, 1916-08-02

the success aClfGVEO Slice guy ASfS "IO
wishes for speedy recovery OF wounded and
expresses deepest sympathy with relatives
Of those who died i'll defence Of honoul AID
civilization. ~(signed) Appleton, Secretary
This is General Haig's reply: your lnsPlr-
ing message has appealed to us all. On
behalf # my Staff, the army in France and
myself, / beg to express to the members OF
the General Federation of Trades Union our
warmest thanks for their kindness III con-
graduating the British army III france on
lis: success. Ali repks realize how much
the success is due TO the PATRIOTISM, self-de-
NAL aud whole hearted cooperation OF
their brother workers at home"
Beriiu, July 28th-In a naval battle
between several German submarines and
three British patrol boats off the coast OF
Scotland one of the British vessels was
sunk, according to a report received by the
Datch newspaper "Hapdelsblad" and tele-
eraphed to the Overseas News Agency. The
despatch continues: The patrol boats were the
Nellie Nutten, Onward and Eva. The Nellie
Nutten YVES sunk. Some members of her
Grew were killed and the remaining eleven
sailors were rescued by q Dutch fishing boat
and landed in a Scotch barbour. Three OF
the ele1e en- men rescued later died III conse-
ouence of their wounds. The other two pa
troEs were supposed to have been lost with
the whole Of the crews.
Paris, July 29th.-The French Government
to-day formally appealed to the sentiments OF
justice and humanity OF the neutral countries
and public opinion in all nations i'll behalf of
the inhabitants Of the invaded cities of
northern France, who, the appeal says, have
been taken from then homes and transported
to other ~negions where they are compelled
to w. TX IN The fields. Though Spain acting
as intermediary, France already had made
protests to Germany against its action re-
garding these civilians, but the protest was
UNDECIDED Germany, according to The appeal,
attemps to Justify the measures taken by her
because of the attitude of Great Britain in
rendering more difficult the feeding of the
: population. This action, however, the appeal
adds, is inadmissable as the blockade of the
Entente Allies is a regular act of war
and there is nothing in the Hngue Con-
vention which authorizes such action on
T. part of Germany. At the end of April
1916 says the appeal, by order of the Ger
man Military authorities about $4,000 French
girls from sixteen to twenty and young
women and men to the age of SIS had been
taken from their homes at Roubaix, Tourco-
ing and Lille, separated from their families
and transported to the departments of the
Aisne and Ardennes and compelled to work
principally 1T farming. On Holy Saturday
nj 3. 80 am the execution of these measures
hf30n at ltlle, 1OulcOlnS ana hUuDhlX.
Wherever the measures were to be applied q
notice was posted on the doors of houses.
Streets were barred by soldiers and even
witnesses declared by machtne-guns. Sol
diers entered houses and an Official desig-
mated the persons who were to leave. 1he
inhabitants after a respite Of from 20 minutes
t. an hour were concentrated in schools and
churches until the time for their departure
al Lille. The taking Of the inhabitants con-
tinued for a week.
New York, July 30th.-An explosion said
to have been caused by ammunition for the
Allies al e plant OF The National Storage Co.
wrecked the plant, rocked the whole of Man
haitian Island and caused great damage to
the whole City. Several men who were
employed as guards are missing and
:" about sixty persons are in hospitals,
several OF whom may die. It is re-
ported that SO carloads of shells for the
Allies were lost. The total loss will reach
several million dollars.
London, July 29ih.-The Official commu-
n~ication from Headquarters in France issued
tonight reads: Except for minor local &C.
tioDs and some hasty artillery fire on both
sides nothing of Importance occurred on the