Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05

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sealed.
On April 25 Sir Roger Easement,
Irish knight, tried to land from Ger
man warship on the coast of Ire-
land, but was captured. The next day
a revolt In Dublin and other Irish cities
broke out and the center of the Irish
capital was burned. The revolt was
easily quelled, the British announcing
resistance had ceased on May l.
More successful was the revolt of
the Arabs, led by the grand shereff.
against their Turkish Oyeplorls. Mec-
ca, Medina and others towns have been
captured and are held still, probably
with British assistance.
Doings In the Air.
Recent months have seen a cessa-
ton of Zeppelin raids on undefended
British and French towns. The cause
Of this is somewhat of a mystery, as
the Germans have claimed important
military results from their attacks.
On September T-8 there were two
raids on London, thirty persons being
killed and a prOpOrtiOnate number
wounded. Fifty-Rve were killed by
zeppelins In a raid on London October
13.
On January 20 the German dirIgibles
bombarded Paris, killing % and on
February 1 Liverpool and other Eng
Iish centers were visited and SO slain.
On April 2 Zeppelin killed % in
hn
British coast as it returned. On March
6 IL were killed.
On April 6 it was announced that
the fifth Zeppelin raid in six days on
the British coast had been made. The
Germans declared that war munition
factories and supply depSts had been
destroyed.
Since then England apparently has
been immune from the Zeppelins. This
may he due to the large number of
| dirigibles lost, or to the outcry against
the inhumanlty of the practices Of the
Germans which was raised In neutral
countries.
One other important moral defeat
was sustained by the Germans when
they hurried Edith CaveIl. a British
nurse, to execution. as announced by
Brand WhitIock. American minister Of
Belgium, on October %.
The greatest naval engagement Of
history In number Of men engaged
and number slain was fought June
near the SFaggerrak, in the North sea.
The result was inconclusive, each side
claiming a great victory and the re-
ports varying widely in estimates Of
losses on the two sides:
If the Germans. as they assert, serl-
ously crippled the British grand feet,
we will probably soon see them come
out Of KieI again. to finish their task.
At present, however, the British block
ade Is brolNen only by the merchant
submarine Deutschland, which reached
Baltimore July 8.
Kaiser Yields to America.
The year has also been the cuImi-
nation of the submarine dispute be-
tween the United States and Germany,
which terminated in the kUiser's capit-
uIating and promising to warn mer-
chantmen before attacking.
A U-boat sank the liner Arabic Au-
gust 20, two Americans being among
the slain. Two more Of our nationals
died when the Hesperian was tOrpe-
doed September &. On November 10
several Americans died In the tOrpe-
doing Of the Italian liner AnCOua. 1t
is thought two Americans were lost in
the sinking Of the Persia in the Medi-
terranean January 2. The crisis was
precipltated March 26. when the Brit
fsh channel ferry steamer Sussex was
toE7,edOed without warning. Two hun-
1red and thirty-fve persons were
killed and several Americans were in
jUred.
This fagrant violation Of the rules
Of war caused President Wilson to
press GeTmung for sweeping assUr-
ances, which were given ia a note May
6 On condition that the URited States
force Great Britaia to conduct her
blockade legally. BIr. Wilson an-
swered he would accept the promise,
but without the Prsvtse.
The many times heraIded TurCo-0er-
maR invasion of Egypt has not yet ma
terialized aBd probably never win. On
the other hand, the Russian grand
duke has added TO his lGurels by cap
turing the important inland city Of
Eraerum February II. BitRs March 4
and the seaport &c TrebiEend April
10.
The Turks in cOuRter-attacks
pressed back the Russians In Persia,
hut recently the czar's men have ad-
vaaced rapidly In the northern part OF
Asia Minor ana the resistance Of the
Turks seems to have been broken.
Exploits Of The MoeWe.
Only one German commerce raider
net a submarine distinguished itself
in the year. The fast BfOewe sank
many allied ships of the coast Of
Africa and reached a home port In
safety March 6. On February 2 Ger
man prize crew brought the Appam.
British capture, into Hampton Roads.
having come ali the way across the At |
lautfc with her. The ownership of this |
vessel Is stiH in the American courts.
Two more nations have been drawn |
into the war. The entrance Of Bul- |
garia has been described. On March |
10 Germany declared war on Portugal.
Portuguese and German troops had |
clashpd In Africa some time before |
and Portugal had just seized the Ger
man ships in her hariIOCs. The ac-
tions Of the republic were Induced by |
a treaty according to which she prom
ises to come to Great Brltain's assist
ance whenever requested to do SO.