Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-05-22
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European War News

A council of ministers called by Pre-
mier Salandra of Italy was held at
Rome, and a decision relative to the
present crisis is expected. Rioting oc-
CURED in several cities in Italy. Rome
has been occupied by the military.
The week OF battle drawing to a
close has left both sides exhausted
and breathless, says the Daily News
correspondent in the north of France.
To-day, Ascension day." he telegraphs,
we are burying our thousands and
the Germans perhaps their tens of
thousands. The fury of the fighting.
has been unbelievable and the death
roll is appalling, but our line is estab-
lished firmly"
Internment of the 10000 Germans
and Austrians in Great Britain was
begun by Scotland Yard at London
working under the direction of the
home office Many of the women and
children and men too old for military
service will be deported
The damage caused by the riots
which have taken place all over Brit
ish South Africa since the sinking OF
the Lusitania is estimated at more
than $5,00O,000 Hardly shop or no
tel owned by a German has escaped.
Lieutenant Won Muecke and land
ing party of so men from the German
cruiser Emden, which escaped when
their ship was sunk i'll the Indian
ocean on November 10, have arrived
at Damascus, Syria after six months
of adventurous wandering All have
been awarded the iron cross.
Viscount Haldane, lord high chan
cellor of England, intimated in the
house of lords at London that the gov
eminent was considering the necessity
of departing from the voluntary sys
TEN of military enlistment and resort
Ing to general service throughout the
kingdom
The British ship Goliath has been
torpedoed in the Dardanelles. 1t is
believed 500 lives have been lost; $50
were saved. Announcement of the
fate of the Goliath was made in the
house of commons at London by Wins
ton Spencer Churchill Mr. Churchill
also announced that a British subma-
rine sunk two Turkish gunboats and
a Turkish transport in the Sea of Mar
mora.
"A brilliant success has been
achieved north Of Arras.' says an Of
fetal statement issued by the war Of
fee at Paris. After a furious conflict,
in which the Germans Tough calamity
and lost heavily, the Frencl ook com
! plete possession of Carency. Berlin
admits that the French occupy Car
ency.
The following statement was issued
at the American embassy in London:
AS to the sinking of the Lusitania. it
appears from all statements which
have been secured that no warning
was given. A torpedo hit amidships
OR the starboard side. Seventy-nine
Americans were saved and one hun
/ bred and eighteen are missing"
The sinking of the steamer Lusi-
tania has aroused to violent climax
the smoldering hatred and suspicion
/ of Germans living in England This
animosity has found expression in at
tacks on Germans. principally upon
their shops in London. Liverpool. Man
chester. Birkenhead. Glasgow and 9TH
er places.
| Murder. lust and pillage prevailed
over many parts of Belgium on a scale
unparalleled in any war between civil
lied nations during the past. three cen
! turtles" declared the British govern
ment commission headed by .Viscouut
Bryce. former British ambassador to
the United States in "a report given
at London on alleged German atroci.
ties in Belgium" presented to Premier
Asquith.
French troops captured "a veritable
| fortress" at Notre Dame de Borette.
says the war Office report from Paris:
AN important German work and an
entire system Of trenches along the
road from Loos to Vermelles," the
chapel of Notre Dame de Lorette. and
all the. trenches south of it. part If
CarencS.
Twenty eight additional bodies OF
Lusitania victims were brought to
| Queenstown. A torpedo boat landed
the bodies Of seven men, four women
and one boy. The. ting Stormcock