Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23
Scraps and faets.

occur the eIlllIS
world segment" A sentence from Sec
[ Bryan's criticism Of this last
Wednesday is: Such a prediction
from an obscure man would be foolish;
from one in his position, 1t Is little
less than a crime"
A British submarine went ashore
in the Dardanelles a few days ago
within easy range Of the TURKISH
guns. Some of the members OF the
crew, who survived, were made prls-
oners. The submarine itself was In q
position where the Turks, on iaVor-
able opportunity, would be aple 10
save it, and probably use 1t against
the British. There was naturaIly
great among the BRUSH navai
commanders as to the outcome ana
they called for volunteers to destroy
the boat. Young officers and seamen
offered themselves for the undertake
ing without hesitation, n approach
ing the stranded submarine under q
very hot fire, they succeeded In dow
ing the boat to pieces, with the loss
of but a single man.
Imaginary ammunition orders by
the Allies multiply over night, IL
appears, and become Quadrupled py
sunset, says a New York letter. II the
Allies are buying all these miillons
Of dollars worth Of shrapnel, II Is
commended, 1t is high time that they
also establish credits in this country
to foot the bills. So far Wall street
had heard only Of the orders ano
not of credits in sufficient mount to
paw for one-tenth of the ordnance
which the mills are supposed to be
turning put. Whether imaginary or
real, however, the orders" remain
a great factor of the market. ANY
rumor 1t appears, suf1ces to send the
wal stock higher. Every heap OF scrap
iron in the country, gathered together
by peddlers at perhaps four pounds
for q cent, becomes transformed into
a heap Of gold by n umo OF the
shrapnel press agents. The highest
price paid for shrapnel steel by the
willing Allies, according to one ap-
parently well-founded story in cir
culation today, is $45 a short ton. In
other words, shrapnel steel, when cut
up into dealth-dealing slugs for the
75-millimeter French field guns, Is
about twice as valuable as steel rails.
A squadron Of three foreign cruis-
ers, the most powerful gathered here
since the war began, lay of the en-
trance to New York harbor last Wed
nesday. The nearest the shore was
a four funnel British cruiser, seven
miles east Of Ambrose channel light
ship. Her name and the names OF her
companions could not be made out,
even through glasses. Ten miles east
Of the Highlands rode the secona
ship, an auxiliary cruiser, big n
with lines that spelled speed. TINS
cruiser, observers thought, was a
stranger, the Caronia having depart
ed, presumably for supplies. The
largest ship Of the squadron, a four
funnel cruiser, lay Is miles south
east of the Highlands. This vessel,
too, had not been seer previously by
shore observers. For more than an
hour messages were De-
tween the two warships. Apparently
the four-funnel cruiser, in command
Of the squadron, was issuing orders.
Later a small boat bearing officers
put out from the auxiliary cruiser
and made the five-mile trip to the
four-funnel cruiser, and the omcers
went aboard. Meantime the cruiser
off the Ambrose light ship signalled
the incoming motor ship Falstria,
flying the flag of Denmark. The Dane
answered the warship's signal by
steaming slowly close by, as II for
inspection. After running UP answer
ing signals the Falstria headed Tor
port.
The British expeditionary force
in France, which at the beginning OF
the war consisted of six divisions, has
been increased to more than So, or,
roughly speaking, 100000 men ac-
cording to a statement by David
Lloyd George, chancellor of the eX-
chequer, in the house Of commons
Wednesday. The Chancellor added
that the place Of every man who had
fallen in battle had been filled and
that the army was adequately equip
ped. But he reiterated the need for
munitions declaring that during the
battle Of Nueve Chapelle more am
munition was used than in the whole
Of the South African war, which last
ed nearly three years. The interesting
information also was given that the
output of the munition factories had
been increased more than nineteen
fold since the outbreak Of the war
but the call was still for more, and,
as Mr.. Lloyd-George continues to
hold the opinion that consumption OF
LIQUOR is interfering with the work,
he promised legislation to deal with
this matter. The figures made public
by the chancellor as to the size OF the
British army in France and the ex-
penditure for ammunition has caused
great surprise in England where the
opinion has been general that about
half the number of men had reached
the front, especially as there has been
no sign of any decrease in the number
of khaki-clad men training in this
country. 1t is likely that many of the
new men already have been under
fire as the Germans are making re-
peated attempts to r%e-capture. Hill
60 neal Ypres which the British took
Sunday and have, according to Field
Marshal French's report, been re-
pulsed with great loss.
II am glad you ask that question.
This is not a wal of the Turkish
government, but a war Of the Turkish
people," said Enver PaSha, the most
remarkable man in Turkey, who at
the age of SO years is war minister
and generalissimo Of the ottoman
Army, to the Associated Press cores
pendent in the first interview ever
given to the American press. Long
before we look this step Russia had
grown ugly on the Black sea and in
the Caucasus, invading our territory
there, while England had already
operated against Mesopotamia and
had concentrated a fleet before the
D~ardenelleS. We were unwilling to
start the ball rolling, and even after
the Russians attacked our fleet in the
Black sea we still waited one week
before war was declared. 1--WE knew
tina Turkey would again be led to the
slaughter-block. Being unwilling that
this should happen, we took the only
course open. We Turks feel that we
have a right to exist, especially when
the best of us are straining every
effort and are catching up with other
countries in intellectual and material
development. There was n time
when Turkey was merely a govern
ment clique" Replying to questions
as to the present status of the cam
paign the generalissimo said: Con
ditions in the Caucasus are more
satisfactory. Regarding the situation
in the Darlanelles / will say we are
fully confident that it has been de-
monstrated that fighting down the
forts there will be a huge task for
the allies. But even should that hap
pen, we would still be master of the
situation there by means of how
itzers. mines and a fleet. The allies
coming up the strait would be obliged
to move in single file, and the effect
iveness of our protective measures
should be apparent"