, 1916-02-02
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New York, Jany. 27th.-President Wilson
tonight ope ed his appeal to the country
for national defence. He gave warning that
plans for the readiustment Of the army must
be formulated aud carried out without de-
lay, and solemnly declared that he could
not predict that the outlook for the United
States would be as bright to morrow as to-
day. Speaking at a Banquet of the Railway
Business Association, he sounded the key
note of addresses he viii deliver during the
next ten days III the Middle West. In a
speech delivered early in the day he declared
he always accepted an invitation to fight.
Tonight he told the railway men he was
an advocate of peace and had struggled to
keep the United States at peace, but that
he considered the liberty and the honour of
the nation even more important than peace.
The President defended the Continental
army plan drawn up by Secretary of War,
Garrison, and said that he did not care
about the details of any plan as long as
500, 900 trained men are provided as reserves
under the Federal Government. He aided
that the United States will not-tufH iii HE
direction of militarism. Outlining why the
United States should prepare, MIR. Wilson
said we must protect our rights as Il nation
and the rights of our citizens in America
and outside of it, rs the consensus of civil
lied peoples had defined them, must ensure
the uuembarrassed realizing of our political
development within our own borders and
must protect the peace and political auto
nomy of the Americans.
Petrograd, (via Londonl Jany. 28th.-An
official communication made public to-day
says: at has been learned that the Turk
ish cruiser "Sultan Selim" formerly the Ger
man cruiser "Goeben") sustained severe
damage in au engagement on Jauy. 9Th. Her
casualties included % men killed and s
wounded.
London, Jany. 28th.-Premier Asquith, in
a written reply to a request for informa ion,
says that the tota. British casualties in all
fields Of operations up to January 9Th were
549, 467, Of which "a, 1922 were officers.
Berne, Switzerland, Jany. 27ta-An angry
crowd at Lausanne, in the Canton of Vaud,
tore down a German flag which had been
hoisted by the German Consul in honour of
Emperor Williams birthday. The Federal
Council of Swift zerland had an extraordinary
session at which it was decided to offer al
apology to Germany for he insult to tie
flag. Meetings of the State Council of Vnud
and of Lausanne City Council were held for a
like purpose. The city of Lausanne on the
north shore of Lake Geneva and with a
population of over 50,0 600 is situated in what
is known as the French speaking section of
Switzerland. 1t has frequently been assert
ed that the feeling regarding the war has
run high in that district, and that popu-
lar sentiment in favour of the course of the
Allies is intense and outspoken.
London, Jany. 28th,-A despatch to the
"Daily Telegraph" from Petrograd says, that
in the Oginski Canal district has caused the
rivers Share and Jasiolda to food the COIN
try, sweeping away trenches and fortifca-
tons which the Germans built when the
ground was frozen hard, according to a tele-
gram received here from Minsk. All the
railways have been washed away. The Ger
mans are working waistdeep in the water,
trying to e~xtricate their guns, keeping up a
heavy and protective rife fire meanwhile. It
is said that washing away of a bridge at Lii
da, Government of Wilma, caused the wreck
of a troop train in which a hundred persons
were killed or injured. There are many
cases of scurvy among the prisoners taken
on this front.
London. January 28th. - The official
communication issued tonight says: eyes
terday afternoon under the cover of a
heavy rife, machine-gun and artillery
fire the enemy attempted an infantry at
tack on O salient in our trenches northeast