The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-11-10


have an important bearing 0n the war.
ard In country rauch Of which was
sparsely settled and had few facsh.
ties for repair WORK. the destruction Of
one or two bridges might have held UP
traffic for months. but nothing more
was heard OF the Germans after the
news came out that they had started
on their adventure; 10 presumably
Russian or Japanese spies found them
out. or they were killed by hostile ms.
tiyes In the more anclvllixed regions.
through which their route lay,
The fate OF the German cruiser
Karlsruhe. whsch terrorixed british
shipping IN the south Atlantic early
In the war and wen a reputation sec
ond only to that Of tho Emdeu. has
never been established with anything
like dehniteness, although the British
admiralty has stated that Il has ey-
cry reason to believe that the karls-
ruhe was sunk In November, 1914. Ger.
tainly after that there were no more
captures by the cruiser, which had
taken ~ British merchant ships In the
first three months Of war. Dozens Of
British warships, including two or
three fast aud powerful battle cruls-
ers, were ccmblng the Caribbean and
the south Atlantic for the German
raider, and II they had caught her
they would have blaroned the news far
and wide. But except for one or two
indecisive actions at the very outset
Of the war, the Karlsruhe seems 10
have succeeded In evading a nght quite
successfully.
The general belief has been that she
was wrecked by storm. and there
came to Brooklyn the tale of an un.
Identified skipper. who had seen her
hull stranded on one Of the Wlndward
Islands. Another story, this one from
Copenhagen. said that she had blown
up while the crew was at sea.
Wild Rumors From india.
There are other features OF the
wars progress which are quite M
much Of mystery to the general pub
lie as those already listed: but the
truth about them Is known well enough
to the governments OF the countries
affected. and win perhaps come out
some years after the war Ia over. For
instance, the situation In British India.
Wild rumors from German sources
told OF riots approaching the dIiaen-
sions OF reyolntina Ia various Indian
cities. and OF iavasions from the AZ.
CHAN frontier by tribes stirred up by
the entrance OK the sultan Of Turkey,
the caliph OF Noslems into the war.
These were deaied vigorously by the
British, who pointed 10 the large In
dian armies In France and Mesopo.
tamia and East Africa an an indication
that all was safe at home. Yet there
was nm iron censorship on any news
out OF India: Americans were not wei.
coined as travellers, and those who told
stories of fighting on the border were
denounced as pro-German liars, until
few weeks ago member OF the Brit.
ish government. speaking In parlia-
ment, admitted that since the war be-
gan there had been seven distinct
raids. some Of them very serious" on
the northwestern frontier. Evidently
the danger was over or II would not
have been mentioned, but there we're
still NO details. .a
Similar vagueaess has prevailed Of
late In East Africa, where the Brit
ish admitted Mt least one severe de-
feat In the fall Of 1914. After that all
the news was Of yictory--progres by
various columns Of British, Belginns
and South Africans operating In VA
rious sections OF the country. But.
despite uninterrupted victories the
country In not yet wholly conquered,
and the fact that there have been two
changes In the supreme command Ia
sufficient to suggest that much Of the
military history of East Africa will
make interesting reading when the
British war Office allows II to be
printed.
Fate OF the Audaclous.
Another matter with regard to which
Britain has been secretive II the sink
Ing OF the Audacious, one OF the new.
est end most powerful Of superdread-
naughts. which was sunk, presumably
by a mine. of the northwest coast Of
ireland while maneuvering with
squadron of sister ships October u,
1914 To date, the British government
has never admitted the loss Of this
ship, although American correspond.
ents mailed stories describing II, and
months later magazine writer's were
permitted 10 mention II Ia some such
phrasing as M we add the Audacious.
which has been reported from Ameri.
cen sources as sunk"
Presumably the Audac!ous was sunk
by a mine laid by German trawler
Incorporating under neutral Gag, but
nj the time there was much talk VI
submarine. and even nh attempt To
pretend that nothing hsd happened 20
her more than an accident To The ma
chlnery, end that she was eventually
towed into port aud repaired. FROM
the point Of view at present interest
the chief mystery Of the affair IL why
The British fleet Shouid base been on