Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-01
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THE note
GIVEN OUT
BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE
PUBLISHES CONTENTS or
UNITED STATES NOTE.
STILL CAUSING A Big STIR
Great Britain Expected to Make
A Reply Within the Next Few
Days.

Days.
London, Dec. 31.-The British for.
eign office, in an agreement with the
American government tonight, issued
the text Of the protest of the United
States concerning delays to American
commerce due to the searching of
vessels by the British fleet. The pub.
lie regarded the note as diplomatic
document of probably greater import
ance than any incidental to the war.
The American protest continues to
be the foremost topic of the English
papers Sir Edward Grey, British for.
.eign secretary, and Ambassador Page
had a conference concerning it today.
1t Is understood that Great Britain
will make reply to the note in few
days, probably next week.
The note contains no specific com.
plants, generalizing the situation.
which, it is said, has caused a ma
terial loss to American shippers 1t
voices the hope that the British au-
thorities will instruct its officials to
refrain from all unnecessary interfer
ence with the freedom of trade be-
tween the nations which are suffer
ers, though not participants, in til
present conflict"
War Moves Slowly.
The new year finds Ibelligerent El-
rope, after five months Of war, fight
ing as sternly as at the beginning,
but seemingly without prospects OF
immediate big victories. The Anstr-
ans are again driven out of the great
er part of Galicia and, according to a
Vienna statemel, the Russians have
crossed the Carpathians for the third
time; but in Poland, where the more
important battle is progressing, the
armies, both Russian and German.
are still fighting for the banks OF the
Vistula and Pilica rivers.
In Flanders and France there has
been lull in the fighting on the most
of the front, disturbed occasionally
by comparatively insignificant at.
tacks The French announce tonight
that they carried half the village Of
Steinbach in upper Alsace, which
stands at the foot of q hill command
ing a large part of the surrounding
territory. The Australians annexed
Bougainville island, another OF the
Solomon islands, over which the Ger.
man flag flew.
In London, New Years Eve was eel
ebrated by the usual dinners and
dances at hotels and restaurants, but
with less gayety and on smaller
scale. The list of New Years ho1ors
offered by King George on the rec
ommendation of the premie" and the
foreign and colonial offices was very
short and contained no new peerages.
A Capetown dispatch says Walfish
bay, southwest coast of Africa, was
reoccupied Christmas day without Op.
position by strong British forces
1t was officially stated tonight at
Paris:
'fLast evening the enemy's attack
on Forges wood Immediately was re-
pulsed. The positions our troops
gained in Steinbach were kept and We
continue to attack the enemy
No Confirmation.
Though there is every reason to
expect naval aggression on the part
of the Allies at Pola, the Austrian
naval base on the Adriatic, there is
no confirmation officially of private
dispatch from Berlin stating that
over 80 French and British 'warships
at present are bombarding Pola and
also the seaport of Rouigno, about Is
miles away. Recent reports indicat-
ed activity in this field. Several days
ago French submarine entered the
Pola harbor and never came out. A
London dispatch yesterday said an
other submarine successfully tOrpe-
does a large Austrian dreadlOught.
Comments on Note.
In absence of striking battle news
all newspapers in Berlin print in prom
inent places dispatches dealing with
the note Of protest sent by the United
States of England. The Lokal Anzeig-
ers report of the incident declares
Great Britain will be obliged to grant
all Americas principal demands since
she dare not make United States an
opponent who could cut off great part
of England's own impOrtations.
Considerable excitement caused at
Porthgawl, Wales. by drifting ashore
in the vicinity of many helmets such
as are worn by British troops in Egypt
and India.
A telegram from Pretoria, seat Of
government of Union South Africa,
says:
'Tt is officially announced that the
government intends to commander
men for service in German Southwest
Africa, and Union of South Africa, as
the situation canot be adequately met
by depending on volunteer recruits"
A German army headquarters bull.
letin says:
"Our troops are pursuing the enemy
in Poland After the battles of Lodz
and Lowisz, we took over sixty.seven
thousand prisoners, many cannon and
machine guns.
"The entire booty since 'he begin.
ming of our offensive in Poland in No.