The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-08-11

rlfuFy md peNE fatSrn&d The nfms OF
Ease Afrisa stfli resists thu eoaysrsi-
Ing columns OF BelgianS Preach and
British but. shat OF frum rs-enforee-
mentS, Its doom weuld sesfA b DO
sealed.
0a April Is Sir Roger CaseEnent
Irish knight. Tried 10 land from q Ger
man xarShIp on the coast Of irs-
land. but was captured, The merit tlay
b revolt In Dublin and other Irish cities
broke out and the center OF the Irish
capital wis burned The revolt was
easily aueiled. the British announcing
resistance had ceased on May i.
More successful was the revolt OF
the Arabs. led b. the grand shereh.
against their Turkish overlOrds. Nice
ca. Medina and otheni towns have been
captured and are held still. probably
with British assistance.
Beings In the All.
Recent months have seen eessa-
ton Of Zeppelin raids on undefended
British and French towns. The cause
OF this Is somewhat Of q mystery, as
the Germans have claimed important
military results from their attacks.
On September T-S there were two
raids on London. thirty persons being
killed and proportlonate number
wounded. Fifiy.tiye were killed by
Zeppellns In q raid on London October
Is.
On January 20 the German dirigibles
bombar,ied Paris. killing % and on
February l Liverpool and other Eng
lish ccnters were visited and 20 slain.
On April Zeppelin killed IS In
England and was destroyed on the
British coast as Il returned. On March
0 IL were killed.
On April o II was announced that
the ffth 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 2eppelins. This
may BIZ due 10 the large number Of
dlrigltles lost, or to the cutlery 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, 10 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 iueoncluslve, each side
claiming a great victory and the re-
ports varying widely In estimates OK
losses on the two sides.
II the Germans, ms they assert, seri-
ously crippled the British grand feet,
we will probably soon see them come
out Of KEEL again. 10 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 culml-
nation of the submarine dispute be-
tween the United States and Germany,
which terminated IN the kaisers capt.
ulating and promising TO warn mer-
chautmcn before attacking
A U.boat sank the liner Arabic Au-
gust -, two Americans being among
the slain. Two more OF our nationals
died when the Hesperian was tnrpe-
doed September O. 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 Medl-
tcrrancan January .. Tho crisis was
precipItated March "a when the Brit
ish channel ferry steamer Sussex was
tarpcdoed without warning Two hun
dred ana thlrty.rive persons WIRE
Killed and several Americans were In
lurcd,
This fragrant violation of the rules
If war rauSed President Wilson to
press Germany Tor sweeping assur-
aucrs, which were given IN note May
d on condition that the United States
force Great Britain 10 conduct her
blockade legally, Mr.. Wilson an-
swered he would accept the promise,
but without the proyGso.
The many times heraldei Turco-Gcr-
man invasion OF Egypt has not vet ma
teriaIIzed and probably never win. On
the other hand. the Russian grand
duke has added 10 his laurcls by cap
turing the important inland city OF
t.rzerum February II, Bills March !
aud the seaport OF TrcbIzond April
| 10.
The Turks In counter-attacks
pressed back the Russians in Persia,
but recently the cars 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 submarine distinguished Itself
n the year. The fast Moewe sank
| many allied ships of the coast Of
Africa and reached home port in
safety March 6. On February = a Ger.
man prize crew brought yhe Appam, n
British capture, into Hampton Roads.
having come nil the wa, across the AT.