The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08
WORLD NEWS
SEVEN DAYS AT A
GLANCE
War News.


War News.
A further gain of ground in Cham
payne to the north of Mesnil is re-
corded in a recent French official
communication, which adds that on
the Champagne front alone since Sep
TENDER rs field guns and heavy pieces
to the number of 121 have been cap
tured by the French.
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Field Marshal Won Hindenburg,
while he claims to have made some
progress in his operations against
Dvinsk, is still a, long way from that
city. His troops to the southeast of
Wilma, however, have had better sue
cess. They have broken through the
Russian position and captured thou
sand prisoners.
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Three small sections Of the front in
the western war zone are the central
points around which the battles be-
tween the allied French and British
and the Germans continue to rage
These lie between Souchez and Vimy;
in the regions of Loos and La Bassee
canal and around Mesnil and Mas
siges on the southern bend OF the
line. Farther east in the forests OF
Apremont and La Petite the big guns
nf hnt oil n wi
artillery duels are in progress.
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Furious fighting still characterized
the united efforts of the French and
British to break through the German
lines on the western front. The allied
forces, the French war office an
nounces, continue to make gains OF
ground and add to their captures OF
men, guns and stores.
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A Petrograd correspondent says;
"a report, which has been con
firmed, from good quarter, is thai
the Forty-hrst German Army Corps
was overtaken by the flooding of the
Pinsk marshes and being unable to es
cape, nearly the whole of the corps
persisted"
The third day of the great often
sive" of the French and British
forces in the west saw no abatemen
in the fighting. Indeed, the battle
probably has taken on a more desper
ate character, for the Germans, by nu
merous and vicious counter attacks
have been endeavoring to regain thei
lost ground, and have inaugurated al
offensive movement in the Argonn,
forest, which official reports indicate
is being carried out with quite al
much dash and determination as tn,
French thrust in Champagne, though
not so effectively.
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Washington.
Schwab interests were low bidder
on contracts for sixteen new coast dc
Tense submarines, for which bid
were opened recently at the Navy De
partment. The largest crowd in year
was present.
r. + r
The advisability of retaining tn
present tariff on sugar is being ser
ously considered by President Wilson
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President Wilson recently wire
Governor Spry Of Utah, asking him t
JaIo, tho evacuation of Iosanb IJ;l
strom, a Swedish subject, who wa
sentenced to be shot for a murder /
Salt Lake City.
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President Wilson wept as he II
viewed the parade of twenty thousan
Grand Army veterans in Washington
Tears gathered in his eyes time an
again and, unashamed, he brushe
them away. He was not alone in hi
emotion, for as government officials
the thousands from the city of Wasl
ington and the one hundred thousan
visitors who lined the streets watche
the broken ranks, there were few DR.
eyes.
Count Won BernstorIf, the Germa
ambassador, has. sent a commune
ton to the State Department sayin
reports of Turkish atrocities againi
Armenians were greatly exaggerate,
and defending in part the action of tn
Turks as having been provoked.
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Hull plans OF the two 32,000-to
superdreadnaughts, bids for whic
were advertised recently, are beir
closely guarded by Navy Departmei
officials, as they include new ideas {
to defense against torpedo attack
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President Wilson went to Princeton
N. j., to vote at primaries for the Ne
Jersey legislature. He returned
Washington in time to address til
Grand Army of the Republic encam
ment the same night.
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fantastic