Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-23
British Cabinet Members
Tell of Their Army's
Good Condition.
INCREASE IN SUPPLY
OF MUNITIONS SURE
Recruiting Satisfactory and
Little Sickness, Assures
Kitchener.

ONDDN, April 22-lS.iJ p. nl,)
IL Glowing accounts of the
strength and condition of the British
army and of the great increase in the
output of munitions, which Is ex
pectod will next month amount to 20
times what it was last September,
given by David Lloyd George, chan
cellor of the cXchequer, and Harold j.
Tenant, parliamentary secretary or
the war office, in the house of com
mons, have increased the enthusiasm
and confidence of the people of Eng
land in the war which they and their
allies are waging on the continents of
Europe, Asia and Africa.
Supplementing the statement of the
chancellor that Great Britain has
more than SO divisions of troops on
the continent, and that the output of
munitions has been enormously in
creased Mr.. Tenant today, speaking
on behalf of the secretary of war,
Lord Kitchener, declared that re-
cruiting had been most satisfactory
ana gratifying; that the health of the
troops was splendid and that the
wounded were in the London hos
pitals "a hours after they were
impress upon the country the neces-
sty of Increasing the supplies OF ar
tillerv ammunition, adding:
"Thcrc is no limit to the amount
required
Biz Effort to Start.
The frankness OF the cabinet min
listers in making known the number
of men at the front and the reports
that reach London from various
sources have convinced the people
that at last the big effort against
Germany and Turkey is about to COM
mcncc. Both in the Aegean ana
North seas there are signs OF IN,
creasing activity. From today all
steamboat communication with Hol-
land is stopped by order of British
government ..
Taken in connection with the news
from Berlin that British submarines
have been in the Blight of HenSolahd,
whore the German admiralty lays
claim to having sunk one, ana per-
hans more. this Is believed to 1ore-
shadow some movement IN the Norlh
sea. where there is no longer any en-
deayor TO hide the fact that big
Anglo French force is prepared to go
as General D'Amade, the French
commander. has said ITO any point
where it is required.
Many Movements.
A German report says that part OF
this force. which is under command
of General Sir Ian Hamilton, mas
been landed at>Enos, Turkish town
near the TurkO-B bulgarian border, on
the northern side of the gulf or Saros
under the support of the allied 1leet
At the same time there is news OF
transports loaded with troops passing
I-
the entrance TO the Dardanelles, ana
of others being sighted off smyrna
on the coast Of Asia Minor
This makes il uncertain where the
blov is to be struck. There are Anglo
Ttcuch troops in the Aegean sea, IN
Gliding Scnegalese, who were trans
fercd from France, and British rom
mics" from the outposts or the EN-
pirc. which. with the disappearance
Of the last German raiders, are con-
sidcred safe from attack
Further east, in Mesopotamia, the
Turkish army. which was sent TO par
the British advance from the head OF
fine Persian gulf. after having sur
fercd six thousand casualties. Is IN
fun retreat. harrassed not only py
the British. but by Arab trlbesmen' H.
whom they had enlisted on their side
aud who. now that the turks nave
been defeated, IdNc '"iHN' ''SN'
them. ~ ,
French Press Battle.
Nearer home, the British are mold
inc tcnatiously to Hill 90, near
Ynrps which they captured recently
frnu the Germans and Whlch ihe
Germans since have been trying 10
r,tai,r. The French are pressing
hard on the two sides of the German
triangle in the Woevre.
The Russians. for their part. are,
according to their accounts, repulslnS
roncatcd Austrian attacks on their po-
sitinrs 10 the southeast of Lupkow
mass in the Carpathians, and are
holding their own against the Austro-
German efforts on their flanks near
Gorlicc. i'm western Gallcn, ana Stry'
i'm the eastern part of the same prov
ince These attacks apparently are
heinp made with the object of hold
inp The Russians where they are
while the Germans are preparing to
strike at the Russian lines at some
other point. possibly from the direc-
tion of Craco~. ;,
Although rumors are many and di-
yergent no definite news has heen
received of Italy's intentions. While
dispotches indicate that the tension
between Rome and Vienna has slack
ened the belief is general that be-
fore many weeks both Italy and some
of the Ralkan states Will assume a
more definite attitude.