The Arvada enterprise., 1916-08-03


ritory and been intcrned. The army Of
East Africa still resists the converg-
ing columns of Belgians. French and
British but. shut Off from re-cnforce-
ments. It's doom would seem to be
sealed.
on April % Sir Roger Easement,
Irish knight, tried to land from Ger
man warship on the coast of Ire
land. but was captured. The next day
Il revolt In Dublin and other Irish cities
broke out and the center of the Irish
capital was burned. The revolt was
easily quelIed, the British announcing
resistance had ceased on May !.
More successful was the revolt of
the Arabs. led by the grand shercff.
against their Turkish overlords. Mec.
ca, Medina and others towns have been
captured and are held still, probably
with British assistance.
Oonqs in tho Air.
Recent months have seen cessa'
tion of Zeppelin raids on und"fended
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 IS there were two
raids on London. thirty persons being
killed and n proportionate number
wounded. Fifty-tive We're killed by
ZepEelins in II raid on London October
13.
On January 20 the German dirigibles
hombardcd Paris. killing % and on
February Liverpool and other Eng
lSh ccntcrs were visited and 20 slain.
on April n Zeppelin killed IS in
England and was dcatroycd on the
British coast MS it returned. On March
IL were killed.
On April 6 it wa. announced that
the British coast had been made. The
Germans declared that war munition
factories and supply dcpots had been
destroyed.
Since then England apparently has
been immune from the Zcppelins. This
may be due To the large number Of
diri.iblcS 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, n British
nurse, to execution, MS announced by
| Brand Whitlock. American minister OF
| Belgium, on October 22
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 n grent 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
ont of Kicl again. to finish their task.
! At present. however. the British block
ade Is broken only by the merchant
submarine Deutschland. which reached
Baltimore July ..
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 kaiScr'S capt.
Uniting and promising TO warn mer'
chantmen before attacking.
A U-boat sank the liner Arabic Au'
gust -, two Americans being among
the slain. Two more Of our nationals
died when tn. Iiesperian wnS torpe'
doch September g. On November lC
several Americans died in the torpe
doing Of the Italian liner Ancona. II
Is thought two Americans We're lost in
the sinking OF the Persia In the Mcdi
tcrrancun january =. The crisis was
pr"clpItatcd March 20, when the Brit
iSh channel ferry steamer Sussex was
torpcdoci without warning. Two hun
drcd and thirty-tiv. persons were
killed and several Americans We're in
Iurcd.
| This fagrnnt violation Of the rules
Of war CnuSri President Wilson tt
press Germany FOR sweeping aSSur
nnccS. which We're given In note May
q On condition that the United State
force Great Britain to conduct heI
blockade legally. Mr.. Wilson an
Swcrcd he would accept the promise
but without the provISp.
I'll" many times h"rnlhci Turco-Gcr
man Invasion of Egypt has not Yet ma
tcrIulizrd and probably never will. or
the other hand, the Russian gran,
duke has nddcd 10 his laurcls by cap
turing the important inland city o
Er2crum February Il. BitlIs March
aud tho seaport OF Trcbizond Aprl
10.
The Turks IN count"r.nttack
pressed huck the Russians In Persia
but recently tho cars mon have ad
vnncrd rapidly In the northern part o
Asia Minor uni IA" resistance of IN
Turks seems to have been broken.
Exploits Of the Moewe.
only on" irFmuu commerce rnlic
net a submarine distinguished iiscl
In the year, The fast Mpcwc SAM
many allied ships on the coast q
Africa and reached home port Il
snrriy March q. ON February . u Ger