The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22
WORLD NEWS
SEVEN DAYS AT A
GLANCE
War News.

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Forces of the allies appear to be
making a general attack upon all the
German fronts. The British and
French have attacked in Flanders and
in Champagne, while the German Off
cial report Of the campaign in Rus
STA is record of counter attacks
against the Russians, who are endeav-
oring to regain the initiative. Even
Belgium is not excepted, British mont
tors having abain bombarded the Ger
man positions along the coast.
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The Austro-German and Bulgarian
armies are meeting with stern resist
ance in Serbia. Although under con-
slant attack since October the Ser
bians are giving ground only foot by
foot
The capture of Servian positions
south of Belgrade and at other places
in the Teutonic line of march is re-
ported by Berlin, but Nish declares
that the Teutons are paying a heavy
toll, especially before Lipa, where
1.-The battle field is covered with
bodies"
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Private advices are to the effect
that Bulgarian division was almost
annihilated in a fierce battle near
Kraguyevatz, Servia, says dispatch
from Bucharest.
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Servia now is being attacked from
the north and the east. The Austro-
Germans, after their capture of Bel
grade and Semendria, are advancing
southwark, while the Bulgarians have
sent forces to endeavor to interrupt
communications north and south of
Nish, the war time capital of Servia,
and attack the Serbs on the flank,
if they are driven back by the Ger
man field marshal, Won Mackensen.
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Russian forces have pierced the
Austro-German lines on the Stripa
river. They already have taken pris-
oner more than 1000 men and sixty
officers, and have captured four guns
and ten rapid firers. The Russian ad-
! vance is being pushed vigorously.
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The official reports of the fighting
} along the major fronts are unusually
, meager, the only significant point in
any of them being the statement from
: Berlin that Field Marshal Won linden
burg on the Dvinsk front had repulsed
: Russian attacks, which seemingly
would indicate that for the first time
/ since the German drive through Po-
land began the Austro-Germans are
t making no big offensive at any point
along the whole eastern front
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). Washington.
3 The old frigate Franklin, flagship of
: Admiral Farragut on his trip to Eu-
4 rope at the close of the Civil war, has
t been placed out of commission at the
:. Norfolk navy yard, to be sold for
d junk.
q President Wilson has appointed Ed
|. ward White commissioner of immigra-
n ton at the port of San Francisco.
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q Favorable action by the British en-
bassy in two cases involving implied
d, contracts" paved the way for the sue
:, cess of a large number of applica-
lions filed by American purchasers for
release of millions of dollars worth of
German and Austrian-made goods held
!. up in neutral European ports by the
!, British orders-in-council.
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: Four hundred million dollars for ma
tional defense-an increase of approx
. imately $14O,OO0,0OO over last year
y constitutes the amount which Presi-
dent Wilson and his advisers at pres.
ent estimate should be appropriated
:. by the next congress for the army and
navy.
% Armenian massacres in Asiatic Tur.
4. key have been renewed with vigor
n since Bulgaria's entrance into the wal
a as Turkeys ally. This information
N reached the State Department from
"a Ambassador Morgenthau, who said the
ia majority of the Armenians in Asiat1t
ir Turkey had been killed.
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A demand upon all Americans OIL
" pain of ostracism to be more thar
Is neutral in regard to the European
N war to take their stand for America
10 first, last and all the time, was voiced
N by President Wilson ina speech a
- the celebration in Washington of thu
twenty-fifth anniversary of the found
ing of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. The United States, the
n president said, was not merely trying