The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-10
GERMANS TAKE
 SAL PETE ER OUT
 DE ATM0S PHERE
War Demand Results in Peri lection of New Chem
 ical Process.
PR GUESSING TELLS
 or 7EEspVS WITHH15ID
Claims Japanese Cruiser was Sunk in Battle Off Talk
 land Islands.

Z q 2 German science spurred to EEFoU- ton by necessity has made a 0ReAt triumph in the field of chemicals in the midst of war. according to let ter received in this city by Dr.. Her man Duesdng, brother of Prof. Karl
 saitpeter, the base of sunpowder. which always has been imported from Chile and other places in South Aliaertra may now be manufactured cheapIy from the nitrogen clement in the atmosphere. Hitherto manu- pr0ht htbfE1ye-
 Prof Dueaing, writing to his broth- CT in R1idSeport, declarea that Prof. lEli1 sscf1er of BsrzEn UuiverFtty, zs the man whos has made the won der fst1 discovery. He has been work ing on 1t since the war started and now can uanufacture 1t wholesale at dlscUvered
 Tho letter tells also of a big bat- tIa that will be called the Winter Bat tie of the ChRmpagne where an as-. sauat by 200.oe0 French troops avail ed nothing against S6,000 Germans
 Prox Bzesfng declares that news has been suppressed to d16es Of the sinking the SchaEnhorst and GneIssnau Of q JaDanese cru5xers in the naval hattie at the Falala1d Isl-. andR
 He also tells of the practaca1 use of 9 process to, extract fertilizer from the nitrogen element of the s4rncs-
 The letter says further. .-rhe same time .tlle Germans at Hast front. achieved the great victory over the Rl1ssia11s at Lyck, Hast Prussia, the French cornraandane oncer, General Jofffe thought this was q good chance for French oGensive novenasnt at the west front He hurled net less thans six fully equipped army corps t2o9. 900 men1 against the German line in the Champaene, consisting Of Rhenish troops. This battle rv1lI be called in history the winter battle of the Champagne, Feb | 16 b March Ill., 2s days The French suf1ered hn- 1nense losses AS s0o0 dead and serf- olssly wounded The French heazy Of aanmunftion- They fired each day for three weeks not less than 1 % 900 shells asalnet the German trenches. an event which never happened be- fore in worlds history This heavy fire was in vain the Trench ofFanr&ve
 A slight error occurred i'm the British soflozaI statement about the English losses at the Dandanel1es ac- cordfng to the statement they lost March 48 the ore2oDOuguL5 111SS1SE1-5 ble ana the armored cruiseE Ocean 12.95a tons. The fact is that the Ocean WAS not lost at all but the dreadnought Africa 16s60e tons The Turkish report was corrent
 Another interesting fact came to light through this letter In the naval battle at the FaIkland Islands a Jap anese cruiser was sunk by the Ger man ships Scharnho and Gneisenau
 Here is an extract.
 The difference between Ger man and French national character is very clearly Illustrated by the following incident By an agreement between the two nations the inya1ids among the respective prisoners are to be ex- changed via Switzerland Instead of exchanging one for one the French insisted on getting two French for one German Invalid The German barbarians dismissed their French music. At the other side the French people had nothing but misses for the ak1ida2EzerTSaHs at 1sSozEz -.s Z ., sssz
 An other Illustration. after the glorious victory in East Prussias Feb. IT, the German authorities in the oc- this news by pIacards in the French language The inhabitants. reading he news laughed and said to each t5ther If the Germans have to use such gorgeous lies the Russians cam not be very far from here.
 So faf sta rvation in Germany goes Professor Duesing writes to his brother the Germans have plenty of meat and a surplus of potatoes. lzSers person sin5 Germany, man, wo- men. cnfld) gets daily half a pound Of bread In this manner, the Ger man government has figured out. the supply will last to next harvest.
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