Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-08-04

ing columns OF Belgians, French and
British but. shut or from REINFORCE
ments, its doom would seem to be
sealed.
ON April % Sir Roger easement,
Irish knight, tried to land from a Ger
mon 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 1.
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.
Doings in the Air.
Recent months have seen n cessa-
ton of Zeppelin raids on undefended
British and French towns. The aust
Of this is somewhat of a mystery, as
the Germans have claimed important
military results from their attacks.
On September rs there were two
raids on London, thirty persons being
killed and a proportionate number
wounded. Fifty-five were killed by
Zeppellns in a raid on London october
10.
On January 20 the German dirlgibles
bOmbarded Paris. killing % and on
February 1 Liverpool and other Eng
fish centers were visited and so slain.
On April 2 a Zeppelin killed % in
England and was destroyed on the
British coast as 1t returned. On March
6 13 were killed.
On April 6 1t 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 depOts had been
destroyed.
Since then England apparently has
been immune from the Zeppelins. This
may be due TO the large number Of
~dlrigibles 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 Cavell, a British
nurse, to execution, as announced by
Brand Whitlock, American minister of
Belgium, on October %.
The greatest naval engagement of
history in number Of men engaged
and number slain was fought June 3
near the Skaggerrak, 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 fleet,
we will probably soon see them come
out of Kiel again, to finish their task,
At present, however, the British block
AIDE 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.
ulating 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 Hesperlan was tOrpe
decd September 6. On November II
several Americans died in the tOrpe
doing of the italian liner AncOna. i
is thought two Americans were lost il
l the sinking of the Persia in the Medi
/ terranean January 2. The crisis wal
precipitated March 26, when the Brit
ish channel ferry steamer Sussex wal
torpedoed without warning. Two hun
I dred and thirty-fve persons wer,
l killed and several Americans were in
J jured.
This fragrant violation of the rule
of war caused President Wilson t
press Germany for sweeping assur
ances, which were given in a note Ma,
6 on condition that the United State
force Great Britain to conduct he
blockade legally. Mr.. Wilson an
I swered he would accept the promise
but without the prOvisO.
+ The many times heralded TurcO-GeI
g man invasion of Egypt has not yet ms
H. terialized and probably never will. o
the other hand, the Russian gran
e duke has added to his laurels by car
K turing the important inland city Q
d Erzerum February IT, Bitlis March
n and the seaport Of Trebizond Apr
d 10.
y The Turks in cOunter-attack
pressed back the Russians in PersiI
but recently the czar's men have az
II vanced rapidly in the northern part q
Asia Minor and the resistance Of tn
Turks seems to have been broken.
u Exploits Of the Moewe.
h Only one German commerce raidt
net a submarine distinguished itse
IN the year. The fast Moewe san
6 many allied ships of the coast {
f Africa and reached a home port
d safety March @. On February 2 a &c
10 man Driza crew brought the AMMAN.