Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-03
Protest Is
Registered.
BY Germany
BRITISH AND NORWEWIAN
SHIPS SUNK BY SUBMAR-
1NE IN RAID ON TRADE,
Russians Take Offensive
Dutch Steamer Is Blown Up: Pro.
tests Lodged With United
q States. :,
OVER BY OCT. I

New York, April 2.-James j.
Hill yesterday expressed the be.
lief that the European war would
end by October T. He said:
"The successes Of one side or
the other will not settle the fight,
but physical, financial and indus
trial exhaustion of the belliaer.
ents will end the war by next aut-
umn." 5fttr
M. Hill has not changed his re-
Gently expressed opinion against
the probability Of a business boom
in. the near future. "What is
there,' he said, ito change pres
ent conditions? Nothing, 90 far
as can see."
London, April 2.-The German pro-
test and threat of reprisals on account
OF treatment by England of prisoners
taken on board the German submar.
ines was published here. This pro.
test was transmitted by Germany to
England through the United States.
The reply. of England also is publish
led.
The Russians also have taken the.
offensive against the Germans in the
region of Koziouwka, near Uszok
pass. TO counteract the Russian re.
ports, the Austrians claim to have re.
pulsed all the Russian attacks in the
Beskid range of the Carpathians.
Russians declare to have success
fully countered the Austrian raid in
to Bessarabia. The reports say the
attacking division Of the Austrian ar
my was virtually annihilated, and
over 1000 prisoners were taken.
Turks Cleared Out.
1t Is declared that Turks have been
cleared from Transcaucasia and that
Russians hold the Black sea coast to
Arkhavia.
In the west battles are of scatter
ed nature. There is nothing import
ant. During the twenty-four hours re-
ports were received of the skiing OF
the British steamer .Eston, the Nor.
wegian bark Nor, and three British
trawlers by the German submarine.
The sinking of the trawlers, it is al
legged, was violation of the Hague
convention which expressly exempts
fishing vessels from mOlestatiOn. In
connection with submarine warfare,
the German protest was made through
the United States against the refusal
.of England to recognize captured
crews of submarines as prisoners Of
war is creating great interest.
The British reply declared that
while over 1000 sailors belonging to
warships destroyed by the British
have been rescued, not a single Brit
ish sailor has been picked up by the
Germans when they were successful.
Russians on Offensive.
Russians are now on the offensive
along the entire front, from the Baltic
to the Rumanianll border, and in the
Caucasus they have concentrated an
enormous number of soldiers on the
coast of Finland to prevent any at
tempt of the Germans to land there.
All Russian advances, according to
Petrograd, were successful. 1t is
claimed the Germans in North Poland
are being pushed back to the East
Prussian border, and that in the Car
pathians the Russians have captured
another strongly fortified ridge.
Blow Up Dutch Ship.
The Dutch steamer Schieland was
blown up yesterday morning IN the
North sea twenty-four. miles from
Splrn on the east coast of England
at the entrance to the Humber. One
of the vessels crew ives killed. Seven
sailors are missing. The captain and
seven others of the crew were
brought to Hull tonight.
1t was officially communicated that
"east of Scissors a German aviatori
was shot down inside our lines.
third airman of the enemy will be
brought down within twenty-four
hours. Our "yihg squadron dropped
thirty-three bombs on the barracks OF
aeroplanes at haEgars, a railway sta
ton at Vigneulles in Woevre. AVA
tors were under heavy fire at close
range, Several planes we're damaged
bv bullets, but none Of the aviators
was hit" -. naTb.
Case Of Swoboda. .9nraa =.
The case of Raymond SwobOd;, r:ln-
der arrest in Paris. charged with at
tempting to burn the steamer, ''a
Tourraine continued to attract great
attention in France. The runor is
current in Paris that charges against
Swoboda antedated the La Tourralne
incident and that England. prior 70
the arrival of the La Touralra. hah
asked the French government TO ap.
prehend Swoboda.
CAPITALIST SHOOTS HIMSELF.
Honolulu April 2.-'Mark P. Rcoin-
son, capitalist and vice president o.
the First National bank OF 'HaWa1''
shot and killed himself. A note ln'i''