The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1915-02-18
BERLIN CELEBRATES VICTORY
All Neutral Vessels Are Earnestly
Warned BY Germany About War
zone--WiII Take Most Stringent Ac-
ton Against English Merchantmen.

london, Feb. l8.-3:07 a. m.-Tel p.
graphing from Copenhagen, the Daily
Nails correspondent says he learns
from Hamburg that the belief pre-
walls there that Emperor William IS
going 10 Helgoland personally 20
direct G9rmany's submarine block.
ade
The wneat shortage in Germany
the correspondent adds was con-
cealed until the last moment for fear
OF discouraging the people. 1t is
much greater than has hith arto been
believed Germany viii only escape
famine before the next harvest by a
narrow margin
The limit set by Germany for neu-
tral shipping to take measures of
safety has expired and Germany is
now expected to put into operation
her declared intention of employing
submarines and mines in the waters
around the British Isles which She
has proclaimed war zone vita the
object of shutting off the food sup
plies OF the British people.
Germany has earnestly warned
the neutral states that this zone viii
hereafter be a danger zone for all
shipping, and has eXpre' sed her de
termination OF taking the most strn-
gent action against the British mer-
chantmen.
1t is announced from Berlin that
Germanys reply to rhe American
note of protest against such action
mas been handed to the American am
bassador at the German capital, but
this reply has not yet been received
by the state department at Washing
ton
IN the meantime Germany in de
Yelling her submarine warfare has
added one more merchant ship 70 tha
list of vessels destroyed by sinking
the small French steamer Vile de
Lille off Cherbourg.
Regarding the operations on land
it is apparent from the official an.
nouncement issued by the French
war office that heavy figntug is TAX.
ing place both in Belgium and in
France The French claim not only
to have maintained the ground re-
Gently gained but to have captured
some OF the German trenches and re-
PEELED many counter-attacks by the
Germans.
French ayiators have dropped
bombs on the railway station at Frei-
burg. Baden.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg's
successful operations against the
Russian tenth army in East Prussia
are still being celebrated in Berlin.
where Won Hindenburg's direction Of
the campaign is described as aavlng
been characterized by mastery skill
Officially it is announced that the
German troops are still following the
Russians north OF the Niemen river.
In Poland north Of the Nistuia
from Plock, recently occupied by the
Germans, to RacionZ, another great
battle is apparently developing, the
fighting in that region already beinS
of a desperate nature.
Austria according to Swiss adyices,
fcay IN days has been concentrating
loops, chiefly artillery, on her Ital-
ian frontier. Guns have been en-
placed to dominate the Tyroleae
passes. All along the entire boun-
dary of Serbia, Albanian forces are
active. Ocnrida, 100 miles north Of
Janina, has been captured by the AL
banians and violent fighting is IN
progress at several places
A Constantlnople dispatch to Ber-
lin says that the Bulgarian seaport
OF Dadeagatch, on the Aegean sea, IS
blockaded by British and French
warships to prevent foodstutts from
being transported to Germany and
Austria through this route.
Copenhagen hears report that
five million Germans ineligible Tor
army service, who have independent
means, are to be ordered By the Ger
man government to proceed to neu-
tral countries and tnere remain untQ
ths end of the war in order 10 de-
crease the consumption OF food IN
the empire.
A report from Basel, switzerland,
says that Emperor William, who ha
invited Mr.. Gerard. the American am
bassador. to Germany to the East