The Benson signal., 1916-08-05

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ritory and been interned. The army of
East Africa still resists the converg-
ing columns of Belgians, French and
British but shut off from reinforce
ments, it's 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 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 cessa-
ton of Zeppelin raids on undefended
British and French towns. The cause
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the Germans have claimed important
military results from their attacks.
| On September 7-8 there were two
raids on London, thirty persons being
killed and a proportionate number
wounded. Fifty-fve were killed by
zeppelins in raid on London October
13.
On January 20 the German dirigibies
bombarded Paris, killing % and on
February 1 Liverpool and other Eng
| lish centers were visited and SO slain.
On April 2 Zeppelin killed % in
England and was destroyed on the
British coast as it returned. On March
6 Ii were killed.
On April 6 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
| 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, seri-
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
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 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 Hesperian was torpe-
doed September 6. On November 10
several Americans died in the torpe-
doing of the Italian liner Ancona. II
| is thought two Americans were lost in
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-fve persons were
killed and several Americans were in
jured.
| This fragrant violation Of the rules
| of war caused President Wilson to
press Germany for sweeping assur'
ances, which were given in note May
6 on condition that the United States
force Great Britain to conduct her
blockade legally. Mr.. Wilson an.
swered he would accept the promise,
but without the prOviso.
The many times heralded TurcO-Ger-
man invasion of Egypt has not yet ma
terialized and probably never will. On
the other hand, the Russian grand
duke has added to his laurels 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-attacks
pressed back the Russians in Persia,
but recently the czar's men have ad-
vanced rapidly in the northern part OF
Asia Minor and the resistance Of the
Turks seems to have been broken.
Exploits of the Moewe.
Only one German commerce raider
net a submarine distinguished itself
in the year. The fast Moewe sank
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