The Chitina leader., 1915-08-17

LONDON Aug. 9-Petrograd has informed the British
foreign office that after Warsaw fell Germany sent special
minister to offering peace which rejected
without consideration by the Gar The Gar and his
will adhere their original agreement with France and
England to make separate peace Russia altered the
whole Gaic would conclude peace at provided
that the would agree Geang retaining Poland Other
details of the offer unmportan but the matter was not
seriously considered by the Gar the German minister
being given safe conduct his lines with amonition to
tell the Kaiser that Russia would not conclude peace until
every German soldier had been driven his own frontier
LONDON Aug 9-From recent maneuverlngs by the
armies the east is beginning to be seen
the next Teuon attack will be directed against Servia 1t
of vital Importance for Germany to avenue to trans
port munitions and supplies to her Turkish ally and at
present. with Roumana refusing to allow supplies to be trans
ported her country there for the Teutons
relieve the sngency that being felt in Constantnope With
strong attack directed against Serbia believed that
open be secured to the Bulgarian border and that
once there moral influence of powerful Ausro German
army will induce Bulgaria to allow supplies to be taken into
Turkey The foreign Office is we'll of the great
pressure that being brought by the allies both Bulgaria
Roumana enter the war; and they figure by crushing
Serbia eradicate the last notion that the other Balkan
have of taking against the Germans 1t
ceasngy manifest that Germany looks the east for the
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LONDON Aug. 9-The military observers here begin
ming essay the situation in Poland For days
it feared that the Russian commanders had not commenced
their retiring enough to evade the encircng
band that the Teuon ewrappng around
the doomed Polish capital AS the days pass nothing but
assuring coming from Petrograd about the fate OF
Russian armies and is felt that Grand Duke Nicholas
succeeded
positions in safety. ~, s.rrst.- + ~.
LONDON Aug 9-Advces received here from Rome bring
connaory reports of the stories of Italian in the
mountain fighting in the Alps The italian Alpine troops
enabled their remarkable skill to transport guns and small
almost impossible mountain heights and crags and
direct them upon the enemy The steady and slow advance
through the mountain be attributed to the fearless
in which these Alpine regiments ascend their beloved
Alps Recent important gains have been made by these noun
tain climbers in Galore
CONSTANTINOPLE Aug 9-The Turkish official state
Odav
tered of Marmora and succeeded in sinking the Turk
ish baehip Kheyr Addin The Kheyr Addn of the
larger the Turkish navy being of the burden of $500
tons The boat was secured Germany years
being the former German waship Kurfurst Friedrich Will
helm.
BERLIN Aug Gin an official German statement issued
by Berlin office this morning is asserted that the leu
soldiers have occupied Praga suburb Of Warsaw the
eastern bank of the Vistula
LONDON, Aug. 9-The great change that the war has
the of the British Isles is evident from the
figures the imports and exports which have just been pub
shed by the government for the month OF July British I'M
ports increased $S 100000 the imports for july 1914 and
British exports decreased last month STA from the
ports of year The chief articles brought into the country
which responsible for the huge increase of imports food
sus and metals the latter being used chiefly in the manufac
of munitions The cost of living Throughout England
is slowly but steadily raising.
PARIS Aug 9The encircing operations of the French
troops operating against the German forces in the Camerun
has resulted further The Teuon defenders
almost entirely surrounded by superior French forces and it
would that they could not much longer resist capture
The loss OF the Camern Will mean that Germany Will be de-
prievd of one important African possession.
ATHENS Aug 10The allied land and naval forces have
attacking the Turkish positions the Dareneles Wig
orou for the past two days. the fighting being the equal in
severity that has yet occurred the Gapo peninsula
The French and British troops making appreciabe
gres They still retain control of the crest of the ridge dom
mating the Turkish positions which captured last week
1t is believed that the allies fearing effort the part of
Germany to sweep through Serbia and thus lane to
eve the pressure nct crushing defeats upon the enemy
this region. If the Turks be driven from the Gallpo
trenches before relief reaches hem be the turning point
of the Indications continually increasing to show that
the east will yet settle the
BUCHAREST, Aug. lot is reported here that the Ger
is using every endeavor both by bringing
the Roumana and by extending induce
men to them to allow the passage Of munitions of from