The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-23
Activity Increases

London. April 22-g:t5 D. mD-Gowing accounts of the strength and condition of the British army and of the srmt increase m the output Of munitions. which, Il Is expected, next month will amount to z5 times what it was last September given bF David Lloyd-Gcorge. chancellor of the eNchequer, and Harold J. rennant. par liamentary secretary Of the war office in the House of Commons, have increased enthusiasm and confidence of the people of England in the war.
 Suprlementing the chancellor's state- ment that Great Britain has more than 36 divisions of troops on the continent, and that the output of munitions has in- creased enormously, Mir Tennant today. speaking on behaf of the secretary of var Lord Kitchener, declared that re- cruiting had been most satisfactory and grotifyingi that the health of the troops was splendid and that the wounded were in the London hospitals ei hours after they were stricken in France. He wished to impress on the country the necessity Qf incieasi sing the supplies of artillery afis muntion aiding There is no limit to the amount required"
 The frankness of the cabinet ministers
 In making known the number of men at tae front and the reports that reach Lon don from various sources have convinced the people that at least the big effort against Germany and Turkey Is about to COZ menee. Both in he-Aegean and North seas there are signs of increasing ae- tivitN. From today all steamboat com mrnication with Holland is stopped by order of the British government
 Taken In connection with the news from Berlin that British submarines have been in the Blight of Hegoland. where the German admiralty lays claim to hav- ing sunk one and perhaps more. this is believed to foreshadow some movement in the North sea while there Is no longer any endeavor to hide the fact that d big Anglo-French force is prepared 10 go as General D'Amande the French commander. has said, "to any point where it is required"
 German report says that part of this force, which is under command of Gen eral Sir Ian Hamilton, has heen landed at lsnos a Turkish town near the Turko- Bulgarian border on the northern side of the Gulf of saros. under the support of the allied fleet. Al the same time there is news of transports loaded with troops passing the Island of I.emnos. not far from the entrance Of the Darda- nelcs, and of others belng sighted off smyrna, on the coast of Asia Minor.
 This makes 1t uncertain where the blow Is to be struck. There are Anglo French troops in the Aegean sen, including Sen egalese, who were transferred from France. and British "Tommies'' from the outposts of tie empire which. with tho disappearance of the last German raiders. are considered safe from attack.
 Turks Defeated
 Farther east. in Mesopotamia the Turk ish army sent to bar the British ad- vance from the head of the Persian gulf. after having suffered G00o casualties. is in full retreat, harassed not only by tho British, but by Arab tribesmen. whom they had enlisted on their side, and who. now that the Turks have been defeated, have turned against them.
 Nearer home the British are holding tenaciously to Hill 60, near Ypres, which they captured from the Germans Sat urday and which the Germans since have been trying to retake. The French arc pressing hard on the two sides of the German triangle in the Woevre.
 The Russians according to their ac- counts are repusing repeated Austrian attacks southeast of Lupko pass In the Carpathians and are holding their own against the Austro-German efforts on their Hanks near Gorlice, in western Ga- licia and Stry, in the eastern part of the same province These attacks apparently are being made with the object of hold ing the Russians where they are while Germans are preparing to strike at the Russian lines at some other point. fpossi- blv from the direction of Cracow. Although rumors are many and dlver- gent no definite news has been received of Italy's intentions. While dispatches indicate that the tension between Rome and Vienna has slackened the belief is general that before many weeks both usly and some of the Balkan states
 will assume q more definite attitude.