The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-03-05
SEVEN DAYS
OF NEWS
The WORLD OVER
War News.


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ton of inValids.
French aviators played an import
ant part in the repulse of German
troops, who attempted to retake lost
ground in the Champagne region, it is
announced in official dispatches from
Paris.
Servian troops invaded Austrian ter
ritory the night of February 20 and II
near Bjelina, opposite Ratcha, and at
Mitrovitza, penetrating from one to
four miles across the frontier, accord
ing to dispatch received in Wash
ington.
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Germans up to the age of 48 eligi-
BILE for service with the landstrum
troops have been recalled from Swift
zerland and it is reported those living
in other neutral countries also have
. been directed to join the colors not
later than March g.
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Four hundred members of the mutt
nous Indian regiment which revolted
at Singapore February Is have been
killed, as we'll as seven German pris-
oners from the detention camp who
Joined the natives when offered their
freedom.
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In formal statement to American
press representatives, Admiral Lord
Charles Beresford, England3 best
known naval authority, declared Ger
many will sink no American ship I'M
less she expects to drag the United
States into the war. This, Germany is
planning to do, he says.
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The Regin, a merchant ship, was
sunk recently by German torpedo in
the English Channel near Dover. This
is the second Norwegian steamer to
suffer destruction sincee Germany de-
clared a blockade on England, begin
ming February IS.
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Under heavy bombardment by Ger
man gunners the cathedral at Reims
has again suffered severe damage, it
is announced in official dispatches
from Paris. Twenty civilians have
been killed by German shells.
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Washington.
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deeper into a second fraudulent pass
port case, following the arrest and
confession of Richard Stegler, a Ger
man, that he was about to be sent to
England to do spy duty for the Ger
man government while masquerading
as an American citizen travelling on
business.
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Senators, representatives, pages and
all sorts of clerks at the capitol are
suffering rom the sneezes. An cpl
demic of the grip has struck the capt.
tai. Worn out from the recent fill
buster on the ship bill, senators are
easy victims to cold and grip.
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Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston has
taken the first step in the plan to
make Fort Sam Houston a brigade
post by ordering regimental headquar-
ters and four troops of the Fourteenth
Cavalry transferred from Fort Clark
to Fort Sam Houston.
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An Easter Argosy" with gifts from
the boys and girls of America be-
tween the ages of 16 and so years"
to the children of Belgium will be the
next ship sailing under the direction
of the Belgium relief fund to Europe.
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Five special defense boards are
abolished by the War Department or
ders recently promulgated. The work
will hereafter be directed by a general
board of review of army officers on de.
tail in Washington.
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The Twenty-ninth Infantry has been
ordered to the Panama Canal Zone and
will sail for Colon about March Is on
Third battalions are stationed at Fort
Porter and Fort Niagara, and the
Third at Governors Island.
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To lay before Secretary Bryan
peace petition bearing the names of
hundreds of thousands Of American
school children and pleading for an
immediate cessation Of the European
war, was the object of recent visit
to the State Department of six little
Washington school girls.
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President Wilson has told the news
papers that he still has hopes for the
passage of the Ship Purchase bill. The
measure will not be substantially al
tered, but may undergo minor altera-
lions before it goes to the senate
again.
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The California Eight-Hour Labor
Law for women employed in manu-
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