C%aucusia, is complete. The
Niuth Corps has been completely annihllated
and we made Iskhan Pasha, the Commander
of the corps prisoner, also the Commanders
of the Seventeenth, Twenty eighth, and
Twenty-uinth divisions with their statfs Of
over one hundred officers and a great num-
Der of soldiers. The Turkish losses in killed
aud wounded were enormous and we took
many cannon, machine guns, munitions OF
war and reyictualling conveys. A company
of our glorious regiments captured the en-
tire command of the Ninth Corps. Our
victorious troops are pursuing the rest OF
the Tenth Corps, which is trying to escape.
During the taking of Arabian one of our
Siberian regiments charged the enemy
and cut to pieces two companies OF
Turkish infantry. A squadron of the same
cavalry regiment captured q flag from the
8lh regiment Of i|nfantry belonging to Con-
stantinople. III Turks are retreatlng III all
directions.
Dispatches from Paris state that tho
Grand Duke Nicholas has telegraphed to
General Joffre as follows: Il hasten to in
form YOU of the joyful news that the army
of the Caucasus, Notwithstanding It's forces
were reduced to a minimum, with a view not
70 weaken the army in the principal theatre OF
the war, won two decisive victories on sun
and Monday against Turkish forces superior
in numbers. at Arabian, against the First
corps, and at Sari kamysch, against the
Ninth and Tenth corps. The entire Ninth
corps capttulated and the Tenth corps is max
ing every effort to Withdraw but is being
pursued by our troops General Joffre re-
piled: Il pray your Imperial Highness to
accept my warm Fluctuations on the great
victory yon by the army OF the Caucasus.
by their constant and uninterrupted efforts
in all the theatres of operations the Armies
of the Allies are preparing for the definite
victories 0f the futura
London, Jan. 6lh-Despatches from Berlin
state that the Franco English fleet attempt
ing to force the Dardanelles is being block
ed by very heavy bombardment from the
fortress, and one torpedo boat has been slight
ly damaged.
A Berlin official statement quotes optimis-
tic interpretations of the German, Austrian
and Russian bulletins.
The Cologne Gazette says: "Circum-
stances often compel MS TO swerye from the
right path aud answer lies by lies. This is
the only way 70 silence liars, but when the
strong arms of our soldiers have prevailed
we will be glad to return to the habit Of
strict trankness"
Dispatches from Rome state that replies
nave been received by the Pope from the
yOvereip ms with whom he sought to arrange