The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-04-08

OF Bucksport. Mr.. Hartman was q veteran of
the Civil war, enlisting as a member of the
First Maine Cavalry.
THE WAR NEWS.
The French steamer Emma. bound to Bor-
deaux. was torpedoed March 31st in the British
channel, off beachy Head by German subma-
rine. Nineteen members of her crew were
drowned, only two being saved. and they were
picked up by British destroyer after they had
been in the water two hours. Two bodies were
recovered at the same time. No warning of
any kind was given and the ship foundered in
three minutes from the time she was struck.
The British steamer Seven Seas of 632 tons
was torpedoed by German submarine off
Beachy Head April 1sr. The attack was with
out warning and II of her crew of 18, includ-
ing all the officers except the second engineer,
were drowned. The steamer was bound from
London for Liverpool. Such was the force of
the explosion that the matches were blown off
and big hole was torn in the steamers side
causing her to sink within three minutes. The
survivors, three OF whom were injured. were
1t was claimed at the Russian war office in
Petrograd April 1st that the Russian troops
are eiwinning all along the Cas pathian front. and
that the invasion of Hungary through Dukla
Pass announced last week, was progressing sue
cessfully. Russian officials admitted. however
that the Austro- German forces were still offer
ing obstinate resistance, and that earlier
predictions of general retreat on the part of
the Teutonic troops were premature The
claim made by the Austrian general staff that
the Austrians had recaptured their positions
at the south entrance of Dukla Pass, thus cut
ting off the Russian troops who had invaded
the Ondava and Lahore valleys, was officially
denied at the Russian war office, where it was
asserted that the Russian troops had advanced
80 miles into Hungary. Austrian losses of the
last two weeks in the Carpathians are officially
estimated at more than 45,OOO A statement
issued by the war office announces the capture
of 16,477 prisoners by the Russians in the
mountain campaign between March Goth and
March 29th, together with 10 cannon and 62
machine gnns.
German submarines have sunk four more
vessels, one Of them flying a neutral flag. A
Norwegian bark was torpedoed in the North
sea by the U-2O, and three trawlers from the
Tyne were blown up by the U-10. The crews
of all four ships escaped.
ltis reported from London under date of April
In that the Russians now are on the offensive
along their whole front from the Black
Sea to the Rumanian border and in the Caucasus
and. according to Stockholm despatch, they
have concentrated an enormous number of
soldiers on the coast of Finland to prevent any
attempt by the Germans to land there The
Russians declare they have successfully coun.
tered an Austrian raid into Bessarabia, near
Chotin. Their reports say that units of the 42nd
Honved division of the Austrian army which
undertook this diversion were virtually annlhi-
lated and that over 1000 of the survivors were
captured. 1t is declared that the Turks have
now been entirely cleared out of Trans Cau-
,casia and that the Russians hold the Turkish
Black Sea coast as far as Arkhave.
The Russians are now on the Hungarian
side of the Carpathians and Austria admits it
has been necessary to withdraw its army from
the Beskid Mountains and that a new sta nd to
prevent invasion of Hungary will have to be
made.
The German submarines continue their work
of destruction and have torpedoed an Italian
steamer, causing great excitement in Genoa
and many expressions of resentment
Hostiities between Serbian troops and Bull
garian irregulars have broken out along the
N ofofo
Serbia, as forwarded to the Havas agency, says
that the Bulgarians overwhelmed the Serbian
frontier guards and occupied Serbian territory,
but that after heavy fighting the Bulgarians
were repulsed and fled, closely pursued by Ser
bian troops.
Clifford Pinchot, ex chief forester of the
United States who it is understood has been
acting special agent for the State Depart
ment at Washington in the European war zone,
has been expelled from Belgium by the Ger
man authorities.
In behalf of the owners of the American ship
William P, Frye, sunk by the Prinz Eitel Fried
rich, the United States government, in note
made public April 5th. has asked Germany to
pay an indemnity of $228.059 54, which repre-
sents the cost of the vessel. the freight charges
for its cargo, and damages resulting from being
deprived of the use of the ship.
The authorities at Washington have ordered
merchant ships detained to enable the German
pirate craft Prinz Eitel Friedri ch to make her
escape to sea from Newport News.
The Russians claim continued successes in
the Carpathians.