Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-08-04

ritory and been informed. The army Of
East Africa still resists the converg-
ing columns Of Belgians. French and
British but, shut on from re-enforce-
ments. its doom would seen, to be
sealed.
ON April Is Sir Roger Easement.
Irish knight. tried to land from Ger
man warshlp 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 overlords. Nee
ca, Medina and others towns have been
captured and are held still. probably
with British assistance.
polnas 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-five were killed by
ZeppelIns in raid on London October
18.
On January 20 the German dirigihles
bombarded Paris, killing % and on
February l Liverpool and other Eng
fish eenters were visited and 80 slain,
On April 2 Zeppelin killed 2S in
England and was destroyed on the
British coast ms 1t returned. On March
6 IL were killed.
On April 8 II was announced that
the fifth Zeppelin raid In six days on
the British coast had been made. The
Germans declared that war munltIOn
factories and supply depots had beeh
destroyed.
Since then England apparently has
been immune from the Zeppellns. This
may he due to the large number of
lirigibles lost. or TO the cutlery against
the inhumanity 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 Whitlock, American minister of
Belgium, on October q.
The greatest naval engagement Of
history in number OF men engaged
and number slain was fought June 3
near the Sknggerrak, In the North sea.
The result was incnclusive, each side
claiming a grent victory and the re-
ports varying widely in estimates Of
losses on the two sides.
II the Germans. as they assert, seri-
ously crippled the British grand fleet.
we will probably soon see them come
out of Kiel again, to finish their task.
At present, however, the British block
ade is broken only by the merchant
submarine Deutschland. which reached
Baltimore July 8.
Kaiser Yields TO America.
The year has also been the culmi.
nation OF the submarine dispute be
tween the United States and Germany,
which terminated In the kaiser's capt..
ulatlng and promising to warn mer.
chantmen before attacking.
A U-bOat sank the liner Arabic Au.
gust %, two Americans being anon
the slain. Two more Of our nHtionnlt
died when the Hesperian was torpe-
decd September g. On November 16
several Americans died In the torpe
doing of the Italian liner Ancona. II
Is thought two Americans were lost In
the sinking of the Persia In the Medi.
terranean January 2. The crisis was
preclpltated Mnrch 20, when the Brit.
lsh channel ferry steamer Sussex was
torpedoed without warning. Tive hun.
dred and thlrty-fye persons were
killed and several Americans were in,
Iured
This fragrant violation Of the rules
Of war caused President Wilson IL
press Germany for sweeping assur.
nnces, which were given In note Mas
on condition that the United stntet
force Greaf Britain to conduct hel
blockade legally. Mr.. Wilson on.
swered he would accept the promise
but without the pr0ylsO.
The many times heralded Turco.Ger.
man invasion Of Egypt has not yet ma.
terialized and probably never will. On
the other hnnd, the Russian grand
duke has added to his laurels by emp
turing the important ininnd city OF
Erzerum February II, Bitlis March 4
and the seaport Of TrebizOnd April
10.
The Turks in connter-attackt
pressed back the Russians in Persia
but recently the cars men have ad.
vanced rapidly In the northern part Of
Asia Minor and the resistance Of the
Turks seems 10 have been broken.
Exploits Of the MoeWe.
Only one German commerce raldef
net a submarine distinguished Itself
IN the yenr. The fast Moewe sank
many allied ships of the coast Of
Africa and reached a home port II
safety March @. On February a Ger
man urize crew brought the AMMAN q