Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-01-01
nRY OF YEAR MARKED
gY SENSATIONAL EVENTS
!, Monentous Twelve Months Of Modern Times
'Reiewed-Great European War, Mexican
troubles and Other World Happenings.

BRUSH fleet sailed under sealed ort,o~- :.
gust 4. and big naval battle ~ 49,
MorIn sea was confidently expected by
ene waiting world. 1t soon became an.
parent tnat Great Britain's purpose was
10 deal fatal blow at German conua,.oa
safeguard that of Belgium Franco Ia ,ss
own and render the enemy's feet inonar 80
i've py holding it in the Baltic Wool,
ldter, the port authorities of New york
were notlned that the Atlantic lines wara
uaooStructed. and a few days afterward
the racine lines were pronounced "onan
ana sate Sixty British war vessels
guarded the exit of the Kiel Canal and
prevented the thirty German battlesbins
aii eIl'' there from coming out. Within
q rev days, more than thirty of the great
6erIhan ocean liners were interned in
neutral waters and a number of German
Hlerchant ships were captured or de-
stroyed
by the middle of November more than
TOUR hundred war vessels and merchant
men on all sides had been captured or in
termed In neutral ports. The Emden in
Ihe racine and the Karlsruhe in the
south Atlantic, two German raiders.
preyed successfully upon allied and neu-
tral commerce until the former was MT
out of action. During the past three
months the Germans have DESTROYED a
number of British cruisers by means of
torpedoes. In an action off the coast of
chile, squadron of five German war
ships sank the Monmouth and Good Home
with all on board. On October PAL
though 1t was not known to the public
Tor fortnight afterward-the British
super-dreadnaught Audacious was sunk
by mine off the coast of Ireland Short
ly afterward. the British admiralty de-
clared the North sea a closed military
area.
On December 8 the German cruisers
Scharnhorst, Gneisau, Leipzig and Nuern-
berg, under Admiral Won Spec were sunk
by British squadron under vice-Admiral
Sir Frederick Sturdee, off the Falkland
Islands. The German cruiser Dresden es-
capped, badly damaged. December Is a
German fleet bombarded the English coast
towns of Hartlepool Whitby and Scar
borough, killing $50 and wounding 300 citi-
zens and causing much property damage.
Three British merchant vessels were sunk
by mines laid by the bombardng fleet
At the close of the year operations in
the west seem practically at a standstill.
December II the Germans reported a VIC
tory in Poland.
AS result of the immediate paralysis
in the financial world due to the sudden
embodiment of the European nations,
Americans abroad were subjected to
great inconvenience and not little actual
hardship. Much relief was afforded the
Belgian sufferers and large sums of
money for the purpose were raised all
over the country.
The American Red Cross sent the relief
ship Red Cross to European waters,
with a full equipment of physicians
nurses and supplies. on September II.
Chaotic Conditions in Mexico.
Early in the year foreign nations began
to be critical of the administrators
'shands-off'' Mexican policy and to insist
that the job of pacifying Mexico belonged
logically to the United States. Victo-
riano Huerta had held the provisional
presidency for a year and boasted in his
cups that he would hold his office longer
than President Wilson would remain in
the White House. Meanwhile the bandit
chief Pancho Villa was steadily gaining
ground in the north. The fiercest battle
of the revolution, which was fought for
almost two weeks, ended in victory for
the rebel forces.
There was an appalling loss of life in
this long continued fight and more than
four thousand fugitives crossed the Rio
Grande and took refuge in American ter
ritory Here they were cared for by the
United States authorities.
On February President Wilson re-.
voked an order by his predecessor in Of
flee to put stop to the shipment of arms
and ammunition into Mexico by citizens
of the United States. On April IA, Presi-
cent Wilson instructed Secretary Daniels
to assemble an imposing naval force at
Tampico. on the Mexican coast. This
was due to the refusal of the Mexican
president and his military aids to salute
the American flag as an essential feature
of an apology for an unwarranted arrest
and Imprisonment of several American
who had landed on Mexican
soil to obtain a supply of gasoline.
hl+bonsh the episode was the result of
q misunderstanding in which all the par
ties concerned shared about equally. 1t
was manifest that Huerta was In no mood
To comply with any request OF the WASH
ington authorities. however politely ana
even delicately made. He refused 20 or
der the salute, and the naval demonstra-
ton followed.
Congress passed a resolution SUSTAINING
the president in the position which he
had taken. On April q Admiral FLETCHER
seized the custom house at Vera Cruz
THE Mexicans resisted the occupation OF
the custom house and the result was
firbt In which is Americans were klileo
and n wounded General Mas. IN COM
mand of the garrison, withdrew ana ieIt
the Americans in possession
Nelson O'Shaugnessy, the American rep
was given his passports and
requested to leave the country bris.
Cen. Frederick Funston. commander OF
the American forces at Vera cruz vas
ready TO enter on a vigorous campaign.
before hostilities were carried fnrtner
the automatic representatives at WASH
in eton of Argentina, Brazil and Chile sent
In 70 the Office of the department OF state
q formal tender of their services as medi-
ators president Wilson accepted the OF
fer and both Huerta and Carranza ae-
canted the proffered mediation
me mediatory conference was held at
NJiagar Falls. Canada, and opened on
Nsov % on June Il the conference had
! greed upon a plan accepted both by
president Wilson and Huerts Then q
dasdloclx arose over the choice for presi-
dertNthe American delegates declined TO
accent the name of any nonconsututlonai-
list ..a,,s+. x,,a,s
making unmistakable advance toward lne
Their success was so pronounced
tbat n was evident they would soon pc "a
control Of the government.
On Julv the conference came 10 an
.nd without definite result, and four days
satar Huerta was reelected presioent py
,,is nartisans. On July Is the DICTATOR re-
signed the presidency and TOOK passase
Sn7. E,,,rope leaving the executive autnor-
ia