The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-04-02
SUBMARINES CONTINUE
TO BURY british Ships
MORE BRITISH SHIPS FALL VIC
TINS TO GERMANYS GREAT
UNDER-SEA FIGHTERS.
RUSSIANS FILL ChRPATHIANS
Russians Have Forced Duka Pass in
CarPathians and Are Slowly Max
ing Their Way into Hungary.
Mine Sweepers Busy.
Latest War News From Front.


49,
"' NEWS from Front
Two German submarines, the UPS
ana another, the number of which has
i hot oeen ascertained, which have
p ", ., operating OH the west coast of
l l1's anu uoIins the past few days,
Ia : "0ueu TWO more British steam
q D vHe F1aminlan and the Grown Of
.,''''..e' " lhelF hSt OF victims, total
ine i've since saturday
There was no loss of life on the
Flaminian and Crown of CASTLE. the
coso oF ~, e. 1912 ttiso 'neil Oo"'S' III Ine
enbTror vino fi ,,otSt , ,eSosi, however lne
tbo etoor,or ~, 49,, 80 'iIe q e"S iel'
tho hridao ~ '1 1',! 1iL04 40 p"oSeu alon5
an apprentice were standinr ''''1 ''-l =
nh cno - g.,
ebolI firo h w., - ~ S"S!Li7 was sunk D!
sia;a.. ~ wv 'l,,' ULu HoO prove 81 e
1,o+torn 49, 800 .I'9 i"nttn'an ~ 'ne
l'U '0' p''uo N"u " Oe uSeQ
AS an o-Iset 10 TINS a French de
S'royer ramned' and 1t is believed
S"IiN' " UeFhlah submarine OF Jleppe
In the east the Russians are hold
ing the Germans in North and Cen
tral Poland and they are putting forth
all their strength to force their way
through Uzsok and Lupkow passes
with the result that some of the
neaFleSI ana most continuous fighting
u Inc war Is IN progress IN the Car
p"'H1@IiS'
The Russians, who already have
forced DukIa Pass. are slowly making
their way down the southern slopes of
the Carpathians into Hungary.
Germany's next move in the military
field-some stroke either in the east
or the west is expected before the al,
lies attempt their spring advances
at present the chief subject of specu-
lation and conjecture. According to
reports reachlnS London from Petro-
graz, the German emperor IS now at
beLlm holding a war council with
f4eid Marshal Won der Goitz, the Ger
man military commander OF Constan-
Ilnople' ana oIher Ieadefs, ana is plan
nins d ne" campaign 10 OFFSET the
IAN Oh ffzelnysl ana meet the SITUATION
III Tue Dafuahelles.
There has been nothing of an out
Stahains nature IN elthef theater OF
.iie lsHu operaIloAS since the Suffeh-
oei u 'ne austrian iortreSS' 0nlplhs'
iill'in5 anu oolup throwing pieaotli-
n"te @lon5 tue western 'front.' VINE
llshIIhs' llerce out lhoeclSiVe' RACES IN
'He oaipath'ahs'
The British cabinet met Tuesday
and there is every reason to believe
thatNIt considered the liquor question
and the stamping out OF the evil,
which IS now one OF the greatest PROB
lens Of the nation.
Fast and powerful submarines OF the
German navy have torpedoed two
more British steamers in the waters
adjacent to the British Isles. Both
steamers, the Falaba and Aguila, took
to flight at the sight of the subma-
rines, but were speedily overhanled,
with the result that both vessels were
sent to the bottom, with a loss of life
estimated at between I40 and $50.
ONLY a few rinutes were allowed
the PASSENGERS and crew to mt off in
tha boe+s and according to the sDr.
yivors tho earmans turned their gnns
on the cantnren qhins and thereby
added To tha loss If life nv she'll fire
sinra tho French merchantmen Adj.
,niral r,antoanrna with 600 rafnqeas
from R4laian and French coast towns
aboard was tornedoed-Oct 26--the
Fa1aba which was in the West Afri.
can service i tba only steamer carry.
inc anv oraat numbor of nassengers
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