The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-24
WITHDRAW Troops
FROM DARDANELLELS
LOOKS LIKE ALLIES HAVE GIVEN
Up CAMPAIGN.
Long Drawn Out Offensive On Gal
IipOH Peninsula Has Been Aban-
doned by Allied Powers.

d0ned by Allied HOWSrS'
without the Turks being a%are OF
the mo, ement a great army has been
withdrawn from one Of the areas oc-
cupied on the Gallipoi peninsula,
says the official announcement of the
withdrawal of about 100000 British
troops from the suv,a and Anzac
zones.
Thus the long drawn out and costly
efforts of the French and British
forces. to reduce Dardanelles forts and
break their way through Constan-
tinople have come to an end, for al
though it is believed the tip of CALI
poll peninsula will continue to be neld
by the allies, no offensive movement OF
any Importance can now be made
against the Turkish defenses and the
opinion is generally held that the act
i've Dardanelles campaign has been
virtually ended
The British and French lines at the
southern extremity of Gallipoi are
protected by warsnips and the allied
forces there are in sufficient numbers
to occupy the attention of large Turk
dsh forces which would otherwise be
transferred to another scene of active
operations.
LlOyd-GeOrge's Summons to Labor.
The British minister of munitions,
David lLoyd-George, in reviewing the
work of his department, told the house
of commons that while the supplies OF
guns and ammunition had greatly in
creased and the cost had been de-
creased, the success of the allies de-
pended on whether organized labor
would allow the government to recruit
"a sufficient number of men for the fac
tories which had been erected for the
manufacture of war munitions. Hun
dreds of thousands Of precious lives
depend on labor's answer" he said, and
he APPEALED to organized labor on the
ground of patriotism to meet the neces,
sites of the situation.
Speaking for the labor party, j. H
Thomas declared that organized labor
would be found willing to follow
wherever the minister of munitions
led, if their rights were properly
guarded, and he suggested the passage
OF a bill to this end.
Progress of the War:
In the Western war zone the British
front has been the scene Of heavy
bombardments. In addition engage
ments between aircraft have been
feature of the fighting, not less than
"A combats in the air having taken
place on December 20, two of the Ger
man aeroplanes being shot down and
S'others driven off in a damaged cond1-
ton, according to British report, and
one of the British machines being re
corded as missing.
On the re fkeonrelgmmmm RAA
On the Greek frontier the entente
allies continue to fortify themselves in
the expectation of an attempted ad-
vance by the Germans if not the Bull
garians. An Athens dispatch says the
Greek troops have interposed them
selves between the Anglo-French lines
and the Bulgarians by the occupation
of Dorian.
Greek protests against Bulgarian
armies entering Greece caused the
Germans to halt their allies at the
border, according to an Athens CORE
spondent. Germany is said to have
notified Greece to this effect and to
have begun the concentration OF
Austro-German forces at the border.
The concentration will be completed
by Thursday and decision as to the
makeup of the army to march on Sa-
Ioniki will then be made, it is de-
clared.
The party of Former Premier Gou-
znafis, now minister of the interior in
the Skouloudis cabinet, seems to have
been easily successful in the Greek
elections, which were not participated
an to any great extent by the follow
ers of VenizeIos, the ex-premier, whose
party was in the majority in the par
Lament recently dissolved by royal
decree.