The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-16
N PROTEST
CALLED OLD ENGLAND
CompI; bout annerin Which
&c Z cree Is Molested
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Fight In FRANCE ACTIVE
Italian =. men Talk About Raid Of
Austrian Camp; Germans Strengthen
constantinopIe Fortifications
IAssociated Press DIspatch.l

ConStantinopIe f0rtificatl0nS
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ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l
Berlin, July IA dispatch
from Stockholm TO the Overseas
News agency says that the swed.
ish minister In London has de-
Iivered TO the British government
a sharp protest against the per- O.
petual m~olestation Of Swedish
commerce." Norway and Den
mark, the message adds, support
the protest. .
Geneva, Switzerland, July a.
The italians have captured two
miles OF Austrian trenches In the
carnic Alps, according to a dis.
patch received by The Tribune
from vIIlaeh, an Austrian town
on the River Drave, ffty-two
miles northwest OF laibaeh. The
Alpine troops, these advlees say,
dragged their artillery to the
Heights Of Roskefel. which 10 sit.
uatec at an altitude Of sixty six
hundred feet. The italians are
said to have captured two I'm
portant ports south Of Gorilla.
The latest French official state.
ment claims that the German at
tacks in the Argonne forest are
definitely stopped. After q heavy
bombardment the Germans az.
tempted a reeapture Of the
trenches rear PiIken, taken by
the British July 5, but met
heavy repulsc, according TO
Paris statement. But the German =.
tnrust at verdun continues and 10
being prosecuted with extreme
viqor and fierceness by the Ger.
man forces.
The battle line In France Is fur
for the moment the only news
Of pronounced military activity. The
German struggle for Verdun Is re-
by observers on the side Of
The entente allies as on in earnest,
with an assault on both the Argonhe
and the woevre. The latest French
record q check for the GER
man crown prince in his attacks on the
region.
Almost compete silence wells the
situation in the eastern a theatre.
reports no engagements In
Poland or Eastern Galicis,
and both Vienna and Berlin declare
The conditions In this territory un-
changed.
Rome reports the situation along
The Austro- Italian front unaltered. q
brief official statement only chron-
cling a raid by Italian airmen on q
Austrian camp in the neigh
borhood Of Gorilla, which II was de-
has been successful. The lat
est Austrian statement says there
been several artillery engage
and that an infantry attack
was repulsed near Redipuglia. Ger
engineers are strengthening the
iefenses of Constantinople on a huge
scale, according to advices through
Mytilene received In London.
Airmen Drop Bombs.
Paris. July l4.-An official commu.
nication issued tells Of q gigantic
aerial raid on the German positions
by a squadron Of thirty.ive planes Of
the allies. The statement says:
"A squadron of thirty.ive aviators
assembled In spite Of Q wind blowing
forty miles an hour and bombarded
the railway station strategically es-
tablished by the Germans at Wig.
neulles les Hattonchattel. Very I'm
portant stores Of every kind. and par
ticularly ammunition. were concen.
trated there. Our aviators dropped
upon these detectives III bombs. The
bombardment started several fires. All
our machines returned. although they
had been violently cannonaded."
Nearly Half Million Men.
London, July 1.-THE six divisions
OF the British army that went out at
the very outset OF the war have been
followed by others and yet others and
unless I am mistaken we have TWEEN
ty.two or twenty.three divisions (sp-
prONiIndtcty f1VsVvV W fxV,vvvJ ~ susS
moment In the European theater."
Lord Lansdowne made this state
ment in moving the second reading Of
the national registration bill In the
house of lords. He added that all the
time War Secretary Kitchener has
been recruiting his armies and the
stream Of men. has been flowing IN
volume.
The stream OF equipment did not
flow SO satisfactorily, but great efforts
have been made to remedy the efforts
Loan Meets With Success.
London, July 1.-THE British GOV
eminent announced that Great Brit.
aims latest war loan has met with
great success. the subscription
amounting to nearly $4,000. 900. Ooo.
and that the munitions Of war act
will be applied TO the coal minias
industry. making Il IN ofense for the
miners who have threatened to strike
owing to a disagreement with the op'