The Republican journal., 1915-04-01
THE WAR NEWS.

Inc British admiralty stated March 25th that
they thought theGerman submarine U -29. which
recently sank four British and one French
steamer in the English channel and damaged
three other vessels, had been sunk with all
hands, The German submarine jig displaced
oOO tons and was one of the largest and fastest
OF the German under sea boats.
The Dutch steamer Medea was sunk off
Beachy Head March 25th by the German SUBJ
marine UPS. She carried cargo of oranges
and was bound from Saoniki for London. The
admiralty in reporting the sinking of the
Medea says: 1.-THE ship was flying the Dutch
flag and had Dutch crew aboard Her name
'Medea. Amsterdam was painted in large let.
ters on her sides. The ships papers were
taken by the Germans, who refused to return
them." The Medea was stopped py the SUBJ
marine and the crew were given Is minntes in
which to leave the vessel. The crew rowed
about in their boats until picked up by des-
troyer. which brought them to Dover.
Attempts to arrange a settlement of the
differences between Italy and Austria appar.
emily have met with no success. A Rome
newspaper n states that Prince Won Buelow,
German ambassador at Rome, has abandoned
his efforts to bring about an agreement. Aus
tria's final offer of territorial concessions is
said to have been so far from NEE ting Italv's
demands that the German ambassador did not
submit it to the Italian government In the
Balkans there are increasing signs of unrest
on the parts of the nations which thus far
how bow i
that the fall of Prezemysl has increased the
popular demand in Rumania for intervention
on the side of the allies. The relations be-
tween Turkey and Bulgaria also have become
uncertain.
Details received of the successful aeroplane
raid on the German submarine plant lying at
Cockerills and Hoboken, suburbs of Antwerp.
March 22nd show many persons were killed
and wounded, not only by aerial bombs but by
fragments of German shrapnel which were
hred wildly against the raiders, none of whom
was hit. 1t is asserted two submarines were
badly damaged by the explosions and a por-
tion of the works set on fire. Remarks made
by German officers at Antwerp leave no doubt
the raid accomplished its purpose of seriously
delaying the German plan to place new fleet
of their most powerful submarines in the
North Sea, with Zeebrugge as base, by the
end of the first week in April
A Bucharest despatch to the London Evening
Chronicle asserts that only the threat by the
German general, Liman Won Sanders, to court
martial all the officials concerned prevented
the Turks from surrenderng the Dardanelles
and Constantinople to the Allies last week.
Turkish troops attacked the American mis-
sion at Urumiah, Persia, March 23d, assaulted
the missionaries there and carried away the
Assyrian Christians who had sought shelter.
The Assyrians were massacred Immediately
after they had been torn from the protection
of the missionaries. The American mission
aries attempted to save the lives of the Chris
tians but were assaulted by the Turks. who
knocked several down and trampled upon them
as they dragged the Assyrians out to be killed
Reported from Petrograd March 26th that
Austrian troops have evacuated Czernowitz
the capital of Bukowina and are in full retreat
from that province to Hungary Russian ex-
perts say that this means the enemy has been
fanked, and in addition to abandoning Bukow-
ina would have to retire from positions north
of Jablonica Pass, thus leaving the way open
for general Russian advance into Hungary
through the Carpathans. Berlin denies claim
of Russians that they had captured Czernowitz
Upwards of lao lives were lost in the sinking
in ST. Georges channel Sunday afternoon by
German submarines, of the African liner Fala-
ba and the British steamer Aguia bound from
Liverpool for Lisbon. The passengers and
crews were given no time to take to their
boats and the submarines circed about while
they were drowning and made no effort to save
them.
Complete victory for the Russian troops on the
front west of the Niemen river in Poland with
further success in the Carpathians and the
Caucasus was officially announced by the war
Office March 3Oth. The Germans advance
against the Niemen was fully checked on
March 27th. and the Russians have now taken
the offensive in that region.