The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1916-08-24

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East Africa stu rcsists the convcrg.
ing columns &C Uclglnns, French mud
British but, SHIT off from rc.cnforcc.
mcnts, It's doom would seem To he
sealed.
| on April 25 Sir Roger Easement
Irish knight, tried to land from Il Ger.
man wurshlp on the coast of Ire
land, hut was captured. The next day
a revolt In Dublin and other Irish cities
broke out aud the center of the Irish
capital was burned. The revolt wns
easily Qucllcd, the British announcing
resistance had ceased on May I.
More successful was the revolt oi
the Arabs, led by the grand shcrcff,
against their Turkish Ovcrlords. Nee.
ca. Medina and others towns have been
captured and are held stIll, probably
with British assistance.
Donps In the Air.
Recent months have seen Ccssn.
tlon of Zeppelin raids on undcfcndcd
! British aud French towns. The cause
&C this Is somewhat uf n mystery. ns
| the Germans have claimed important
| military results from their attacks.
On September IS there were two
raids on London. thirty persons being
killed ana proportlonutc number
wounded. Fifiy-iivc were Killed by
Irppcllns I'm raid on London October
| 13.
ON January 20 the German dirlghlcs
ho'uhardcd Paris. killing % and on
February | Liverpool and other EuS'
iiSh Coutors were visited and ~ slain.
ON April Zeppelin killed - in
England and wns destroyed ON the
British const rs II returned. ON March
. IL were killed.
On April q II wns announced that
the NTH Zeppelin raid IN six days on
the British coast had been made. The
Germans declared that war munition
factories and supply dcpots had been
destroyed.
Since then England apparently hns
been immune from the Zcppclins. This
may lee due 10 the large number uf
diriglhloS lost. or 10 the ouicry against
The inhumanlty of the practices or the
Germans which was raised In neutral
countries.
one other important moral defeat
was sustained by the Germans when
they hurried Edith Cuvcll. II British
nurse, 10 execution, ms 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
nour the Skage"rruk, In the North sea.
The result was lnconcluslvc, each side
claiming great victory and the re-
ports varying widely In estimates Of
losses on the TWO sides.
II the Germans, as they assert, scrl-
ouSly crippled the British grand fleet,
We will probably soon So" 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 July9
Kaiser Yields to America.
The year Eas also been the culmi-
nation Of the submarine dispute be- +
tween the United States and Germany,
which terminated In the kaIscr's capIt-
ulatlng ana promising to warn mcr-
Chantncn 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 lIoSpcrIun was torpc-
docd September g. on November 10
several Americans died in the torpc-
doing Of the Italian liner Aucuna. II
Is thought two Americans were lost In
the sinking of the Persia In the Mcdl-
tcrrancun January .. The crisis was
precipitatcd March 20, when the Brit
ish channel ferry steamer Sussex was
torpcdOcd without warning. Two hun
drcd and thirty-ilvc persons were
killed and several Americans were In
lurcd.
This fragrant violation Of the rules
~ war caused President Wilson To
press Germany for sweeping aSsur-
anccs which were given In II note May
O on condition that the United States
force Great Britain To- conduct her
blockade legally. Mr. Wilson nm.
swered he would accept the promise,
but without the proviso.
The many times heruldcd Turco.Gcr-
man invasion Of Egypt has not yet ma.
tcrinlizcd and probably never will. on
the other hand, the Russian grand
duke has added to his laurcls by cap
turing the important inland city of
Erzerum February II, BItlIs March 4
and the seaport OF TrebIzond April
10.
The Turks In cOunter-attncks
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 tho
Turi Gems TO have been, broken.
Exploits Of the Moewe.
Only one German commerce raider
net submarine distinguished itself
In the year. The fast Moewe sank
many allied ships of the coast Of
Africa and reached home port In
safety March @. On February Ger