Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-08-04

r1COfy ana D6on luI6TIl0u. Inc army OF
East Africa still resists the ssEverg-
ing columns of Belgians, French and
British but, shut off from reinforce
ments, its doom would seem to be
sealed.
On April 25 Sir Roger Easement,
Irish knight, tried to land from Ger
man 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 /.
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 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 rs there were tive
raids on London, thirty persons being
killed and a proportionate number
wounded. Fifty-five were killed By
Zeppelins in raid on London October
13.
On January 90 the German dirigibles
bombarded Paris, killing % and on
February 1 Liverpool and other Eng
lish centers were visited and 50 slain.
On April 2 Zeppelin killed 2S in
England and was destroyed on the
British coast as it returned. On March
6 13 were killed.
On April s it 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
| dirigibles lost, or to the Outcry 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, British
nurse, to execution, as announced by
Brand Whitlock, American minister of
Belgium, on October %.
The greatest naval engagement of
| Of in of
and number slain was fought June
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, seri-
ously crippled the British grand fleet,
we will probably soon see them come
out of Kiel again, to finish their task,
Atpresent, however, the British block;
ade is broken only by the merchant
submarine Deutschland, which reached
Baltimore July 9.
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 capi:;
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 Hesperian was torpe
dOed September 6. On November 1C
several Americans died in the torpe
doing of the italian liner AnconaA y
is thought two Americans were lost il
the sinking of the Persia in the Medi
terranean January 2. The crisis was
precipitated March 26 when the Brit
ish channel ferry steamer Sussex was
torpedoed without warning. Two hun
dred and thirty-five persons were
killed and several Americans were in
jured.
This fragrant violation of the rule:
of war caused President Wilson t.
press Germany for sweeping assur
ances, which were given in note Ma!
on condition that the United State
force Great Britain to conduct he
blockade legally. Mr.. Wilson az
swered he would accept the promise
but without the proviso.
The many times heralded Turco-Ger
nan invasion Of Egypt has not yet ma
, terialized and probably never will. o.
the other hand, the Russian gran
duke has added to his laurels by CAP
turing the important inland city @
Erzerum February II, Bitlis March
and the seaport of Trebizond Apri
l 10.
The Turks in counter-attack
pressed back the Russians in Persis
but recently the czar's men have &C
i vanced rapidly in the northern part G
Asia Minor and the resistance Of tn
: Turks seems to have been broken.
Exploits of the Moewe
Only one German commerce raide
net a submarine distinguished itsel
in the year. The fast Moewe san
g many allied ships off the coast {
: Africa and reached a home port
d safety March 6. On February 2 a Ge
e man prize crew brought the Appam
l. British capture, into Hampton Road
= having come all the way across the A
( lantic with her. The ownership of tn
vessel is still in the American court
It Two more nations have been draw
e into the war. The entrance of Blu
E. garia has been described. On Marc
d 10 Germany declared war on Portuga
Ie Portuguese and German troops ha
n clashed in Africa some time befol
4 and Portugal had just seized the &c
lie man ships in her harbors. The a
is tions of the republic were induced |
N a treaty according to which she pror
le ises to come to Great Britains assis
m ance whenever requested to do so.
in The British lost the equivalent
D. several army corps when Lord Kite
ener was drowned June Z in the sin
We ing Of the cruiser Hampshire by
st ! mine while on his way to Russia.